Mahmoud Tavakoli
Name: Mahmoud Tavakoli, Ph.D.
Position: Associate Professor
Website: http://lse.isr.uc.pt/people/mahmoud-tavakoli
Office: LSE
Internal Phone: 421104
Email: mahmoud@isr.uc.pt
Mahmoud Tavakoli is professor of Electrical engineering of the University of Coimbra. He is the principle investigator several national, CMU-Portugal and EU funded projects on soft, stretchable and printed micro electronics, including an ERC Consolidator Grant.
Tavakoli Received his PhD in Automation and Instrumentation from University of Coimbra, Portugal in 2010. He is the author of more than 100 publications as patents, book, book chapters, Journal article, and conferences. His current research areas include Stretchable Electronics, Printed Electronics, Bio-monitoring, Soft Robots, Grasping, Tactile sensing , smart plastic, smart textile, and medical robots.
He was the recipient of the European Research Council (ERC) consolidator grant, Facebook Living Lab award on sustainable soft-matter electronics, International Autodesk award for body-actuated soft prosthetic hands, and European EIT-Health prize for innovation in the health sector (ICT for Health).
Supervisor of:
Daniel Fernandes, Research Engineer
Manuel Carneiro, External Collaborator
Abdollah Hajalilou, Senior Researcher
Afsaneh LalSanati, Research Engineer
Elahe Parvini, Postdoctoral Fellow
Marta Freitas, Research Engineer
Diogo Oliveira, Research Technician
Denis Rocha, Research Engineer
Manuel Reis Carneiro, Ph.D. Student
Fabian Pascual Dias, Research Technician
Denilze Monteiro, Research Engineer
Journals
Tânia C. Nunes,
Luís M. Gaspar,
Jose N Faria, David Portugal,
P. Fernandes,
M. Tavakoli,
Deployment and validation of a smart bed architecture for untethered patients with wireless biomonitoring stickers, Medical & Biological Engineering & Computing, 2024
E. Parvini,
A. Hajalilou,
Joao Pedro Goncalves Vilarinho, P. Lopes,
Miguel Maranha, M. Tavakoli,
Gallium–Carbon: A Universal Composite for Sustainable 3D Printing of Integrated Sensor–Heater–Battery Systems in Wearable and Recyclable Electronics, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2024
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.4c02706
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.4c02706
Journals
M. Reis Carneiro,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
C. Majidi,
Recyclable Thin‐Film Soft Electronics for Smart Packaging and E‐Skins, Advanced Science, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202301673
https://doi.org/10.1002/advs.202301673
A. Hajalilou,
E. Parvini,
J. Marques Pereira,
P. Lopes,
A. F. Silva,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Digitally Printable Magnetic Liquid Metal Composite for Recyclable Soft-Matter Electronics, Advanced Materials Technologies, 2023
https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202201621
https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202201621
M. Maranha Soares,
A. F. Silva,
P. Lopes,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Digitally Printed Liquid Metal Composite Antenna for Energy Harvesting: Toward Energy‐Autonomous Battery‐Free Wearable Bioelectronics, Advanced Sensor Research, 2023
E. Parvini,
A. Hajalilou,
P. Lopes,
A. F. Silva,
M. Maranha Soares,
Pedro Miguel Patrí, A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
3R Batteries: Resilient, Repairable, and Recyclable Based on Liquid Gallium Electrode, Advanced Materials Technologies, 2023
Kar, Epsita, Ghosh, M. Tavakoli,
Puja,
SiO2 Nanoparticles Incorporated Poly (Vinylidene) Fluoride Composite for Efficient Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting and Dual-Mode Sensing, Energy Technology, 11(2), 2023
M. Reis Carneiro,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
C. Majidi,
Recyclable Thin-Film Soft Electronics for Smart Packaging and E-Skins, Adv. Sci., 10, 2023
Sgotti Veiga, M. Reis Carneiro,
R. Molter,
Vinciguerra, Michael , C. Majidi,
M. Tavakoli,
Toward Fully Printed Soft Actuators: UV-Assisted Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Biphasic Liquid Metal Conductors, Adv. Mater. Technol. , 8, 2023
Kar, Epsita, Ghosh, M. Tavakoli,
Puja,
Nature-Driven Biocompatible Epidermal Electronic Skin for Real-Time Wireless Monitoring of Human Physiological Signals, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15(16), 20372--20384, 2023
Vinciguerra, Michael R, Patel, M. Tavakoli,
C. Majidi,
Dinesh K ,
Multimaterial Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers with Integrated Stretchable Electronics, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023
Conferences
Gharibi, M. Tavakoli,
A., M., Costa,
S. Radiofrequency System for Localizing a Robotic Hand on a Surface Tagged with Passive Resonators, in 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023, 2023
Journals
Guilherme Costa, P. Lopes,
A. LalSanati,
André, , M. Freitas,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
3D Printed Stretchable Liquid Gallium Battery, Advanced Functional Materials, Volume 32, Issue 27, 2022
A. Cunha Chambel,
A. LalSanati,
P. Lopes,
Timur Nikitin, , A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
, ,
Laser Writing of Eutectic Gallium–Indium Alloy Graphene-Oxide Electrodes and Semitransparent Conductors., Advanced Materials Technologies, Volume 7, Issue 5, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202101238
https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202101238
C. Majidi,
Kaveh Alizadeh, Y. Ohm,
A. Marques Silva,
M. Tavakoli,
Liquid metal polymer composites: from printed stretchable circuits to soft actuators, Flexible and Printed Electronics, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/ac515a
https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-8585/ac515a
Conferences
M. Carneiro,
L. P. Rosa, A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Tailor-made smart glove for robot teleoperation, using printed stretchable sensors, 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics, RoboSoft 2022, pp. 722–728, 2022
Journals
E Kar, M Barman, S Das, A Das, P Datta, S Mukherjee, M. Tavakoli,
Chicken feather fiber-based bio-piezoelectric energy harvester: an efficient green energy source for flexible electronics, , Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2021
P. Lopes,
D. Fernandes,
A. Pires Miranda Ferreira da Silva,
D. Green Marques,
A. de Almeida,
C. Majidi,
M. Tavakoli,
Bi-Phasic Ag-In-Ga-Embedded Elastomer Inks for Digitally Printed, Ultra-Stretchable, Multi-layer Electronics, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c22206
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c22206
P. Lopes,
Santos, A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Reversible polymer-gel transition for ultra-stretchable chip-integrated circuits through self-soldering and self-coating and self-healing, Nature Communications, 12(1), 1–10, 2021
P. Lopes,
D. Fernandes,
A. Marques Silva,
D. Green Marques,
A. de Almeida,
C. Majidi,
M. Tavakoli,
Bi-phasic Ag–In–Ga-embedded elastomer inks for digitally printed, ultra-stretchable, multi-layer electronics, ACS Applied Materials e Interfaces, 13(12), 14552–14561, 2021
Carneiro, M. Tavakoli,
Wearable Pressure Mapping Through Piezoresistive C-PU Foam and Tailor-Made Stretchable e-Textile, IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(24), 27374–27384, 2021
A. Cunha Chambel,
Sanati, P. Lopes,
A. L., Nikitin, A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Laser Writing of Eutectic Gallium–Indium Alloy Graphene-Oxide Electrodes and Semitransparent Conductors, Advanced Materials Technologies, 2101238, 2021
Manuel Reis Carneiro, C. Majidi,
M. Tavakoli,
Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Biphasic Ag–EGaIn Electrodes, Advanced Engineering Materials, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202100953
https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202100953
A. Cunha Chambel,
A. LalSanati,
P. Lopes,
Timur Nikitin, Rui Fausto, A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Laser Writing of Eutectic Gallium–Indium Alloy Graphene‐Oxide Electrodes and Semitransparent Conductors, Advanced Materials Technologies, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202101238
https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202101238
Conferences
Matteo Virone, P. Lopes,
Rui Pedro Rocha, A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Dynamic hand gesture recognition using a stretchable multi-layer capacitive array, proximity sensing, and a SVM classifier, IROS 2021, IEEE, 2021
10.1109/IROS51168.2021.9636744
10.1109/IROS51168.2021.9636744
Journals
M. Carneiro,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Wearable and Comfortable e-Textile Headband for Long-Term Acquisition of Forehead EEG Signals, IEEE Sensors Journal, 20, 24, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.3009629
https://doi.org/10.1109/JSEN.2020.3009629
Francisca Carvalho, P. Lopes,
M. Carneiro,
A. Serra,
J. F. J. Coelho,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Nondrying, sticky hydrogels for the next generation of high-resolution conformable bioelectronics, ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 2, 10, 3390–3401, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00653
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.0c00653
A. Pires Miranda Ferreira da Silva,
M. Tavakoli,
Domiciliary Hospitalization through Wearable Biomonitoring Patches: Recent Advances, Technical Challenges, and the Relation to Covid-19, Sensors, 20 (23), 6835, 2020
A. Pires Miranda Ferreira da Silva,
Hugo Paisana, Tâ, J. Góis,
A. Serra,
J. F. J. Coelho,
A. de Almeida,
C. Majidi,
M. Tavakoli,
High Resolution Soft and Stretchable Circuits with PVA/Liquid‐Metal Mediated Printing, Advanced Materials Technologies, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202000343
https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202000343
C. Leal,
P. Lopes,
A. Serra,
J. F. J. Coelho,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Untethered Disposable Health Monitoring Electronic Patches with an Integrated Ag2O–Zn Battery, a AgInGa Current Collector, and Hydrogel Electrodes, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12, 3, 3407–3414, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b18462
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b18462
J. Alberto,
C. Leal,
Clá, P. Lopes,
Hugo Paisana, A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Fully Untethered Battery-free Biomonitoring Electronic Tattoo with Wireless Energy Harvesting, Scientific Reports, 5539, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62097-6
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62097-6
Conferences
R. P. Rocha,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Water based magnification of capacitive proximity sensors: Water containers as passive human detectors, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9340877
https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9340877
Journals
C. Leal,
P. Lopes,
A. Serra,
J. F. J. Coelho,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Untethered Disposable Health Monitoring Electronic Patches with Integrated Ag2O-Zn Battery, AgInGa Current Collector and Hydrogel Electrodes, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2019
D. Fernandes,
C. Majidi,
M. Tavakoli,
Digitally printed stretchable electronics: a review, Journal of Material Chemistry C , 7(45), 14035-14068, 2019
P. Lopes,
C. Majidi,
M. Tavakoli,
D. Vaz Gomes,
D. Green Marques,
P. Faia,
J. Góis,
T. F. Patrício,
J. F. J. Coelho,
P. Serra,
A. de Almeida,
Soft Bioelectronic Stickers: Selection and Evaluation of Skin-Interfacing Electrodes, Advanced Healthcare Materials, 8(15),, 2019
P. Lopes,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Reliable interfaces for EGaIn multi-layer stretchable circuits and microelectronics, Lab on a Chip, 19(5), 897-906, 2019
S. Maragliulo,
P. Lopes,
L. Osorio,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Foot Gesture Recognition through Dual Channel Wearable EMG System, IEEE Sensors Journal, 19(22), 10187-10197, 2019
Journals
H. Paisana,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Hydroprinted Electronics: Ultrathin Stretchable Ag-In-Ga E-Skin for Bioelectronics & Human-Machine Interaction, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10 (45), , 38760-38768, 2018
M. Tavakoli,
C. Benussi,
P. Lopes,
L. Osório,
A. de Almeida,
Robust hand gesture recognition with a double channel surface EMG wearable armband and SVM classifier, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 46, 121-130, 2018
M. Tavakoli,
M. Malakooti,
H. Paisana,
Y. Ohm,
D. Green Marques,
P. Lopes,
A. Piedade,
A. de Almeida,
C. Majidi,
EGaIn-Assisted Room-Temperature Sintering of Silver Nanoparticles for Stretchable, Inkjet-Printed, Thin-Film Electronics, Advanced Materials, 30(29), 2018
P. Lopes,
H. Paisana,
A. de Almeida,
C. Majidi,
M. Tavakoli,
Hydroprinted Electronics: Ultrathin Stretchable Ag-In-Ga E-Skin for Bioelectronics and Human-Machine Interaction , ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(45), pp. 38760-38768 , 2018
M. Tavakoli,
M. Malakooti,
H. Paisana,
Y. Ohm,
D. Marques,
P. Lopes,
A. Piedade,
A. de Almeida,
C. Majidi,
EGaIn‐Assisted Room‐Temperature Sintering of Silver Nanoparticles for Stretchable, Inkjet‐Printed, Thin‐Film Electronics, Advanced Materials, 30 (29), 2018
R. Rocha,
P. Lopes,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
C. Majidi,
Fabrication and Characterization of Bending and Pressure Sensors for a Soft Prosthetic Hand, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 28 (3), 034001, 2018
M. Tavakoli,
C. Viegas,
L. Sprigna,
A. de Almeida,
SCALA: Scalable Modular Rail based Multi-agent Robotic System for Fine Manipulation over Large Workspaces., Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 421-438, 2018
Conferences
M. Tavakoli,
M. Malakooti,
H. Paisana,
Y. Ohm,
D. Marques,
P. Lopes,
A. Piedade,
A. de Almeida,
Fabrication of Soft and Stretchable Electronics Through Integration of Printed Silver Nanoparticles and Liquid Metal Alloy, ASME 2018 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Texas, USA, 2018
Journals
M. Tavakoli,
P. Lopes,
J. Lourenço,
R. Rocha,
L. Giliberto,
A. de Almeida,
C. Majidi,
Autonomous selection of closing posture of a robotic hand through embodied soft matter capacitive sensors, IEEE Sensors Journal, 17, 17, 5669-5677, 2017
M. Tavakoli,
C. Benussi,
J. Ministro Lourenço,
Single channel surface EMG control of advanced prosthetic hands: A simple, low cost and efficient approach, Expert Systems with Applications, 79, 322-332, 2017
M. Tavakoli,
R. Rocha,
L. Osorio,
M. Almeida,
A. de Almeida,
V. Ramachandran,
A. Tabatabai,
T. Lu,
C. Majidi,
Carbon doped PDMS: conductance stability over time and implications for additive manufacturing of stretchable electronics, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering , 27 (3), 2017
M. Tavakoli,
A. Sayuk,
J. Ministro Lourenço,
P. Neto,
Anthropomorphic finger for grasping applications: 3D printed endoskeleton in a soft skin, The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 1-14, 2017
C. Viegas,
D. Daney,
M. Tavakoli,
A. de Almeida,
Performance analysis and design of parallel kinematic machines using interval analysis, Mechanism and Machine Theory , 115, 218-236, 2017
C. Viegas,
M. Tavakoli,
P. Lopes,
R. Dessi,
A. de Almeida,
SCALA—A Scalable Rail-based Multirobot System for Large Space Automation: Design and Development, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 5, 22, 2208-2217, 2017
C. Viegas,
M. Tavakoli,
A. de Almeida,
A novel grid-based reconfigurable spatial parallel mechanism with large workspace, Mechanism and Machine Theory , 115, 149-167, 2017
Book Sections
M. Tavakoli,
R. Rocha,
J. Ministro Lourenço,
T. Lu,
C. Majidi,
Soft bionics hands with a sense of touch through an electronic skin, Soft Robotics: Trends, Applications and Challenges, 5-10, Springer International Publishing, 2017
Conferences
R. Rocha,
P. Lopes,
A. de Almeida,
M. Tavakoli,
Soft-matter sensor for proximity, tactile and pressure detection, Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 3734-3738, Vancouver, CA, 2017
C. Viegas,
M. Tavakoli,
A. de Almeida,
SCALA-A Scalable Rail-based Multirobot System for Large Space Automation: Design and Development , IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 22(5), pp. 2208-2217 , 2017
M. Tavakoli,
J. Gomes dos Santos,
J. Lourenço,
A. de Almeida,
Hydrogel-silicone conjunction as epidermal and dermal layers of bio-inspired soft finger skin , ENBENG 2017 - 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering, Proceedings , 2017
M. Tavakoli,
J. Ministro Lourenço,
A. de Almeida,
3D printed endoskeleton with a soft skin for upper-limb body actuated prosthesis, 2017 IEEE 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), 1-5, 2017
Journals
M. Tavakoli,
R. Batista,
P. Neto,
A Compact Two-Phase Twisted String Actuation System: Modeling and Validation, Mechanism and Machine Theory , 11, 23-25, 2016
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094114X16000550
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0094114X16000550
M. Tavakoli,
B. Enes,
L. Marques,
T. Feix,
Actuation Strategies of Bionic Hands for a Better Anthropomorphism, Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 8(4), 2016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4032405
http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4032405
M. Tavakoli,
J. Ministro Lourenço,
C. Viegas,
P. Neto,
A. de Almeida,
The hybrid OmniClimber robot: Wheel based climbing, arm based plane transition, and switchable magnet adhesion, Mechatronics, 36, Pages 136–146, 2016
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2016.03.007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2016.03.007
M. Tavakoli,
B. Enes,
T. Feix,
L. Marques,
Actuation Configurations of Bionic Hands for a Better Anthropomorphism Index, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 8 (4), 2016
https://mechanismsrobotics.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleID=2480534
https://mechanismsrobotics.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleID=2480534
Journals
M. Tavakoli,
R. Batista,
L. Sprigna,
The UC Softhand: Light Weight Adaptive Bionic Hand with a Compact Twisted String Actuation System, Actuators, 5(1), 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/act5010001
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/act5010001
M. Tavakoli,
B. Enes,
J. Santos,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Underactuated anthropomorphic hands: Actuation strategies for a better functionality, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 74(Part A), 267-282, 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2015.08.011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2015.08.011
M. Tavakoli,
P. Lopes,
L. Sprigna,
C. Viegas,
Motion control of an omnidirectional climbing robot based on dead reckoning method, Mechatronics, 30, 94-106, 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2015.06.003
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2015.06.003
Conferences
M. Tavakoli,
C. Viegas,
J. Romão,
A. de Almeida,
InchwormClimber: A Light-Weight Single DOF Biped Climbing Robot with a Switchable Magnet Adhesion Unit, 2015 IEEE/RSJ IROS International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Hamburg, Germany, 2015
M. Tavakoli,
L. Sprigna,
C. Viegas,
A. de Almeida,
State Estimation and Path Following on Curved and Flat Vertical Surfaces with Omniclimber Robots: Kinematics and Control, 2015 IEEE/RSJ IROS International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Hamburg, Germany, 2015
M. Tavakoli,
C. Viegas,
J. Romão,
P. Neto,
A. de Almeida,
Switchable Magnets for Robotics Applications, 2015 IEEE/RSJ IROS International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Hamburg, Germany, 2015
M. Tavakoli,
L. Sprigna,
C. Viegas,
A. de Almeida,
InchwormClimber: A light-weight biped climbing robot with a switchable magnet adhesion unit: Kinematics and control, Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hamburg, Gemany, 2015
Journals
V. Silva,
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
Optimization of a three degrees of freedom DELTA manipulator for well-conditioned workspace with a floating point genetic algorithm, International Journal of Natural Computing Research (IJNCR) , IGI Global, 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijncr.2014100101
http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijncr.2014100101
M. Tavakoli,
C. Viegas,
Analysis and application of dual-row omnidirectional wheels for climbing robots, Mechatronics , 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2014.04.003
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957415814000671
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2014.04.003
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0957415814000671
Conferences
M. Tavakoli,
B. Enes,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Actuation strategy for underactuated anthropomorphic hands, in IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2014) , Chicago, Illinois, 2014
M. Tavakoli,
A. de Almeida,
Adaptive under-actuated anthropomorphic hand: ISR-SoftHand, IROS 2014,IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems, Chicago, EUA, 2014
V. Gaspar,
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
Dexterity optimization of a three degrees of freedom DELTA parallel manipulator, In Armada, M.A., Sanfeliu, A., Ferre, M., eds.: ROBOT2013: First Iberian Robotics Conference, Volume 253, pp. 719-726, Springer, 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03653-3_51
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03653-3_51
Journals
M. Tavakoli,
C. Viegas,
L. Marques,
J. Pires,
A. de Almeida,
OmniClimbers: Omni-directional magnetic wheeled climbing robots for inspection of ferromagnetic structures, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 61 (9), pp. 997-1007, 2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2013.05.005
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921889013001024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2013.05.005
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921889013001024
Conferences
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Flexirigid, a novel two phase gripper, in IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2013), Tokyo Big Sight, Japan, 2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6697086
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6697086
M. Tavakoli,
C. Viegas,
L. Marques,
J. Pires,
Magnetic Omnidirectional Wheels for Climbing Robots, in IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2013), Tokyo Big Sight, Japan, 2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6696363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6696363
M. Tavakoli,
C. Viegas,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
OmniClimber-II: An omnidirectional climbing robot with high maneuverability and flexibility to adapt to non-flat surfaces, 2013 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), art. no. 6630746, pp. 1349- 1354, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6630746
Journals
M. Tavakoli,
G. Cabrita,
R. Faria,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Cooperative multi-agent mapping of three-dimensional structures for pipeline inspection applications, The International Journal of Robotics Research, 31 (12), pp. 1489-1503, SAGE Pub, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0278364912461536
WOS: 000311643300009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0278364912461536
WOS: 000311643300009
Conferences
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
OmniClimber: An Omnidirectional Light Weight Climbing Robot with Flexibility to Adapt to Non-Flat Surfaces, IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2012), art. no. 6385454, pp. 280-285, Vilamoura, Portugal, 2012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2012.6385454
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6385454
WOS:000317042700043
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2012.6385454
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6385454
WOS:000317042700043
Journals
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
A low-cost approach for self-calibration of climbing robots, Robotica, vol. 29, issue 1, pp. 23-34, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0263574710000676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0263574710000676
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
3DCLIMBER: Climbing and Manipulation over 3D Structures, Mechatronics, vol. 21, pp. 48-62, Elsevier, 2011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2010.08.006
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mechatronics.2010.08.006
Conferences
M. Tavakoli,
R. Faria,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Autonomous Mapping for Inspection of 3D Structures, in IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2011), art. no. 6048135, pp. 4277- 4283, San Francisco, USA, 2011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2011.6094494
WOS:000297477504095
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2011.6094494
WOS:000297477504095
Journals
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Development of an Industrial Pipeline Inspection Robot, Journal of Industrial Robots, Vol. 37, No. 3, Emerald Group Pub., 2010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01439911011037721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01439911011037721
Conferences
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
F. Bonsignorio,
Biomimetic robotic climbers, in Proc. of the 13th Intl. Conf. on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Supporting Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR2010), Nagoya, Japan, 2010
Thesis
M. Tavakoli,
Design, Implementation, Path Planning and Control of a Pole Climbing Robot, Ph.D. Thesis, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, 2010, Supervised by
Lino Forte Marques
and
Aníbal Traça de Almeida
Conferences
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Self Calibration of Step-by-Step Based Climbing Robots, in Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2009), art. no. 5354746 , pp. 3297-3303, St. Louis, MO, USA, 2009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2009.5354746
WOS:000285372901224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2009.5354746
WOS:000285372901224
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
A Comparison Study on Pneumatic Muscles and Electrical Motors, in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (RoBio2008), pp. 1590-1594, Bangkok, Thailand, 2009
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913238
WOS:000271966900269
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913238
WOS:000271966900269
Journals
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Propose of a benchmark for pole climbing robots, 8 Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics , 44 , pp. 215-222, 2008
Book Sections
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Benchmarks for Pole Climbing Robots, European Robotics Symposium 2008, Herman Bruyninckx; Libor Preucil; Miroslav Kulich (Eds.), Vol. 44, pp. 215-222, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78317-6_22
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78317-6_22
Conferences
M. Tavakoli,
A. Marjovi,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
3DCLIMBER: A climbing robot for inspection of 3D human made structures, in Proc. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2008), pp. 4130-4135, Nice, France, 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2008.4651024
WOS:000259998202212
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2008.4651024
WOS:000259998202212
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
A Comparison Study on Pneumatic Muscles and Electrical Motors, Using the 3DClimber as a Case Study, in Proc. of the 11th Intl. Conf. on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Supporting Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR2008), pp. 255-262, Coimbra, Portugal, 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812835772_0031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812835772_0031
M. Tavakoli,
A. Marjovi,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
A Step Toward Autonomous Pole Climbing Robots, in Proc. of the 11th Intl. Conf. on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Supporting Technologies for Mobile Machines (CLAWAR2008), pp. 1114-1121, Coimbra, Portugal, 2008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812835772_0133
http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812835772_0133
Book Sections
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Path Planning for the 3DCLIMBER, Advances in Climbing and Walking Robots, Ming Xie, Steven Dubowsky, Jean-guy Fontaine, M. Osman Tokhi, Gurvinder S. Virk (Eds.), pp. 193-202, World Scientific Pub., 2007
http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812770189_0024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789812770189_0024
Conferences
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Path Planning for the 3DCLIMBER, Proc. of the 10th Intl. Conf. on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR2007), Singapore, 2007
Conferences
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Climbing Robots for Human-Made 3D structures, Proc. of the 9th Intl. Conf. on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR2006), pp. 172-176, Brussels, Belgium, 2006
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Design and Simulation of a Novel Pole Climbing and Manipulating Robot, Proc. of the 9th Intl. Conf. on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR2006), pp. 177-182, Brussels, Belgium, 2006
M. Tavakoli,
L. Marques,
A. de Almeida,
Pole Climbing and Manipulating Robots: Assessment of Different Design Categories, Int. Symp. On Robotics and Systems (ISR2006), Munich, Germany, 2006
Ph.D. Thesis
Carlos Xavier Pais Viegas,
SCALA: Scalable Modular Rail based Multi-agent Robotic System for Fine Manipulation over Large Workspaces (11/2017) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
and
Aníbal Traça de Almeida
M.Sc. Thesis
Luís Gaspar,
Implementation of an IoT Architecture for Wireless Monitoring of Patients in Smart Beds (9/2023) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
and
David Portugal
André Alexandre Ribeiro Araújo,
Securing the BLE Transmission of Vital Signs in Wireless Patient Biomonitoring (9/2023) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
and
David Portugal
Rafael Molter,
Toward bio-inspired artificial muscle fascicles based on liquid crystal elastomer (2/2023) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
José Pedro Neto Carvalheiro,
Wearable SpO2 Monitoring in the Chest Zone: Design, Fabrication, and Validation (11/2021) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
João Pedro Marques Pereira,
Soft, Conformal, and Printed Pressure Mapping Films and E-Textiles (9/2021) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Miguel Maranha Soares,
Printed RFID antennas and energy harvesting for stretchable biomonitoring patches (7/2020) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Bruno Santos,
Methods for Interfacing stretchable inks and microchips (7/2020) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Detion Brahmiai,
3. Wearable Temperature and Heart rate monitor for analysis of Sleep Apnea (7/2020) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Francisca Carvalho,
• Soft, adhesive, conductive, tough hydrogels for bioelectronics (4/2019) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Alexandre Chambel,
• Nano particle ink for printed stretchable electronics (4/2019) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Manuel Carneiro,
Conformal multi electrode EEG monitoring system (4/2019) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Cristina Leal,
Stretchable Ag-Zinc Battery (9/2018) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Luís Negrão,
Multi-layer Ag-PDMS based stretchable circuits (9/2018) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
João Vilarinho,
Wearable EMG armband for health and fun (9/2018) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Luana Giliberto,
Soft matter capacitive sensors for a prosthetic hand, a step toward emboddied intelligence (9/2017) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Silivia DAngelo,
Single Channel EMG control of a soft robotic hand (9/2017) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Daniel Green Marques,
Interfacing integrated circuits in stretchable electronics (9/2017) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Tatiana Patricio,
Hydrogel-PDMS conjunctions for stretchable Electronics (9/2017) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Davide Vaz Gomes,
Stretchable electrodes for Biomonitoring patches (9/2017) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Hugo Paisana,
Hydroprinted Electroncis (9/2017) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Rui Pedro Rocha,
Fabrication techniques of soft tactile sensors for prosthetic applications (11/2016) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
João Ministro Lourenço,
Hybrid Omniclimbers based on switchable magnets (11/2015) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli
Andriy Sayuk,
A low cost prosthetic hand for a kid amputee (11/2015) Supervised by
Mahmoud Tavakoli