Papers
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Total Citations
253
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About
Bhivraj Suthar is a robotics researcher whose work spans agricultural automation, soft actuation, and wearable robotic systems. His research focuses on developing lightweight, energy-efficient robotic mechanisms, with particular emphasis on twisted string actuators (TSAs) and their applications in precision agriculture, drone manipulation, and assistive devices. Suthar's most impactful contribution is his comprehensive review on precision spraying for agricultural robots (2024, 61 citations), which synthesizes advances in automated farming technologies. His innovative design of a foldable robot arm for drones (FRAD-TSA, 2021, 30 citations) demonstrates practical applications of TSAs for aerial payload manipulation without landing. Suthar has made foundational contributions to TSA technology, including pioneering studies on actuator lifetime (2017, 22 citations), conduit-based actuation for soft robotics (2018, 24 citations), and passive returning mechanisms (2017, 11 citations). His work on metamorphic parallel twisted-scissor mechanisms (2021, 24 citations) advances deployable structures for robotics. Suthar's research portfolio also includes exoskeletons for industrial teleoperation, cognitive robotics through grid-cell computational modeling, and supernumerary robotic limbs for rehabilitation. His work consistently addresses the challenge of creating compact, efficient actuators for real-world robotic applications.
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- 5A study on life cycle of twisted string actuators: Preliminary results22 citations · 2017
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- 7Exoskeleton for Tele-Operation of Industrial Robot12 citations · 2013
- 8Passive returning mechanism for twisted string actuators11 citations · 2017
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