Papers

13

Total Citations

244

H-Index

8

About

Amit Ojha is an emerging research leader at the intersection of construction safety, robotics, and human-robot collaboration (HRC), with a rapidly growing body of work that has garnered nearly 240 citations since 2022. His research addresses some of the construction industry's most persistent challenges—workplace fatalities, musculoskeletal disorders, and labor inefficiencies—by integrating cutting-edge technologies including immersive virtual reality, wearable physiological sensing, and artificial intelligence. Ojha's most impactful contribution explores how immersive technologies and biosensing can transform safety training through human-robot teaming (88 citations), while complementary work leverages EEG-based systems to assess workers' trust in collaborative robots. He has pioneered affordable multiagent robotic systems for automated fall hazard detection, a critical concern given that falls remain the leading cause of construction fatalities. Ojha also investigates how generative adversarial networks can enable robots to perceive workers' cognitive load, advancing truly human-centric HRC. More recently, his attention has expanded to back-support exoskeletons, examining both ergonomic benefits and cognitive trade-offs. Notably, Ojha extends his research into education, developing VR-based experiential learning tools to prepare the next generation of construction engineers for robotic work environments.

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H-Index
13
Papers
244
Total Citations
19
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
Human-robot teaming in construction: Evaluative safety training through the integration of immersive technologies and wearable physiological sensing
88 citations · 2022
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2022 (7 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 12
🏛 Institutions: Pennsylvania State University, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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