Mr Saber Mahboubi Heydarabad
School of Science, Engineering & Environment
Current positions
Lecturer
Biography
Dr Saber Mahboubi is a Robotics and Automation lecturer at the University of Salford Manchester. He holds a PhD (Marie Curie funded) in Robotics from the University of Salford. He was involved in several research and industrial projects funded by the EU, EPSRC, and Innovate UK for the design of autonomous self-driving control systems, as well as innovative grasping technologies with applications in in-space non-cooperative manipulation and industrial robotic pick and place. He is an experienced Robotics and Automation scientist with a demonstrated history of working in higher education and more than eight years of industrial experience. He is skilled in Robotic Manipulation, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), Deep learning, Robust and nonlinear control systems, Industrial Automation, Autonomous Self-driving vehicles, CAD/CAM, and multi-body dynamic modelling.
Areas of Research
Robust and nonlinear control systems
Industrial robotics and automation,
Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning.
Vision Language Action (VLA) models
Predictive maintenance
Autonomous self-driving vehicles
CAD/CAM and rapid prototyping
Multibody dynamic modelling
Robotic manipulation.
Automation and Robotics
PLC
Control
Electrical Systems