Dr. Dan Cuperman

Articles in Refereed Journals

Verner, I., Polishuk, A., Klein, Y., Cuperman, D., & Mir, R. (2012). A learning excellence program in a science museum as a pathway into robotics. International Journal of Engineering Education, 28(3), 523–533.

Cuperman, D., & Verner, I. (2013). Learning through creating robotic models of biological systems. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 23, 849-866.

Verner, I., Cuperman, D., & Reitman, M. (2017). Robot online learning to lift weights: A way to expose students to robotics and intelligent technologies. International Journal of Online Engineering, 13(8), 174-182.

Cuperman, D., & Verner, I. (2019). Fostering analogical reasoning through creating robotic models of biological systems. International Journal of Science Education and Technology, 28(2),90-103.

Verner, I., Cuperman, D., Gamer, S., & Polishuk, A. (2019). Training robot manipulation skills through practice with digital twin of Baxter. International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering, 15(9), 58-70.

Verner, I., Cuperman, D., Gamer, S., & Polishuk, A. (2020). Exploring affordances of robot manipulators in an introductory engineering course. International Journal of Engineering Education, 36(5), 1691–1707.

Verner, I., Cuperman, D. (2020). The Intelligent Robotics and Smart Transportation Program for high school students: An excellence program of the Technion and ORT in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and MIT, MOR-TECH, The Journal of Teachers’ Center for Technological Disciplines, 15, 18-25. [Hebrew]

Verner, I., Cuperman, D., & Reitman, M. (2021). Exploring robot connectivity and collaborative sensing in a high-school enrichment program. Robotics, 10(1), 13.‏

Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books of Conference Proceedings

Verner, I., & Cuperman, D. (2009). Learning from analogies between robotic world and natural phenomena. In: J. H. Kim, S. Sam Ge, P. Vadakkepat, & N. Jesse (Eds.) Proceedings of the 2009 FIRA RoboWorld Congress: Progress in Robotics, (pp. 262-270) Berlin Heidelberg: Springer.

Verner, I., & Cuperman, D. (2010). Learning by inquiry into natural phenomena and construction of their robotic representations. In: H. Middleton (Ed.), Knowledge in Technology Education, (pp. 171-177), Griffith Institute for Educational Research, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.

Verner, I. M., Cuperman, D., Klein, Y., Polishuk, A., Wertheim, I., & Mir, R. (2011). Focusing a robotics education program on scientific and humane challenges: A museum case study. In 2011 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) (pp. 1-7). IEEE.‏

Verner, I. M., Cuperman, D., Cuperman, A., Ahlgren, D., Petkovsek, S., Burca, V., … & Santoso, J. (2013). Humanoids at the assistive robot competition RoboWaiter 2012. In Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 2012 (pp. 763-774). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

Verner, I., Cuperman, D., Krishnamachar, A., & Green, S. (2017). Learning with learning robots: A weight-lifting project. In J. H. Kim et al. (Eds.) Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 4, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 447, Chapter 26 (pp. 319-327). Springer, Cham.

Verner, I., Reitman, M., Cuperman, D., Yan, T., Finkelstein, E., & Romm, T. (2018). Exposing robot learning to students in augmented reality experience. In: M. Auer, & R. Langmann (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 47 (pp. 610-619). Springer, Cham.

Verner, I., Cuperman, D., Fang, A., Reitman, M., Romm, T., & Balikin, G. (2018). Robot online learning through digital twin experiments: A weightlifting project. In: M. Auer, & D. Zutin (Eds.), Online Engineering & Internet of Things, Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 22 (pp. 307-314). Springer, Cham.

Verner, I., Cuperman, D., Romm, T., Reitman, M., Chong, S. K., & Gong, Z. (2019). Intelligent robotics in high school: An educational paradigm for the Industry 4.0 era. In: M. E. Auer, & T. Tsiatsos (Eds.) The Challenges of the Digital Transformation in Education, 2 (pp. 824-832). Springer, Cham.‏

Verner, I., Cuperman, D., Gamer, S., & Polishuk, A. (2020). Digital twin of the robot Baxter for learning practice in spatial manipulation tasks. In: M. E. Auer and K. Ram B. (Eds.) Cyber Physical Systems and Digital Twins: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 80 (pp.81–94). Springer.

Articles in Conference Proceedings

Cuperman, D., & Verner, I. (2010). Learning about natural phenomena through the construction of robotic representations, In: Eshet-Alkalai, Y. Caspi, A. Eden, S. Geri, N., & Y, Yair (Eds), Proceedings of the 2010 Chais Conference on Instructional Technologies Research. Raanana, Israel.

Verner, I., & Cuperman, D. (2012). The symbiosis of design and inquiry-based learning in creating robotic models of biological systems. Proceedings of the Constructionism 2012 Conference. Athens, Greece.

Cuperman, D., & Verner, I. (2013). Learning through bio-inspired inquiry and design of robotic models. Proceedings of the Israeli Conference on Robotics (ICR 2013). Tel Aviv, Israel.

Cuperman, D., & Verner, I. (2015). Fostering analogical reasoning and design skills through creating bio-inspired robotic models. Proceedings of the 25th CIRP International Design Conference, Innovative Product Creation. Haifa, Israel.

Verner, I., Reitman, M., & Cuperman, D. (2017). Advancing student interaction with a learning robot: Digital twin, connectivity, and augmented reality. Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, the Workshop on Mathematical Models, Algorithms, and Human-Robot Interaction, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Cuperman, D., Verner, I., Levin, L., Greenholts, M., & Rosen, U. (2021). Focusing a technology teacher education course on collaborative cloud-based design with Onshape. Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning. Dresden, Germany.

Cuperman, D., Verner, I., Perez, H., Gamer, S., & Polishuk, A. (2021). Fostering integrative thinking through an online AR-based robot system analysis. Proceedings of the World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF). Madrid, Spain.

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