Modern lifestyles mean that many parents have little time for their children. Many children suffer because they do not get as much attention from their parents as children did in the past.

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a university degree with honors

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from King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi. After graduation, I

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to pursue master’s and doctoral degrees oversea in a field related to robotics. My goal is to design a novel, world-class human-level

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or animals-like abilities for

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robot

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the robot

robots

. I am proud to present that I am one of the best in my class since I have gained not only academic

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practical experience. I was elected to receive best bachelor’s thesis award.

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, me and my teammates completed two difficult semester

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, our robots received the best performance. The curriculum is extremely intense because it was designed and taught by many lecturers who graduated from top-ranked universities. Combining several courses together as a module,

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program concentrates on

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the integration

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from different courses.

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, several

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advanced

topics are introduced for

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(

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as deep learning, reinforcement learning, bio-inspired

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intelligent

, adaptable

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and optimal

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). For four years, I have done numerous projects and

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extended from these topics. While I was working on optical character and image recognition, I was aware that deep learning model

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as

convolutional

following accepted customs and proprieties

conventional

convolution

neural network requires a large pool of training samples, which is very hard to get. I would like to make data acquisition get easier by using synthetic images

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and transfer the trained model to capture images;

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,

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the performance

of the model dropped significantly. To deal with

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problem, edge detection and

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, inspired by the ways we recognize characters, were employed. I

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published

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work at

International Computer Science

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the International Computer Science

and Engineering Conference under the supervision of Dr.

Warasinee

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Worsen

Chaisangmongkon. After I gained sufficient

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on

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of

deep

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learning

, I was challenged by an application of discrete-time neural network in

locomotion

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control

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during my internship with Prof. Poramate Manoonpong. I performed a

study

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on

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adaptive

locomotion

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of a gecko

robot

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with

modular neural mechanism

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a modular neural mechanism

implemented in

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robot operating system

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a robot operating system

the robot operating system

. Serving as

central pattern generator

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a central pattern generator

central pattern generators

and neural

postprocessing

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post processing

, it

generate

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generates

rhythmic motor signals that used to

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the

robot

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. The

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received a feedback from

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attached to its body and

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smoothly altered its gait according to slope of climbing surface. In my bachelor’s thesis, I worked with Dr.

Pitiwut

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teerakittikul

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. He introduced me an amazing computation inspired by

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the characteristic

of

hormone

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called artificial

hormone

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mechanism. The concentration rises after receiving stimulus, and slowly falls when there is no stimulation. There is an equilibrium state called homeostasis when decay rate is nearly equal to

hormone

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production rate. Different scales of

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the stimulation lead

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principle is utilized for

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adaptation. The main advantages of

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are

to handle with noise or other stimulating signals that do not converge to zero after adaptation. I focused on designing an artificial

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mechanism for a gecko

robot

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to climb on uneven surface. Several

step

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steps

were taken to

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achieve

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, modular neural

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was employed for gait generation.

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, the

robot

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stretched its leg corresponding to level of artificial

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stimulated by foot contact signal.

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, there was another higher level

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acted as if it controls confidence of the

robot

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. If the gecko

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is likely to fall, its confidence drops; as a consequence, the

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locomotive

was paused while its legs were adjusted. With

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bio-inspired strategy, the

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was able to climb across

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the gap

a gap

and step without falling down. I do enjoy conducting

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a couple reasons

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can start using my ability to expand

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the boundary

boundaries

of human

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.

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, participation in an international conference creates an excellent opportunity to explore other outstanding works which may be useful ideas for carrying out my

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. My ultimate goal is to become

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a principle investigator

of a

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team that benefits people around the world by contributing novel intelligent mechanisms and robots with human-level

intelligence

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. I want to provide

supports

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support

and work with various passionate international people. In order to reach my goal, I wish to

study

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and gain access to world-class resources in a great international institute especially in UiO. To build upon my current

knowledge

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and experience, I keen on studying more about robotics in a curriculum that focus on artificial

intelligent

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intelligence

and

robot

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control

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. After several months of searching for that, I found only a program named Robotics and Intelligent

Systemsat

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Systems at

UiOthat contains a great deal of interesting lectures (

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as biologically inspired computing, introduction to robotics,

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of manipulators and mobile robots, artificial

intelligence

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and machine learning). From my point of view, taking part in those classes can perfectly

extended

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extend

my

knowledge

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in machine learning,

robot

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control

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and bio-inspired intelligent. Regarding my

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interests, I am open to

wide variety

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a wide variety

of

project

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projects

involving utilization of artificial

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intelligence

in robotics. There are

several of exciting

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several exciting

projects at UiO. Conducting

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relating to either evolutionary robotics (morphology evolution

,

Accept space

,

evolution in

locomotion

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patterns and captivity and learning) at ROBIN

research

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group or

robot

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control

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using CPGs at RITMO, is a valuable opportunity to

study

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and design a new approach for controlling

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robot

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the robot

. As far as I am concerned, my solid academic background,

research

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experiences, and strong passion will be beneficial to complete Robotics and Intelligent

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UiO, and

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to publish my work in good journals. To my mind,

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program is a great match for my expertise.

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, studying at UiOwill provided me a great opportunity to conduct my

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with excellent resources under

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the guidance

of prominent professors and will help me to

fulfill

put in effect

fulfil

my goal.