Dr Majid Taghavi
Senior Lecturer in Robotics And Mechatronics
School of Engineering and Materials Science
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
artificial muscles, soft robotics, smart materials, multifunctional transducers
Interests
Majid Taghavi joined QMUL in September 2024 as a senior lecturer. His goal is to pioneer the next generation of artificial muscles with extended functionalities, ultimately creating monolithic soft robots for health applications. His approach involves advancing the material, structure and functionality of soft actuators, incorporating features such as variable stiffness, graded stiffness, self-sensing, self-powered, adaptability and shape-shifting to establish novel core technologies for future wearable, implantable and surgical robotics.Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Bioengineering2025
Monolithic electrostatic actuators with independent stiffness modulationXu Y, Wen J, Burdet E and Taghavi M
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 16 (1)
30-01-2025
Piezo-Ionic Actuator for Haptic FeedbackAndré AD, Coondoo I, Bdikin I, K.B. VK, Pinto RMR, Martins P and Taghavi M
Sensors and Actuators a Physical, Elsevier vol. 381
01-01-2025
A flexi-limbed electroactive frame for gripping and locomotion: Structural optimizationSun W, Xu Y and Taghavi M
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Elsevier vol. 286
01-01-2025
2024
Electromechanical model for electro-ribbon actuatorsXu Y, Burdet E and Taghavi M
International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Elsevier vol. 275
01-08-2024
3D-ElectroZip touch: multi-directional haptic feedback with electro-ribbon zipping actuatorsPan Y, Hou N, Sun W and Taghavi M
Smart Materials and Structures, Iop Publishing vol. 33 (8)
22-07-2024
Material and Structural Improvement in Electro-Ribbon Actuators Towards Biomimetic Stacked ArchitectureBaker T and Taghavi M
2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). vol. 00, 473-478.
17-04-2024
Dielectrophoretic Elastomer Actuators for Soft Pneumatic PumpsXu C, Faul CFJ, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
2024 IEEE 7th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). vol. 00, 864-869.
17-04-2024
Origami‐Inspired Modular Electro‐Ribbon Actuator for Multi‐Degrees of Freedom MotionHou N, Wen J, Pan Y and Taghavi M
Advanced Intelligent Systems, Wiley vol. 6 (6)
08-04-2024
2023
Electrically Zipping Bending Actuators for Prosthetic FingersFraai T, Wen J and Taghavi M
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 8 (11), 7472-7478.
20-09-2023
Electric Field‐Driven Dielectrophoretic Elastomer ActuatorsXu C, Faul CFJ, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley vol. 33 (13)
05-02-2023
2022
Stiffness Graded Electroactive Artificial MuscleTaghavi M, Chen H, Conn AT and Rossiter J
Advanced Functional Materials, Wiley vol. 32 (39)
14-07-2022
Electro-Ribbon Muscles for Biomimetic Wing FlappingChong JH, Romero C, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). vol. 00, 638-643.
08-04-2022
Liquid-amplified zipping actuators for micro-air vehicles with transmission-free flappingHelps T, Romero C, Taghavi M, Conn AT and Rossiter J
Science Robotics, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 7 (63)
02-02-2022
Reactive Jetting of High Viscosity Nanocomposites for Dielectric Elastomer ActuationMalas A, Saleh E, del Carmen Giménez‐López M, Rance GA, Helps T, Taghavi M, Rossiter JM, Tuck CJ, Ashcroft IA and Goodridge RD
Advanced Materials Technologies, Wiley vol. 7 (6)
17-01-2022
2021
Electro-lattice actuator: a compliant high-contractile active lattice structureHoh S, Helps T, Diteesawat RS, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
Smart Materials and Structures, Iop Publishing vol. 30 (12)
15-11-2021
Modular simulation framework for Electro-ribbon ActuatorsCastro B, Diteesawat RS, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
2021 IEEE 4th International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). vol. 00, 215-221.
16-04-2021
FleXert: A Soft, Actuatable Multiwell Plate Insert for Cell Culture under StretchCarreira SC, Taghavi M, Loriè EP and Rossiter J
Acs Biomaterials Science & Engineering, American Chemical Society (Acs) vol. 7 (6), 2225-2245.
12-04-2021
Electro-pneumatic pumps for soft roboticsDiteesawat RS, Helps T, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
Science Robotics, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 6 (51)
17-02-2021
2020
Closed-Loop Control of Electro-Ribbon ActuatorsDiteesawat RS, Fishman A, Helps T, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Frontiers vol. 7
16-11-2020
Characterisation of Self-locking High-contraction Electro-ribbon Actuators*Taghavi M, Helps T and Rossiter J
2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). vol. 00, 5856-5861.
31-08-2020
Characteristic Analysis and Design Optimization of Bubble Artificial MusclesDiteesawat RS, Helps T, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
Soft Robotics, Mary Ann Liebert vol. 8 (2), 186-199.
17-06-2020
Self-Sensing Electro-Ribbon ActuatorsBluett S, Helps T, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 5 (3), 3931-3936.
22-04-2020
2019
Twisted Rubber Variable-Stiffness Artificial MusclesHelps T, Taghavi M, Wang S and Rossiter J
Soft Robotics, Mary Ann Liebert vol. 7 (3), 386-395.
18-12-2019
Electroactive Textile Actuators for Breathability Control and Thermal Regulation DevicesXiang C, Guo J, Sun R, Hinitt A, Helps T, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
Polymers, Mdpi vol. 11 (7)
18-07-2019
Thermoplastic electroactive gels for 3D-printable artificial musclesHelps T, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
Smart Materials and Structures, Iop Publishing vol. 28 (8)
21-06-2019
Towards Adaptive Prosthetic Sockets using 3D-printed Variable-stiffness Shape-memory StructuresPourfarzaneh A, Taghavi M, Helps T and Rossiter J
2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft). vol. 00, 410-415.
14-04-2019
2018
Electro-ribbon actuators and electro-origami robotsTaghavi M, Helps T and Rossiter J
Science Robotics, American Association For The Advancement of Science (Aaas) vol. 3 (25)
19-12-2018
Self-Powered Plasmonic UV Detector, Based on Reduced Graphene Oxide/Ag NanoparticlesKeshvari A, Darbari S and Taghavi M
IEEE Electron Device Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 39 (9), 1433-1436.
22-08-2018
High Strength Bubble Artificial Muscles for Walking AssistanceDiteesawat RS, Helps T, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft)., 388-393.
01-04-2018
Electroactive Textile Actuators for Wearable and Soft RobotsGuo J, Xiang C, Helps T, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
2018 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft)., 339-343.
01-04-2018
3D-Printed Ready-To-Use Variable-Stiffness StructuresTaghavi M, Helps T, Huang B and Rossiter J
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) vol. 3 (3), 2402-2407.
28-03-2018
Towards electroactive gel artificial muscle structuresHelps T, Taghavi M and Rossiter J
Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) XX. vol. 10594
27-03-2018
Easy Undressing with Soft RoboticsHelps T, Taghavi M, Manns S, Turton AJ and Rossiter J
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 10965, 79-90.
01-01-2018
2016
Soft Robotics MechanosensingBeccai L, Lucarotti C, Totaro M and Taghavi M
Biosystems & Biorobotics, Springer Nature vol. 17, 11-21.
22-09-2016
2015
Self sufficient wireless transmitter powered by foot-pumped urine operating wearable MFCTaghavi M, Stinchcombe A, Greenman J, Mattoli V, Beccai L, Mazzolai B, Melhuish C and Ieropoulos IA
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Iop Publishing vol. 11 (1)
10-12-2015
A contact-key triboelectric nanogenerator: Theoretical and experimental study on motion speed influenceTaghavi M and Beccai L
Nano Energy, Elsevier vol. 18, 283-292.
01-11-2015
Hierarchical Surface Patterning for Triboelectric Nanogenerators and SensorsTaghavi M, Filippeschi C, Mazzolai B and Beccai L
2015 IEEE 15th International Conference on Nanotechnology (IEEE-NANO)., 1147-1150.
01-07-2015
Triboelectric smart machine elements and self-powered encoderTaghavi M, Sadeghi A, Mondini A, Mazzolai B, Beccai L and Mattoli V
Nano Energy, Elsevier vol. 13, 92-102.
01-04-2015
2014
Triboelectric-based harvesting of gas flow energy and powerless sensing applicationsTaghavi M, Sadeghi A, Mazzolai B, Beccai L and Mattoli V
Applied Surface Science. vol. 323, 82-87.
01-12-2014
High‐Performance, Totally Flexible, Tubular Microbial Fuel CellTaghavi M, Greenman J, Beccai L, Mattoli V, Mazzolai B, Melhuish C and Ieropoulos IA
Chemelectrochem, Wiley vol. 1 (11), 1994-1999.
29-08-2014
A Novel Soft Metal‐Polymer Composite for Multidirectional Pressure Energy HarvestingTaghavi M, Mattoli V, Sadeghi A, Mazzolai B and Beccai L
Advanced Energy Materials, Wiley vol. 4 (12)
02-05-2014
Wearable Self Sufficient MFC Communication System Powered by UrineTaghavi M, Stinchcombe A, Greenman J, Mattoli V, Beccai L, Mazzolai B, Melhuish C and Ieropoulos IA
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 8717, 131-138.
01-01-2014
2013
Synthesizing tubular and trapezoidal shaped ZnO nanowires by an aqueous solution methodTaghavi M, Mattoli V, Mazzolai B, Filippeschi C and Beccai L
Nanoscale, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 5 (8), 3505-3513.
01-01-2013
2011
Design and simulation of a micro-channel for separating the particles with nearly constant dielectrophoretic force in channel spaceTaghavi M and Bahrami M
Molecular Simulation, Taylor & Francis vol. 37 (10), 865-874.
01-09-2011