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All people Alumni · 2026 / No. 02
Abu Bakar Dawood

Dr · Postdoctoral Research Associate

Abu Bakar Dawood

PhD

Postdoctoral Research Associate (until 2026) on the EU-funded PALPABLE project. Research interests are sensors, soft robotics,and their applications in surgical settings.

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Selected publications

  1. Hyperelastic Characterisation of Silicone Tissue Phantoms: A Parametric Database with Model Selection and Inverse Design Framework

    Dawood AB, Zhang Z, Osman D, Suulker C, Abdulali A, Angelmahr M, Althoefer K

    2026

    Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Dalia Osman Dalia Osman Cem Süülker Cem Süülker Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  2. Layered e-skin for Shear Sensing

    Cong Q, Devillard A, Dawood AB, Zhang X, Fan W, Dei NN, Suulker C, Althoefer K, Burdet E, Zhang D

    arXiv preprint · 2026

    Qingzheng Cong Qingzheng Cong Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Neri Niccolò Dei Neri Niccolò Dei Cem Süülker Cem Süülker Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  3. Magnetic-Based Variable-Stiffness Sensor for Robotic Palpation for Tissue Characterisation in Minimally Invasive Surgery

    Osman D, Nadipineni S, Dawood A, Lalitharatne T, Althoefer K

    Proceedings of the 18th Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics (HSMR 2026) · 2026

    Dalia Osman Dalia Osman Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  4. Smart Illuminated Touch: Integrated AI for Improved Optical Tomography-Based Soft Sensors

    Dawood AB, Rajalakshmi JP, Majumder A, Althoefer K

    IEEE Sensors Journal · 2026

    Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Arnab Majumder Arnab Majumder Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  5. Efficient Manufacturing of Steerable Eversion Robots with Integrated Pneumatic Artificial Muscles

    Mack T, Suulker C, Dawood AB, Althoefer K

    Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing · 2025

    Thomas Christopher Mack Thomas Christopher Mack Cem Süülker Cem Süülker Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  6. Fiber Bragg grating-based tactile sensing tool for minimally invasive surgery

    Zhang Z, Violakis G, Dawood AB, Abdalwareth A, Althoefer K, Polygerinos P, Angelmahr M, Schade W

    Proceedings of SPIE · 2025

    Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  7. Flexible Sensor Foil Based on Polymer Optical Waveguide for Haptic Assessment

    Zhang Z, Dawood AB, Violakis G, Abdalwareth A, Flachenecker G, Polygerinos P, Althoefer K, Angelmahr M, Schade W

    Sensors · 2025

    Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  8. Abraded optical fibre-based dynamic range force sensor for tissue palpation

    Dawood AB, Chavali VK, Mack T, Zhang Z, Godaba H, Angelmahr M, Althoefer K

    Frontiers in Robotics and AI · 2024

    Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Thomas Christopher Mack Thomas Christopher Mack Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  9. Variable Stiffness & Dynamic Force Sensor for Tissue Palpation

    Dawood AB, Zhang Z, Angelmahr M, Arezzo A, Althoefer K

    Lecture Notes in Computer Science · 2024

    Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  10. Learning Decoupled Multi-touch Force Estimation, Localization and Stretch for Soft Capacitive E-skin

    Dawood AB, Coppola C, Althoefer K

    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) · 2023

    Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  11. Real-Time Pressure Estimation and Localisation with Optical Tomography-inspired Soft Skin Sensors

    Dawood AB, Denoun B, Althoefer K

    IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft) · 2022

    Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  12. Fusing Dexterity and Perception for Soft Robot-Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery: What We Learnt from STIFF-FLOP

    Dawood AB, Fraś J, Aljaber F, Mintz Y, Arezzo A, Godaba H, Althoefer K

    Applied Sciences · 2021

    Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  13. Silicone Based Capacitive E-Skin Sensor for Soft Surgical Robots

    Dawood AB, Godaba H, Althoefer K

    Lecture Notes in Computer Science · 2020

    Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  14. Silicone-based Capacitive E-skin for Exteroception and Proprioception

    Dawood AB, Godaba H, Ataka A, Althoefer K

    IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) · 2020

    Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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  15. Modelling of a Soft Sensor for Exteroception and Proprioception in a Pneumatically Actuated Soft Robot

    Dawood AB, Godaba H, Althoefer K

    Lecture Notes in Computer Science · 2019

    Abu Bakar Dawood Abu Bakar Dawood Kaspar Althoefer Kaspar Althoefer
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