Sami Haddadin (born 26 June 1980)[1] is a German electrical engineer, computer scientist, and university professor specializing in robotics and artificial intelligence.
[3] Haddadin was born in Neustadt am Rübenberge, Germany,[2] to a Jordanian doctor and a Finnish nurse.
[4] Haddadin holds degrees in electrical engineering, computer science, and technology management from the Technical University of Munich and the Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM), a joint institute of TUM and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
[7] Haddadin received his doctorate summa cum laude from RWTH Aachen University in 2011.
[2] In 2017, he and his colleagues Simon Haddadin and Sven Parusel were awarded the German Future Prize for their work on affordable, flexible, and user-friendly robots.