{"id":234,"date":"2019-07-16T00:32:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T00:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/ivan\/wordpress\/?page_id=234"},"modified":"2025-06-29T14:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:11:36","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivan Ekman &#8211; Robotics Researcher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My name is Ivan Fischman Ekman Sim\u00f5es. I love Robotics, and the best way to get to know me is to take a look at the projects I have worked on! I recommend: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/index.php\/phd-in-robotics-virginia-tech\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1089\">Master of Engineering Robotics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/index.php\/projects\/masters-in-robotics\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"260\">Master of Science Robotics<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/index.php\/projects\/ankle-prosthesis\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"11\">Ankle Prosthesis Patent<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PANDORA RL - Rough Terrain\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AKKpHcboHtU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rough Terrain Policy for PANDORA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Single Rigid Body MPC for Biped\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eAmE_JYt_7k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Single Rigid Body MPC &#8211; Biped<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PANDORA RL - Flat Ground\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x4If872BoeI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">RL policy for flat ground walking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PANDORA - Demo\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1HFcSQ8HBgQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PANDORA Range of Motion Demo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I have a Master of Engineering from Virginia Tech (<a href=\"https:\/\/me.vt.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VT<\/a>), a Master in Science from the Polytechnic School of University of S\u00e3o Paulo (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usp.br\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">USP<\/a>), and a Bachelor&#8217;s degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.puc-rio.br\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PUC-Rio<\/a>). I have spent a semester as an exchange student in University of Wisconsin Madison (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wisc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UWM<\/a>), and a month in Boston at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaplaninternational.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kaplan International<\/a> studying English. I have also graduated as a Metal-Mechanic technician in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been involved in many different projects, and have become very fond of Robotics. My current research interests are Robotics, Legged Locomotion, Optimal Control and Deep Reinforcement Learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also find me on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ivan-fischman-ekman-sim%C3%B5es-4336a5138\/\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9831-1024x683-768x512-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9831-1024x683-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/IMG_9831-1024x683-768x512-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Ivan Fischman Ekman Sim\u00f5es. I love Robotics, and the best way to get to know me is to take a look at the projects I have worked on! I recommend: Master of Engineering Robotics, Master of Science Robotics and Ankle Prosthesis Patent I have a Master of Engineering from Virginia Tech (VT), &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ivan Ekman &#8211; Robotics Researcher&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-234","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1187,"href":"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/234\/revisions\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ivanekman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}