Projects

(2020) Early Post-doc Mobility
Intent-aware control for physically-interactive robotic prosthetic arms through understanding human kinematics in goal-oriented tasks
ISIR, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France [May 2020 – Nov. 2021]
Supervisors: Prof. Nathanael Jarrassé and Prof. Guillaume Morel
(Individual fellowship grant awarded by Swiss National Science Foundation)
Scientific researcher

(2019) Samsung research project
Tactile-based robotic grasping and manipulation
LASA, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland [Mar. 2019 – Dec. 2020]
Supervisors: Prof. Aude Billard
(Funded by Samsung R&D, Korea)
Team leader

(2017) SecondHands
Designing robotic systems that can offer help to a maintenance technician in a pro-active manner
LASA, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland [Aug. 2017 – Mar. 2020]
Supervisors: Prof. Aude Billard
(European project H2020-ICT-2014-1)
Scientific researcher

(2016) Cogimon
Compliant control in humans and humaniods
LASA, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland [Nov. 2016 – Jul. 2017]
Supervisors: Prof. Aude Billard
(European project H2020-ICT-644727)
Scientific researcher

(2014) AlterEgo
Designing new human-artificial agent interactions through the concept of similarity in order to enhance human social competence
LASA, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland [Apr. 2014 – Oct. 2016]
Supervisors: Prof. Aude Billard
(European project FP7-ICT-600610)
Scientific researcher

(2013) Design of energy efficient walking systems
Exploitation and modification of natural dynamics through design and control for reaching energy efficient systems
Cognitive Robotics Laboratory, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran [Sept. 2013 – Apr. 2014]
Supervisors: Prof. Majid Nili Ahmadabadi
(Funded by University of Tehran)
Research assistant

(2012) Multi-terrain locomotion of water-running robots
Closed-loop control of a quadruped water-runner robot
NanoRobotics Laboratory, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg, Iran [Nov. 2012 – Apr. 2013]
Supervisors: Prof. Metin Sitti
(Funded by Carnegie Mellon University)
Visiting Scholar

(2011) Bobcat
A quadruped robot with flexible spine, Design and control implementation of a quadruped robot with flexible spine
BioRob, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland [Aug. 2011 – Oct. 2012]
Supervisors: Prof. Auke Ijspeert, Dr. Alexander Sprowitz
(Funded by EPFL)
Internship