Papers
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Total Citations
548
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About
Ravi Jain is a leading researcher in the field of micro-robotics and smart materials, with a particular focus on the development of soft actuators and micro-grippers for precision assembly and manipulation. His work centers on ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs) and piezoelectric actuators, exploring novel polymer blends and electrode architectures to enhance actuation performance. Jain’s major contributions include the design and fabrication of compliant micro-grippers for peg-in-hole assembly tasks, as demonstrated in his highly cited 2012 paper (95 citations), and the development of mobile micro-manipulation systems (80 citations). He has pioneered the use of cost-effective, non-perfluorinated materials—such as sulfonated poly(1,4-phenylene ether-ether-sulfone) and sulfonated polyvinyl alcohol—to create IPMC actuators with improved electromechanical response. His work on polypyrrole nanoparticles for artificial muscles (36 citations) and soft actuators based on Kraton/GO/Ag/Pani composites (20 citations) highlights his commitment to advancing bio-mimetic and robotic applications. With over 400 total citations across his ten most-cited papers, Jain’s research continues to shape the future of micro-assembly, flexible robotics, and smart actuator technology.
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- 1SCARA based peg-in-hole assembly using compliant IPMC micro gripper95 citations · 2012
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