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Sri Sadhan Jujjavarapu

Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering

University at Buffalo

Biography

Sri Sadhan Jujjavarapu is a Ph.D. candidate in the Human in the Loop Systems Lab at the Univerity at Buffalo. His research interests include mechanism design, optimal control, and Human-in-the-loop control for human-robot interaction applications.

Interests

  • Human-Robot Interaction (using EMG signals)
  • Optimal Control
  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Riemann manifolds

Education

  • PhD in Mechanical, 2021 (expected)

    University at Buffalo

  • MS in Mechanical, 2017

    University at Buffalo

  • BTech in Mechanical, 2014

    Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, India

Skills

Matlab, C++, Python

Solidworks, Autodesk inventor, ROS, VREP, LaTeX, VICON

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Software developer

Dassault Systèmes

Sep 2014 – Present India
  • Worked on the development of Mechanism Synthesis application in order to provide the user with an ability to synthesize and simulate a mechanism.
  • Worked on the performance improvement of assembly level features in SOLIDWORKS’16.

Recent Posts

Dec 25, 2019 0 min read

Merry Christmas!

Projects

Task type classification of Human-robot collaboration using EMG signals.

Online classification of the task type using human physiological signals

Optimal Control of a Variable Stiffness Mechanism for the Hammering Task

Optimal control strategy for a compliant mechanism to perform dynamic tasks such as hammering a nail or flipping a burger.
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Variable Stiffness Gripper

A variable stiffness gripper for collaborative environments.
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3D real-time pose detection of objects

Real time object tracking using xbox kinect and Point Cloud Library (view point feature histograms).
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Accomplish­ments

1st prize in Student Mechanism & Robot Design Competition

2019 American Society of Mechanical Engineers Aug 2018
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Journal publications

Variable Stiffness Mechanism for Suppressing Unintended Forces in Physical Human–Robot Interaction

This paper presents the design of a two-degrees-of-freedom (DoFs) variable stiffness mechanism and demonstrates how its adjustable …
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Conference Publications

Stiffness Based Stability Enhancement in Human-Robot Collaboration

This paper presents the importance of endpoint stiffness and its role in improving the interaction stability of a human-robot …
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Improving Stability in Upper Limb Rehabilitation Using Variable Stiffness

In a robotic rehabilitation setup, patient’s safety and interaction stability are critical throughout the therapy. This paper …
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Variable Stiffness Mechanism for Tremor Suppression in Human-Robot Interaction

Variable stiffness mechanisms have a wide range of applications in the field of human-robot interactions such as rehabilitation …
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Design of a 2D Haptic System With Passive Variable Stiffness Using Permanent Magnets for Upper-Limb Rehabilitation

This paper presents a design of variable stiffness actuation system based on on the force interactions caused by permanent magnets. The …
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Contact

  • 716 220 0225
  • 224 Bell Hall, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States