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12

Total Citations

331

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About

Yousef Al-Handarish is a leading researcher at the intersection of flexible tactile sensing, biomedical instrumentation, and robotic-assisted surgery. His work centers on developing high-performance, flexible sensors—such as supersensitive Ag/PDMS strain gauges and 3D porous sponges coated with carbon black and multiwalled carbon nanotubes—for human motion monitoring and tactile applications. In biomedical engineering, he has made significant contributions to force sensing for robot-assisted cardiac interventions, including a millinewton-level Fiber Bragg Grating-based distal force sensor and automatic tool segmentation and tracking during intravascular catheterization. His research also advances flexible surgical robotic systems through motion and trajectory constraints control modeling. With his most-cited survey on tactile-sensing systems in biomedical engineering (80 citations) and a highly regarded flexible strain gauge sensor (52 citations), Al-Handarish’s work has garnered over 300 total citations, reflecting its impact on both soft robotics and clinical catheterization. Notably, he has pioneered the integration of machine learning with hybrid microstructure piezoresistive sensors for gesture recognition, demonstrating a multidisciplinary approach that bridges materials science, robotics, and healthcare. His achievements position him as a key innovator in next-generation medical devices and human-machine interfaces.

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12
Papers
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Total Citations
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
A Survey of Tactile‐Sensing Systems and Their Applications in Biomedical Engineering
80 citations · 2020
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2020 (7 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 29
🏛 Institutions: Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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