Dr. Pandu Ranga Vundavilli, PIC AIM Laboratory

Students of the Lab (Past)

Ph. D

1. Ravi Kumar M (Submitted Thesis)

M. Tech

1. Vipin Kumar

2. M. Naresh

3. Deepesh Parmar

4. Himanshu Tandon

5. Ashima Singh

6. Abhishek Meghij Chhedda

7. Gulshan Kumar

B. Tech

1. K. Sai Manas

2. G. Harsha Deep

3. B. Pradeep Reddy

4. Dibya Ranjan Das

5. Pravat Kumar Behera

6. Sarthak Pradhan

7. B. Sukesh

8. R. Dilip Reddy

9. Arun Vijay Baghel

Students of the Lab (Present)

1. Dev Kumar Singh Chauhan (Ph. D)

2. Sumit Govind Kanpartiwar (M. Tech)

3. K. Mrudul (B.Tech)

4. Allwyn Lucious (B. Tech)

Patients Filed

1. Vipin Kumar and Pandu R Vundavilli, A Multipurpose Leg Configuration for Wall Climbing and sandy Walking Robot.

2. Vipin Kumar and Pandu R Vundavilli, A Wall Climbing Robot.

Consultancy Projects

1. Robotic Applications in Boiler NDT Assessment for OMS Power Training Institute, Bhubaneswar.

Research Projects

1. Design and Development of Lower Body Exoskeleton in Collaboration with DIC, IIT Bhubaneswar.

2. Design and Development of Unmanned Armed Vehicle in Collaboration with DIC, IIT Bhubaneswar

3. Design and Development of an Industrial Robot Controlled using AR/VR Technology in Collaboration with VARCoE of IIT Bhubaneswar

4. Development of AR/VR assisted Hair Transplantation Robot in Collaboration with VARCoE of IIT Bhubaneswar

Robots Developed at AIM laboratory of IIT Bhubaneswar

Publications from the Lab

18. Ravi Kumar Mandava and Pandu R Vundavilli, Application of hybrid fast marching method to determine the real time path for the biped robot, Journal of Intelligent Service Robotics (In Press).

17. Ravi Kumar Mandava and Pandu R Vundavilli, An optimal PID controller for a biped robot walking on flat terrain using MCIWO algorithm, Evolutionary Intelligence (In Press).

16. P.K. Behera, Ravi Kumar M and Pandu R Vundavilli, Push recovery system and balancing of a biped robot on steadily increasing slope of an inclined plane, International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics (In press).

15. Ravi Kumar Mandava, Sukesh B and Pandu R Vundavilli, An optimized path planning for the mobile robot using potential field method and PSO algorithm, Soft Computing for Problem Solving, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 817, Edited by Bansal et al. pp. 139-150, 2018, Springer.

14. Mrudul K, Ravi Kumar M and Pandu R Vundavilli, An efficient path planning algorithm for biped robot using fast marching method, Procedia Computer Science, Vol. 133, pp. 116-123, 2018.

13. Ravi Kumar M and Pandu R Vundavilli, Near optimal PID controllers for the biped robot while walking on uneven terrains, International Journal of Automation and Computing, Vol. 15, No. 6, pp. 689-706, 2018

12. Ravi Kumar M and Pandu R Vundavilli, Design of neural network based PID controller while walking on staircase ascending and descending surfaces, Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Engineering Sciences, Chapter 12, pp. 227-246, Edited by Mangey Ram and J. Paulo Davim, CRC Press, 2018.

11. Ravi Kumar M and Pandu R Vundavilli, Implementation of modified chaotic invasive weed optimization algorithm for optimizing the PID controller of the biped robot, Sadhana, Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 1-18, 2018.

10. Ravi Kumar M and Pandu R Vundavilli, Whole body motion generation of 18-DOF biped robot on flat surface during SSP and DSP, International Journal of Modeling, Identification and Control, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 266-277, 2018.

9. D.K. Pratihar and Pandu R Vundavilli, Humanoid body control using neural networks and fuzzy logic, Humanoid Robotics: A reference, Edited by A. Goswami and P. Vadakkepat, pp. 1-25, 2017, Springer Verlag, Germany.

8. Ravi Kumar M and Pandu R Vundavilli, Study on influence of hip trajectory on the balance of a biped robot, Emerging Trends in Electrical, Communications and Information Technologies, Edited by K.R. Attele et al., Published by LNEE, Vol. 394, pp. 265-272, 2017.

7. Ravi Kumar M and Pandu R Vundavilli, Design of near optimal trajectories of the biped robot using MCIWO algorithm, 7th Int. Conf. on Soft Computing for Problem Solving, Dec. 23-24, 2017, IIT Bhubaneswar.

6. Ravi Kumar M, Sukesh B and Pandu R Vundavilli, An optimized path planning for the mobile robot using PFM and PSO algorithms, 7th Int. Conf. on Soft Computing for Problem Solving, Dec. 23-24, 2017, IIT Bhubaneswar.

5. Pradeep Reddy B, Ravi Kumar M and Pandu R Vundavilli, Development of path tracking control algorithm for a 4-DOF spatial manipulator using PID controller, Edited book on Mathematical Concepts and Applications in Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, Edited by Mangay Ram and Paulo Davim, Chapter 15, pp. 314-327, 2016.

4. Ravi Kumar M and Pandu R Vundavilli, Forward and Inverse kinematics based full body gait generation of biped robot, proc. of IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Optimization Techniques, 3-5 March 2016, pp. 3301-3305.

3. Ravi Kumar M, Sasirekha lathan L and Pandu R Vundavilli, Dynamically balanced obstacle crossing gait generation of a biped robot using neural networks, International Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics Systems, Vol. 2, No. 3/4, pp. 232-253, 2015.

2. Ravi Kumar M, Sai Manas K and Pandu R Vundavilli, Optimization of PID controller parameters for 3-DOF planar manipulator using GA and PSO, Edited book on New Developments in Expert Systems Research, Edited by Anna Bennett, pp. 67-88, 2015, Nova Publishers, USA.

1. Ravi Kumar M and Pandu R Vundavilli, Design of PID controller for 4-DOF planar and spatial manipulators, Int. Conf. on Robotics, Automation Control and Embedded Systems, 18-21 Feb. 2015, Chennai, Published by IEEE (DOI:10.1109/RACE.2015.7097269)

My Earlier Publications in the field of Robotics:

12. L. Sasi Rekha Lathan, B.N. Sudha Rani and Pandu R. Vundavilli, Analytical approach for generating dynamically balanced gaits for obstacle crossing biped robot, IEEE International Conference on Advances in Engineering, Science and Management, Organized by E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattanam, 30 and 31^st March 2012, pp. 187-191.

11. B.N. Sudha Rani, L. Sasirekha Lathan and Pandu R. Vundavilli, Optimal Walking of a biped robot on stair with deformed sole using genetic algorithms, International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization, Organized by Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, 8-10 March 2012, pp. 455-460.

10. Pandu R. Vundavilli, and D.K. Pratihar, “Balanced gait generations of a two-legged robot on sloping surface”, Sadhana- Academy proceedings in Engineering Science, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 525-550, August 2011 .

9. Pandu R. Vundavilli, and D.K. Pratihar, “Near-optimal gait generations of a two-legged robot on rough terrains using soft computing”, Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Vol. 27, No. 3, (2011), pp. 512-530.

8. Pandu R. Vundavilli, and D.K. Pratihar, “Dynamically balanced optimal gaits of a ditch-crossing biped robot”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 58, (2010) pp. 349-361.

7. Pandu R. Vundavilli and D. K. Pratihar, Gait planning of biped robots using soft computing: An attempt to incorporate intelligence, Edited book on Intelligent and Autonomous Systems, Studies in Computational Intelligence, Edited by D.K. Pratihar and L. Jain, SCI 275, pp. 57-85, 2010, Springer Verlag, Germany.

6. Pandu R. Vundavilli, and D.K. Pratihar, “Soft computing-based gait planners for a dynamically balanced biped robot negotiating sloping surfaces”, Applied Soft Computing, Vol. 9, No. 1 (2009), pp. 191-208 .

5. Pandu R. Vundavilli, and D.K. Pratihar, “Inverse dynamics learned gait planner for two-legged robot moving on uneven terrains using neural networks”, International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2008), pp. 80-109.

4. Tushar, Pandu R. Vundavilli and D.K. Pratihar, “Dynamically balanced staircase ascending gait generation of a biped robot”, IEEE Region 10 Colloquium and International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS-2008), Dec 8-11, 2008, IIT Kharagpur, India. (DOI: 10.1109 /ICIINFS.2008.4798359).

3. Pandu R. Vundavilli and D.K. Pratihar, “Ditch-crossing gait generation of a two-legged robot using soft computing”, Third Innovative Conference on Embedded systems, Mobile Communication and Computing (ICEMC­²-2008), Infosys, Mysore, India, August 11-14, 2008, pp. 237-245.

2. Pandu R. Vundavilli, S.K. Sahu and D.K. Pratihar, “Online Dynamically balanced ascending and descending gait generations of a biped using soft computing”, International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Vol. 4, No. 4 (2007), pp. 777-814.

1. Pandu R. Vundavilli, S.K. Sahu and D.K. Pratihar, “Dynamically balanced ascending and descending gaits of a two-legged robot”, International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Vol. 4, No. 4 (2007), pp. 717-751.