Liza Darwesh | CI Robot Learning Lab

Liza Darwesh
Student
L.Darwesh@student.vu.nl

I am a Master’s student in Artificial Intelligence at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. My research focuses on robot learning, particularly in the field of reinforcement learning for adaptive locomotion.

My primary interest lies in coadaptive learning, where both control policies and morphology evolve to optimize movement. Currently, my thesis explores reinforcement learning-based locomotion strategies for a snake robot, aiming to enhance adaptability across diverse environments.

Before my master’s, I worked on research in social robotics, reinforcement learning, and quantum computing, with a focus on robotic embodiment and control theory.

Keywords: Reinforcement Learning, Robot Learning, Coadaptive Systems.

Publications

2025

EWRL

Co-Design and Control of a Biomimetic Snake Robot and its Contact Surfaces with Reinforcement Learning

Liza Darwesh, Riccardo Pretto, Sylvia Cressman, and 3 more authors

In Eighteenth European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning, Aug 2025

Bib PDF

@inproceedings{darweshco,
  title = {Co-Design and Control of a Biomimetic Snake Robot and its Contact Surfaces with Reinforcement Learning},
  author = {Darwesh, Liza and Pretto, Riccardo and Cressman, Sylvia and Tikkala, Tiia and Chaubey, Shivam and Luck, Kevin Sebastian},
  booktitle = {Eighteenth European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning},
  year = {2025},
  organization = {EWRL},
}