Omprakash Sahu

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Omprakash Sahu is a remarkably versatile researcher whose work spans an unusually broad intellectual landscape, encompassing robotics engineering, digital humanities, and consumer behavior. His most substantial contributions lie in the field of intelligent robotics, where he has pioneered sensor-integrated robotic systems for industrial assembly operations. His series of foundational 2014 publications on robotic end-effectors, inverse kinematics, and force/torque sensing established practical frameworks for automated manufacturing, collectively garnering nearly 40 citations and advancing the integration of neural networks and soft computing into robotic manipulation. His work on hybrid neural network solutions for inverse kinematics problems demonstrated how machine learning could elegantly resolve traditionally complex engineering challenges. Beyond robotics, Sahu has demonstrated a striking intellectual range. His exploration of consumer e-commerce acceptance in Ethiopia (15 citations) contributed meaningful insight into digital commerce adoption in emerging markets. Perhaps most intriguingly, his highest-cited work — a literary analysis of Kazuo Ishiguro's *Klara and the Sun* examining posthuman affect and disposable culture (25 citations) — reveals a scholar equally comfortable interrogating humanistic questions about artificial intelligence as engineering them. This interdisciplinary breadth, spanning literary theory, robotics, and market behavior, distinguishes Sahu as a genuinely eclectic and curious academic voice.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Disposable culture, posthuman affect, and artificial human in Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and the Sun (2021)

   25 citations · 2022
2. 2
   Consumer acceptance of apparel e-commerce–Ethiopia

   15 citations · 2016
3. 3
   Inverse Kinematic Solution of Robot Manipulator Using Hybrid Neural Network

   14 citations · 2014
4. 4
   Multiple Sensor Integrated Robotic End-effectors for Assembly

   11 citations · 2014
5. 5
   Development of Robotic End-Effector Using Sensors for Part Recognition and Grasping

   8 citations · 2014
6. 6
   Sensor Integrated Robotic Hand for Industrial Application

   6 citations · 2020
7. 7
   Part recognition using vision and ultrasonic sensor for robotic assembly system

   5 citations · 2015
8. 8
   Intelligent Computation of Inverse Kinematics of a 5-dof Manipulator Using MLPNN

   5 citations · 2014
9. 9
   Force/Torque Sensor Integrated Robotic Manipulation for Assembly Operations

   3 citations · 2014
10. 10
    Analysis of Firefly-Fuzzy Hybrid Controller for Wheeled Mobile Robot

    2 citations · 2019

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