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Team KAUST places 3rd at the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge

1 min read · Wed, Mar 29 2017

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A team from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) competed in the inaugural Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC), held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, March 2017, and took a 3rd place finish in the ground robotics challenge.

Renzo Caballero

Ph.D. Student, Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences

Self-Replicating Robots Stochastic Optimal Control robotics Numerical Optimization

Education 2022.05.24 Ph.D. Research Proposal: "Theory and Dynamics of Self-Repair Systems" Committee Members: Prof. Eric Feron, Prof. Shinkyu Park, Prof. Diogo Gomez, Prof. David Keyes, Prof. Taous-Meriem Laleg 2019.06 - 2023.12 Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, KAUST, KSA 2017.08 - 2019.06 M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Computational Sciences, KAUST, KSA 2010.02 - 2016.06 B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay Professional Profile 2021.08 - 2021.12 Teaching Assistant, CEMSE, KAUST, KSA 2017.01 - 2017.04 Models Analyst, UTE

Jun Chen

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Jun Chen received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Temple University, USA in 2021, and his M.S. degree in electrical and computer engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, USA in 2017. Before that, he received his B.S. degree from Hefei University of Technology, China in 2015. His research interests lie in robotics, distributed multi-robot systems, robot learning, etc.

Bacem Ben Nasser

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering

Time Scale Theory dynamical modeling control systems robotics Multi-agent systems

Bacem Ben Nasser is a postdoctoral researcher fellow in the Electrical Engineering department within the CEMSE division. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Sciences and Technology-Mathematics from the University of Sfax, Faculty of Sciences of Sfax, Tunisia, where he worked in Lyapunov and control theories, nonlinear integral inequalities and time scale calculus. In January 2017, he was affiliated with the University of Kairouan, Tunisia, at the Higher Institute of Applied Sciences and Technology of Kairouan as assistant professor of applied mathematics. Dr. Ben Nasser joined the research group