Papers
46
Total Citations
1,687
H-Index
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About
Mahmoud Tavakoli is a versatile robotics and electronics researcher whose work spans climbing robots, soft robotics, prosthetic systems, and stretchable electronics. Beginning his career with innovative structural inspection platforms, Tavakoli developed a series of influential climbing robots—including the 3DCLIMBER and OmniClimber systems—capable of navigating complex three-dimensional and ferromagnetic structures, work that has collectively garnered hundreds of citations and addressed critical real-world infrastructure inspection challenges. His research evolved to embrace the rapidly growing field of soft robotics and bioelectronics. Tavakoli's ISR-SoftHand introduced compliant, underactuated prosthetic design principles, while subsequent work on soft-matter capacitive sensors and EMG-based prosthetic control demonstrated elegant, low-cost solutions for advanced human augmentation. His 2018 "Hydroprinted Electronics" paper—introducing an ultrathin, ~5 μm stretchable electronic skin transferable to any 3D surface—stands as a landmark contribution to wearable bioelectronics, earning 138 citations and showcasing his capacity to bridge disciplines. With over 960 cumulative citations across his top works, Tavakoli has established himself as a leading figure connecting structural robotics, human-machine interaction, and next-generation wearable technology—making his research essential reading for engineers and biomedical scientists alike.
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- 5Adaptive under-actuated anthropomorphic hand: ISR-SoftHand79 citations · 2014
- 63DCLIMBER: A climbing robot for inspection of 3D human made structures77 citations · 2008
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- 93DCLIMBER: Climbing and manipulation over 3D structures69 citations · 2010
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