Ammar Nahari
Chief Technology Officer at University of Prince Mugrin
Jeddah, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia
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Top SchoolAmmar Nahari is a PhD-trained robotics engineer and technology leader with nine years of experience building AI-driven robotic systems and startups. Currently serving as CTO of Effah Care, founder and CEO of Atmata (bringing AI robotics to film production), and a lecturer at University of Prince Mugrin, he blends academic research with hands-on productization. His research at Case Western Reserve encompassed swarm robotics, trajectory planning, ROS/ROS-Industrial, and VR/AR simulation for NSF, EHPC and DARPA projects, informing practical solutions in perception and motion planning. Earlier roles at Path Robotics and industry traineeships gave him deep expertise in computer vision, simulation, and automation workflows. Comfortable switching between lab, classroom, and boardroom, he is skilled at turning advanced control and AI research into deployable systems and commercial partnerships. Based in Jeddah with an international academic background, he uniquely combines agricultural and film-industry robotics experience.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics Engineering at Case Western Reserve UniversityBachelor of Science - BS Control and instrumentation system engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Control and instrumentation system engineering at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
English, Arabic, Italian
Github Skills (11)
rviz9
ros8
robot5
robotics4
gazebosim4
simulator4
ignition4
robotics-simulation3
simulation3
robot-simulator3
scalable2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
cwru-robotics/dvrk_structure_light
Nov 2021 - Dec 2024
package for structure light projecting in da vinci
Contributions:5 PRs, 37 pushes, 4 branches in 3 years
lightvinci
axn337/learning_ros_setup_scripts
Jan 2018 - Jan 2022
set-up scripts to install all software accompanying "learning ROS"
Contributions:4 pushes in 4 years
rosros2set-up
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