PETAR PETROVIĆ
Full Time Professor

pbpetrovic@mas.bg.ac.rs
Date of birth: 22. November 1958 in Belgrade
Present Position: Professor
Degrees:
1982
B.Sc., Production engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade University
1989
Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Production engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade University, Thesis: “Part mating process in robotic assembly”.
1996
Doctor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Production engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade University, Thesis: “Dynamic modeling and adaptive control of part mating process in robotic assembly”.
Professional experiences:
1982
Designer of CNC machine tools at Machine tool factory Ivo-Lola-Ribar
1984
Assistant at the Production Engineering Department, Faculty of Mechanical Eng., Belgrade University
1998
Docent at the Production Engineering Department, Faculty of Mechanical Eng., Belgrade University
2003
Associate Professor at the Production Engineering Department, Faculty of Mechanical Eng., Belgrade University
2008
Full Professor at the Production Engineering Department, Faculty of Mechanical Eng., Belgrade University
Committee service:
2001
Chairman of Commission for Computer-based Communication and Information System at Faculty of Mechanical Engineering.
2004
Council member of Belgrade University Center for IT
2007
Managing director of Center for Advanced Technology at Faculty of Mechanical Eng., Belgrade University
Teaching:
Undergraduate studies: Engineering Cybernetics, Manufacturing systems design, Computer Control Systems, Mechatronics systems, Industrial Assembly Systems. Graduate studies: Engineering Measurements (MSci), Automatic assembly systems (MSci), Intelligent Automation, (PhD), Mechatronics and Adaptronics (PhD)
Research areas:
Mechanical engineering, Intelligent manufacturing systems and automatic assembly – theory and design, Robotics, Modeling and control of part mating process in robotic assembly, Passive (RCC) and active compliant devices for assembly, Force sensors, Laser triangulation sensors and its application in industrial dimensional metrology, Intelligent signal processing, Pneumatics, Programmable controllers and numerical control systems, Soft computing, Fuzzy logic and approximate reasoning, Cybernetics and general systems design theory.
Memberships in professional associations:
1982
Member of JUPITER Association
1999
Corresponding member of CIRP - International Institution for Production Engineering Research
2000
Member of IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), President of national committee 65B – Industrial-Processes Measurement and Control (Devices).
2005
Affiliated member of IFAC – International Federation of Automatic Control
2007
Corresponding member of Serbian Academy for Engineering Sciences

The list of selected publications:

  1. Milačić, V. R. and Petrović P. B., "Designing Chamfers for Automatic Assembly", Manufacturing Systems, Vol.19, No. 2, 1990, pp.: 135-147. (selected paper form 21st CIRP Seminar on Manufacturing Systems, 1989, KTH, Stockholm, SWEDEN;
  2. Petrović P., Spasić Z., Pešić V.,"Flexible automatic system for air filter assembly", 10-th International Conference on Computer-Aided Production Engineering, Palermo, june 7-9, 1994, ITALY, pp.: 391-398.
  3. Petrović P., Milačić V., "Fuzzy-Impedance Control and Isotropic Behavior of Manipulating Robots”, The 4th International Conference on Soft Computing IIZUKA’96, 1996, JAPAN, pp.: 342-345.
  4. Petrović P., Milačić V., "Adaptive Fuzzy Controller for Robotic Manipulator Designed by Asymptotic Stability Criterion”, The 2 9th International Symposium on Robotics, Birmingham, ENGLAND, 27 - 30 April 1998, pp.:379-382.
  5. Petrović P., Milačić V., " A Fuzzy Dynamic Model and Control of an Artificial Pneumatic Muscl e”, The 5th International Conference on Soft Computing IIZUKA’98, 1998, JAPAN, pp.: 801-804.
  6. Petrović P., Milačić V., "A Concept of an Intelligent Fuzzy Control for Assembly Robot”, 48th CIRP General Assembly, Athens, GREECE, Annals of the CIRP, Vol.47/1, 1998, pp.: 9-12.
  7. Petrović, P. B. and Milačić, V. R., "Adaptive Fuzzy Control of Mechanical Behavior for a Two Degree-of-Freedom Robotic Manipulator", Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, (1998) Vol. 9, No. 4, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISSN 0956-5515, pp.:369-375.
  8. Petrović, P. B. and Milačić, V. R., "An Adaptive Fuzzy Network for the Control of Manipulating Robot Dynamic Behavior", International Journal of Control & Cybernetics, Special Issue on "Control with Softcomputing", Vol. 27, No. 4, 1998, pp.: 503-519.
  9. Petrović P., Milačić V., " Closed-form Resolution Scheme of the Direct Kinematics of Parallel Link Systems Based on Redundant Sensory Information ”, 49th CIRP General Assembly, Montreux, Switzerland, Annals of the CIRP – Vol.48/1 M8 , 1999, pp.: 341-344.
  10. Petrović P., Milačić V., "Fuzzy-Impedance Controller for Constrained Robot Motion”, pp.: 397-414, Kasabov, Chapter 20 in: Nikola and Kozma, Robert, (Eds) "Neuro-Fuzzy Techniques for Intelligent Information Systems”, Springer-Verlag Co. - Phisica-Verlag, Hilderberg New York, 1999, ISBN 3-7908-1187-4.
  11. Petrović P., Milačić V., "New Linear Feeding System for High Speed Assembly Developed Using Axiomatic Design Theory”, The Third World Congress on Intelligent Manufacturing Processes & Systems, MIT, Cambridge MA, USA, June 28-30, 2000, pp: 290-295.
  12. Petrović P., Milačić V., Dželatović G., "New Feeding System For High Speed Assembly Of Small Parts”, 50th CIRP General Assembly, Sydney, AUSTRALIA, Annals of the CIRP, Vol.49/1, 2000, pp.: 9-12.
  13. Petrović, P.B., "Predictive Fuzzy Model for Control of an Artificial Muscle”, pp.: 69-92, Chapter 3 in: Cho, Sung-Bae, (Editor) "PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF SOFTCOMPUTING IN ENGINEERING”, World Scientific Publishing Company, 2001, ISBN 981-02-4523-8.
  14. Petrović P., " A Fast One-Pass Algorithm for Data-Driven Fuzzy Pattern Recognition”, International Journal of Fuzzy Systems, Vol.4, No.2, 2002, pp.: 680-689.
  15. Petrović, P., Outline of a New Feature Space Deformation Approach in Fuzzy Pattern Recognition, FME Transaction, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, August 2003, str: 75-87.
  16. Petrovi ć, P.B., Lukac, Z., Milacic V.R., Laser-Based System for In-Process Thickness Measurement of Calendered Rubber, Proceedings of MATAR on CD, Praha, 2004.
  17. Petrovich, P., B., Jakovljevich, Z., Intelligent Real-time Cutting Tool Condition Monitoring Based on Discrete Wavelet Transform and Fuzzy Force Pattern Recognition, International IEEE Conference Mechatronics & Robotics, Proceedings, Aachen 2004, Vol. III, pp. 1078-1083.
  18. Petrović, P., Rubberized Cord Thickness Measurement Based on Laser Triangulation – Part I: Technology, FME Transaction, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, Vol 35, November 2007, pp: 77-84.
  19. Petrović, P., Rubberized Cord Thickness Measurement Based on Laser Triangulation – Part II: Validation, FME Transaction, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Belgrade, Vol 35, No. 2, November 2007, pp: 85-93.
  20. Petrovic, P., Jakovljevic, Z., Dynamic Compensation of Electrical Runout in Eddy Current Contactless Measurements of Non-Stationary Ferromagnetic Target, Sensor letters, Vol.7, 191–202, 2009, doi:10.1166/sl.2009.1031.

Publications:

Over 90 technical publications, more then 30 of them in international journals and conference proceedings, participation in two multi author books published by Springer Verlag Co. and World Scientific Publishing Co.

Projects:

Project coordinator at over 25 R&D projects financed by government institutions and industry in the field of production engineering.