RoboAI Research and Development Center
Satakunta University of Applied Sciences
![Suominen Pekka Close-up of Pekka Suominen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Suominen-Pekka-scaled-1-portrait-4e52db86eff8617e6034fac1a1439007-.jpg)
RoboAI Industry and RoboAI Green Research Manager
Pekka Suominen
tel. 044 710 3095
pekka.suominen@samk.fi
![Tiina Mäkitalo 11 Raj Close-up of Tiina Mäkitalo.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Tiina-Makitalo-11-raj-2-portrait-49bd573bd9bef68c88a4f8f32c99c1b4-.jpg)
RoboAI Health Research Manager
Tiina Mäkitalo
tel. 044 710 3094
tiina.makitalo@samk.fi
![KUVA Close-up of Petra O'Rourke.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/KUVA-scaled-1-804x1024-portrait-b82da2706d90623410a51a56d44663a5-.jpg)
Planning Officer for Communications and Marketing
Petra O'Rourke
tel. 044 710 3918
petra.orourke@samk.fi
![Henkilökuva Lotta Close-up of Lotta Hakkarainen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Henkilokuva-Lotta-1-portrait-36ace7bd27f0453b2b1306b879b7b46d-.png)
Project Communication
Lotta Hakkarainen
lotta-emilia.hakkarainen@samk.fi
![Anu Holm Lähikuvassa Anu Holm.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Anu-Holm-portrait-d9d88d3eb55d04b62783171faae3cebf-.jpg)
Chief Researcher
Anu Holm
tel. 044 710 3148
anu.holm@samk.fi
Health technology, health data management, medical physics
![Mirka Leino Uusi Muokattu Close-up of Mirka Leino.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/mirka-leino_uusi_muokattu-1-portrait-260f35717f308d99b83746cebf1076d5-.jpg)
Chief Researcher
Mirka Leino
tel. 044 710 3182
mirka.leino@samk.fi
Robotics, machine vision, technology transfer
![Sari Merilampi Lähikuvassa Sari Merilampi.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Sari-Merilampi-1-portrait-7cc63da8fe78df9f6d0ff865cf127d38-.jpg)
Chief Researcher
Sari Merilampi
tel. 044 710 3171
sari.merilampi@samk.fi
Welfare technology, user-centred development, radio frequency identification technology
![Aalto Juha Pienempi Close-up of Juha Aalto.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Aalto-Juha_pienempi-1-portrait-7e1a430dc5ab52bc1fc615bdc9161b92-.jpg)
Researcher
Juha Aalto
juha.m.aalto@samk.fi
Machine vision, robotics, 3D modelling
![JP Aaltonen Lähikuvassa JP Aaltonen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/JP_aaltonen-portrait-314500f04486c077cb3c2ce506eb6818-.jpg)
Project Worker
Jussi-Pekka Aaltonen
jussi-pekka.2.aaltonen@samk.fi
Programming, modelling, simulation
![Toni Aaltonen Lähikuvassa Toni Aaltonen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/toni_aaltonen-1-portrait-01edf1bc68eb116c2eb300caad56cf24-.jpg)
Researcher and Lecturer
Toni Aaltonen
tel. 044 710 3998
toni.aaltonen@samk.fi
ROS, artificial intelligence, simulation
![Bergman Jussi Lähikuvassa Jussi Bergman.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Bergman-Jussi-scaled-portrait-f798daf7cbcbbcc8ee81b039e51338af-.jpeg)
Senior Adviser (AI)
Jussi Bergman
tel. 044 710 3776
jussi.bergman@samk.fi
AI, startup entrepreneurship, innovations
![Deloso, Ryann Lähikuvassa Ryann Deloso.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Deloso-Ryann-portrait-715c66ab1e62eaaff18378993fcf7281-.jpg)
Project Researcher
Ryann Deloso
ryann.a.deloso@samk.fi
Nursing perspective, gerontology, accessibility
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Close-up of Jere Grönman.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Gronman-Jere-1-portrait-f28784c31372f98e03c9429c41fdcd65-.jpg)
Lecturer
Jere Grönman
tel. 050 472 4873
jere.gronman@samk.fi
Cybersecurity, open source, wireless technologies
![Jyräkoski Taina Lähikuvassa Taina Jyräkoski.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Jyrakoski-Taina-scaled-portrait-cd075e379eb470aad17eccae35cd3357-.jpeg)
Project Researcher
Taina Jyräkoski
tel. 044 710 3228
taina.jyrakoski@samk.fi
Rehabilitation, neurological physiotherapy, rehabilitation-centred work
![Henttinen, Hannu Lähikuvassa Hannu Henttinen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Henttinen-Hannu-portrait-20c0648382680e55c9214d101a038da4-.jpg)
Project Researcher
Hannu Henttinen
hannu.henttinen@samk.fi
ROS, mechanics,
modelling (SolidWorks)
![Huhtasalo, Jenni Jenni Huhtasalo lähikuvassa.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Huhtasalo-jenni-portrait-4616b029ffad19f781fa3720d342007a-.jpg)
Specialist Researcher
Jenni Huhtasalo
tel. 044 710 3047
jenni.huhtasalo@samk.fi
Welfare technology, expertise and multidisciplinarity research
![Härmä Veli Matti Pienempi Close-up of Veli-Matti Härmä.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/harma_veli-matti_pienempi-1-1-portrait-0c2c839db2a04b69098115da6258acb4-.jpg)
Researcher
Veli-Pekka Härmä
p. 044 7103360
veli-matti.harma@samk.fi
Metal materials, welding metallurgy, materials research
![Mika Impola Muokattu Close-up of Mika Impola.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/mika_impola_muokattu-1-536x700-portrait-fdb20adedca3d61cb7e5adbb3cabe405-.png)
Researcher
Mika Impola
tel. 044 710 3480
mika.impola@samk.fi
Tomorrow's technologies, programming, cryptocurrencies
![Sara Kfouri Lähikuvassa Sara Kfouri.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/sara_kfouri-portrait-d4629beffc1332696cfcd59dcb922711-.jpg)
Project Researcher
Sara Kfouri Koskinen
tel. 044 710 3078
sara.2.kfouri.koskinen@samk.fi
Artificial intelligence, data analytics, programming
![Minna Kangasniemi Lähikuvassa Minna Kangasniemi.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Minna-Kangasniemi-portrait-41ea5dc391be384496ec181308fcc47a-.jpg)
Project Researcher
Minna Kangasniemi
tel. 044 710 3244
minna.kangasniemi@samk.fi
Clinical physiology and neurophysiology, rehabilitation counselling
![Karttunen Nina Lähikuvassa Nina Karttunen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Karttunen-Nina-portrait-e1a7d9d9c8ec67209e5fa3262b03a970-.jpg)
Project Researcher
Nina Karttunen
tel. 044 710 3046
nina.j.karttunen@samk.fi
Technology testing, physiology and neurophysiology measurements and rehabilitation
![Kari Marttila Lähikuvassa Kari Marttila.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/kari_marttila-portrait-d5cecb3494167ab759f531b621dcaed0-.jpg)
Project Researcher
Kari Marttila
tel. 044 710 3263
kari.k.marttila@samk.fi
Application development, VR technology, AR technology
![Joonas Kortelainen Lähikuvassa Joonas Kortelainen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/joonas_kortelainen-portrait-1e0bb47ad3774057378537510e5ca3b6-.jpg)
Researcher and Lecturer
Joonas Kortelainen
tel. 044 710 3214
joonas.kortelainen@samk.fi
3D printing, simulation, machine vision
![Tommiska Janika2 Lähikuvassa Janika Tommiska.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/tommiska-janika2-portrait-e82c1d0363d0ccb6eed2d90b1c44d07d-.jpg)
Researcher and Lecturer
Janika Tommiska
tel. 044 710 6332
janika.tommiska@samk.fi
Robotics, educational robotics, technology transfer
![Tommi Lehtinen Lähikuvassa Tommi Lehtinen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/tommi_lehtinen-portrait-da02a216eec3cb32b1f98f246691562d-.jpg)
Researcher
Tommi Lehtinen
tel. 044 710 3165
tommi.lehtinen@samk.fi
Simulation, programming, robotics
![Juuso Lehtonen Lähikuvassa Juuso Lehtonen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/juuso_lehtonen-portrait-2d5c2dcbfa6b5ad7880ad50290edfb1d-.jpg)
Project Worker
Juuso Lehtonen
juuso.2.lehtonen@samk.fi
Artificial intelligence, programming
![Eetu Roboai Muokattu Close-up of Eetu Ojanen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/eetu_roboai_muokattu-1-1-portrait-9edb487602aac1dc81dfcfd61d707ee2-.jpg)
Researcher
Eetu Ojanen
eetu.2.ojanen@samk.fi
Simulation, programming, signal processing
![Mikko Penttila Lähikuvassa Mikko Penttilä.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/mikko_penttila-portrait-faaf80c1146a3f34a297cef6cc6c6bd6-.jpg)
Project Researcher
Mikko Penttilä
tel. 044 710 3279
mikko.i.penttila@samk.fi
Databases, application development, server technologies
![DacilMerelles Closeup of Dasil Merelles.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/DacilMerelles-portrait-1aa3f44949714cefc5bd7e5f29d586e5-.jpeg)
Project Researcher
Dacil Merelles
dacil.merelles.pintor@samk.fi
Chemistry, Laboratory Engineering, Quality Management
![Juha Mäkelä Lähikuvassa Juha Mäkelä.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/juha_makela-portrait-22d9d8cb9bccac2931c331fe152cde6a-.jpg)
Project Manager
Juha Mäkelä
tel. 044 710 3368
juha.makela@samk.fi
Technology for mental health wellbeing, psychiatry
![Salli Juho Lähikuvassa Juho Salli.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/salli_juho-portrait-c64c085bb49d6c43d0d218cc6709f7dd-.jpg)
Adviser
Juho Salli
juho.o.salli@samk.fi
Software development and design, full-stack web development, databases
![Anja Poberznik Uusi2 Lähikuvassa Anja Poberznik.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Anja-Poberznik_uusi2-portrait-6e277272465392b29a637d1cba892450-.jpg)
Researcher
Anja Poberznik
tel. 044 710 3158
anja.poberznik@samk.fi
Exoskeletons, physiotherapy, languages
![Aleksi Postari Lähikuvassa Aleksi Postari.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Aleksi-Postari-1-portrait-269b41f35055728d630035028bc3f160-.jpg)
Senior Adviser
Aleksi Postari
tel. 044 710 3054
aleksi.postari@samk.fi
Application development, full-stack web development, databases
![Juha Puustinen Close-up of Juha Puustinen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/juha_puustinen-1-portrait-60991b4d99dee8bce668498804360a9e-.jpg)
Docent, Senior Fellow adviser
Juha Puustinen
![Saari Santeri Lähikuvassa Santeri Saari.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Saari-Santeri-scaled-portrait-27c3f8b68186b9fc4d2c545d8293050b-.jpg)
Researcher
Santeri Saari
tel. 044 710 3242
santeri.saari@samk.fi
Technology demonstrations and trials, mobile robotics
![Krista Toivonen Lähikuvassa Krista Toivonen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Krista-Toivonen-portrait-ab246f0f07dd849bea504470ecd02c11-.jpg)
Project Researcher
Krista Toivonen
krista.toivonen@samk.fi
Rehabilitation, gerontology, assistive technology
![Santa Nokki Timo Lähikuvassa Timo Santa-Nokki.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Santa-Nokki-Timo-scaled-portrait-3aa37f8df2b95e2c05ccdea070eadc1b-.jpg)
Senior Adviser
Timo Santa-Nokki
tel. 044 710 3096
timo.santa-nokki@samk.fi
Computational physics, electromagnetic materials, electrifying society
![Toni Seessalo Lähikuvassa Toni Seessalo.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/toni_seessalo-portrait-22c109d22cdc313bb77a85de01a03fbb-.jpg)
Project Researcher
Toni Seessalo
tel. 044 710 3246
toni.2.seessalo@samk.fi
Robotics, programming, simulation
![Toni Tammi Lähikuvassa Toni Tammi.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/toni_tammi-portrait-e760ed83817735528c101557e55e9684-.jpeg)
Project Researcher
Toni Tammi
toni.k.tammi@samk.fi
Programming, UI/UX design, machine learning
![Tavakoli Ali Lähikuvassa Ali Tavakoli.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Tavakoli-Ali-scaled-portrait-f40c1c1b2dd302897acafcce439232af-.jpeg)
Project Researcher
Ali Tavakoli
tel. 044 710 3187
ali.2.tavakoli@samk.fi
Physiotherapy, food science and technology, biology
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Lähikuvassa Mervi Vähätalo.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Vahatalo-Mervi-portrait-e7ac24249de7069ad6036b4443ff6e02-.jpg)
Lecturer
Mervi Vähätalo
tel. 044 710 3983
mervi.vahatalo@samk.fi
Technology testing, user-friendliness, usability
![Vainio Johanna Muokattu Close-up of Johanna Valio.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Vainio-Johanna_muokattu-1-portrait-67ead7b8775c77776baa7c4905826b45-.jpg)
Specialist
Johanna Valio
tel. 044 710 3488
johanna.valio@samk.fi
Battery recycling, materials science, battery value chain
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Lähikuvassa Peter Virtanen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Virtanen-Peter-portrait-30194f0c9bc58cc8b3bc49e9c60e50ad-.jpg)
Researcher
Peter Virtanen
tel. 044 710 3900
peter.virtanen@samk.fi
VR and game development, e-commerce, web technologies
RoboAI Intelligent Systems
Tampere University, Pori unit.
![Tarmo Lipping Lähikuvassa Tarmo Lipping.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/tarmo-lipping-portrait-7333c8ed4a93c9274035857d6d73c5ee-.jpg)
Head of the DAO research group, Professor
Tarmo Lipping
tel. 040 826 2860
tarmo.lipping@tuni.fi
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Lähikuvassa Jari Soini.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Soini-Jari_tuni-portrait-9c2f70e9e7d02440d5d6af459504549a-.jpg)
Head of SEINTS, Research Manager
Jari Soini
tel. 040 826 2890
jari.soini@tuni.fi
![Pekka Abrahamsson Muokattu Close-up of Pekka Abrahamsson.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Pekka-Abrahamsson_muokattu-1-portrait-5dd068ba3387261703b0e4a515ba2aae-.jpg)
Professor,
Software engineering
Pekka Abrahamsson
tel. 040 541 5929
pekka.abrahamsson@tuni.fi
![Janne Harjamäki Tuni Lähikuvassa Janne Harjamäki.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/janne_harjamaki_tuni-portrait-40ef09d8811d7305f5e75fa2be3e4de2-.jpg)
Researcher
Janne Harjamäki
tel. 040 826 2714
janne.harjamaki@tuni.fi
Product development, application development, data analytics
![Ari Ikonen Lähikuvassa Ari Ikonen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/ari-ikonen-portrait-5c45c303655b6ba72cb23a920457e908-.jpg)
Researcher
Ari Ikonen
ari.ikonen@tuni.fi
Applied physics, environmental sciences, remote sensing
![Linna Petri Tuni Lähikuvassa Petri Linna.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Linna-Petri_tuni-portrait-da95823968772094907eb3b8b510e660-.jpg)
Project Manager
Petri Linna
tel. 045 183 9630
petri.linna@tuni.fi
Agricultural data, lorawan technologies, business cooperation
![Timo Mäkinen Tuni Lähikuvassa Timo Mäkinen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Timo-Makinen_tuni-portrait-91774f6942a65d196c941f299fac9219-.jpg)
University Lecturer
Timo Mäkinen
tel. 040 826 2765
timo.makinen@tuni.fi
Data-intensive applications, databases, web systems
![Mikko Nurminen Tuni Lähikuvassa Mikko Nurminen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Mikko-Nurminen_tuni-portrait-ee7f1427f16abe7f63fcf7dfe0d4213e-.jpg)
Researcher
Mikko Nurminen
tel. 050 447 8521
mikko.nurminen@tuni.fi
Web application development, programming, databases
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Lähikuvassa Jari Pohjola.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Pohjola-Jari_tuni-portrait-eef006d5272ae59deb9da2eb3e5f52f3-.jpg)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Jari Pohjola
jari.pohjola@tuni.fi
Data analytics, machine learning, environmental modelling
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Lähikuvassa Jari Turunen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Turunen-Jari_tuni-portrait-5296cd64ed452f961d7aaaa3f050470d-.jpg)
University Lecturer
Jari Turunen
tel. 040 826 2748
jari.turunen@tuni.fi
Time series, data analysis, machine learning
![Petri Rantanen Tuni Lähikuvassa Petri Rantanen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Petri-Rantanen_tuni-portrait-66313676803709c4702371e7e0d0c126-.jpg)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Petri Rantanen
tel. 040 826 2916
petri.rantanen@tuni.fi
Programming, software architectures, IoT
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Lähikuvassa Mika Saari.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Saari-Mika_tuni-1-portrait-7638fd98481aa603ac1f44bff6718082-.jpg)
University Lecturer
Mika Saari
tel. 040 826 2928
mika.saari@tuni.fi
Programming, IoT, mobile app development
![OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA Lähikuvassa Pekka Sillberg.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Sillberg-Pekka_tuni-portrait-a4fcd21c72d3e6d8d74e029ecc394f25-.jpg)
Doctoral Researcher
Pekka Sillberg
tel. 040 826 2745
pekka.sillberg@tuni.fi
Programming, software engineering and architectures, IoT
![Juha Vihervaara Tuni Lähikuvassa Juha Vihervaara.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Juha-Vihervaara_tuni-1-portrait-d7b159bcdea4a5c6349685f5f5d2a4c4-.jpg)
Lecturer
Juha Vihervaara
tel. 040 826 2830
juha.vihervaara@tuni.fi
IoT, internet of things, telecoms security
![Zee Pic Closeup of Zeeshan Rasheed.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Zee-pic-1-1-portrait-b0d25268edd213cd21c32f9a18cdc876-.jpg)
Reseacher
Zeeshan Rasheed
tel. 050 597 3761
zeeshan.rasheed@tuni.fi
Generative AI, Multi-Agent Programming, OpenAI
RoboAI Green
Prizztech, The Green Team
![VuorelaJarkko Lähikuvassa Jarkko Vuorela.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/VuorelaJarkko-portrait-bce6c5a9b9b6eba879683aa56d084461-.jpg)
Director, Green Growth
Jarkko Vuorela
tel. 044 710 5331
jarkko.vuorela@prizz.fi
Technological metals, energy solutions, bio- and circular economy
![HaavistoMinna Lähikuvassa Minna Haavisto.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/HaavistoMinna-portrait-56fdc64852bdc62fd4cc910db407b52b-.jpg)
Project Manager
Minna Haavisto
tel. 044 710 5363
minna.haavisto@prizz.fi
Technological metals, energy solutions, bio- and circular economy
![LuhtanenMatti Lähikuvassa Matti Luhtanen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/LuhtanenMatti-portrait-a5c69ec1cff1053c7b13c99d3d880a54-.jpg)
Project Manager
Matti Luhtanen
tel. 044 710 5347
matti.luhtanen@prizz.fi
Energy solutions
![Marjut Vähänen Lähikuvassa Marjut Vähänen.](https://www.roboai.fi/wp-content/uploads/bb-plugin/cache/Marjut-Vahanen-portrait-c411fa55bc2aa011a52afb4ada3056c8-.jpg)
Adviser
Marjut Vähänen
tel. 050 305 6975
marjut.vahanen@prizz.fi
Technology metals