Sanghamitra Mohanty

Graphic Era University, Utkal University

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Dr. Sanghamitra Mohanty is a pioneering researcher whose work bridges the frontiers of soft robotics and human-computer interaction. Her key research areas include smart materials for actuation and sensing, speech processing, and emotion recognition in Indian languages. Dr. Mohanty’s most significant contribution is her development of a novel soft polymer actuator skin using polyelectrolyte-attached terpolymer, which demonstrates remarkable dual functionality in both actuation and self-sensing. This work, published in 2020 and garnering 24 citations, represents a critical step toward creating more lifelike and responsive soft robotic systems. Earlier in her career, she made notable advances in affective computing by applying fuzzy K-means clustering to recognize emotions from Oriya speech, a paper that has accumulated 15 citations and addresses the fundamental challenge of making human-machine communication as nuanced as human-human interaction. Dr. Mohanty also contributed to accessible technology by developing a double-ended voice-enabled system for India’s travel and tourism industry, allowing users to query and receive spoken responses in local languages. Her interdisciplinary approach—combining materials science with speech technology—positions her as a unique voice in engineering, with her work laying essential groundwork for future intelligent, empathetic, and physically adaptive machines.