Regular biography
Erkan Kayacan is an Assistant Professor in the Mechanical Engineering department at Nanyang Technological University. His office is located in N3-02b-54, and he can be contacted via email at erkan.kayacan@ntu.edu.sg. His professional profile is available at https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/entities/person/Erkan-Kayacan. Research details and additional information about his work are not provided in the available data.
Scholar-generated biography
Erkan Kayacan is an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, specializing in autonomous systems, robotics, and control. His research focuses on developing advanced control strategies for unmanned ground vehicles and agricultural robots, emphasizing robust trajectory tracking, nonlinear model predictive control, and adaptive neuro-fuzzy control. He has contributed to the design and field evaluation of ground robots for high-throughput phenotyping and precision agriculture. His work integrates type-2 fuzzy logic controllers, decentralized control, and learning algorithms for autonomous tractor-trailer systems. Kayacan's research also addresses challenges in high-precision control, disturbance observers, and dynamic system identification, with applications in both industrial and agricultural automation.