Rafay Mohiuddin

Hi, I'm Rafay, PhD candidate at the Robotics & Perception Lab , affiliated with University of Bonn and Lamarr Institute . My research focuses on Spatial/Physical AI, Robotics and Open-World Learning.

Before this, I have worked across academia and industry in diverse research and engineering roles, contributing to a range of related to robotics, 3D vision, and simulation. I completed my M.Sc. from Technical University of Munich (TUM) , where I conducted my master’s thesis research in collaboration with the Huawei Munich Research Center, exploring efficient and scalable methods for open-world 3D scene understanding using foundation models and LLMs.

Feel free to Email if you want to discuss research, startups, AI (Robotics / CV / LLMs), or want to collaborate.

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  • [12/2025] Started PhD at Uni Bonn, Robotics & Perception Lab. 🎓🤖
  • [09/2025] Joined Sereact as Robotics Engineer 🤖
  • [05/2025] OpenSU3D was presented at ICRA'25 on 22 May 2025 📄
  • [03/2025] Accepted into the ATLER Entrepreneurship in Residence program 🚀
  • [01/2025] OpenSU3D paper accepted at ICRA'25 — check out the Project Page 📄
  • [01/2025] Started building a startup idea around 3D generation 💡
  • [09/2024] Completed, M.Sc., graduated from TUM 🎓
  • [04/2024] Defended Master's thesis on "Open World 3D Scene Understanding" at TUM 🛡️
  • [10/2023] Started thesis research in 3D scene understanding 🔍
  • [04/2023] Joined Huawei Munich Research Center as a Research Intern working on Life-Long SLAM 🏢
  • [03/2023] Paper on Additive Manufacturing accepted at ISARC'23 📄
  • [04/2022] Started working as a HiWi at the Chair of Computational Modeling and Simulation 🛠️
  • [10/2021] Started M.Sc. at TUM 🎓
  • [10/2021] Started M.Sc. at TUM, moved to Munich, Germany 🇩🇪
  • [10/2020] Published BE research paper on Nanofluids in Wiley Journal of Heat Transfer 📄
  • [07/2020] Joined PNEC NUST to work on Aerial Robots 🤖
  • [12/2019] Completed B.E. from NEDUET, Pakistan 🎓
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Doctoral Researcher, Lamarr Institute
12.2025 - Present | Bonn, Germany

PhD Candidate and Researcher Assistant @ Uni-Bonn & Lamarr Institute.
Area of Research - Spatial/Physical AI, Robotics Learing, Open World Understanding.

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Research Engineer, Sereact
09.2025 - 12.2025 | Stuttgart, Germany

Research Engineer @ Sereact.
Developed foundation models for 9 DoF 3D bounding box estimation.
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Entrepreneur in Residence, Antler
03.2025 - 06.2025 | Munich, Germany

Entrepreneur in Residence @ ANTLER Spring 2025 Cohort.
Building a 3D Gen AI startup for video game development.
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Research Intern, Huawei
04.2023 - 05.2024 | Munich, Germany

Robotics Research (Internship + MSc Thesis) @ Huawei Munich Research Center.
Open World 3D Scene Understanding utilizing foundation models and LLM (IEEE ICRA'25).
LiDAR SLAM (Life-Long Localization & Mapping).
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Student Researcher (HiWi), TU-Munich
07.2022 - 04.2023 | Munich, Germany

Student Research Assistant (HiWi) @ Chair of Computational Modeling & Simulation.
Optical process control for additive manufacturing in construction (ISARC'23).
Development of a 3D mapping system based on a quadruped robot.
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Research Engineer, NUST
07.2020 - 10.2021 | Karachi, Pakistan

Research Engineer @ National University of Sciences and Technology (PNEC-NUST).
Developed autonomous aerial robots — VTOL (vertical-take-off-and-landing) and fixed-wing.
Contributed across all phases of development: design, control, simulation, and manufacturing.
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Student Researcher, NED-UET
07.2019 - 01.2020 | Karachi, Pakistan

Student Research Assistant @ NED University of Engineering & Technology.
Numerical modeling and simulation of nanofluids, turbulence, and heat transfer.
Co-authored two peer-reviewed journal papers based on research.

Education

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Ph.D, University of Bonn
12.2025 - Present | Bonn, Germany

CS PhD Candidate @ Robotics Perception & Learning Lab.
Area of Research - Spatial/Physical AI, Robotics Learing, Open World Understanding.

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M.Sc, Technical University of Munich
10.2021 - 08.2024 | Munich, Germany

Thesis: Open World 3D Scene Understanding using Foundation Models. (IEEE, ICRA 2025)

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B.Eng, NED University of Engineering and Technology
12.2015 - 08.2019 | Karachi, Pakistan

Thesis: Numerical Investigation of Heat Transfer Enhancement in Impinging Jets. (Wiley, Heat Transfer)

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OpenSU3D: Open Word 3D Scene Understanding using Foundation Models


Rafay Mohiuddin,Sai Manoj Prakhya, Fiona Collins, Ziyuan Liu, Andre Borrmann
IEEE - International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'2025)
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Optical Process Control for extrusion-based Additive Manufacturing methods in construction


Rafay Mohiuddin, Miranda Cruz Policroniades, Martin Slepicka, André Borrmann
ISARC - International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC'2023)
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Nanoscale heat transfer investigation of an array of impinging jet systems with different working fluids under crossflow with and without pin fins


Usman Allauddin, Rafay Mohiuddin, Hafiz M. Usman Khan, Naseem Uddin, Waqar A. Khan
Wiley - Heat Transfer, 2020 (Q1 Journal, 26% acceptance rate)
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Rafay Mohiuddin
🧭 Bonn,Germany
✉️ rafay.mhddn[at]gmail.com

Design and source code from Jon Barron's website