Charu Pande

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Charu Pande is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of soft robotics and neurorehabilitation, with a primary focus on developing assistive technologies for post-stroke motor recovery. Her most-cited work, "Soft Robotic Bilateral Hand Rehabilitation System for Fine Motor Learning" (2019, 23 citations), introduces a novel pneumatically actuated bilateral therapy system that leverages a sensorized glove on the healthy hand to guide a soft robotic exoskeleton on the paretic hand. This innovation enables fine motor learning through mirror therapy, allowing patients to retrain neural pathways by using their unimpaired side to control the impaired one. Pande’s contributions are notable for integrating soft, compliant materials with precise pneumatic actuation, creating safer, more adaptive rehabilitation tools compared to rigid exoskeletons. Her work has been recognized for its potential to transform clinical hand therapy, offering a low-cost, portable solution for intensive, repetitive practice. By bridging robotics and neuroscience, Pande is advancing personalized rehabilitation strategies that could significantly improve quality of life for stroke survivors, with her research laying the groundwork for future studies in human-robot interaction and motor learning.