Laqshya Taneja

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Total Citations

120

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Laqshya Taneja is a pioneering researcher in soft robotics and tensegrity structures, focusing on creating robots that can safely and effectively operate alongside humans. Her major contributions center on the design, control, and locomotion of tensegrity-based soft robots—lightweight, compliant systems that combine tension and compression elements for remarkable robustness. Her seminal 2014 paper, “Rapid prototyping design and control of tensegrity soft robot for locomotion” (71 citations), introduced a novel approach to building and controlling these robots, demonstrating their potential for traversing complex, human-friendly environments. Building on this, her 2015 work, “Robust learning of tensegrity robot control for locomotion through form-finding” (49 citations), advanced control strategies that enable ball-shaped tensegrity robots to perform punctuated rolling, hill-climbing, and obstacle negotiation. Taneja’s research is notable for bridging the gap between theoretical tensegrity mechanics and practical, deployable robotic systems. Her work has been instrumental in showing how these resilient, adaptable robots can overcome the limitations of traditional rigid robots, paving the way for applications in search-and-rescue, exploration, and human-robot collaboration. With over 120 combined citations, Taneja’s contributions continue to inspire new generations of soft robotics researchers.