Vision & Mission

The new Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics aims to transform the field of manufacturing through a unique combination of expertise from various disciplines. It has the mission to realize the vision of Industry 4.0 leading to zero-waste and zero-defect product. Also, to develop cloud manufacturing platform for multiple manufacturing machines and client services. It is expected to innovate, with viable solutions, through research and collaboration with industry. In this research center, we are committed to continuous improvement, learning new technologies and continuing to serve the national plans and the international community.

Facilities

Laboratory for Intelligent Subtractive Manufacturing

Laboratory for Additive Manufacturing

The research includes the development of new materials in collaboration with the Advanced Materials Center to design high-performance par...

Robotics Laboratory

The laboratory is equipped with research robots and components (mechanical and electronic) to support researchers. We use several softwar...

Laboratory for Industry I4.0

Laboratory for Industry 4.0 supports research for Intelligent Manufacturing including process monitoring, IIoT, sensing, and data acquisi...

Latest News

IRC - Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics We...
01 Mar 2026 @ 12:00 AM

Dr. Abdelaziz Ali Abdelaziz Abdrabou Khater is currently serving as a Post-doctoral fellow in IRC...

IRC - Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics We...
06 Feb 2026 @ 12:00 AM

Dr. Syed Saba Raoof is currently serving as a Post-doctoral fellow in IRC for Intelligent Manufac...

IRC - Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics We...
29 Jan 2026 @ 12:00 AM

Dr. Hameed Ullah is currently serving as a Post-doctoral fellow in IRC for Intelligent Manufactur...

IRC - Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics We...
19 Jan 2026 @ 12:00 AM

Dr. Sikandar Ali is currently serving as a Post-doctoral fellow in IRC for Intelligent Manufactur...

Events

Postdoctoral Seminar Series
12 Mar 2026 @ 12:00 AM

Interdisciplinary Research Center on Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics at KFUPM is launching...

Stochastic Decision Making for Emotion Awa...
04 Mar 2026 @ 01:30 PM
Building 63. Room 331

Engineering the Transition: Advanced NDT f...
11 Feb 2026 @ 01:30 PM
Building 63. Room 331

ICRA 2025 Satellite Conference Centre @ IR...
20 May 2025 @ 04:00 PM
Building-15, Conference Room-4001

IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) 2025 Live Stream/Satellite Conf...