Mohamed Khaled, an IFRoS Master’s graduate (2022–2024), has joined the MSCA Doctoral Network AERIALIST as a Doctoral Researcher at Leibniz University Hannover. His work focuses on biomimetic reinforcement learning for assistive health systems, building on the strong robotics and AI foundation gained during the IFRoS program. You can read his story below.
“I’m excited to share that I’ve joined the MSCA Doctoral Network (AERIALIST) as a Doctoral Researcher at the Institute of Mechatronic Systems (IMES), Leibniz University Hannover (LUH). My research focuses on biomimetic, model-based reinforcement learning of motor primitives for assistive health systems — developing autonomous learning control schemes that allow these systems to quickly and safely adapt to individual users in unsupervised and home environments.
The goal is to enable assistive technologies to learn fundamental motor patterns efficiently, even with limited experimental data, ensuring they generalize well across different patients and devices through continuous and safe reinforcement learning.
Looking back, my journey through the Erasmus Mundus Master in Intelligent Field Robotic Systems (IFRoS) played a key role in shaping this path. The program’s strong focus on robot autonomy, perception, and intelligent control provided me with the interdisciplinary foundation to bridge robotics and human-centered AI — a combination that now lies at the heart of my PhD research.
I’m deeply grateful for the experience, mentorship, and international collaboration opportunities IFRoS offered, which have directly guided me to this next step in my academic journey.”
