Rohini Gupta

Alliance Pharmaceutical (United States), Retina Research Foundation

Papers

Total Citations

153

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About

Rohini Gupta is pioneering the future of autonomous robotics through digital fabrication, with a focus on creating soft, monolithic robots that require no manual assembly. Her key research areas include soft robotics, embedded fluidic control circuits, and desktop 3D printing of functional robotic systems. Gupta’s major contribution is the development of a fully automated fabrication process that produces complete, air-powered walking robots in a single print run using a standard desktop fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printer. Her most-cited work, "Desktop fabrication of monolithic soft robotic devices with embedded fluidic control circuits" (2023), has garnered 131 citations and demonstrates how complex control components—such as pneumatic circuits—can be integrated directly into the robot’s body, eliminating the need for post-assembly. This breakthrough significantly reduces manual labor and enables rapid prototyping of autonomous systems. Her 2025 paper on autonomous walking robots, with 22 combined citations, further showcases her impact by achieving immediate operability upon printing. Gupta’s work is a notable step toward the holy grail of fully automated robot fabrication, with potential applications in manufacturing, disaster relief, and space exploration.