Robotics and Biology Laboratory

Oussama Zenkri

Contact

Research Assistant, Ph.D.

zenkri@tu-berlin.de

+49 30 31470656

Building MAR
Room MAR 5.065
© DALL·E 2

Projects

Rational Selection of Exploration Strategies in an Escape Room Task

Research Interests

Inspired by the remarkable rationality displayed by living organisms even under resource limitations, my research endeavors to uncover the underlying mechanisms of this intelligent behavior. This exploration not only promises to broaden our Psychological and Biological understanding, but it also holds the potential to revolutionize the field of robotics by creating systems that surpass current capabilities.

My focus is on studying the sophisticated problem-solving and strategy-learning techniques employed by humans, with the aim of integrating this knowledge into the design of more advanced and reliable robotic systems.

Short CV

Oct. 2021 - Present: 
Ph.D. Student, Robotics and Biology Lab, TU Berlin (Oliver Brock)
Member of the cluster of excellence Science of Intelligence

Apr. 2018 - Sep. 2021: 
M.Sc. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - KIT, Karlsruhe
Master Thesis: Autonomous Learning Robots Lab (ALR) - KIT
Topic: Policy Learning for Grasping in a Heap

  • May 2019 - Mar. 2020
    • Working Student at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT), Karlsruhe
  • Apr. 2019 - June 2020
    • Student Assistant at the Intitute for Anthropomatic and Robotic (IAR), KIT
  • Sep. 2018 - Feb. 2019
  • Apr. 2018 - Aug. 2018
    • Working Student at the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technilogy (ICT), Karlsruhe

Oct. 2013 - Mar. 2018:
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering and Information Technology - KIT, Karlsruhe
Bachelor Thesis: Institute for Industrial Information Technology (IIIT) - KIT
Topic: Material Proportion Estimation through Evaluation of Hyperspectral Images