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Physical AI Lab

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Founded in 2021 by Aslan Miriyev, co-originator of the Physical AI concept

​​​Miriyev & Kovač · Nature Machine Intelligence · 2020

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PAI Lab's Vision & Mission

Vision & Mission
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​At PAI Lab, we advance Physical AI by developing autonomous robotic systems from the material level up. Our research encompasses sustainable synthetic and biological materials, advanced manufacturing, and functional subsystems for sensing, actuation, power and control. We integrate these technologies with computational intelligence to create robots capable of autonomous operation, learning and adaptation in the real world.

 

Our long-term vision is to enable sustainable, symbiotic human–robot–nature ecosystems and a circular robot economy through multidisciplinary research and education.

People

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Dr. Aslan Miriyev​

 

Founder, Head, and Principal Investigator (PI), Physical AI (PAI) Lab

Senior Lecturer (Tenure-track Assistant Professor), Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Research and operation engineer

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Mr. Idan Hershkovich​

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B.Sc. in Industrial Design​

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Research and operation engineer

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Postdoctoral researchers

Dr. Khushboo Paliwal​

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Ph.D. in Chemistry​

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Postdoctoral researcher

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Dr. Prayas Singh​

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Ph.D. in Physics​

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Postdoctoral researcher

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Graduate students

Mr. Yuchen Wang

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B.Sc. in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation

M.Sc. in Mechatronics

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Ph.D. student

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Mr. Stav Yehezkel​

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B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering

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M.Sc. student

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Mr. Yi Jiang

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B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering

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M.Sc. student

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Ms. Oryan Dvora​

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B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering

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M.Sc. student

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Alumni

Dr. Sergey Nechausov - Postdoctoral researcher, 2022-2024  --  Now at Helmholtz Institute, Jena, Germany

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Mr. Mingyao Hou - M.Sc. student, 2023-2024

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Ms. Yini Guo - Intern from The University of Oxford, Summer 2023

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Contact!

Contact

To contact the PAI lab, please email the Lab Director, Dr. Aslan Miriyev.

 

Email:

miriyev@bgu.ac.il

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Physical Address: 

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Marcus Family Campus

1 Ben-Gurion blvd.

Beer Sheva 8410501

Israel

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