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Johan Tegin is a leading researcher in robotic manipulation, tactile sensing, and autonomous grasping, with a focus on enabling robots to interact intelligently with everyday objects. His seminal work, "Tactile sensing in intelligent robotic manipulation – a review" (2005), has garnered over 280 citations, providing a comprehensive overview of grasping approaches and hardware essential for sensory-driven control. Tegin advanced the field through demonstration-based learning, developing methods that allow robots to recognize human grasps and object shapes, then autonomously generate suitable grasping strategies—a key step toward intuitive human-robot collaboration. He also pioneered the design and control of under-actuated, anthropomorphic robot hands, including a sub-$1000 hand, demonstrating that low-cost, compliant hardware can achieve robust, real-world grasping in domestic environments. His hybrid force/position control frameworks and grasp simulators have bridged simulation and reality, making robotic manipulation more accessible and practical. With a career focused on translating complex sensorimotor tasks into deployable systems, Tegin’s work continues to inspire researchers in robotics, haptics, and artificial intelligence, offering foundational insights for the next generation of intelligent, dexterous robots.