Publications
Patents
- Liquid metal fusion with conductive inks and pastes (2018) PDF
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Hugo Paisana, Anibal T. de Almeida, Carmel Majidi
WO2019055680A1; EP3682717A4; US11395413B2; US20220346238A1 - Pole climbing robot for Service works, Iranian Organizing of Scientific Researches (IROST), Nr: 14623.
- System for moving robots on two-dimensional scaffolds, Nr: 20171000000549.
Books
- Magnetic Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications (2022)
Abdollah Hajalilou, Mahmoud Tavakoli, Elahe Parvini
John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 978-3-527-84077-9 - Design, Development, Automation and Control of a Pole Climbing Robot: A systematic design approach for development of a climbing robot for inspection of piping in oil and gas industry (2011)
Mahmoud Tavakoli
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, ISBN-10: 3846535745
Journal Papers
2024
- Replacing the Gallium Oxide Shell with Conductive Ag: Toward a Printable and Recyclable Composite for Highly Stretchable Electronics, Electromagnetic Shielding, and Thermal Interfaces (2024) PDF
Abdollah Hajalilou, Elahe Parvini, Tiago A Morgado, Pedro Alhais Lopes, M Estrela Melo Jorge, Marta Freitas, Mahmoud Tavakoli
ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2024, 16, 44, 61157–61168
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c17151 - 3R Batteries: Resilient, Repairable, and Recyclable Based on Liquid Gallium Electrode (2024) PDF
Elahe Parvini, Abdollah Hajalilou, Pedro Alhais Lopes, André F Silva, Miguel Soares Maranha Tiago, Pedro Miguel Patrício Fernandes, Anibal T de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Advanced Materials Technologies, 2301189
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202301189 - Gallium–Carbon: A Universal Composite for Sustainable 3D Printing of Integrated Sensor–Heater–Battery Systems in Wearable and Recyclable Electronics (2024) PDF
Elahe Parvini, Abdollah Hajalilou, João Pedro Gonçalves Vilarinho, Pedro Alhais Lopes, Miguel Maranha, Mahmoud Tavakoli
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Technologies 2201621
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c02706 - 3D Printed Gallium Battery with Outstanding Energy Storage: Toward Fully Printed Battery‐on‐the‐Board Soft Electronics (2024) PDF
Marta Calisto Freitas, Afsaneh L Sanati, Pedro Alhais Lopes, André F Silva, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Small, 2304716
DOI: 10.1002/smll.202304716 - Graphene‐Assisted Chemical Stabilization of Liquid Metal Nano Droplets for Liquid Metal Based Energy Storage (2024) PDF
Afsaneh L Sanati, Timur Nikitin, Rui Fausto, Carmel Majidi, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Advanced Materials Technologies, 2301428
DOI:10.1002/admt.202301428 - Recyclable liquid metal–graphene supercapacitor (2024) PDF
Afsaneh L Sanati, Pedro Alhais Lopes, Alexandre Chambel, André F Silva, Diogo M Oliveira, Carmel Majidi, Anibal T de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Chemical Engineering Journal, 147894,
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2023.147894
2023
- Facile synthesis of highly stretchable, tough and photodegradable hydrogels (2023) PDF
Rita G Fonseca, Aline Kuster, Pedro P Fernandes, Mahmoud Tavakoli, Patrícia Pereira, José R Fernandes, Francesco De Bon, Arménio C Serra, Ana C Fonseca, Jorge FJ Coelho
Advanced Healthcare Materials 2300918
DOI:10.1002/adhm.202300918 - Digitally Printable Magnetic Liquid Metal Composite for Recyclable Soft‐Matter Electronics (2023) PDF
Abdollah Hajalilou, Elahe Parvini, João Pedro Marques Pereira, Pedro Alhais Lopes, André F Silva, Anibal De Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Advanced Materials Technologies 2201621
DOI:10.1002/admt.202201621 - Toward Fully Printed Soft Actuators: UV-Assisted Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers and Biphasic Liquid Metal Conductors (2023) PDF
João Sgotti Veiga, Manuel Reis Carneiro, Rafael Molter, Michael Vinciguerra, Lining Yao, Carmel Majidi, Mahmoud Tavakoli
ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202300144 - Digitally Printed Liquid Metal Composite Antenna for Energy Harvesting: Toward Energy‐Autonomous Battery‐Free Wearable Bioelectronics (2023) PDF
Miguel Maranha, André F Silva, Pedro Alhais Lopes, Aníbal T de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Advanced Sensor Research 2200025
DOI: 10.1002/adsr.202200025 - Recyclable Thin‐Film Soft Electronics for Smart Packaging and E‐Skins (2023) PDF
Manuel Reis Carneiro, Aníbal T de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli, Carmel Majidi
Advanced Science 2301673
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202301673
2022
- Multi‐Electrode Printed Bioelectronic Patches for Long‐Term Electrophysiological Monitoring (2022) PDF
Manuel Reis Carneiro, Carmel Majidi, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Advanced Functional Materials 2205956
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202205956 - 3R Electronics: Scalable Fabrication of Resilient, Repairable, and Recyclable Soft‐Matter Electronics (2022) PDF
Mahmoud Tavakoli, Pedro Alhais Lopes, Abdollah Hajalilou, André F Silva, Manuel Reis Carneiro, José Carvalheiro, João Marques Pereira, Aníbal T de Almeida
Advanced Materials 2203266
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202203266 - A bright future of hydrogels in flexible batteries and Supercapacitors storage systems: A review (2022) PDF
Elahe Parvini, Abdollah Hajalilou, Mahmoud Tavakoli
International Journal of Energy Research 13276-13307
DOI: 10.1002/er.8149 - 3D printed stretchable liquid gallium battery (2022) PDF
Guilherme Costa, Pedro Alhais Lopes, Afsaneh L Sanati, André F Silva, Marta Calisto Freitas, Anibal T de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Advanced Functional Materials 2113232
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202113232 - Photo-degradable, tough and highly stretchable hydrogels (2022) PDF
Rita G Fonseca, Francesco De Bon, Patrícia Pereira, Francisca M Carvalho, Marta Freitas, Mahmoud Tavakoli, Arménio C Serra, Ana C Fonseca, Jorge FJ Coelho
Materials Today Bio 100325
DOI: 10.1016/j.mtbio.2022.100325 - Laser‐Assisted Rapid Fabrication of Large‐Scale Graphene Oxide Transparent Conductors (2022)
Afsaneh L Sanati, Alexandre Chambel, Pedro Alhais Lopes, Timur Nikitin, Rui Fausto, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Advanced Materials Interfaces 2102343
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202102343 - Laser Writing of Eutectic Gallium–Indium Alloy Graphene‐Oxide Electrodes and Semitransparent Conductors (Adv. Mater. Technol. 5/2022) PDF
Alexandre Chambel, Afsaneh L Sanati, Pedro Alhais Lopes, Timur Nikitin, Rui Fausto, Aníbal T de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Advanced Materials Technologies 2270021
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202270021 - Dielectric Elastomer Actuators with Biphasic Ag–EGaIn Electrodes (2022) PDF
Manuel Reis Carneiro, Carmel Majidi, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Advanced Engineering Materials 2100953
DOI: 10.1002/adem.202100953 - Liquid metal polymer composites: From printed stretchable circuits to soft actuators (2022) PDF
Carmel Majidi, Kaveh Alizadeh, Yunsik Ohm, Andre Silva, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Flexible and Printed Electronics 013002
DOI: 10.1088/2058-8585/ac515a - Biphasic Liquid Metal Composites for Sinter‐Free Printed Stretchable Electronics (2022)
Abdollah Hajalilou, André F Silva, Pedro Alhais Lopes, Elahe Parvini, Carmel Majidi, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Advanced Materials Interfaces 2101913
DOI: 10.1002/admi.202101913 - Triple crosslinking conductive hydrogels with digitally printable and outstanding mechanical stability for high-resolution conformable bioelectronics (2022) PDF
Elahe Parvini, Abdollah Hajalilou, Pedro Alhais Lopes, Miguel Soares Maranha Tiago, Anibal T de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Soft Matter 8486-8503
DOI: 10.1039/D2SM01103D
2021
- Wearable pressure mapping through piezoresistive C-PU foam and tailor-made stretchable e-textile (2021) PDF
Manuel Reis Carneiro, Mahmoud Tavakoli
IEEE Sensors Journal 27374-27384
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3126159 - Reversible polymer-gel transition for ultra-stretchable chip-integrated circuits through self-soldering and self-coating and self-healing (2021)
Pedro Alhais Lopes, Bruno C Santos, Anibal T de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Nature communications 4666
DOI: 0.1038/s41467-021-25008-5 - Bi-phasic Ag–in–Ga-embedded elastomer inks for digitally printed, ultra-stretchable, multi-layer electronics (2021) PDF
Pedro Alhais Lopes, Daniel Felix Fernandes, André F Silva, Daniel Green Marques, Anibal T de Almeida, Carmel Majidi, Mahmoud Tavakoli
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14552-14561
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.0c22206
2020
- Domiciliary hospitalization through wearable biomonitoring patches: Recent advances, technical challenges, and the relation to COVID-19 (2020) PDF
André F Silva, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Sensors 2020, 20(23), 6835;
DOI:10.3390/s20236835 - Nondrying, Sticky Hydrogels for the Next Generation of High-Resolution Conformable Bioelectronics (2020) PDF
Francisca M. Carvalho, Pedro Lopes, Manuel Carneiro, Arménio Serra, Jorge Coelho, Aníbal T. de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
ACS Applied Electronic Materials vol 2/Issue 10
DOI:10.1021/acsaelm.0c00653 - High resolution soft and stretchable circuits with PVA/liquid‐metal mediated printing (2020) PDF
André F Silva, Hugo Paisana, Tânia Fernandes, Joana Góis, Arménio Serra, Jorge FJ Coelho, Aníbal T de Almeida, Carmel Majidi, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Advanced Materials Technologies
DOI:10.1002/admt.202000343 - Wearable and comfortable e-textile headband for long-term acquisition of forehead EEG signals(2020) PDF
Manuel R. Carneiro, Anibal T de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
IEEE Sensors Journal
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2020.3009629 - Fully Untethered Battery-free Biomonitoring Electronic Tattoo with Wireless Energy Harvesting(2020) PDF
José Alberto, Cristina Leal, Cláudio Fernandes, Pedro A. Lopes, Hugo Paisana, Aníbal T. de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Sci Rep 10, 5539 (2020)
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-62097-6
2019
- Untethered Disposable Health Monitoring Electronic Patches with an Integrated Ag2O–Zn Battery, a AgInGa Current Collector, and Hydrogel Electrodes(2019) PDF
Cristina Leal, Pedro Alhais Lopes, Arménio Serra, Jorge FJ Coelho, Aníbal T de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 202012 (3), 3407-3414
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b1846 - Soft bioelectronic stickers: selection and evaluation of skin‐interfacing electrodes(2019) PDF
Pedro Alhais Lopes, Davide Vaz Gomes, Daniel Green Marques, Pedro Faia, Joana Góis, Tatiana F Patrício, Jorge Coelho, Arménio Serra, Aníbal T de Almeida, Carmel Majidi, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Adv. Healthcare Mater. 2019, 8, 1900234
DOI:10.1002/adhm.201900234 - Foot gesture recognition through dual channel wearable EMG system(2019) PDF
Simone Maragliulo, Pedro Filipe Alhais Lopes, Luis Bica Osorio, Aníbal T De Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 19, no. 22, pp. 10187-10197
DOI:10.1109/JSEN.2019.2931715 - Design of compact switchable magnetic grippers for the HyReCRo structure-climbing robot(2019) PDF
Adrián Peidró, Mahmoud Tavakoli, José María Marín, Óscar Reinoso
Mechatronics Volume 59 May 2019, Pages 199-212
DOI:10.1016/j.mechatronics.2019.04.007 - Digitally printed stretchable electronics: a review(2019) PDF
Daniel Félix Fernandes, Carmel Majidi, Mahmoud Tavakoli
J. Mater. Chem. C, 2019, 7, 14035-14068
DOI:10.1039/C9TC04246F - Reliable interfaces for EGaIn multi-layer stretchable circuits and microelectronics(2019) PDF
Daniel Green Marques, Pedro Alhais Lopes, Aníbal T de Almeida, Carmel Majidi, Mahmoud Tavakoli
Lab Chip, 2019, 19, 897-906
DOI:10.1039/C8LC01093E
Older
- P. Lopes, . Paisana, A.e Almeida, C. Majidi, M. Tavakoli,”Hydroprinted Electronics: Ultrathin Stretchable Ag–In–Ga E-Skin for Bioelectronics and Human–Machine Interaction”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 2018 10 (45), 38760-38768 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b13257
- M. Tavakoli, C. Benussi, P. Lopes, L. Osorio, A.Almeida, “Robust hand gesture recognition with a double channel surface EMG wearable armband and SVM classifier”, Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 46, 2018, 121-130, ISSN 1746-8094
- M. Tavakoli et all.. “EGaIn-Assisted Room-Temperature Sintering of Silver Nanoparticles for Stretchable, Inkjet-Printed, Thin-Film Electronics”, 2018, 30, 1801852. PDF
- Rui. Rocha et al “Fabrication and characterization of bending and pressure sensors for a soft prosthetic hand”, 2018 J. Micromech. Microeng. 28 034001 PDF
- R. Rocha, P. Lopes, A. T. de Almeida, M. Tavakoli and C. Majidi, “Soft-matter sensor for proximity, tactile and pressure detection,” 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Vancouver, BC, 2017, pp. 3734-3738. doi: 10.1109/IROS.2017.8206222
- Carlos Viegas, David Daney, Mahmoud Tavakoli, Anibal T. de Almeida. Performance analysis and design of parallel kinematic machines using interval analysis. Mechanism and Machine Theory, Elsevier, 2017, 115, pp.218 – 236. ff10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2017.05.003ff. ffhal-01669173 PDF
- C. Viegas, M. Tavakoli, A. Almeida, “A novel grid-based reconfigurable spatial parallel mechanism with large workspace”, Mechanism and Machine Theory, 115, 2017, 149-167, ISSN 0094-114X
- C. Viegas, M. Tavakoli, P. Lopes, R. Dessi and A. T. de Almeida, “SCALA—A Scalable Rail-based Multirobot System for Large Space Automation: Design and Development,” in IEEE/ASME Tr
- M. Tavakoli, C. Benussi, J. Lourenco, Single channel surface EMG control of advanced prosthetic hands: A simple, low cost and efficient approach, Expert Systems with Applications, Volume 79, 2017, 322-332, ISSN 0957-4174
- M.Tavakoli et al., “Autonomous Selection of Closing Posture of a Robotic Hand Through Embodied Soft Matter Capacitive Sensors,” in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 17, no. 17, pp. 5669-5677, 1 Sept.1, 2017. doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2017.2726348
- M. Tavakoli, J. Lourenço and A. T. de Almeida, “3D printed endoskeleton with a soft skin for upper-limb body actuated prosthesishttps://spm.isr.uc.pt/portfolio/3d-printed-endoskeleton/,” 2017 IEEE 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), Coimbra, 2017, pp. 1-5. doi: 10.1109/ENBENG.2017.7889470
- M. Tavakoli, J. G. Santos, J. L. Lourenço and A. T. de Almeida, “Hydrogel-silicone conjunction as epidermal and dermal layers of bio-inspired soft finger skin,” 2017 IEEE 5th Portuguese Meeting on Bioengineering (ENBENG), Coimbra, 2017, pp. 1-4. doi: 10.1109/ENBENG.2017.7889471
- M. Tavakoli et al. “ Carbon doped PDMS: Conductance stability over time and implications for additive manufacturing of stretchable electronics” 2017 J. Micromech. Microeng. 27 035010,
- M. Tavakoli, A Sayuk, J Lourenço, P Neto – The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing …, Anthropomorphic finger for grasping applications: 3D printed endoskeleton in a soft skin, 2017
- M Tavakoli, RP Rocha, J Lourenço, T Lu, C Majidi – Soft Robotics: Trends, Applications and Challenges, Soft bionics hands with a sense of touch through an electronic skin, 2017
- M. Tavakoli, R. Batista, and P. Neto, A Compact Two-Phase Twisted String Actuation System: Modeling and Validation, Mechanism and Machine Theory 11,23-25, 2016 LINK
- M. Tavakoli, et. al. Actuation Configurations of Bionic Hands for a Better Anthropomorphism Index, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics 8 (4), 044502, 2016 LINK
- M. Tavakoli, et. al. , “The hybrid OmniClimber robot: Wheel based climbing, arm based plane transition, and switchable magnet adhesion”, Mechatronics. 2016 link
- M. Tavakoli, R. Batista, and Lucio Sgrigna, The UC Softhand: Light Weight Adaptive Bionic Hand with a Compact Twisted String Actuation System, Actuators, 5(1), 2015- LINK
- M. Tavakoli, B. Enes, et. al. “Underactuated anthropomorphic hands: actuation strategies for a better functionality” Robotics and Autonomous Systems 74, 267-282, 2015 LINK
- M Tavakoli,et. al., “Motion control of an omnidirectional climbing robot based on dead reckoning method, Mechatronics 30, 94-106, 2015 link
- V. Santos, 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) 4 (4), 1-14, 2014 link
- M. Tavakoli, Carlos Viegas, Analysis and application of dual-row omnidirectional wheels for climbing robots, Joournal of Mechatronics, Elsevier, Available online 14 May 2014 LINK
- M. Tavakoli, et. al. ,OmniClimbers: Omnidirectional magnetic wheeled climbing robots for inspection of ferromagnetic structures, Journal of Robotics and Autonomous, 0921-8890, 2013 link
- M. Tavakoli, et. al. . “Cooperative multi-agent mapping of 3D structures for pipeline inspection applications”, International Journal of Robotics Research, 2012, 31 (12), 1489-1503, impact factor: 4.095 PDF
- M. Tavakoli, Lino Marques and Aníbal T. de Almeida. “A low-cost approach for self-calibration of climbing robots”. Robotica, 2011 29 (01), 23-34, 2011 PDF
- M.Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Ani’bal T. de Almeida, “3DCLIMBER: Climbing and manipulation over 3D structures”, Mechatronics 2011 21 (1), 48-62 February 2011, ISSN 0957-4158, PDF
- M.Tavakoli, L. Marques, and A.T. de Almeida. Development of an Industrial Pipeline Inspection Robot. Journal of Industrial Robots 2010, 37(3), pp. 309-322. PDF
- M.Tavakoli, M.R. Zakerzadeh, G.R. Vossoughi, S. Bagheri,”A hybrid Pole Climbing and Manipulating Robot with Minimum DOFs for Construction and Service Applications, Journal of Industrial Robot 2005, 32(2) pp.171-17 PDF
Conference Papers
- Radiofrequency System for Localizing a Robotic Hand on a Surface Tagged with Passive Resonators (2023) PDF
A Gharibi, M Tavakoli, F Costa, André F Silva, S Genovesi
2023 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP)
DOI: 10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133284
- Tailor-made smart glove for robot teleoperation, using printed stretchable sensors (2022) PDF
Manuel Reis Carneiro, Luís Pedro Rosa, Aníbal T De Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) 722-728
DOI: 10.1109/RoboSoft54090.2022.9762214 - Dynamic hand gesture recognition using a stretchable multi-layer capacitive array, proximity sensing, and a SVM classifier (2021) PDF
Matteo Virone, Pedro Lopes, Rui Pedro Rocha, Anibal T de Almeida, Mahmoud Tavakoli
2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 7183-7188
DOI: 10.1109/IROS51168.2021.9636744
- Mahmoud Tavakoli, Baptiste Enes, “Actuation strategies for underactuated anthropomorphic hands”, IROS 2014,IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Chicago, 2014
- Mahmoud Tavakoli, Anibal T. de Almeida, “Adaptive under-actuated anthropomorphic hand: ISR-SoftHand”, IROS 2014,IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Chicago, 2014
- Carlos Viegas, Mahmoud Tavakoli, “A Single DOF arm for transition of climbing robots between perpendicular planes”, IROS 2014,IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems, Chicago, 2014.
- VG Silva, M Tavakoli, L Marques -“Dexterity Optimization of a Three Degrees of Freedom DELTA Parallel Manipulator”, ROBOT2013: First Iberian Robotics Conference, 2014
- M.Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Anibal T. de Almeida : “Flexirigid, a novel two phase gripper”, IROS 2013,IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems, Japan, 2013
- M.Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Anibal T. de Almeida, “OmniClimber: An omnidirectional light weight climbing robot with flexibility to adapt to non-flat surfaces”, IROS 2012, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Portugal PDF
- M.Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Ricardo Faria, Anibal T. de Almeida, “Autonomous mapping for inspection of 3D structures”, IROS 2011, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems, Sept. 25 to 30, 2009 at San Francisco, USA PDF
- M.Tavakoli, L. Marques, and Fabio Bonsignorio, Biomimetic inspiration in climbing robots, CLAWAR2010, the 13th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots, Japan, 31 August- 3 September 2010 PDF
- M.Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Anibal T. de Almeida, “Self Calibration of Step-by-Step Based Climbing Robots”, IROS 2009, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, October 11 to 15, 2009 at St. Louis, USA PDF
- M.Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Anibal T. de Almeida, “A comparison study on pneumatics muscles and electrical motors using the 3DCLIMBER as a case study” CLAWAR 2008, 8-10 September, Coimbra, Portugal PDF
- M.Tavakoli, Ali Marjovi, Lino Marques, Anibal T. de Almeida, “ A Step Toward Autonomous Pole Climbing Robots ” CLAWAR 2008, 8-10 September, Coimbra, Portugal PDF
- M.Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Anibal T. de Almeida, “3DCLIMBER: A climbing robot for inspection of 3D human made structures” IROS 2008, EEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent RObots and Systems, 22-26 September, Nice, France PDF
- M.Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Anibal T. de Almeida, “A comparison study on pneumatics muscles and electrical motors”, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and
- Biomimetics, December 14 -17, 2008, Bangkok, Thailand PDF
- M.Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Anibal T. de Almeida, “Path Planning for the “3DCLIMBER”” CLAWAR 2007, 16-18 May 2007, Singapore PDF
- M.Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Anibal T. de Almeida “Pole Climbing and Manipulating Robots: Evaluation of Advantageous and Disadvantageous of Different Design Categories”, International Symposium on Robotics, 15 /18 may 2006, Munich, Germany PDF
- M.Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Anibal T. de Almeida, “Climbing Robots for Human-Made 3D structures” CLAWAR 2006, 12-14 September, Belgium PDF
- M.Tavakoli, Lino Marques, Anibal T. de Almeida, “Design and Simulation of a Novel Pole Climbing and Manipulating Robot” CLAWAR 2006, 12-14 September, Belgium PDF
- M.R. Zakerzadeh, M. Tavakoli, H. Pendar, “Kinematics Analysis of a New Spatial 3-DOF Parallel Mechanism”, 13th Annual (International)Mechanical Engineering Conference, May 2005, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.
- M.R. Zakerzadeh, G.R Vossoughi, S. Bagheri, M. Tavakoli, “Kinematic Analysis of a New 4-DOF Hybrid Pole Climbing Manipulator”, 12th IEEE Mediterranean conference on control and automation MED’04, 6-9 June 2004, Turkey.
- G.R Vossoughi, S. Bagheri, M. Tavakoli, M.R. Zakerzadeh, M. Houseinzadeh, “Design, Modeling and Kinematics Analysis of a Novel Serial/Parallel Pole Climbing and Manipulating Robot”, 7th Biennial ASME Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, Manchester, UK July 19- 22, 2004 PDF
- M. Tavakoli, M.R. Zakerzadeh, G.R. Vossoughi, S. Bagheri, “Design, Modeling and Prototyping of a Serial/Parallel Pole Climbing and Manipulating Robot with Minimum DOFs for Construction Works”, 7th international on climbing and walking robots and the support technology for mobile machines, Madrid, September 2004PDF
- M.R. Zakerzadeh, M. Tavakoli, G.R. Vossoughi, S. Bagheri, “Inverse Kinematic/Dynamic Analysis of a New 4-DOF Hybrid (Serial-Parallel) Pole Climbing Robot Manipulator”, 7th international on climbing and walking robots and the support technology for mobile machines, Madrid, September 2004 PDF
- M. Tavakoli, M.R. Zakerzadeh, G.R. Vossoughi, S. Bagheri, H.Salarieh, “A Novel Serial/Parallel Pole Climbing/Manipulating Robot: Design, Kinematic Analysis and Workspace Optimization with Genetic Algorithm”, 21st International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, 21 to 25 September 2004, Jeju island, Korea PDF