Faculty + Staff

Education

• PhD, Computer Science, Amrita University
• BTech, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Kannur University

Courses and Advising

• MRE 3014 – Unified Robotics II
• EME/MRE 5983 – Special Topics in ME/MRE: Robot Operating System (ROS)

Research Interests

• Haptics
• Virtual Reality and Computer Vision
• Human-Robot Interface (HRI)
• Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

Selected Publications

1. S. Deepu, R. P, J. James, S. Ramesh, V. Rajendran S, and B. Rao R, “Design and Evaluation of Wearable Haptics Device for Weight Perception in Vocational Trade,” in Proc. 2023 6th Int. Conf. Adv. Robot., 2023, pp. 1-6.
2. J. James, “Multi-Finger Haptics: Analysis of Human Hand Grasp towards a Tripod Three-Finger Haptic Grasp Model,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2301.00049 (2022).
3. J. James, B. Rao R., and G. Neamtu, “Design of a bi-manual haptic interface for skill acquisition in surface mount device soldering,” Soldering & Surface Mount Technology, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 133-142, 2019.
4. J. James, G. Mazzilli, S. Rapuano, L. De Vito, and P. Daponte, “Multi-finger haptics enhanced virtual instrument interfaces,” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 1065, no. 11, 2018.
5. J. James, S. Rapuano, L. De Vito, and P. Daponte, “Haptics enhanced interface for remote control of measurement instrumentation,” in Proc. 2018 IEEE Int. Symp. Med. Meas. Appl. (MeMeA), Rome, Italy, 2018, pp. 1-6.
6. , D. Davis, K. Gokulnath, and R. Bhavani Rao, “Bilateral human-in-the-loop tele-haptic interface for controlling a robotic manipulator,” International Journal of Mechatronics and Automation., vol. 6, no. 2-3, pp. 104-119, 2018.
7. J. James and R. R. Bhavani, “Bimanual haptic simulator for training hand palpation and lumbar puncture,” in Haptic Interaction: Science, Engineering, and Design, vol. 2, Singapore: Springer, 2018.
8. R. Rahul, J. Jose, M. T. Harish, and R. R. Bhavani, “Design of a novel Three-Finger haptic grasping system: Extending a Single point to Tripod grasp,” in Proc. 2017 3rd Int. Conf. Adv. Robot., 2017, pp. 1-6.
9. J. Jose, R. Unnikrishnan, D. Marshall, and R. R. Bhavani, “Haptics enhanced multi-tool virtual interfaces for training carpentry skills,” in Proc. of the International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications (RAHA), 2016, pp. 1-6.
10. J. Jose, R. Unnikrishnan, D. Marshall, and R. R. Bhavani, “Haptic simulations for training plumbing skills,” in Proc. 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Haptic, Audio, and Visual Environments and Games (HAVE), 2014, pp. 65-70.

Honors and Awards

• STRAC-Brown University Research Collaboration Grand
• 2021 HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion Award, US Dept. of Labor, STRAC Institute
• 2017 Erasmus Mundus LEADER Research Fellowship, European Union
• 2014 Erasmus Mundus Heritage Research Fellowship, European Union
• Elsevier Reviewer Recognition Award
• Amrita Chancellor’s PhD Fellowship, Amrita University

Activities and Service

• Member, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS).
• Member, IEEE RAS Technical Committee for Haptics (TCH).
• NSF Panellist Member, Human-Centered Computing (HCC), Division of Information and Intelligent Systems (CISE/IIS)