Dr Majid Taghavi
BSc, MSc, PhD, FAHE
Senior Lecturer in Robotics & Mechatronics
Engineering 222, Mile End
| Feedback/ support hours: |
Fridays 13:00 - 14:00 (in person) Tuesdays 14:00 - 15:00 (online: see link in QMPlus profile) |
| Expertise: |
Artificial muscles, variable stiffness, soft robotics, smart materials, assistive robotics Majid develops intelligent robotic muscles that can move, sense, and adapt their form and function like those of the human body. He aims to create a new generation of soft robots for health applications, including wearable, implantable, and surgical devices. |
| Research Centre: | Bioengineering |
Brief Biography
Majid has a background in Electronics, MEMS, and BioRobotics. He has worked at the Italian Institute of Technology at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, SoftLab at the University of Bristol, and the Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London. Majid has pioneered several technologies in artificial muscles, variable stiffness, energy harvesting, and self-powered sensing.