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Robotics
Planetary rovers, mobility, excavation, terramechanics, sensors and autonomous robotic systems.
ROBOTICS × SPACE SYSTEMS × AI
ABDULLA
HIL KAFI
Robotics & Satellite Systems Engineer
Building intelligent robotic and space systems for exploration, research and future missions.
AVAILABLE FORResearch · Collaboration · Workshops
What I Do
Engineering across Earth, orbit and beyond.
I work across physical systems, embedded intelligence and mission-level engineering — with a strong focus on exploration.
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Space Systems
CubeSats, embedded systems, telemetry, communications, mission operations and ground systems.
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AI & Autonomy
Computer vision, terrain perception, intelligent engineering tools and decision-making for exploration.
Featured Research
Projects built around real engineering questions.
Each project page is designed to explain the problem, engineering approach, experiments and results — not just list a paper title.
01 / PLANETARY ROBOTICS
Lunar Robotic Excavation
Investigating mobility–excavation interaction and new wheel-integrated approaches for efficient regolith handling on planetary surfaces.
Explore project ↗LRE-01
SYSTEM // 01
02 / ROVER AUTONOMY
Risk-Aware Terrain Perception
Exploring embedded perception methods that help mobile robots distinguish safe, uncertain and risky terrain for autonomous traversal.
Explore project ↗RTP-02
SYSTEM // 02
03 / SPACE SYSTEMS
CubeSat & Mission Systems
Hands-on spacecraft systems engineering spanning embedded avionics, command and telemetry, mission operations and ground software.
Explore project ↗CSS-03
SYSTEM // 03
Mission Log
Currently building.
ACTIVE
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Planetary Robotics
Experimental investigation of wheel–soil interaction, mobility and excavation.
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Space Engineering Tools
Making complex spacecraft knowledge easier to learn, access and use.
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Autonomous Perception
Risk-aware terrain understanding for embedded robotic exploration.
Selected Publications
Research, documented.
Keep the homepage selective. The full publications page can contain DOI, PDF, project and venue links.
Research
↗Selected publication title — replace with your actual paper title
Journal / Conference
Research
↗Selected publication title — replace with your actual paper title
Journal / Conference
Research
↗Selected publication title — replace with your actual paper title
Journal / Conference
Media & Workshops
Research should leave the laboratory.
Use this area for press coverage, invited talks, workshops, training sessions and public engineering outreach.
MEDIA & NEWS
Press, interviews and public stories.
Build an archive of articles, videos, university stories and interviews around your engineering work.
Explore media ↗WORKSHOPS & TALKSHands-on engineering education.
Document workshops with photos, learning outcomes, slides, resources, audience and location.
Explore workshops ↗Learn
Learn engineering with me.
A future home for practical free resources, guided courses and engineering tools across robotics and space systems.
Engineering Playground
Learn by experimenting.
Interactive engineering experiences can later become one of the most distinctive parts of the platform.
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SLIP 24%
PWR 76%
PWR 76%
Drive. Excavate. Survive.
Balance slip, energy, stability and science return.
SAT
MASS 3.7kg
PWR 18W
PWR 18W
Design under constraints.
Choose subsystems while balancing mass, power and budget.
ADCS ERROR
RSSI -92
RSSI -92
Find the anomaly.
Read telemetry and diagnose spacecraft problems.
Beyond Engineering
Notes from the human side of building things.
Research, personal life, travel, failures, lessons and the stories that do not fit inside a paper.
Contact
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Research collaboration · Robotics · Space missions · Workshops · Education · Media