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Mojtaba Ahmadiehkhanesar | Robotics | Best Researcher Award

University of Nottingham | United Kingdom

Dr. Mojtaba Ahmadieh Khanesar (PhD, MIET’20, SMIEEE’16, MASME’23) is a distinguished research fellow in optical metrology and machine learning at the Department of Mechanical, Materials, and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Nottingham, UK. With extensive international experience in Denmark, Turkey, Iran, and the UK, his research spans metrology, robotics, control systems, AI, and machine learning. He earned his Ph.D. in Control Engineering from K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, with a thesis on model reference interval type-2 fuzzy control of SISO nonlinear systems, following an M.Sc. on sliding mode fuzzy control of a rotary inverted pendulum and a B.Sc. in Control Engineering. Dr. Khanesar possesses strong technical expertise in MATLAB, Python, OpenCV, AVR, ARM, Arduino, and robotics platforms including UR5, Baxter, and Sawyer, as well as metrology tools such as laser trackers, laser interferometers, Sensofar, Zygo, and Polytec systems. He has contributed significantly to EPSRC-funded projects including Robodome, HARISOM, and Chattyfactories, supervising PhD and undergraduate students while developing high-accuracy robotic systems and virtual instruments. He also serves as associate editor for Human-Centric Intelligent Systems, Complex and Intelligent Systems, and Energies, contributing to special issues on robust control and electromechanical systems. Dr. Khanesar’s research output includes 110 documents cited 2,363 times, with an h-index of 25, reflecting his significant impact in the field. He has received multiple honors including the Collaborate to Innovate Award, top student awards, and top paper recognitions in IEEE and Robotics journals, and he maintains active memberships in IEEE, ASME, IET, and BCS, demonstrating leadership and influence in engineering and computational intelligence communities worldwide.

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Featured Publications

  • Khanesar, M. A., Kayacan, E., Teshnehlab, M., & Kaynak, O. (2011). Extended Kalman filter based learning algorithm for type-2 fuzzy logic systems and its experimental evaluation. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 59(11), 4443–4455.

  • Khanesar, M. A., Kayacan, O., Yin, S., & Gao, H. (2015). Adaptive indirect fuzzy sliding mode controller for networked control systems subject to time-varying network-induced time delay. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 23(1), 205–214.

  • Sharafi, Y., Khanesar, M. A., & Teshnehlab, M. (2013). Discrete binary cat swarm optimization algorithm. In Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computer, Control and Communication (pp. xx–xx). IEEE.

  • Kayacan, E., Kayacan, E., & Khanesar, M. A. (2015). Identification of nonlinear dynamic systems using type-2 fuzzy neural networks—A novel learning algorithm and a comparative study. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 62(3), 1716–1724.

  • Camci, E., Kripalani, D. R., Ma, L., Kayacan, E., & Khanesar, M. A. (2018). An aerial robot for rice farm quality inspection with type-2 fuzzy neural networks tuned by particle swarm optimization-sliding mode control hybrid algorithm. Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 41, 1–8.

 

Dr. Mojtaba Ahmadiehkhanesar | Robotics | Best Researcher Award

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