About me
My name is Md. Hafizul Imran from Bangladesh. I have more than 8 years of job experience in robotics field in both teaching and commercial sector. My Passion is to work with cutting edge technology like robotics, Artificial Intelligence, IoT, RPA and Embedded System and like to share my knowledge with others. Right now I am doing PhD (mobile robot navigation) at Universiti Sains Malaysia.
To promote and build the robotics community, I initiated the Bangladesh Robotics Foundation and have been playing the role of chairman since 2017. DIU Robotics Club and Daffodil Robotics Lab also have been successfully established with my Leadership. As the keynote speaker, I conduct seminars and workshops at more than 40 Universities nationally and internationally to teach and promote robotics and AI.
Achieved the championship in national hackathon, organized by Bangladesh ICT division in 2016. Participated in startup village-2018 in Russia with a pipe inspection robot (Pirate) and in International Conference on Advanced Robotics, Mechatronics, and Artificial Intelligent 2019, Tokyo, Japan. Besides, I did several professional training and courses from different countries, for instance, a robotics teacher’s certification course from UBTECH robotics corporation, China (2019), Robotics Process Automation (RPA) teacher’s certification course from Uipath Academy, India (2020).
I have more five publications in reputed conference and journals including Scopus and ISI related to robotics fields. During this journey as a researcher, I have developed many robotics projects such as Dbot (humanoid robot), Pirate (pipe inspection robot), iBot messenger, Drone, Nishash (mechanical ventilator) KITI (autonomous outdoor delivery robot)and also have working experience with commercial robots like CRUZR, Alpha, Yanshee.
Working Experience & Education
Working Experience
January 2022 to Present
Key Responsibility: Teaching, Leading, Innovation, Team and project management.
Assigned Courses:
1. Introduction to robotics with lab
2. Advance robotics with lab
3. Embedded System
4. Robotics process automation with lab
February 2022 to Present
Key Responsibilities: Lab Management, Research and development ,team leading.
July 2017-Present
Key Responsibilities: Leading, Team management, and Community building.
January 2019 to December 2021
Key Responsibility: Teaching, Leading, Innovation, Team and project management.
Assigned Courses:
1. Introduction to robotics with lab
2. Advance robotics with lab
3. Machine learning
4. Digital electronics
5. Robotics process automation with lab
Project Manager (Robotics):
Key Responsibilities: Project management, Team leading.
[January 2017-December 2018]
Key Responsibilities:
Research and development with robotics and IoT solutions, Leading, and Team management
[October 2015-December 2017]
Key Responsibilities: Research and development with robotics and IoT Solutions
Education
University: Universiti Sains Malaysia
Enrolment date: 1st November 2022,
Research Topic: Mobile Robot Navigation
Jahangirnagar University , Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Result: CGPA 3.15 out of 4.00
Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Result: CGPA 3.56 out of 4.00
Qadirabad Cantonment Sapper College, Natore, Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Result: GPA 5.00 out of 5.00
Publications
Imran, HI., Mahi,RB., Saha,R., Islam, H., Imran, I. Nishash: A Reasonable Cost-Effective Mechanical Ventilator for COVID Affected Patients in Bangladesh. VOLUME 8, ISSUE 5, E09400, MAY 01, 2022, Heliyon. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09400
Hafizul Imran, M., Ziaul Haque Zim, M., Ahmmed, M. (2021). PIRATE: Design and Implementation of Pipe Inspection Robot. In: Uddin, M.S., Bansal, J.C. (eds) Proceedings of International Joint Conference on Advances in Computational Intelligence. Algorithms for Intelligent Systems. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0586-4_7
Mahi, Md Julkar Nayeen, Sudipto Chaki, Esraq Humayun, Hafizul Imran, Alistair Barros, and Md Whaiduzzaman. “A Review on VANET Security: Future Challenges and Open Issues.” Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (IJEEI) 11, no. 1 (2023): 180-193.
Volume:183, page: 25-30
Project Video Gallery
Intro: Dbot is a humanoid robot that can interact with human through voice command. It has 31 joints that helps for flexible movement. Dbot was developed in 2016 funded by Daffodil International University.
Key Technology: Voice recognition, NLP, TTS, 31 DOF, STM32F429 Discovery & Raspberry pi 3 B+, Lightweight design.
My Contributions: Whole project developed by myself alone
Intro: KITI is an autonomous outdoor food delivery robot designed to perform in delivery food and packages inside university campus. This research projects conducted under Daffodil Robotics Lab.
Key Technology: ROS, Autonomous navigation, Lidar SLAM, Jetson Nano, GPS, IMU, Encoder, Mapping
My Contributions: Project Lead, Robot system architecture design, hardware and software development.
Intro: Pirate is a pipe inspection robot. The main purpose of this robot is to inspect inside of pipeline like sewerage line, gas pipe line. The robot was developed in 2018, and participate in Startup village 2028, Russia. Project Video
Key Technology: Raspberry Pi 3 B+, video streaming, wireless communication, flexible mechanical design.
My Contributions: Mechanical, hardware and software development.
Intro: iBOT is an intelligent robot messenger was developed to serve as an office assistant to deliver office items inside office environment. This robot moves by tracing black lines with obstacle avoidance features. I developed this robot in 2018 as a part of my MSc thesis work. Project Video
Key Technology: Line following algorithm, Human-Robot-Interaction (HRI), 32-bit Processor, Obstacle detector, Color line sensing, RFID module, Buzzer.
My Contributions: Mechanical, hardware and software development.
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