Papers
17
Total Citations
382
H-Index
11
About
Krishna Manaswi Digumarti is a leading researcher in soft robotics, specializing in bio-inspired design, soft sensing, and deformable structures for intelligent robotic systems. His work bridges the gap between nature’s compliant mechanisms and engineered robots, with major contributions in developing shielded soft force sensors that resist electromagnetic interference—a critical advancement for reliable tactile feedback in robotics. His highly cited 2022 paper on this topic (84 citations) underscores its impact. Digumarti is also known for pioneering euglenoid-inspired robots that achieve giant shape changes for locomotion and manipulation, as demonstrated in his 2017 work (52 citations). He developed the B:Ionic Glove, a soft wearable sensory feedback device for upper limb prosthetics (42 citations), addressing the critical lack of tactile feedback in prosthetic limbs. His research extends to multi-directional crawling robots, auxetic structures for compliance, and stimuli-responsive self-healing gels. With over 300 total citations across his publications, Digumarti’s work is shaping the future of soft, adaptive robots capable of safe human interaction and autonomous operation in unstructured environments.
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Top Papers
- 1Shielded soft force sensors84 citations · 2022
- 2Euglenoid-Inspired Giant Shape Change for Highly Deformable Soft Robots52 citations · 2017
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- 6EuMoBot: replicating euglenoid movement in a soft robot27 citations · 2018
- 7Tiled Auxetic Cylinders for Soft Robots20 citations · 2019
- 8Quantifying Dynamic Shapes in Soft Morphologies15 citations · 2019
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