Yunus Emre Danabaş
Mechatronics / Electronics Engineering Double Major · Sabancı University
I’m a Mechatronics and Electronics Engineering double major at Sabancı University. I graduated 1st in Mechatronics (2025) and I’m completing my second degree in Electronics. My work sits at the intersection of robotics, control, and embedded systems, with an emphasis on building systems that are reproducible, testable, and robust enough to leave the lab.
My research experience includes work with PRISMA Lab (University of Naples Federico II), the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (TUM MIRMI), and Sabancı University’s Human–Machine Interaction Laboratory with Prof. Volkan Patoğlu. Across these settings, I’ve focused on simulation-driven development, sensing, and control using engineering discipline to move from requirements to working prototypes.
In industry, I contributed at TÜBİTAK BİLGEM, Pubinno Inc., and AS Robotics (COMAU Turkey) on multi-robot coordination, automated mechatronic systems, and industrial robotics. Leading the SURover student robotics team strengthened my ability to turn simulation results into reliable hardware under real constraints.
Currently, I serve as a teaching assistant to Prof. Volkan Patoğlu at Sabancı University, supporting ME312 Analysis & Synthesis of Mechanisms and ME403 Introduction to Robotics. I enjoy bridging theory and practice—helping students move from core concepts to functional prototypes.
I like building things that work, trying them in real settings, and improving them step by step. If you’d like to collaborate, feel free to reach out.
Research Interests
I’m broadly interested in robotics, and I’ve intentionally tried to explore many subfields through my projects, internships, and coursework. With a mixed background in mechatronics, electronics, and a solid set of computer science courses, I enjoy working at the boundaries between hardware and software, and picking the right tools for the job.
I’m especially interested in human-centered robotics, including teleoperation, robot teaching, and haptics. I like problems where the goal is to make robots easier to control, safer to use, and more trustworthy in real settings.
On the autonomy side, I’m interested in robot control and learning for systems that interact with the world, especially contact-rich tasks where modeling and sensing both matter. I’m also drawn to simulation-driven development, building pipelines that make it easier to test ideas quickly and then move them onto real robots.
Finally, I’m interested in mobile robotics, including navigation and practical autonomy for robots that operate in imperfect environments. I care about reliability, robustness, and clean integration of sensing, control, and software so the system works outside of ideal lab conditions.