Ankit Bhatia
Papers
7
Total Citations
102
H-Index
6
About
Ankit Bhatia is a roboticist whose work spans actuation, manipulation, and contact-rich interaction. He is best known for advancing the ballbot—a dynamically stable, human-sized mobile robot with minimal moving parts. His 2015 paper on a six-stator spherical induction motor (SIM) for balancing mobile robots (35 citations) introduced a compact, high-torque design that drastically reduced mechanical complexity. This work culminated in SIMbot, a robot with only two active moving parts, detailed in a 2016 follow-up (15 citations). Bhatia also made key contributions to robotic assembly and contact localization. His 2017 paper on data-driven classification of screwdriving operations (18 citations) addressed a major bottleneck in consumer electronics manufacturing, while his 2020 work on contact localization using velocity constraints (17 citations) proposed a novel kinematic method for detecting collisions without relying on force-torque sensors. More recently, his 2022 paper on collision reflex and transparency in actuation (2 citations) explores how robots can better react to unexpected contacts. Across these contributions, Bhatia’s research consistently emphasizes practical, sensor-efficient solutions for real-world robotic systems.
Research Focus
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Top Papers
- 1Six-stator spherical induction motor for balancing mobile robots35 citations · 2015
- 2Data-Driven Classification of Screwdriving Operations18 citations · 2017
- 3Contact Localization using Velocity Constraints17 citations · 2020
- 4Initial results for a ballbot driven with a spherical induction motor15 citations · 2016
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- 7Reacting to Contact: Transparency and Collision Reflex in Actuation2 citations · 2022