Saif Sidhik
Senior Robotics Engineer at Leap AI
Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSaif Sidhik is a Senior Robotics Engineer with nine years’ experience blending control theory and machine learning to build manipulation, legged, wheeled and aerial robotic systems. He holds a PhD in Robotics (Control and ML) from the University of Birmingham and has progressed from academic research on generalisable contact-manipulation policies to industry leadership roles at Dyson and Leap AI, where he developed control frameworks for locomanipulation platforms. Saif has hands-on product experience—contributing to sensor fusion and wireless hand-tracking for a commercial glove—and a track record of shipping research into practical prototypes and household-focused robots. He combines deep technical skills in control and ML with systems-level software engineering, mentoring students and leading cross-disciplinary teams. Based in Bristol, he brings both academic rigor and applied product sensibility, often tackling problems at the intersection of perception, planning and real-time control.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) Mechanical Engineering at TKM College of EngineeringThe Indian School, BahrainDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics (Control and ML), Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics (Control and ML) at University of Birmingham
English, Malayalam
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Github Skills (66)
controller10
simulator10
ros10
robotics10
behavior10
controlling10
api10
torque10
python-interface10
simulation10
controller-manager10
gazebosim10
robot10
velocity10
gazebo-simulator10
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
justagist/justagist
Jul 2020 - Oct 2021
Contributions:10 commits, 3 PRs, 13 pushes in 1 year 2 months
justagist/aml_install
Feb 2020 - May 2021
Install scripts for the Advanced Manipulation Learning (AML) framework.
Contributions:38 commits, 54 pushes, 4 branches in 1 year 3 months
manipulationscriptingmachine-learningamlmojo
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