Soheil Habibian
I’m currently an AIML Resident at Apple. I did my Ph.D. at Virginia Tech, specializing in robot learning, human-robot collaboration, and artificial intelligence. I spent Spring 2023 as a research intern at Honda Research Institute working on modeling human cognitive states in hybrid mobility environments.
Previously, I did my masters in mechanical engineering at Bucknell University and worked on a research project, funded by Toyota Research Institute, that was focused on modeling and control of a flexible soft actuator for creating soft robotic arms.
I received my bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Qazvin Azad University in 2015. From 2011 to 2017, I was a research assistant and a lead engineer at the university’s SYNTECH Technology and Innovation Center. I worked on design and implementation of tele-operative response robots. Our team actively participated in RoboCup and was steadily ranked within the top 3 in Rescue Robot League organized by NIST.
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| Jul 14, 2025 | I just start my journey at Apple as an AIML Resident! |
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| Oct 07, 2024 | Excited to share our survey paper on closed-loop robot learning is now published in IJRR. Find the paper here. |
| Aug 10, 2024 | I’m excited to announce that I’ve completed my PhD at Virginia Tech! |
| Jun 30, 2024 | Our recent work on waypoint-based reinforcement learning just got accepted to IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. Check out the paper. |
| Mar 26, 2024 | I am thrilled that our paper titled “Wrapping haptic displays around robot arms to communicate learning” has won the 2024 IEEE Transactions on Haptics Best Application Paper Award. |