Dr Amir Ghalamzan
PhD, FHEA
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Senior Lecturer
CMI Theme Lead for Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Full contact details
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Amy Johnson Building
Portobello Street
Sheffield
S1 3JD
- Profile
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Amir is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at the University of Sheffield and Theme Lead for Robotics and Autonomous Systems for the Centre of Machine Intelligence. He leads the Intelligent Manipulation Lab which focuses on robotic grasping and manipulation, teleoperation, Agri-food robotics, robot learning, and haptic and tactile sensors. Strong research professional with a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) focused on Robotics and Automation Engineering from Politecnico di Milano.
- Research interests
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Amir's research interests lie in fundamental aspects of robot learning, and data-driven control and planning, with a strong commitment to addressing real-world challenges. Amir has particularly focused on mitigating labour shortages in the agri-food sector through the development of robots capable of functioning under extreme conditions, such as strawberry picking in high temperatures and humidity.