aditya patankar
About Me
I am a PhD student at the Interacting Robotic Systems Laboratory at Stony Brook University, New York. My primary research interests are task-based grasp synthesis and motion planning for robotic manipulators. I envision a future where robots work alongside humans performing a repertoire of tasks other than just pick and place tasks. My research goal is to develop technologies that would allow robots to do the same and which would be useful not only for the end users but also for fellow researchers.
Recent News!
December 2023: Successfully defended my PhD proposal titled "Sensor-based Task-Oriented Grasping". I am now a PhD Candidate.
November 2023: Poster Presentation on "Task-Oriented Grasping with Point Cloud Representation of Objects" and "Screw Geometry Meets Bandits: Incremental Acquisition of Demonstrations for Generating Manipulation Plans" during the Northeast Robotics Colloquium (NERC) at Yale University.
October 2023: Poster presentation on "Task-Oriented Grasping with Point Cloud Representation of Objects" at the Inaugural SUNY AI Symposium at the University of Albany.
October 2023: Presented our papers "Task-Oriented Grasping with Point Cloud Representation of Objects" and "Screw Geometry Meets Bandits: Incremental Acquisition of Demonstrations for Generating Manipulation Plans" during the Manipulation and Grasping sessions at IEEE/RSJ IROS 2023 Detroit.
September 2023: Paper on "Caregiver-Guided Robotic Manipulation to Promote Independence of People with Significant Locomotor Disability" accepted for presentation at the Workshop on Assistive Robotics for Citizens at IEEE/RSJ IROS 2023 Detroit.
September 2023: Late Breaking Results Poster on "Screw Geometry Meets Bandits: Incremental Acquisition of Demonstrations for Generating Manipulation Plans" has been selected for oral presentation during the Manipulation and Grasping session at IEEE/RSJ IROS 2023 Detroit.