HIMANSHU VISHWAKARMA

About Me

I am a doctoral candidate at the Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber-Physical Systems, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, under the guidance of Prof. Pradipta Biswas and Prof. Bharadwaj Amrutur at the Intelligent Inclusive Interaction Design (I3D) Lab. I have been awarded the Siemens Technology India Fellowship (2022–2027). I am currently a Research Intern at Siemens Technology India. My research focuses on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Extended Reality (VR/AR/MR), and 3D Display Systems, with an emphasis on human-centered technologies.

I hold a Master of Design (M.Des) in Product Design and Engineering from IISc, Bangalore, and a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Textile Engineering from GCTI, Kanpur.  Before pursuing my PhD, I worked as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) at the Intelligent Inclusive Interaction Design (I3D) Lab, IISc, where I explored innovative solutions for human-robot collaboration. Right after my undergraduate studies, I also worked as a Graduate Engineer Trainee (GET) at the Raymond Group, Mumbai (2018–19).

With an interdisciplinary background, my goal is to make interactions between humans and intelligent systems simpler, more natural, and more engaging.

My Research

Himanshu’s research focuses on how humans interact with intelligent machines. He works across human–robot interaction, extended-reality interfaces, and eye-tracking systems to make robots easier, safer, and more intuitive to control. His projects span VR-based spacecraft simulators, AR/VR teleoperation for healthcare, mixed-reality tools for industrial tasks, and gaze-controlled assistive robots for users with severe motor impairments. He also studies human factors and cognitive load using eye-tracking and EEG, grounding his designs in real user behavior. Alongside this, he develops 3D telepresence and lenticular display technologies aimed at creating more natural remote interaction.

This lets me create practical systems while also contributing to a deeper understanding of how people interact with intelligent machines.