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Sheeraz Athar

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

OpenAlex ORCID
Early career · publishing since 2021
Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsRobot Manipulation and LearningTactile and Sensory InteractionsSoft Robotics and ApplicationsAdvanced Materials and Mechanics

Publications

11

Citations

35

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

6

Publishing since 2021

Research summary
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Sheeraz Athar's work focuses on robotics and sensing, particularly tactile (touch-based) sensors that let robots perceive contact and texture, and soft, origami-inspired actuators that can bend or move in programmable ways. Recent work explores multimodal tactile sensing (combining vision and touch) for robotic manipulation tasks, alongside earlier projects on assistive/rehabilitation devices and biomechanical modeling.

Tactile and visuo-tactile sensingSoft robotics and actuatorsOrigami-inspired mechanical designRobotic manipulationRehabilitation and biomedical engineering applications

Publication output has been sparse and irregular over the past decade, with no output in several years followed by a recent increase in 2025-2026, suggesting a small, possibly early-stage or newly active research effort.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.6/year recently
171819202021: 3 publications21222023: 2 publications23242025: 2 publications252026: 4 publications426
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • arXiv (Cornell University)×3
  • Design science and innovation×2
  • IEEE Sensors Journal×1
  • Advanced Robotics Research×1
  • IEEE Transactions on Haptics×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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