Reza Ghabcheloo
About me
I am determined to solve challenging robotics problems, build autonomous robots to work for human and with human, and train future robotics engineers to be able to do so.
Responsibilities
Responsible for Robotics major, and international program on Automation Engineering https://www.tuni.fi/en/study-with-us/automation-engineering
Member of automation program development group.
Fields of expertise
Control of mobile working machines, sensor fusion, contruction robotics, forest machine automation.
My research group is Autonomous Mobile Machine. About my team and projects see Autonomous Mobile Machines Group | Tampere universities
I am also affiliated with Robotics and Intelligent Machines Lab (https://research.tuni.fi/robotics/) and Innovative Hydraulics and Automation Lab (https://research.tuni.fi/iha/).
Research topics
Autonomous machines, robotics, motion control, optimal trajectory planning, perception based control, safe control, optimal control, imitation learning, reinforcement learning, model predictive control, Radar perception, construction robotics.
Selected publications
Please see the up to date list in google scholar.
Latest publications
Autonomous Wheel Loader Navigation Using Goal-Conditioned Actor-Critic MPC
Mäki-Penttilä, A., Toulkani, N. E. & Ghabcheloo, R., 2025, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2025. Ott, C., Admoni, H., Behnke, S., Bogdan, S., Bolopion, A., Choi, Y., Ficuciello, F., Gans, N., Gosselin, C., Harada, K., Kayacan, E., Kim, H. J., Leutenegger, S., Liu, Z., Maiolino, P., Marques, L., Matsubara, T., Mavromatti, A., Minor, M., O'Kane, J., Park, H. W., Park, H.-W., Rekleitis, I., Renda, F., Ricci, E., Riek, L. D., Sabattini, L., Shen, S., Sun, Y., Wieber, P.-B., Yamane, K. & Yu, J. (eds.). IEEE, p. 1286-1292 7 p. (IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
End-Effector Cartesian Velocity Control for Redundant Loader Cranes Using Reinforcement Learning
Taheri, A., Rankka, A., Gustafsson, P., Pajarinen, J. & Ghabcheloo, R., 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Robotics. 41, p. 484-496 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Evaluation of Simulation Framework for Detecting the Quality of Forest Tree Stems
Sagar, A., Kärhä, K., Järvelin, K. & Ghabcheloo, R., Jun 2025, In: Forests. 16, 6, 1023.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Physics-informed data-driven modeling of rock motion dynamics in excavation using a high-fidelity simulator
Heravi, M., Molaei, A. & Ghabcheloo, R., Dec 2025, In: Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory. 145, 103208.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Representation Learning for Place Recognition Using MIMO Radar
Rai, P., Strokina, N. & Ghabcheloo, R., 2025, In: IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems. 6, p. 144-154 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Technical design requirements of a safety reasoning module for run-time risk reduction in Highly Automated Off-road Mobile Machinery
de Koning, M., Minav, T. & Ghabcheloo, R., Aug 2025, In: Safety Science. 188, 106883.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Uncertainty-Driven Radar-Inertial Fusion for Instantaneous 3D Ego-Velocity Estimation
Rai, P. K., Kowsari, E., Strokina, N. & Ghabcheloo, R., 2025, Proceedings of the 2025 28th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2025. IEEE, 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
A comprehensive approach to safety for highly automated off-road machinery under Regulation 2023/1230
Koning, M. D., Machado, T., Ahonen, A., Strokina, N., Dianatfar, M., Rosa, F. D., Minav, T. & Ghabcheloo, R., Jul 2024, In: Safety Science. 175, 106517.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Automatic Loading of Unknown Material with a Wheel Loader Using Reinforcement Learning
Eriksson, D., Ghabcheloo, R. & Geimer, M., 2024, 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). IEEE, p. 3646-3652 7 p. (IEEE international conference on robotics and automation).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Autonomous Wheel Loader Navigation Using Goal-Conditioned Actor-Critic MPC
Mäki-Penttilä, A., Toulkani, N. E. & Ghabcheloo, R., 24 Sept 2024.Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Research