Venkatesan Vellaiyan

About

1. Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Specialization: Robotics and Industrial Automation
BITS Pilani, Dubai Campus, UAE

2. Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Intelligent Control and Robotic Laboratory
Hanbat National University, South Korea
Research Specialization: Soft Robotics, Rehabilitation Devices, Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Actuators, and Mobile Robotics

3. Ph.D. in Soft Robotics
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NIT Trichy), India
Research Area: Soft Robotics

Employment

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Dubai Campus Assistant Professor (Robotics and Industrial Automation)
  2026 - Present
• Hanbat National University Postdoc
  2024 - 2026

Education

• National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli PhD
  2018 - 2023

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (11)

• EDL-HJAE: An ensemble deep learning framework for multimodal gait analysis and hip joint asymmetry evaluation
  Multimedia Tools and Applications 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s11042-026-21486-1
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• Design of soft glove for stroke patient rehabilitation using pretrained SMA actuators
  Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2025.117414
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• Contact force variations on rectangular and elephant trunk-shaped soft pneumatic actuator using finite element method
  AIP Conference Proceedings 2026 DOI: 10.1063/5.0340460
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• Design, development and control of a new ankle/lower-limb rehabilitation robotic system
  Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s40430-025-05900-7
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• Design of pre-trained shape memory alloy actuators for finger rehabilitation
  Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2025.116838
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• Development of a Four Omni-Wheeled Mobile Robot Using Telescopic Legs
  Machines 2025 DOI: 10.3390/MACHINES13040292
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• Present and future of exoskeleton robots for rehabilitation: Actuation mechanisms review
  Rehabilitation Robotics and Healthcare Devices 2025 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-443-21505-6.00005-0
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• Structural optimization and parameter investigation of trapezoidal shape soft pneumatic actuator
  Engineering Research Express 2024 DOI: 10.1088/2631-8695/ad80f9
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• Structural analysis of bending soft pneumatic network actuators for various designs using the finite element method
  World Journal of Engineering 2022 DOI: 10.1108/wje-08-2021-0478
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• Optimization of elephant trunk soft pneumatic actuator using finite element method
  World Journal of Engineering 2021 DOI: 10.1108/wje-05-2021-0272
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