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Mielad Sabzehi is a Robotics Technologist within the Robotic Mobility Group at JPL. He obtained both his BSc and MSc in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University, with his master's program focusing on Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science. Before assuming his current role, he was engaged at JPL as a Visiting Researcher, where his research was centered on leveraging machine learning for the mobility optimization of highly articulated planetary rovers. He is a member of the Mobility & Mechanisms subsystem team for the Mars Science Laboratory rover and Robotic Arm subsystem team for the Mars 2020 rover. In his capacity as a Technologist, he is responsible for crafting and presenting innovative research and development (R&D) proposals.

Mielad leads the development of CAIDDA (Curiosity A.I. Detects Drive Anomalies), an anomaly detection model based on unsupervised learning for the Curiosity rover's mobility subsystem. This data-driven approach aims to enhance the rover's existing model-based fault protection, aiding the ground operations team in detecting anomalies in Martian flight telemetry.