Overview
- Master's Student
- B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, 2010
- Primary Project: Global Stiffness Exploration and Constraint Identification
- Will be working on Sustainable development projects in Mexico for the Peace Corps, after graduation
Research Interests
- Space robotics
- Stiffness, Bracing and Grasping
- Artificial Intelligence
Current Projects
- Global Stiffness Exploration and Constraint Identification
Previous Projects
- Design and Performance of highly under-actuated 2 DoF robotic hand
- Friction modeling during cochlear electrode implant insertion
Personal Interests
- Electric Bass - Played for 3 years, and have been playing music for 14 years
- Volunteering - Hands on Nashville, Habitat for Humanity, NYC office of Recycling
- Currently Learning Chinese and French
- Working out
- Kittens - are adorable, it doesn't bother me to say that
Publications
- Bhattacharyya S., Simaan N., “Simultaneous Constraint Exploration and Manipulation in Flexible Unknown Enivronments” (2012), Submitted for ICRA ‘12
- Sam Bhattacharyya, Jon Weisz., Peter K. Allen, “Design of a Highly Under-Actuated Three Fingered Robotic Hand Utilizing Pin joints” (2010), Submitted for ICRA 2011, IEEE conference on Surgical Robotics
- Zhang, J., Bhattacharyya, S., Simaan, N., “Model and Parameter Identification of Friction during Robotic Insertion of Cochlear Implant Electrode arrays” (2008), ICRA ‘09, IEEE conference on Surgical Robotics