Vijaykumar Rajasekaran

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Vijaykumar Rajasekaran is a multidisciplinary robotics researcher whose work spans rehabilitation engineering, human-robot interaction, and robotic manipulation. His most influential contributions lie at the intersection of wearable exoskeleton technology and neural control systems, most notably his pioneering work integrating brain-machine interfaces with ambulatory exoskeletons for spinal cord injury rehabilitation — a study that has garnered 128 citations and demonstrated the transformative potential of closed-loop neural command systems for restoring mobility in paralyzed patients. Complementing this, his adaptive control strategies for postural stability and volition-adaptive gait training (69 and 30 citations, respectively) have advanced personalized, patient-responsive rehabilitation robotics. Rajasekaran has also made significant strides in robotic manipulation, developing vision-guided dynamic grasping systems for collaborative human-robot environments (102 citations) and a model-free grasping framework based on Local Contact Moment matching (42 citations), eliminating the need for object models or training data. His applied work extends into hazardous environments, including nuclear decommissioning and teleoperation with singularity-robust inverse kinematics. Across these domains, Rajasekaran's research consistently bridges theoretical innovation with real-world applicability, making meaningful contributions to both clinical rehabilitation and industrial robotics.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Control of an Ambulatory Exoskeleton with a Brain–Machine Interface for Spinal Cord Injury Gait Rehabilitation

   128 citations · 2016
2. 2
   Dynamic grasp and trajectory planning for moving objects

   102 citations · 2018
3. 3
   An adaptive control strategy for postural stability using a wearable robot

   69 citations · 2014
4. 4
   Model-free and learning-free grasping by Local Contact Moment matching

   42 citations · 2018
5. 5
   Volition-adaptive control for gait training using wearable exoskeleton: preliminary tests with incomplete spinal cord injury individuals

   30 citations · 2018
6. 6
   Towards Advanced Robotic Manipulations for Nuclear Decommissioning

   14 citations · 2017
7. 7
   Singularity-Robust Inverse Kinematics Solver for Tele-manipulation

   8 citations · 2019
8. 8
   Robotic Rehabilitation: Ten Critical Questions about Current Status and Future Prospects Answered by Emerging Researchers

   8 citations · 2013
9. 9
   Recovering Planned Trajectories in Robotic Rehabilitation Therapies under the Effect of Disturbances

   8 citations · 2014
10. 10
    Adaptive walking assistance based on human-orthosis interaction

    7 citations · 2015

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