Soumen Sen is working as Principal Scientist at CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur, India since September, 2011. He obtained his Ph.D. in Automation, Robotics, and Bioengineering from the University of Pisa, Italy in 2009. Before his PhD work, Soumen Sen served Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, from 1994 to 2005 in the Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore and subsequently, in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. He obtained his Master’s degree in Production Technology in 1994 and Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in 1992. His research activities include variable stiffness/impedance actuation, flexible joint robots, exoskeletons and prostheses, robot design, control and manipulation, underwater manipulation, biomimetic actuators and fin actuation and control.
