Sami Haddadin

Sami Haddadin (born 26 June 1980)^[1] is a German electrical engineer, computer scientist, and university professor specializing in robotics and artificial intelligence.^[2] Since April 2018, he has served as the executive director of the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where he also holds the Chair of Robotics and Systems Intelligence.^[3]

Early life and education

Haddadin was born in Neustadt am Rübenberge, Germany,^[2] to a Jordanian doctor and a Finnish nurse. He is the eldest of three children.^[4] He completed his Abitur in 1999 in Stolzenau^[5] and pursued studies in electrical engineering and informatics at several institutions, including the Leibniz University Hannover, the University of Hagen,^[6] the University of Oulu in Finland, and Munich.^[4] Haddadin holds degrees in electrical engineering, computer science, and technology management from the Technical University of Munich and the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM), a joint institute of TUM and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.^[7]

Career

Haddadin received his doctorate summa cum laude from RWTH Aachen University in 2011.^[8] He subsequently worked as a research assistant at the German Aerospace Center (DLR).^[9] From April 2014 to April 2018, he held the Chair of Automatic Control at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover.^[10] In 2018, he joined TUM as a professor and director of MIRMI.^[2] Haddadin has published over 200 scientific articles and is recognized for his contributions to robotics and AI.^[11][12]

Haddadin is a co-founder of the German robotics company Franka Emika GmbH.^[13] His invention, the Panda Robotic Arm, was included in Time magazine's "50 Best Inventions of 2018"^[14][15] and featured in National Geographic in September 2020.^[16] His patent for the "Tactile Robot" is part of the "Milestone made in Germany" collection by the German Patent and Trade Mark Office (DPMA).^[17]

Haddadin and his team curated the exhibition "KI.ROBOTIK.DESIGN," which explores the development and future of robotics and AI. The exhibition was presented at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich.^[18]

Haddadin has been involved in various initiatives and commissions, such as the "Robot Factory" training program in Hanover^[2][19] and the Study Commission on Artificial Intelligence in the German Parliament.^[20] He has served on the EU High-Level Industrial Roundtable "Industry 2030"^[21] and the EU High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence.^[22] In 2020, he was appointed Chairman of the Bavarian AI Council.^[23]

Awards and honors

Haddadin has received several prestigious awards, including the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in 2019^[24] and the Alfried Krupp Sponsorship Award for Young University Teachers in 2015.^[2] In 2017, he and his colleagues Simon Haddadin and Sven Parusel were awarded the German Future Prize for their work on affordable, flexible, and user-friendly robots.^[25] In 2021, Haddadin was elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.^[26]

Startups

Haddadin has founded several companies, including:^[27]

• Franka Emika GmbH (2016)
• KBee AG (2014–2016)
• Kastanienbaum GmbH (2012–2014)

Publications

• Kühn, J., Bagnato, C., Burdet, E., Haddadin S. Arm movement adaptation to concurrent pain constraints. Scientific Reports 11, 6792 (2021).^[28]
• M. Tröbinger et al. and S. Haddadin, "Introducing GARMI - A Service Robotics Platform to Support the Elderly at Home: Design Philosophy, System Overview and First Results," in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 5857–5864, July 2021.^[29]
• McLennan, S., Fiske, A., Celi, L., Müller, R., Harder, J.,Ritt, K., Haddadin, S., Buyx, A. (2020): An embedded ethics approach for AI development. Nature Machine Intelligence 2 (7), 488–490.^[30]
• Haddadin, S., Johannsmeier, L., & Ledezma, F. D. (2018): Tactile robots as a central embodiment of the Tactile Internet. Proceedings of the IEEE, 107(2), 471–487.^[31]
• Haddadin, S., Krieger, K., Albu-Schäffer, A., & Lilge, T. (2018): Exploiting elastic energy storage for "blind" cyclic manipulation: Modeling, stability analysis, control, and experiments for dribbling. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 34(1), 91–112.^[32]
• Tomic T, Ott C, Haddadin S: "External Wrench Estimation, Collision Detection, and Reflex Reaction for Flying Robots". IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 2017; 33(6): 1467–1482.^[33]
• Haddadin S., De Luca A., Albu-Schäffer A. (2017): "Robot Collisions: A Survey on Detection, Isolation, and Identification". IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 33(6): 1292–1312.^[34]
• Haddadin S., Croft E. (2016) Physical Human–Robot Interaction. In: Siciliano B., Khatib O. (eds) Springer Handbook of Robotics. Springer Handbooks. Springer, Cham.^[35]
• Haddadin S. (2014): "Towards Safe Robots". Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics 90, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.^[36]
• Haddadin S, Haddadin S, Khoury A, Rokahr T, Parusel S, Burgkart R, Bicchi A, Albu-Schäffer. A (2012): "On making robots understand safety: Embedding injury knowledge into control". The International Journal of Robotics Research. 31(13): 1578–1602.^[37]
• Hochberg LR, Bacher D, Jarosiewicz B, Masse NY, Simeral JD, Vogel J, Haddadin S, Liu J, Cash SS, van der Smagt P, et al. (2012): "Reach and grasp by people with tetraplegia using a neurally controlled robotic arm". Nature 485: 372–375.^[38]
• Yang, C., Ganesh, G., Haddadin, S., Parusel, S., Albu-Schaeffer, A., & Burdet, E. (2011). Human-like adaptation of force and impedance in stable and unstable interactions. IEEE transactions on robotics, 27(5), 918–930.^[39]
• Haddadin, S, Albu-Schäffer A, Hirzinger G (2009): "G. Requirements for safe robots: Measurements, analysis and new insights". The International Journal of Robotics Research. 28(11–12): 1507–1527.^[40]

References

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2. Bärbel Hilbig: Roboterforscher geht nach München / Leibniz-Uni verliert den Spitzenwissenschaftler Prof. Sami Haddadin, in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung 15 July 2017, S. 21
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23. "TUM-Professor Sami Haddadin ist Vorsitzender des Bayerischen KI-Rats" (in German). 6 December 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
24. Florian Schumann, Sarah Reim: Roboterforscher Sami Haddadin bekommt einen Leibniz-Preis, Der Tagesspiegel 6 December 2018, retrieved 12 March 2019.
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26. Mitgliedseintrag von Sami Haddadin bei der Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina
27. Deutscher Bundestag – Haddadin, Prof. Dr. Sami.
28. Kühn, Johannes; Bagnato, Carlo; Burdet, Etienne; Haddadin, Sami (24 March 2021). "Arm movement adaptation to concurrent pain constraints". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 6792. Bibcode:2021NatSR..11.6792K. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-86173-7. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 7991641. PMID 33762627.
29. Tröbinger, Mario; Jähne, Christoph; Qu, Zheng; Elsner, Jean; Reindl, Anton; Getz, Sebastian; Goll, Thore; Loinger, Benjamin; Loibl, Tamara; Kugler, Christoph; Calafell, Carles (1 July 2021). "Introducing GARMI – A Service Robotics Platform to Support the Elderly at Home: Design Philosophy, System Overview and First Results". IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 6 (3): 5857–5864. doi:10.1109/LRA.2021.3082012. ISSN 2377-3766. S2CID 235475511.
30. McLennan, Stuart; Fiske, Amelia; Celi, Leo Anthony; Müller, Ruth; Harder, Jan; Ritt, Konstantin; Haddadin, Sami; Buyx, Alena (1 September 2020). "An embedded ethics approach for AI development". Nature Machine Intelligence. 2 (9): 488–490. doi:10.1038/s42256-020-0214-1. ISSN 2522-5839. S2CID 221114263.
31. Haddadin, Sami; Johannsmeier, Lars; Díaz Ledezma, Fernando (1 February 2019). "Tactile Robots as a Central Embodiment of the Tactile Internet". Proceedings of the IEEE. 107 (2): 471–487. doi:10.1109/JPROC.2018.2879870. ISSN 1558-2256. S2CID 59526583.
32. Haddadin, Sami; Krieger, Kai; Albu-Schäffer, Alin; Lilge, Torsten (1 February 2018). "Exploiting Elastic Energy Storage for "Blind" Cyclic Manipulation: Modeling, Stability Analysis, Control, and Experiments for Dribbling". IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 34 (1): 91–112. doi:10.1109/TRO.2017.2765684. ISSN 1941-0468. S2CID 46862298.
33. Tomić, Teodor; Ott, Christian; Haddadin, Sami (1 December 2017). "External Wrench Estimation, Collision Detection, and Reflex Reaction for Flying Robots". IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 33 (6): 1467–1482. doi:10.1109/TRO.2017.2750703. ISSN 1941-0468. S2CID 36304775.
34. Haddadin, Sami; De Luca, Alessandro; Albu-Schäffer, Alin (1 December 2017). "Robot Collisions: A Survey on Detection, Isolation, and Identification". IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 33 (6): 1292–1312. doi:10.1109/TRO.2017.2723903. hdl:11573/1071580. ISSN 1941-0468. S2CID 10282549.
35. Haddadin, Sami; Croft, Elizabeth (2016), Siciliano, Bruno; Khatib, Oussama (eds.), "Physical Human–Robot Interaction", Springer Handbook of Robotics, Springer Handbooks, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 1835–1874, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-32552-1_69, ISBN 978-3-319-32552-1, S2CID 38479517, retrieved 5 November 2021
36. Haddadin, Sami (2014). "Towards Safe Robots". Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics. 90. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-40308-8. ISBN 978-3-642-40307-1. ISSN 1610-7438.
37. Haddadin, Sami; Haddadin, Simon; Khoury, Augusto; Rokahr, Tim; Parusel, Sven; Burgkart, Rainer; Bicchi, Antonio; Albu-Schäffer, Alin (1 November 2012). "On making robots understand safety: Embedding injury knowledge into control". The International Journal of Robotics Research. 31 (13): 1578–1602. doi:10.1177/0278364912462256. ISSN 0278-3649. S2CID 14461289.
38. Hochberg, Leigh R.; Bacher, Daniel; Jarosiewicz, Beata; Masse, Nicolas Y.; Simeral, John D.; Vogel, Joern; Haddadin, Sami; Liu, Jie; Cash, Sydney S.; van der Smagt, Patrick; Donoghue, John P. (1 May 2012). "Reach and grasp by people with tetraplegia using a neurally controlled robotic arm". Nature. 485 (7398): 372–375. Bibcode:2012Natur.485..372H. doi:10.1038/nature11076. ISSN 1476-4687. PMC 3640850. PMID 22596161.
39. Yang, Chenguang; Ganesh, Gowrishankar; Haddadin, Sami; Parusel, Sven; Albu-Schaeffer, Alin; Burdet, Etienne (1 October 2011). "Human-Like Adaptation of Force and Impedance in Stable and Unstable Interactions". IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 27 (5): 918–930. doi:10.1109/TRO.2011.2158251. hdl:10026.1/1302. ISSN 1941-0468. S2CID 10984622.
40. Haddadin, Sami; Albu-Schäffer, Alin; Hirzinger, Gerd (1 November 2009). "Requirements for Safe Robots: Measurements, Analysis and New Insights". The International Journal of Robotics Research. 28 (11–12): 1507–1527. doi:10.1177/0278364909343970. ISSN 0278-3649. S2CID 10879391.

External links

• Sami Haddadin publications indexed by Google Scholar