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Danyaal Mohamed Kaleel

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Danyaal Mohamed Kaleel

Danyaal Kaleel completed his PhD in 2026. His research focused on buoyancy actuation of underwater soft robots and was funded by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL). He also holds a BEng degree in Robotics Engineering (2021) from Queen Mary University of London.

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Selected publications

  1. Buoyancy Actuation of an Underwater Soft Robot Arm through Inflation with Incompressible Fluids

    Kaleel D, Lalitharatne TD, Baker AG, Wurdemann HA, Clément B, Althoefer K

    SSRN preprint · 2026

  2. Deformable Tip Mount for Soft Growing Eversion Robots

    Suulker C, Skach S, Kaleel D, Abrar T, Murtaza Z, Suulker D, Althoefer K

    arXiv preprint · 2024

  3. Hydraulic Volumetric Soft Everting Vine Robot Steering Mechanism for Underwater Exploration

    Kaleel D, Clément B, Althoefer K

    IFAC-PapersOnLine · 2024

  4. Modelling of Buoyancy Based Actuation of an Inflatable Underwater Soft Robot

    Kaleel D, Clément B, Althoefer K

    Lecture Notes in Computer Science · 2024

  5. A Framework to Design and Build a Height Controllable Eversion Robot

    Kaleel D, Clément B, Althoefer K

    International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation (ICCMA) · 2023

  6. Soft Cap for Vine Robots

    Suulker C, Skach S, Kaleel D, Abrar T, Murtaza Z, Suulker D, Althoefer K

    IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) · 2023

  7. Underwater Eversion Robot Growth for Underwater Operations with an Emphasis on Underwater Mine Hunting

    Kaleel D, Clément B, Althoefer K

    HAL open archive · 2022