Ashwini Shukla
Papers
7
Total Citations
317
H-Index
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About
Ashwini Shukla’s research sits at the intersection of robotics, motor control, and human-robot interaction, with a focus on enabling robots to perform dynamic, real-time tasks with human-like dexterity. Her most impactful work, “Catching Objects in Flight” (218 citations), tackles the formidable challenge of predicting and intercepting fast-moving, irregularly shaped objects—solving trajectory prediction, feasible grasping configuration, and motion planning within milliseconds. This contribution has influenced fields from industrial automation to assistive robotics. Shukla also pioneered the use of coupled dynamical systems for arm–hand grasping, allowing robots to adapt rapidly to perturbations, and investigated how gaze cues enhance interpersonal motor coordination, showing that following another’s gaze improves synchronization and social affiliation in human-robot interaction. Her work on internal predictive models for manual tracking control further illuminates the cognitive mechanisms underlying coordinated motion. With a career marked by innovative approaches to real-time adaptation and social robotics, Shukla’s research has laid critical groundwork for robots that can seamlessly collaborate with humans in dynamic, unpredictable environments.
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- 1Catching Objects in Flight218 citations · 2014
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