Institute of Mechanics

Position: Electronic Engineer, phd. student

Department/Laboratory: Mechatronics

Room number: 208

Phone: +359 89 3 510 644

E-mail: pavelvenev@abv.bg

pavelvenev@imbm.bas.bg

Scientific degrees, institution, year:

Master of Science in Engineering,

Micro technology and nano engineering

Technical University Sofia, 2019-2021

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Engineer of Electronics, Microelectronics

Technical University Sofia, 2015-2019

Fields of Research:

Biomechanics of human motion;

Design of Pneumatic control systems;

Microfluidics, microfabrication, surface chemistry and nano engineering;

Soft and wearable robotics;

Rehabilitation Robotics;

Exoskeletons;

Virtual Reality and haptic controll;

Data acquisition devices and motion capture for measurement and analysis of signals during locomotion;

Control and regulation techniques;

Specialized micro controllers, design;

3D Printing, PCB and CAD/CAM design.

1. Venev, P., Chakarov, D. ,Veneva, I. Joint stiffness adjustment of a pneumatic driven exoskeleton Proceedings of the International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications, 2023, 1, pp. 361–368 https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85178639129&origin=resultslist

2. Venev, P., Veneva, I., Katsarov, G., Chakarov, D. Rehabilitation Device for Lower Limbs Through Virtual Training and Electrical Acupuncture Stimulation Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 2023, 530 LNNS, pp. 560–571https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85137985515&origin=resultslist

3. Chakarov, D., Veneva, I., Venev, P. Comparative Study of a Vacuum Powered Upper Limb Exoskeleton Proceedings of the International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, 2022, 1, pp. 403–410 https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85175987430&origin=resultslist

4. Chakarov, D., Veneva, I., Venev, P., Tsveov, M. Design and Experiments of a Pneumatic Powered Exoskeleton for Rehabilitation and Training 13th National Conference with International Participation, ELECTRONICA 2022 - Proceedings, 2022 https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139051260&origin=resultslist

5. Veneva, I., Venev, P., Chakarov, D., Katsarov, G. Device for Electrical Acupuncture Stimulation 13th National Conference with International Participation, ELECTRONICA 2022 - Proceedings, 2022 https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85139028344&origin=resultslist

6. Venev, P., Veneva, I., Chakarov, D. Pneumatic Control System for Exoskeleton Joint Actuation Biosystems and Biorobotics, 2022, 27, pp. 345–350 https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85109509037&origin=resultslist

7. Venev, P., Stefanov, B., Milusheva, V., Tzaneva, B., Videkov, V. Fabrication of Conductive Copper Patterns Using Photocatalyst-activated Electroless Deposition 12th National Conference with International Participation, ELECTRONICA 2021 - Proceedings, 2021, 951371https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85114131776&origin=resultslist&sort=plf-f

8. Chakarov, D., Veneva, I., Tsveov, M., Mitrouchev, P., Venev, P., Design of a two arms exoskeleton as haptic device for virtual reality applications, (2019) Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, pp. 252-262.https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85065436667&doi=10.1007%2f978-3-030-12346-8_25&partnerID=40&md5=65818aa1265dac5596a67cc83066d27c

9. Chakarov, D., Tsveov, M., Veneva, I., Venev, P., Development of an upper limb exoskeleton for rehabilitation and training, (2018) Series on Biomechanics, 32 (4), pp. 11-18.https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85065707139&partnerID=40&md5=54e9bf9ec18cf76018a758fc6c672076

10. M. Tsveov, P. Venev, D. Chakarov, I. Veneva. Simulations and experimental evaluation of an active orthosis for interaction in virtual environments. 13th National Congress Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 6th – 10th September 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria. «MATEC Web of Conferences Journal“, 2018 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322332983_Simulations_and_experimental_evaluation_of_an_active_orthosis_for_interaction_in_virtual_environments

11. D. Chakarov, I. Veneva, M. Tsveov, P. Venev. Powered upper limb orthosis actuation system based on pneumatic artificial muscles, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Sofia, Vol. 48 No. 1 (2018) pp. 23-36 https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/jtam.2018.48.issue-1/jtam-2018-0002/jtam-2018-0002.pdf

12. Veneva, I., Chakarov, D., Tsveov, M., Venev, P., (2019) Exoskeleton with Soft Actuation and Haptic Interface, Wearable Robotics: Challenges and Trends. WeRob 2018. Biosystems & Biorobotics, vol 22. pp. 410-414, Springer, Cham https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85055018322&origin=resultslist

13. Veneva, I., Chakarov, D. Tsveov, M., Trifonov, D., Zlatanov, E., Venev, P., Active Orthotic System for Assistance and Rehabilitation, 20th Int. Conf. on Climbing and Walking Robots and Support Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR 2017), Workshop on Wearable robots, Porto, Spain, pp. 597-604 https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85073052789&origin=resultslist

14. Veneva, I., Chakarov, D. Tsveov, M., Trifonov, D., Zlatanov, E., Venev, P., Active Assistive Orthotic system: (Exoskeleton) enhancing movement, "Handbook of Research on Biomimetics and Biomedical Robotics.", IGI Global eEditorial Discovery, pp.48-75 (2017).

15. Veneva, I., Chakarov, D., Venev, P., Zlatanov, E., Tsveov, M., Trifonov, D., Navaro, X., Exoskeleton for rehabilitation, Int. Conf. and exhibition in the frame of the European Robotics Week, “Cost oriented service robotics 2017” 24th november 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria, Problems of Engineering Cybernetics and Robotics, vol.69, pp.30-38, 2018

16. M. Tsveov, P. Venev, D. Chakarov, I. Veneva. Simulations and experimental evaluation of an active orthosis for interaction in virtual environments. 13th National Congress Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 6th – 10th September 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria. «MATEC Web of Conferences Journal“.

Institute of Mechanics tel.: +359 2 973 31 40; e-mail: office@imbm.bas.bg