Papers
13
Total Citations
150
H-Index
6
About
Upinder Kaur is a multidisciplinary robotics and agricultural technology researcher whose work spans precision livestock farming, surgical telerobotics, and autonomous systems. Her most influential contribution lies in precision dairy farming, where her 2023 review on integrating technologies for precision animal agriculture has already garnered 55 citations, establishing her as a key voice in applying cyber-physical systems and AI to improve animal welfare, farm efficiency, and environmental sustainability. Kaur has also made significant strides in medical robotics, developing frameworks such as DESERTS and SARTRES — semi-autonomous teleoperation systems designed to perform surgery under high-latency, low-bandwidth conditions common in austere or battlefield environments. These works, cited 25 and 15 times respectively, address real-world challenges in military medicine and remote healthcare delivery. Her related study on dexterous surgical skills applied to battlefield robotics further demonstrates her commitment to life-saving autonomous systems. Beyond these focal areas, Kaur has explored robot cybersecurity through RoboMal, multimodal robot learning, and pandemic-responsive robotic air filtration systems, reflecting a remarkably broad research vision. Collectively accumulating over 140 citations, her portfolio positions her as an innovative researcher bridging agriculture, medicine, and robotics for real-world societal impact.
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Top Papers
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- 2DESERTS: DElay-tolerant SEmi-autonomous Robot Teleoperation for Surgery25 citations · 2021
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- 4SARTRES: a semi-autonomous robot teleoperation environment for surgery15 citations · 2020
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- 8RoboMal: Malware Detection for Robot Network Systems5 citations · 2021
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- 10Collision detection and inverse dynamics control of KUKA LBR IIWA robot2 citations · 2021