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S.M.Hadi Sadati, Ph.D.

Posdoc Research Associate in Robotic Systems Engineering
Contact: smh_sadati(at)kcl.ac.uk

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Robotic Systems Engineering at Robotics and Vision in Medicine (RViM) Lab, King’s College London, UK, working within the ERC starting grant “PIONEER” awarded to Dr. Christos Bergeles and Dr. Lyndon Da Cruz on the development of robotic instrumentation that delivers stem cells to diseased retinal layers. I have a M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Sharif University of Technology, Iran, in 2012 and a Ph.D. in Robotics from King’s College London, UK, in 2018. I have been a postdoc research associate in Morphological Computation at University of Bristol in 2017-19, and a visiting researcher at Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory (LASA), EPFL, Switzerland in 2019; at Prof. Ian Walker’s lab, Clemson University, USA in 2017; and at Morph Lab, Imperial College London, UK in 2016-17. I am also a reviewer editor for Frontiers in Robotics & AI Journal in Bio-inspired Robotics field since 2010.

Research experience & interests: Continuum Manipulators, Soft Robotics, Medical Robotics, Variable Stiffness Structures, Bioinspiration, Morphological Contribution, System Dynamics, Planning & Automation, Mechatronic 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

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, “Soft Robotics Planning”, Dr. Robert Katzschmann, Soft Robotics Lab, ETH, Switzerland, Planned for 2021

Visiting researcher, “Soft Robotic Medical Phantoms” Dr. Perla Miolino, Soft Robotics Lab, Oxford Robotics Institute, UK, Planned for 2021

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 course ‘Advanced Mechanics‘ (60% – 24 Hrs, >80 students, 2020), Dept. Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King’s College London, UK

Supervision: MSc (11 Students, 2017-2020), BSc (4 Student, 2014&20), 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

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 35 scientific journal (IJRR, T-RO, SoRo, IEEE RAM, RA-L, Frontiers, etc.) and 22 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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Soft Robotics Debates Archive

News

Nov 2020 – Excited to attend @SofaFramework Week 2020 tutorial & symposium, live now. Looking forward to your feedback on presentation by Mikel De I. Reyzabal on “Implementing #Dynamic #ActiveConstraints for safe #RoboticSurgery using #SOFA” @rvimlab @KingsImaging

Nov 2020 – Honored to be appointed as a review #editor in #Bioinspired #Robotics Frontiers in Robotics & AI: https://bit.ly/32eOs2N
*Spacial thanks to Dr. Surya Nurzaman for his kind suggestion.

Nov 2020 – #IROS2020 is live now and free to register! Looking very much forward to seeing your comments on our video presentations & Workshop!
– Optic Nerve Sheath Fenestration with a Multi-Arm Continuum Robot
– Exploiting the Morphology of a SMA Spring as an Active Backbone Tendril Robot (ATBR)
– Application-Oriented Modelling and Control of Soft Robots

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.

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., ‘A Geometry Deformation Model for Braided Continuum Manipulators’, Frontiers Robotics & AI, 2017

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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