DrMahdi Hassan

Dr. Mahdi Hassan is the Hub Manager of the ARC Research Hub for Human-Robot Teaming for Sustainable and Resilient Construction (HaRTCon) based at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). In this role, he supports the strategic and operational delivery of collaborative research and innovation activities across multiple universities, industry partners, and government organisations. His responsibilities include project management, industry engagement, governance and reporting, stakeholder liaison, partnership development, event coordination, strategic planning, and supporting the translation of robotics research for the construction sector.

Dr. Hassan is a roboticist and entrepreneur with a PhD in Robotics. He completed his PhD in 2017 and subsequently worked in postdoctoral and research roles, contributing to robotics research as well as applied and industry-focused projects. His work includes leading the development of a ship-hull cleaning robot project and contributing as a key member to large, multidisciplinary, multimillion-dollar research projects, including the development of bridge and underwater maintenance robots in collaboration with Transport for NSW.

His research contributions include publications in leading robotics journals such as IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO) and Autonomous Robots, as well as presentations at major international robotics conferences including IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) and IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS).

He has experience in research coordination, project management, grant writing, laboratory operations, industry engagement, and supervision of students, interns, and research engineers. He previously managed and delivered an externally funded research project valued at approximately AU$315,000 as first-named Chief Investigator.

Dr. Hassan is also the founder and CEO of addoobot, an online robotics platform focused on showcasing robotics technologies and innovation. His combined expertise in robotics R&D, project delivery, entrepreneurship, and startup operations supports the translation and commercialisation of robotics technologies within the Hub and beyond.