Nima Maghooli

About Me

Mechanical Engineer interested in Robotics & Intelligent Control

I am delighted to welcome you to visit my website. There is enough information about me here to enable you to create a clear picture of my career.

My current activities involve utilizing robotics to automate complex tasks, such as Minimally Invasive Surgery. Throughout my MSc thesis, my research focus was on Continuum Robots, widely used in surgical applications. After graduating, I joined Sina Robotics and Medical Innovators Company, eager to apply my experience in Intelligent Control to Robotic Telesurgery Systems. While learning-based methods are becoming more powerful and interconnected, their reliability is not always guaranteed. I aim to bridge this gap through research in the field of Robot Learning and plan to continue my research journey as a PhD student. My career goal is to lead a research laboratory, where I will strive to develop usable and effective technologies, leading to a positive societal impact.

Some of the institutions and organizations where I have played a role are listed below.

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Resume

Work Experience

Roboticist and Intelligent Control System Design Engineer

Feb 2024 - Present

Sina Robotics and Medical Innovators Co., Ltd, Tehran, Iran

  • 1st Project: Deriving Kinematics, Jacobian, and Dynamics Analytical Models with respect to Remote Center of Motion (RCM) for Hybrid Serial-Parallel Robotic Telesurgery System (Sina).
  • 2nd Project: Design and Implementation of Adaptive-IDC Control System for Master-Slave Robotic Telesurgery System for Minimally Invasive Surgery Applications.

Research Interests

  • Haptic Master-Slave Robotic Systems
  • Medical Robotics and Robotic Surgery
  • Robot Learning and Learning-Based Control
  • Data-Driven and Intelligent Control Systems
  • System Identification and Parameters Estimation
  • Sim-to-Real Transfer in Deep Reinforcement Learning

Education

MSc in Mechanical Eng. (Dynamics & Control)

Sep 2020 - Sep 2023

K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

  • Supervisor: Prof. S. Ali A. Moosavian
  • Thesis title: Intelligent Control System Design with Implementation for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robots using Vision-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning
  • Seminar title: Learning-Based Modeling and Control for Soft Robotic Systems

BSc in Mechanical Eng.

Sep 2015 - May 2020

University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

  • Supervisor: Dr. Tara Farizeh
  • Internship place: Mapna Turbine Engineering and Manufacturing Co. (TUGA)

Research & Teaching Experience

Graduate Research Assistant

Sep 2021 - Present

Center of Excellence in Robotics and Control, Advanced Robotics and Automated Systems (ARAS), Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

  • Supervisor: Prof. S. Ali A. Moosavian
  • Research Platforms: Tendon-Driven Continuum Robotic Arm | 3-RRS Parallel Robot | 5-DoF Serial Manipulator
  • Published Paper: Self-Tuning Robust Tracking Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles [Link]
  • Published Paper: Intelligent Model-Free Control for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robotic Arms [Link]
  • Submitted Paper: Adjusted MTJ Control Strategy using Deep Reinforcement Learning for Tendon-Driven Continuum Manipulators [Link]
  • In Progress: Adaptive Shape Control for Continuum Robotic Arms based on Distinct Force Distribution Strategy
  • In Progress: Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Application for 3-RRS Parallel Robot Real-Time Control

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Sep 2021 - Sep 2023

Department of Mechanical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

  • Advanced Robotics | Instructor: Prof. S. Ali A. Moosavian
  • Course Syllabus: Kinematics & Dynamics Modeling, Path & Trajectory Planning, Position Control, Force & Impedance Control

  • Advanced Dynamics | Instructor: Prof. S. Ali A. Moosavian
  • Course Syllabus: Classical Dynamics, Motion of Celestial Bodies, Analytical Dynamics, Stability Analysis

    Download Links of TA Class Recorded Videos

Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

  • MATLAB-Simulink Workshop | Organised by: Scientific Association of Mechanical Engineering, University of Tehran
  • Workshop Title: Control System Design and Optimization for Linear & Nonlinear Dynamic Systems

Portfolio

some of my academic and industrial projects and experiences are shown here, which I have archived as my portfolio.

  • All
  • Projects
  • Certificates
  • Animations

The 11th RSI International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ICRoM 2023)

Certification of Presentation for "Intelligent Model-Free Control for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robotic Arms" Conference Paper

The 10th RSI International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ICRoM 2022)

Certification of Presentation for "Self-Tuning Robust Tracking Control for Autonomous Underwater Vehicle" Conference Paper

Teaching Assistant Certificate

General Physics II | Jan – Jun 2019

Certificate of attendance at 16-hour workshop on SolidWorks

Organized by SAME (Scientific Association of Mechanical Engineering). Issued Aug 2018.

Future of Electric Vehicles, Challenges and Opportunities

It was a workshop about the Electric Vehicles, presented by Dr. Pouria Ahmadi at school of mechanical engineering, University of Tehran, October 3th 2018.

PID Controller Design for Ball & Beam System Actuated by Servo-Motor

Automatic Control Project

Agent Navigation in Discrete Environments by Reinforcement Learning Algorithms

Reinforcement Learning Project

Performance Comparison of FLC & PID Controllers for 3R Spatial Robotic Arm

Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems Project

Analytical Kinematics & Kinetics Modeling and Verification

Robotics Project

Data-Driven Modeling for a Tendon-Driven Continuum Robot as a MIMO System

System Identification Project

Design and Optimization of Fuzzy Logic Controller for Tendon-Driven Continuum Robot

Fuzzy Logic & Neuro-Fuzzy Control Project

Dynamics Modeling, Planning and Control for 5-DoF Rail-Mounted Industrial Robot

Advanced Robotics Project

Motion Analysis for the Ball of Basketball

Dynamics Project

Path Planning for a 2-DoF Serial Robot

Advanced Robotics Mini-Project

Animation of Agent Navigation in Discrete Environments by RL Algorithms

Reinforcement Learning Project

Animation of Trajectory Tracking by Fuzzy Logic Controller for 3R Spatial Robotic Arm

Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems Project

Animation of Path Planning for 2-DoF Planar Robotic Arm

Advanced Robotics Mini-Project

My M.Sc. Thesis Demo

Master of Science Thesis

Sina Robotic Telesurgery System Analytical Modeling

Sina Robotics and Medical Innovators Co., Ltd

Modeling and Learning-Based Control for 3-RRS Parallel Robot

Research Project at ARAS Laboratory

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