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S.M.Hadi Sadati, Ph.D.

CME Research Fellow
Contact: smh_sadati(at)kcl.ac.uk

I am a CME Research Fellow in the Robotics and Vision in Medicine (RViM) Lab within the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King’s, investigating “Reinventing Catheters by Soft Robotics for Autonomous Robotic Thrombectomy in Acute Stroke (ART)”. I have a BSc (2010) and an MSc (2012) in Mechanical Engineering from the Amirkabir and Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran; and a PhD (2018) in Robotics from King’s College London, UK. I have held the position of Postdoctoral Research Associate in Robotic System Engineering in the RViM lab (2019-2021) and in Morphological Computation at the University of Bristol (2017-2019). I was also a Visiting Researcher in the Learning Algorithms and Systems Lab (LASA), EPFL Switzerland (2019), as well as Prof. Ian Walker’s lab, Clemson University (2017), and the Morph Lab, Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London (2016-2017). I am a reviewer editor for the Frontiers in Robotics & AI Journal in Bio-inspired Robotics and serves at the reviewer board of MDPI Robotics Journal since 2020.

Research experience & interests: Soft Medical Robotics, Variable Stiffness Structures, Bioinspiration, Morphological Contribution, System Dynamics, Planning & Control, Mechatronics Design.

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Featured Research

Continuum Robot Modeling (GitHub)
 Medical Continuum Robotics
Bioinspiration & Morphological Contribution Integrable Stiffening Interfaces
Passive Dynamic Walking Real Rescue Robot

Education

PhD in Robotics (Graduate Teaching Scholar), “Decentralized Morphological Stiffness Tunable Interface for Continuum Manipulators”, Dr. T Nanayakkara, Morph Lab, King’s College London, UK, 2014-18

MSc in Mechanical Eng. Applied Design (Tuition Waiver Eq.), “Modeling, Design and Simulation of Falling and Landing Process in a Robotic Cat”, Prof. A Meghdari, Center of Excellence in Design, Robotics, and Automation (CEDRA), Sharif U. T., Iran, 2010-12 (class of 2010 top 50% GPA)

BSc in Mechanical Eng. (Tuition Waived Eq.), “Design and Build of a Passive Walking Biped”, Dr. M Naraghi, Amirkabir U. T. (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran, 2005-10 (class of 2005 top 30% GPA)

Research Positions

CME Research Fellow, “Reinventing Catheters by Soft Robotics for Autonomous Robotic Thrombectomy in Acute Stroke (ART)”, Robotics and Vision in Medicine (RViM) Lab, King’s College London, UK. May 2021 – 23

Research Associate in Robotic Systems Engineering, “ERC PIONEER: Peri-Ocularly Navigated Exteroceptive Snake Robot for Novel Retinal Interventions”, Dr. C Bergeles, Robotics and Vision in Medicine (RViM) Lab, King’s College London, UK. May 2019 – 21

Research Associate in Morphological Computation with Spiders’ Web, “Leverhulme Trust Project: Computing with spiders’ webs – An inspiration for new sensors and robots”, Dr. H Hauser, Morphological Computation, University of Bristol, UK. Nov 2017 – Apr 19

R&D Team Member & Manager, ASAME (Pasargad) Real Rescue Robotic Club, Dep. Mech. Eng., Amirkabir U. T. (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran. 2006-10

Research Visits

Visiting researcher, “DS-Approach in Medical Robotics”, Prof. A Billard, Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory (LASA), EPFL, Switzerland, Nov-Dec 2019

Visiting PhD Student, “Bio-inspired Robotics”, Dr. T Nanayakkara, Morph Lab, Dyson, Imperial College London, UK, Jan 2017 – Oct 18

Visiting Scholar, “Continuum Manipulator Reduced-Order Modeling”, Prof. I D Walker, Clemson University, USA, Nov 2017

Teaching & Supervison

Lecture: BEng 1st-year course, ‘Mechanics for Biomedical Engineering’ (40% – 16 Hrs, 2020-21), Dept. Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, UK

Student Survey results: 4.7/5 Dr Sadati’s lectures, 3.6/5 course overall satisfaction

Lecture: BEng 3rd-year course ‘Advanced Mechanics‘ (60% – 24 Hrs, 81 students, 2020-21), Dept. Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, UK

Student Survey results: 3.8/5 course overall satisfaction

Supervision: MSc (11 Students, 2017-2020), BSc (4 Student, 2014&21), King’s College London & University of Bristol, UK

Graduate Teaching Scholar & Teaching Assistantship: Informatics Modules (900hr 2014-18), Medical Robotics (6hr 2019), King’s College London, UK

Editorial Role & Affiliations

Reviewer Board of MDPI Robotics Journal (since 2020)

Review Editor in Bio-Inspired Robotics, Frontiers in Robotics and AI Journal (since 2020)

Special Issue Editor in Current Advances in Soft Robotics: Best Papers from RoboSoft, Frontiers in Robotics and AI Journal (2018-19)

Organizing Member of IEEE RAS Soft Robotics Newsletter & Debates (since 2015)

Reviewer for more than 70 scientific journal (IJRR, T-RO, SoRo, IEEE RAM, RA-L,  TMech/AIM, ASME JMR, Frontiers, MDPI, etc.) and conference (ICRA, IROS, RoboSoft, etc.) publications excluding revisions (since 2015)

Regular & Student Member, IEEE RAS & ASME (since 2014)

Grants, Honors & Awards

£10.5K “King’s Global Engagement Partnership Fund” to promote KCL & EPFL collaborations, King’s College London, UK, 2020

Graduate Teaching Scholar (GTS) fully funded PhD study, Infomratics Dept., King’s College London, UK. 2014-18

Tuition free MSc (Sharif U. T., Iran) & BSc (Amirkabir U. T., Iran) studies (2005-12)

Travel support:

2K CHF Visiting research support, Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory (LASA), EPFL, Switzerland, 2019

€500 IEEE Summer School on Control of Surgical Robots (COSUR), Livorno, Italy, 2016

$200 ASME DSCC conference travel grant, Columbus, USA, 2015

3 x £500 Conference fund, Informatics Department, King’s College London, UK, 2015-17

Publication Award:

Excellent Oral Presentation Award in Robot System Design and Control Session, Int. Conf. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (ICMAE), IEEE, Prague, Czech Rep., 2017

Best Student Paper Award, 7th IEEE Int. Conf. Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS), Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2014

Distinguished BSc Thesis Finalist , Amirkabir U.T., Iran, 2010

National Qualification Exams

14th among 2K (Top 0.7%), PhD qualification exam in Mechanical Eng. Control & Vibration, Iran, 2012

17th among 10K (Top 0.2%), MSc qualification exam in Mechanical Engineering, Iran, 2010

697th among 300K (Top 0.2%), BSc qualification exam in Math, Iran, 2005

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Let’s TMTDyn Together

Soft Robotics Debates Archive

News

Jul 2020 – The next @ieeeras @SoftDebate is here “#Soft #Robotics #Impact: Exploratory Research vs. Application Oriented Solutions” with Elliot Hawkes, @FumiyaIida1, Oliver Brock, Yong Lae Park & Josie Hughes
Fri Aug 13, 4pm UK Time
by @MarwaEldiwiny @SMHadiSadati Laura Blumenschein

Jul 2020 – Apr-Jun 2021 Issue of @ieeeras #SoftRobotics #Newsletter is now available (link)

Jul 2020 – Congratulations @ZhenhuaYu_IC for getting your paper titled “A Method to use Reservoir Computing in a Whisker Sensor for Terrain Identification by Mobile Robots” accepted in @IROS2021. A good reward for hard work together with @SMHadiSadati @HWegiriya and @PeterRNChilds

Selected Publications

Sadati et al., ‘TMTDyn: A Matlab package for modeling and control of hybrid rigid–continuum robots based on discretized lumped systems and reduced-order models’, IJRR, 2020.

Berthet-Rayne et al., ‘MAMMOBOT: A Miniature Steerable Soft Growing Robot for Early Breast Cancer Detection’, RA-L, 2021

Sadati et al., ‘Stiffness Imaging With a Continuum Appendage: Real-Time Shape and Tip Force Estimation From Base Load Readings’, RA-L, 2020

Shiva et al., ‘Elasticity Versus Hyperelasticity Considerations in Quasistatic Modeling of a Soft Finger-Like Robotic Appendage for Real-Time Position and Force Estimation’, Soft Robotics, 2019

Abad et al., ‘Significance of the Compliance of the Joints on the Dynamic Slip Resistance of a Bio-inspired Hoof’, T-RO, 2019

Wegiriya et al., ‘Information Gain in a Stiffness Controllable Multimodal Whisker Follicle’, IEEE Sensors, 2019

Sadati et al., ‘Control Space Reduction and Real-Time Accurate Modeling of Continuum Manipulators Using Ritz and Ritz–Galerkin Methods’, RA-L, 2018

Sadati et al., ‘Three-Dimensional-Printable Thermoactive Helical Interface With Decentralized Morphological Stiffness Control for Continuum Manipulators’, RA-L, 2018

Sadati et al., ‘Optimum Design, Manufacturing and Experiment of a Passive Walking Biped: Effects of Structural Parameters on Efficiency, Stability and Robustness on Uneven Trains’, Modares Mech. Eng. J., 2012

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