Project 01 / Humanoid

Surena-V Humanoid Robot

Optimization-based locomotion and whole-system development for a human-centered, full-scale humanoid platform.

Front and side concept render of the Surena-V humanoid robot Platform / Surena-V

From control architecture to physical machine.

At the Center of Advanced Systems & Technologies, I worked across the Surena-V program from research and simulation to implementation and experimental validation. As senior developer and dynamics-and-control lead, I helped translate a complex full-body control problem into software that could run on the robot.

The work combined trajectory generation, model-based control, state estimation, system integration, and repeated hardware experiments. I also established and maintained the project’s GitHub organization to make development and collaboration more systematic.

Key contributions

  1. Designed and implemented trajectory-planning and control algorithms for robust bipedal locomotion.
  2. Simulated control strategies, then integrated and validated them on the physical humanoid platform.
  3. Contributed to actuator and structural-component design, manufacturing, and robot assembly.
  4. Led the dynamics and control team and supported junior and graduate researchers.

Development archive

Surena-V grew through simulation, hardware integration, repeated experiments, and teamwork. These records show the process behind the finished platform.

Three generations of Surena humanoid robots standing together
Platform lineage / CAST
Supported standing / commissioning
Surena-V development team gathered with the robot in the laboratory
Development team / physical platform
Perception integration / face tracking
Intresting Failure
Actuator and standing checks
First locomotion trial
Online adaptation / uneven terrain
CAST researchers sharing a meal together in the robotics laboratory
The people behind the platform

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