Al Bashir is a Research Assistant (PhD) in the Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA. He is currently conducting research in Dr. Azlan Zahid's lab, focusing on the AI-driven robotic harvesting system for fruit and specialty crops. His work combines deep learning, computer vision, and deep reinforcement learning to identify fruit and crop harvest points, optimize robotic trajectories, and enable autonomous operation in agricultural settings. Additionally, he designs and develops custom end effectors for specialty crops, emphasizing precision, reliability, and scalable robotic manipulation. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from Jagannath University in Bangladesh and has previously served as a faculty member in the Computer Science & Engineering Department at Dhaka International University. He is an active member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).