Papers
10
Total Citations
437
H-Index
8
About
Jimmy Sastra is a robotics researcher whose work centers on modular self-reconfigurable robots, with particular expertise in locomotion, self-assembly, and robust mechanical design. His most influential contribution, "Dynamic Rolling for a Modular Loop Robot" (2009, 129 citations), demonstrated that wheel-like rolling gaits could dramatically improve both speed and efficiency in modular robotic systems — a finding that reshaped how researchers approach locomotion in reconfigurable platforms. Equally notable is his pioneering 2007 paper "Towards Robotic Self-Reassembly After Explosion" (105 citations), which introduced the provocative challenge of designing robots capable of recovering from violent disassembly events using vision-based localization — a problem that pushed the boundaries of autonomous robotic resilience. His broadly cited survey work on modular self-reconfigurable robots (79 and 53 citations) has served as a foundational reference for students and researchers entering the field. Sastra also made practical hardware contributions through the ModLock connector system, offering a strong yet rapidly deployable mechanical interface for modular platforms. Across his career, his research consistently bridges theoretical locomotion principles with hands-on engineering, making reconfigurable robotics more accessible, adaptable, and experimentally viable.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Dynamic Rolling for a Modular Loop Robot129 citations · 2009
- 2Towards robotic self-reassembly after explosion105 citations · 2007
- 3Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots79 citations · 2009
- 4Modular Self-Reconfigurable Robots53 citations · 2020
- 5ModLock: A manual connector for reconfigurable modular robots18 citations · 2012
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- 7Using Smart Cameras to Localize Self-Assembling Modular Robots16 citations · 2007
- 8Dynamic Rolling for a Modular Loop Robot11 citations · 2008
- 9Robustness and self-repair in modular robots5 citations · 2007
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