Mohsen Kaboli

Dr. Mohsen Kaboli is a professor of Embodied AI, Robotics, and Tactile Intelligence at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands. He is the head of Embodied Interactive Perception & Robot Learning Lab (RoboTac). Additionally, he is the head of AI, Robotics & Cognitve Vehicel research lab at BMW Group, Center of Invention in Munich, Germany, a role he has held since 2018. Previously, Dr. Kaboli held the position of assistant professor at the Institute for Brain and Cognition at Radboud University in the Netherlands from 2019 to 2022. He was a group leader of tactile robotic and postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS), the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany from September 2017 till August 2018. He received his Ph.D. degree with the highest distinction (summa cum laude) in robotics focusing on interactive tactile perception and learning in robotics from TUM in 2017. He was awarded the best European Ph.D. thesis prize in robotics, Georges Giralt Ph.D. Award (finalist).

Dr. Kaboli’s research interests lie at the intersection of Embodied Robotics, Visuo-Tactile Interactive Perception, Machine Learning, and Control, with applications ranging from Mobile Robotics to Robotic Grasping and Manipulation, and Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration. Dr. Kaboli has played a pivotal role as a principal investigator in numerous European-funded research projects, including PHASTRAC (Oscillatory Neural Network-based Efficient AI Edge Computing), INTUITIVE (Tactile User Interface), iNavigate (Brain-Inspired Perception for Navigation and Mobility), and SmartNets, among others.

Dr. Kaboli is the inventor or co-inventor of nearly 20 patents and has authored approximately 40 journal papers, conference proceedings, and editorials. He also serves as an Editor and Associate Editor for several leading journals and conferences, including IEEE ICRA, IROS, R-AL, T-RO, & IJRR. His research over the past 15 years has been bridging several research domains, the most important ones being tactile intelligence, AI, and robotics. This also been acknowledged by the IEEE, when being named IEEE Senior Member in 2018 for his contributions in AI and Robotics. Dr. Kaboli and his team research have been awarded several awards, IEEE ICRA outstanding paper award in perception (finalist) ICRA 2023, IEEE FLEPS oustasting student award ( winner) 2022, IEEE ROSE oustanding paper award (winner) 2024.

Link to RoboTac Lab