Yahya Zweiri (Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree from the King’s College London, London, U.K., in 2003. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Aerospace Engineering and the Director of the Advanced Research and Innovation Center, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. He was involved in defense and security research projects in the last 20 years at the Defense Science and Technology Laboratory, King’s College London, and the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau, Moscow and Amman, Jordan. He has authored over 130 refereed journals and conference papers and holds ten patents in USA and U.K. His main research is in the area of robotic systems for extreme conditions with particular emphasis on applied artificial intelligence (AI) aspects and neuromorphic vision systems.