Mohammad Reza Hairi Yazdi received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, in 1985 and 1987 respectively, the Ph.D. degree in robotics control from Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, in 1992. He is currently a Full Professor in the School of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. His research interests include control and automation robotics and intelligent systems.