Roshan Kumar Hota
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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6
Total Citations
50
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About
Roshan Kumar Hota is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotic manipulation, human–robot collaboration, and prosthetic hand design. His research focuses on creating more capable, ergonomic, and accessible robotic hands—from underactuated grippers to low-cost prosthetics for developing countries. In one of his most cited works, Hota studied how hand design and object size affect the workspace of three-fingered hands (15 citations), providing foundational insights for grasp planning. He has also pioneered synergistic task and motion planning, integrating reinforcement learning with non-prehensile actions to enable robots to manipulate objects in cluttered environments (12 citations). Addressing workplace health, Hota applied particle swarm optimization to improve postural ergonomics during human–robot collaboration, demonstrating how robots can reduce musculoskeletal disorder risks (9 citations). His work on underactuated hands explored the trade-offs between grasp strength, range, and immobilization (8 citations), while his kinematic design of a linkage-driven prosthetic hand achieved ten distinct grip patterns (4 citations). With a portfolio spanning fundamental design principles to applied human-centered robotics, Hota’s contributions are advancing both the science and practice of robotic grasping and collaboration.
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