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Farzad Panahi is a pioneering researcher in the field of medical tactile sensing and haptic robotics, with a specific focus on improving clinical breast examination (CBE). His work centers on developing sensorized instruments and robotic systems that can detect embedded objects and characterize tissue properties, aiming to augment or replace the physician’s sense of touch with objective, quantifiable data. Panahi’s major contributions include the design and modeling of a medical tactile sensing instrument for detecting embedded masses in breast tissue (29 citations), and the creation of a novel haptic robotic viscogram to characterize the viscoelastic behavior of breast tissue (25 citations). His most notable achievement is the invention of the "Robotic Tactile Breast Mass Identifier" (Robo-Tac-BMI), a robotic system that combines an indentation probe with tactile sensors to detect lesions with minimal invasiveness while providing precise documentation for surgical decision-making (16 citations). Through these innovations, Panahi has advanced the frontier of robotic palpation, offering a reproducible, data-driven approach to early breast cancer detection that could significantly enhance diagnostic accuracy and patient outcomes.