Bikash Bepari

@hithaldia.ac.in

Dr. Bikash Bepari Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, & Dean, Students' Welfare. Haldia Institute of Technology, HIT Campus, ICARE Complex, Haldia, Purba Medinipur, Pin: 721657, West Bengal, India. Contact: 9433713206, 8017014234.
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Bikash Bepari


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EDUCATION

Dr. Bikash Bepari did his Bachelor in Production Engineering in the year 1997, Masters Degree in Production Engineering (Specialization to Production Technology) in the year 1999 from Jadavpur University. He submitted his Doctoral Thesis in the year 2005 under the guidance of Prof. (Dr.) Satyaranjan Deb and Dr. Subhasis Bhaumik and received Ph. D. in Engineering (Robotics Field) in the year 2006 from Jadavpur University.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Robotics, Mechatronics, Optimization
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Scopus Publications

  • Braking: The Most Strenuous Task of Locomotive Driving
    Subir Danda, Soumya Sarkar, Bikash Bepari, Kalyanbrata Saha, Balendra Nath Lahiri
    Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 2022
  • IPMC as EMG Sensor to Diagnose Human Arm Activity
    Suman Das, Somobrata Ghosh, Rohan Guin, Abhirup Das, Bijoy Das, Sampurna Saha, Srijan Bhattacharya, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2022
  • Taste Sensor Using Ionic Polymer Metal Composite
    Abhisek De, Anirban Pal, Debarshi Ash, Kaushik Das, Kaustav Mondal, Pritam Dhar, Rajanya Chakraborty, Priyanka Rakshit, Srijan Bhattacharya, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    IEEE Sensors Letters, 2021
    The usage of ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) being an electroactive polymer is prevalent in different engineering applications. IPMC are synthetic composite nanomaterials which show artificial muscle behavior under applied voltage or electric impetus. When an electrical potential is applied across the two membranes, the positively charged conjugated and hydrated cations migrate toward the negative electrode. This migration creates an osmotic pressure gradient across the membrane; hence, the strip gets deformed or bent. On the other hand, IPMC strips are capable of generating electrical potential under the action of stretching or bending (thereby acting as a sensor). In this letter, the authors report the pragmatic application of the IPMC strip to study a taste sensor. The sensing characteristics of IPMC strips are applied to sense five general tastes (sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and spicy). Primarily, IPMCs are immersed into individual solutions and kept for 15 min for doping action. Thus, different solutions having distinct concentration of ions will lead to distinct identifications. In this present investigation, the authors have instigated the IPMC strip as a sensor; when an IPMC strip is bent or deformed, an analogous voltage in the range of millivolts is generated across the membranes. Second, clammy IPMCs are bent in the clockwise and again in the counterclockwise direction (10°) to record the corresponding voltage. A set of experimental data was collected, which divulged unique characteristics for different solutions pertinent to different tastes. Thus, IPMC strips are able to recognize different taste senses.
  • Characteristics of Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC) as EMG sensor
    Srijan Bhattacharya, Satwik Halder, Ankana Sadhu, Saurav Banerjee, Suvojit Sinha, Saheli Banerjee, Sankita Kundu, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    Advancements in Instrumentation and Control in Applied System Applications, 2020
    The following chapter is a comparative study of signals obtained using Electromyogram sensors and Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC) sensors. This chapter studies in detail the behavior of the electromechanical sensor, i.e., IPMC as an EMG sensor. The former being an electromechanical sensor picks up the electrochemical gradient due to flow of ions through the axon ends released within the muscle which ultimately causes the muscle contraction, and also detects the mechanical tension created because of muscle contraction. EMG sensors are an electrical sensor that is able to detect voltage changes due to electrochemical changes under our skin due to voluntary muscle movements. During the relaxed phase, both the sensors stay stagnant at different reference voltage levels, and shows variation in voltages only during the instants of contraction. The characteristic obtained by plotting the experimental readings are compared in the chapter.
  • Anticipation of Actuation Properties of IPMC for Soft Robotic Gripper
    Srijan Bhattacharya, Pranjal Tiwary, Adil Shayaque, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, 2020
  • Design and Fabrication of Deformable Soft Gripper Using IPMC as Actuator
    Srijan Bhattacharya, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    Engineering Materials, 2019
  • Vision-based human grasp reconstruction inspired by hand postural synergies
    Ritwik Chattaraj, Siladitya Khan, Deepon Ghose Roy, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    Computers and Electrical Engineering, 2018
  • IPMC based data glove for object identification
    Srijan Bhattacharya, Rajdeep Das, Romisha Chakraborty, Tuhin Dutta, Avishek Mondal, Suvasish Sarkar, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    2017 6th International Conference on Informatics Electronics and Vision and 2017 7th International Symposium in Computational Medical and Health Technology Iciev Iscmht 2017, 2017
    Present research article presents a technique of object identification using data glove developed with Ionic Polymer Metal Composite (IPMC) as sensor. This technique gives an impression of type and shape for the object which is grasped using the data glove. The output voltage received from IPMC sensors are observed using Digital Storage Oscilloscope (DSO) and object is identified with the difference in initial and final output voltage pattern. IPMCs are soft and flexible in nature as a result IPMC sensors used in the data glove comes closest in imitating the finger like motion. IPMC as a sensor is fabricated in the data glove between the intermediate and distal phalanges of the index finger as well as between distal and proximal phalanges. IPMC samples are then subjected to mechanical bending motion of a finger and corresponding voltage developed for actuation is recorded.
  • Anthropomorphic grasp generation through probabilistic modelling in an optimised eigen-space
    R. Chattaraj, S. Khan, A. Kumar, B. Bepari, S. Bhaumik
    Electronics Letters, 2017
    Artificial cognitive systems are increasingly drawn towards ‘human-like’ gestural exhibits while performing various manipulative acts. Representing such actions in a natural settings requires temporal extractions of their grasp progressions. A novel optimisation-based hidden Markov framework is offered, to generate natural hand prehensions through maximisation of a composite grasp function built of individual finger trajectory likelihoods. In order to produce the desired motion in an intuitive framework, the final grasp frame (represented in terms of standard discriminants z ∈ ℜ2 in a condensed grasp eigen-space) is extended in a temporal sequence by equi-spaced increments of z, over their conventional joint-space representations.
  • Regeneration of natural grasp prehensions on underactuated robot-hand through kinaesthetic guidance
    R. Chattaraj, S. Khan, D.G. Roy, B. Bepari, S. Bhaumik
    Electronics Letters, 2017
    Grasping postures on a human hand are generated by an effective combination of spatial motions and contact forces on individual finger linkages. The rich kinematic redundancy within its anatomy, poses critical control challenges, while emulating natural prehensile actions. A simplified grasp-formulation resolution is presented, by proposing a virtual-object imagery to define generic grasp enaction sequences. The same are conceived and controlled by a set of contact points on the imagined grasp-sphere, whose spatial conformation is guided by a serial-haptic interface. The kinaesthetic cognitions along with visual feed to an operator ushers a reliable framework for grasp execution and transfer to a robot hardware without resorting to supplementary mapping mechanisms. Stable grasps on the anthropomorphic robot set-up portrays a systematic procedure to transcribe human-like postural attributes, aided with somesthetic and visual sensations that are anticipated to steer remote operator controls.
  • Development of two jaw compliant gripper based on hyper-redundant approximation of IPMC actuators
    Ritwik Chattaraj, Siladitya Khan, Srijan Bhattacharya, Bikash Bepari, Debabrata Chatterjee, Subhasis Bhaumik
    Sensors and Actuators A Physical, 2016
  • Shape estimation of IPMC actuators in ionic solutions using hyper redundant kinematic modeling
    Ritwik Chattaraj, Siladitya Khan, Srijan Bhattacharya, Bikash Bepari, Debabrata Chatterjee, Subhasis Bhaumik
    Mechanism and Machine Theory, 2016
  • Soft robotic finger fabrication with PDMS and IPMC actuator for gripping
    Srijan Bhattacharya, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    Proceedings of 2016 Sai Computing Conference Sai 2016, 2016
  • Synchronized optimization of injection moulding parameters for higher acceptance of polypropylene products
    Bikash Bepari, Tanumoy Kolay, Kamal Nayan, Subham Mishra
    Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, 2016
  • Novel approach of IPMC actuated finger for micro-gripping
    Srijan Bhattacharya, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    2015 4th International Conference on Informatics Electronics and Vision Iciev 2015, 2015
  • Simultaneous parametric optimization of IPMC actuator for compliant gripper
    Srijan Bhattacharya, Ritwik Chattaraj, Mallar Das, Arindam Patra, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing, 2015
  • IPMC based data glove for finger motion capturing
    Srijan Bhattacharya, Siladitya Khan, Tanmoy Sil, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2015
  • Tele-operation of robot hand exploiting human hand synergy
    Ritwik Chattaraj, Ananda Sankar Kundu, Oishee Mazumder, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, 2015
  • IPMC-actuated compliant mechanism-based multifunctional multifinger microgripper
    Srijan Bhattacharya, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines, 2014
  • Feasibility study of recycled polypropylene through multi response optimization of injection moulding parameters using grey relational analysis
    D. Bhattacharya, B. Bepari
    Procedia Engineering, 2014
  • Grasp mapping for Dexterous Robot Hand: A hybrid approach
    Ritwik Chattaraj, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    2014 7th International Conference on Contemporary Computing Ic3 2014, 2014
  • Selection of robotic grippers under MCDM environment: An optimized trade Off technique
    Anirudha Bhattacharjee, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    Studies in Computational Intelligence, 2014
  • Design, development and implementation of a robust decision support expert system (branDEC) in multi criteria decision making
    N.K. Jha, R. Kumar, A. Kumari, B. Bepari
    Procedia Engineering, 2014
  • Design and control of two fingered compliant gripper for micro gripping
    Ritwik Chattaraj, Srijan Bhattacharya, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    2014 International Conference on Informatics Electronics and Vision Iciev 2014, 2014
  • Gesture based control of IPMC actuated gripper
    Ritwik Chattaraj, Srijan Bhattacharya, Ankur Roy, Abhra Mazumdar, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    2014 Recent Advances in Engineering and Computational Sciences Raecs 2014, 2014
  • Design and synthesis of a four fingered articulated dexterous robot hand
    1st International and 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms Inacomm 2013, 2013
  • On design and development of an intelligent mobile robotic vehicle for stair-case navigation
    Ranjit Ray, Bikash Bepari, Subhasis Bhaumik
    Studies in Computational Intelligence, 2010
  • Object oriented dynamic validation of multi-degrees of freedom dextrous robot gripper
    Journal of the Institution of Engineers India Part PR Production Engineering Division, 2007
  • Estimation of manual work and moment/force at joints in load lifting in sagittal plane by different paths
    Bikash Bepari, Sushanta Banerjee, D. N. Tibarewala, B. N. Lahiri
    Proceedings of the Xivth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association Ergonomics for the New Millennium, 2000

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Selection of Material for Excavator’s Bucket Teeth through Rank Aggregation by Different Multi Criteria Decision Making Techniques
    B Bepari, HS Das, G Roymahapatra
    ES General 10, 1791 , 2025
    2025
  • Simultaneous Optimization based on Taguchi based Grey Relational Analysis for High Carbon High Chromium Mould Steel through Deviation Measure during End Milling
    B Bepari, HS Das, G Roymahapatra
    ES General 10, 1778 , 2025
    2025
  • Ag (I) decorated isomeric triazine complexes as efficient hydrogen storage materials-A theoretical investigation
    A Bag, GC De, S Bhattacharyya, B Bepari, HS Das, S Bandaru, ...
    Chemistry of Inorganic Materials 5, 100093 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 5
  • De-novo approach in rank agglomeration in multi criteria decision making for materials selection
    B Bepari, B Bairagi, HS Das, G Roymahapatra
    ES General 7, 1353 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 3
  • Effect of absorber layer thickness on the performance of the perovskite solar cell in solar cell capacitance simulator-1D (SCAPS-1D)
    HS Das, S Maiti, S Bhattacharyya, A Bag, G Roymahapatra, S Banerjee, ...
    ES general 6, 1292 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 13
  • Quindecennial retrospection on the trends and advances in perovskite solar cells
    HS Das, N Aich, J Maity, P Bera, T Akitsu, S Bhattacharyya, S Mondal, ...
    ES General 6, 1242 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • Assessing Ergonomic-Deviations in the Existing Configurations of Controls and Display Units in Locomotives of Indian Railways
    S Danda, S Sarkar, B Bepari, KB Saha, BN Lahiri
    2023
  • Evaluation of Driving Postures of Electric Loco Goods Pilots Using Muscle Fatigue Assessment in WAG7 Locomotives
    S Danda, S Sarkar, B Bepari, K Saha, BN Lahiri
    Productivity with Health, Safety, and Environment. HWWE 2019. Design Science … , 2022
    2022
  • Evaluation of Driving Postures of Electric Loco Goods Pilots Using Muscle Fatigue
    S Danda, S Sarkar, B Bepari, K Saha
    Productivity with Health, Safety, and Environment: Select Proceedings of … , 2022
    2022
  • Assessment of Driving Locomotives of Indian Seat Railways of WAG7 locomotives of Indian Railways Using Howerth and Cornell Ergonomic Seating Evaluation Method
    S Danda, S Sarkar, B Bepari, K Saha, BN Lahiri
    Productivity with Health, Safety, and Environment: Select Proceedings of … , 2022
    2022
  • Selection of Elastomer for Compliant Robotic Gripper Harnessed with IPMC Actuator
    S Bhattacharya, B Bepari, S Bhaumik
    Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites, 123-148 , 2022
    2022
  • Inverse Kinematic Modeling of Bending Response of Ionic Polymer Metal Composite Actuators
    S Khan, G Gare, R Chattaraj, S Bhattacharya, B Bepari, S Bhaumik
    Ionic Polymer-Metal Composites, 95-121 , 2022
    2022
  • IPMC as EMG sensor to diagnose human arm activity
    S Das, S Ghosh, R Guin, A Das, B Das, S Saha, S Bhattacharya, B Bepari, ...
    Proceedings of International Conference on Industrial Instrumentation and … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 14
  • Braking: The Most Strenuous Task of Locomotive Driving
    S Danda, S Sarkar, B Bepari, K Saha, BN Lahiri
    International Conference of the Indian Society of Ergonomics, 319-327 , 2021
    2021
  • . Honking: Is It a Pleasant Task
    BNL Subir Danda, Soumya Sarkar, Bikash Bepari, Kalyanbrata Saha
    J. Indian Railways 65 (3&5), 70-72 & 63-65 , 2021
    2021
  • Taste sensor using ionic polymer metal composite
    A De, A Pal, D Ash, K Das, K Mondal, P Dhar, R Chakraborty, P Rakshit, ...
    IEEE Sensors Letters 5 (4), 1-4 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 13
  • Postural evaluation of notching action in WAG7 railway goods-locos (indicates correction necessities)
    BNL Subir Danda, Soumya Sarkar, Bikash Bepari, Kalyanbrata Saha
    Int. J. Forensic Engineering & Management 1 (1), 90-102 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 5
  • Characteristics of ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) as EMG sensor
    S Bhattacharya, S Halder, A Sadhu, S Banerjee, S Sinha, S Banerjee, ...
    Advancements in Instrumentation and Control in Applied System Applications … , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 6
  • Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Communication, Devices and Computing: ICCDC 2019
    S Kundu, US Acharya, CK De, S Mukherjee
    Springer Nature , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 1
  • Assessment of Driving Seat of WAG 7 Locomotives of Indian Railways Using Howerth and Cornell Ergonomic Seating Evaluation Method
    S Danda, S Sarkar, B Bepari, K Saha, BN Lahiri
    International Conference on Humainzing Work and Work Environement, 161-172 , 2019
    2019

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • IPMC-actuated compliant mechanism-based multifunctional multifinger microgripper
    S Bhattacharya, B Bepari, S Bhaumik
    Mechanics Based Design of Structures and Machines 42 (3), 312-325 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 31
  • Simultaneous parametric optimization of IPMC actuator for compliant gripper
    S Bhattacharya, R Chattaraj, M Das, A Patra, B Bepari, S Bhaumik
    International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing 16 (11 … , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 30
  • Feasibility study of recycled polypropylene through multi response optimization of injection moulding parameters using grey relational analysis
    D Bhattacharya, B Bepari
    Procedia Engineering 97, 186-196 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 25
  • Intelligent autonomous systems: foundations and applications
    DK Pratihar
    Springer Science & Business Media , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 21
  • Development of two jaw compliant gripper based on hyper-redundant approximation of IPMC actuators
    R Chattaraj, S Khan, S Bhattacharya, B Bepari, D Chatterjee, S Bhaumik
    Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 251, 207-218 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 17
  • Grasp mapping for dexterous robot hand: A hybrid approach
    R Chattaraj, B Bepari, S Bhaumik
    2014 Seventh International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3), 242-247 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 16
  • IPMC as EMG sensor to diagnose human arm activity
    S Das, S Ghosh, R Guin, A Das, B Das, S Saha, S Bhattacharya, B Bepari, ...
    Proceedings of International Conference on Industrial Instrumentation and … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 14
  • Effect of absorber layer thickness on the performance of the perovskite solar cell in solar cell capacitance simulator-1D (SCAPS-1D)
    HS Das, S Maiti, S Bhattacharyya, A Bag, G Roymahapatra, S Banerjee, ...
    ES general 6, 1292 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 13
  • Taste sensor using ionic polymer metal composite
    A De, A Pal, D Ash, K Das, K Mondal, P Dhar, R Chakraborty, P Rakshit, ...
    IEEE Sensors Letters 5 (4), 1-4 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 13
  • Gesture based control of IPMC actuated gripper
    R Chattaraj, S Bhattacharya, A Roy, A Mazumdar, B Bepari, S Bhaumik
    2014 Recent Advances in Engineering and Computational Sciences (RAECS), 1-6 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 12
  • Shape estimation of IPMC actuators in ionic solutions using hyper redundant kinematic modeling
    R Chattaraj, S Khan, S Bhattacharya, B Bepari, D Chatterjee, S Bhaumik
    Mechanism and Machine Theory 103, 174-188 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 11
  • IPMC based data glove for finger motion capturing
    S Bhattacharya, S Khan, T Sil, B Bepari, S Bhaumik
    Proceedings of the 2015 Conference on Advances In Robotics, 1-6 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 11
  • Design and control of two fingered compliant gripper for micro gripping
    R Chattaraj, S Bhattacharya, B Bepari, S Bhaumik
    2014 International Conference on Informatics, Electronics & Vision (ICIEV), 1-6 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 11
  • Design, development and implementation of a robust decision support expert system (branDEC) in multi criteria decision making
    NK Jha, R Kumar, A Kumari, B Bepari
    Procedia Engineering 97, 1853-1865 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 11
  • On design and development of an intelligent mobile robotic vehicle for stair-case navigation
    R Ray, B Bepari, S Bhaumik
    Intelligent Autonomous Systems: Foundations and Applications, 87-122 , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 11
  • Design and fabrication of deformable soft gripper using IPMC as actuator
    S Bhattacharya, B Bepari, S Bhaumik
    Ionic Polymer Metal Composites for Sensors and Actuators, 195-207 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 9
  • Ionic polymer metal composites for sensors and actuators
    Inamuddin
    Springer , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 9
  • CAD/CAM, robotics and factories of the future: proceedings of the 28th international conference on CARs & FoF 2016
    DK Mandal, CS Syan
    Springer , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 9
  • Quindecennial retrospection on the trends and advances in perovskite solar cells
    HS Das, N Aich, J Maity, P Bera, T Akitsu, S Bhattacharyya, S Mondal, ...
    ES General 6, 1242 , 2024
    2024
    Citations: 8
  • IPMC based data glove for object identification
    S Bhattacharya, R Das, R Chakraborty, T Dutta, A Mondal, S Sarkar, ...
    2017 6th International Conference on Informatics, Electronics and Vision … , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 8