Books
Deepak Gupta, Rishabha Malviya, Rekha Raja, Sonali Sundram,“Soft Robotics in Biomedical Sciences: Current Status and Advancement”, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
Book Chapters
Rekha Raja, Ali Leylavi Shoushtari,“Bio-inspired Soft Grippers for Biological Applications” in Soft Robotics in Biomedical Sciences: Current Status and Advancement, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. [accepted]
Journal Articles
R. Raja*, A. K. Burusa, G. Kootstra, E. V. Henten, “Advanced Robotic System for Efficient Pick-and-Place of Deformable Poultry in Cluttered Bin: A Comprehensive Evaluation Approach”, IEEE Transactions on AgriFood Electronics, Feb 2024. [accepted]
R. Raja*, “Software Architecture for Agricultural Robots: systems, requirements, challenges, case studies and future perspectives”, IEEE Transactions on AgriFood Electronics, Feb 2024, DOI: 10.1109/TAFE.2024.3366335. [accepted]
R. Raja*, DC Slaughter, S Fennimore, MC Siemens, “Real-time control of high-resolution micro-jet sprayer integrated with machine vision for precision weed control”, Biosystems engineering, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2023.02.006 (Impact factor: 5.0)
S. Bharadwaj, K. Gonabattula, S. Saha, C. Sarkar, & R. Raja, “Concurrent Transmission for Multi-Robot Coordination”, arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.00273, 2021.
R. Raja*, T. Nguyen, VV Young, DC Slaughter, S Fennimore, “RTD-SEPs: Real-time detection of stem emerging points and classification of crop-weed for robotic weed control in producing tomato ”, Biosystems Engineering, 195, 152-171, August 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2020.05.004. (Impact factor: 5.0)
R. Raja*, T. Nguyen, DC Slaughter, S Fennimore, “Real-time weed-crop classification and localization technique for robotic weed control in lettuce field”, Biosystems Engineering, 192, 257-274, February 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2020.02.002 (Impact factor: 5.0) [Winner of a EurAgEng Outstanding Paper Award 2022]
R. Raja*, T. Nguyen, DC Slaughter, S Fennimore, “Real-time robotic weed knife control system for tomato and lettuce based on geometric appearance of plant labels”, Biosystems Engineering, 194, 152-164, February 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2020.03.022 (Impact factor: 5.0)
H. Jangid, S. Jain, B. Teka, R. Raja, A. Dutta, “Kinematics based end-effector path control of a mobile manipulator system on an uneven terrain using Support Vector Machine”, Robotica, 1-19, (2019), https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263574719001541. (Impact factor: 1.20)
H. Kennedy, SA. Fennimore, DC. Slaughter, T. Nguyen, V. Vuong, R. Raja, “Detection of Marked Lettuce and Tomato by an Intelligent Cultivator and Effect on Weed Removal and Hand Weeding Requirements”, Weed Technology, 1-32, November 2019, https://doi.org/10.1017/wet.2019.120. (Impact factor: 1.384)
R. Raja*, DC Slaughter, SA Fennimore, T. Nguyen, V Vuong, N Sinha, L Tourte, and R. F. Smith, and M. C. Siemens, “Crop Signaling: A Novel Crop Recognition Technique for Robotic Weed Control”, Biosystems Engineering, 187, 278-291, (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2019.09.011. (Impact factor: 5.0) [Winner of a EurAgEng Outstanding Paper Award 2020]
R. Raja*, A. Dutta, B. Dasgupta, “Learning Framework for Inverse Kinematics of a Highly Redundant Mobile Manipulator”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 120, 1032-45, (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.robot.2019.07.015. (Impact factor: 3.7)
T. Beteley, R. Raja, and A. Dutta. "Learning based end effector tracking control of a mobile manipulator for performing tasks on an uneven terrain." International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, 3(2), 102-114, February 2019, 10.1007/s41315-019-00081-8 (Impact factor: 1.1)
S. Kumar, A. Majumder, S. Dutta, R. Raja, S. Jotawar, A. Kumar, M. Soni, V. Raju, O. Kundu, E. Hassan, L. Behera, K. S. Venkatesh and R. Sinha, "Design and Development of an automated Robotic Pick & Stow System for an e-Commerce Warehouse." arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.02340, March 2017, arXiv:1703.02340v1.
R. Raja*, A. Dutta, and K. S. Venkatesh. "New potential field method for rough terrain path planning using genetic algorithm for a 6-wheel rover" Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 72, 295-306, (2015), doi:10.1016/j.robot.2015.06.002. (Impact factor: 3.7)
R. Raja*, S N. Shome, S. Nandy, R. Ray, ''Obstacle Avoidance and Navigation of Autonomous Mobile Robot”, Advanced Materials Research, Vol 403, 4633-4642, November 2011, https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.403-408.4633. (Impact factor: 0.87)
Conference/Workshop Articles
R. Raja, D. R. Rincón, F. Kemp, G. Kootstra and E. V. Henten, "PosePP: 6D Pose Estimation of Poultry Pieces in a Cluttered Bin," 2022 IEEE 10th Jubilee International Conference on Computational Cybernetics and Cyber-Medical Systems (ICCC), 2022, pp. 000239-000244, doi: 10.1109/ICCC202255925.2022.9922692..
S. Bharadwaj, K. Gonabattula, S. Saha, C. Sarkar, & R. Raja, “Concurrent Transmission for Multi-Robot Coordination”, Robocom 2022 in conjunction with IEEE CCNC 2022. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2112.00273
F. Kemp, D. R. Rincon, R. Raja, G. Kootstra, “Instance segmentation and pose estimation of chicken legs in a cluttered environment”, EurAgEng 2021, Portugal, 5th July 2021.
R. Raja*, DC. Slaughter, S. Fennimore, “A novel weed and crop recognition technique for robotic weed control in a lettuce field with high weed densities”, American Society of Agricultural Engineering, Boston, July 2019, DOI: 10.13031/aim.201900029.
R. Raja*, DC. Slaughter, S. Fennimore, “Automatic crop recognition based on geometric appearance for a non-chemical robotic weed control system in a tomato field”, American Society of Agricultural Engineering, Boston, July 2019, DOI: 10.13031/aim.201900028.
R. Raja*, DC. Slaughter, S. Fennimore, M Siemens, “Precision weed control robot for vegetable fields with high crop and weed densities”, American Society of Agricultural Engineering, Boston, July 2019, DOI: 10.13031/aim.201900030.
R. Raja*, A. Dutta, “Path planning in Dynamic Environment for a Rover using A* and Potential Field Method”, International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), Hong Kong, 10-12 July 2017. DOI: 10.1109/ICAR.2017.8023669
R. Raja*, B. Dasgupta, A. Dutta, “Cooperative motion planning of redundant rover manipulators on uneven terrains”, International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR), Hong Kong, 10-12th July 2017. DOI: 10.1109/ICAR.2017.8023502
R. Raja*, S. Kumar, “Advances in motion planning for industrial robot manipulators”, ICRA workshop on dynamic motion planning, Singapore, 29th May 2017.
B. Hailu, R. Raja, A. Dutta, “Advanced KSOM based Redundancy Resolution of a Mobile Manipulator System for Motion on an Uneven Terrain”, International Conference on Advances in Robotics, Delhi, 28-2 July 2017. https://doi.org/10.1145/3132446.3134908
R. Raja*, S. Kumar, “A hybrid image based visual servoing for 6-D manipulator using kinect”, International Conference on Advances in Robotics, Delhi, 28-2 July 2017. https://doi.org/10.1145/3132446.3134916
R. Raja*, B. Dasgupta, A. Dutta, “Motion planning and redundancy resolution of a rover manipulator”, IEEE-WIE Conference, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec 2015. DOI: 10.1109/WIECON-ECE.2015.7444006
A. Bhasin, R. Raja*, A. Dutta, “Non-holonomic mobile manipulator kinematic control using hybrid simulated annealing”, IEEE-WIE Conference, Bangladesh, Dec 2015. DOI: 10.1109/WIECON-ECE.2015.7443960
R. Raja*, A. Dutta, “Motion planning of a mobile manipulator using fuzzy controller to dexterity measures”, IEEE-WCI Conference, IIT Kanpur, India, Dec 2015. DOI: 10.1109/WCI.2015.7495543
R. Raja*, A. Dutta, B. Dasgupta, “KSOM based learning for cooperative motion of a redundant rover-manipulator system on uneven terrain”, International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision, ICARCV 2014, Singapore, Dec 10-12, 2014. DOI: 10.1109/ICARCV.2014.7064568
R. Raja*, A. Dutta, B. Dasgupta, “Redundancy resolution of a redundant mobile manipulator”, Research Scholars' Day, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IITK on 21st March 2014.
R. Raja*, A. Dutta, “Path planning algorithm for a Planetary Rover with Fuzzy Logic Adaptation and a Combination of A* and Potential Field Method”, IEEE Workshop on Computational Intelligence: Theories, Applications and Future Directions, IIT Kanpur, 14th July 2013.
R. Raja*, A. Dutta, “Path Planning and obstacle avoidance of a mobile robot”, International workshop on Advances in Robotics, 5-7th July 2012, IIT Delhi.