Books
K.R. Guruprasad, Robotics: Mechanics and Control, PHI, Delhi 110092, 2019 (https://www.phindia.com/Books/BookDetail/9789388028615/robotics-guruprasad)
Santosh K.V and K Guruprasad Rao (K.R Guruprasad) (Editors), Smart Sensors Measurements and Instrumentation Select Proceedings of CISCON 2020, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 750, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore. (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-0336-5)
Journal articles
K P Jayalakshmi, Vishnu G Nair, Dayakshini Sathish, and K R Guruprasad, "Adaptive Spanning Tree-Based Coverage Path Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robots in Dynamic Environments", IEEE Access, published online, 2025 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3578338 )
Vishnu G Nair, Jeane M D’Souza, and K R Guruprasad*, “Optimizing Multi-Agent Search with Non-Uniform Sensor Effectiveness in Distributed Quadcopter Systems”, IEEE Access, vol 12, pp. 2169-3536, 2024.
Vishnu G Nair, M V Dileep, and K R Guruprasad*, “Robust Online Multi-Robot Simultaneous Exploration and Coverage Path Planning”, IEEE Access, vol 12, pp-. 72990-73003, 2024.4.
Vishnu G Nair, RS Adarsh, KP Jayalakshmi, MV Dileep, KR Guruprasad, “Cooperative Online Workspace Allocation in the Presence of Obstacles for Multi-robot Simultaneous Exploration and Coverage Path Planning Problem”, International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems 21 (7), 2338-2349, 2023
Vishnu G Nair and K.R Guruprasad, “2D-VPC: An efficient coverage algorithm for multiple autonomous vehicles”, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, 19(8), pp. 2891-2901, August 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-020-0389-6.
Jeane M D’Souza, Venkat Varun Velpula, and K.R Guruprasad, “On effectiveness of camera as an UAV mounted search sensor,” International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, 19(7), pp 2557–2568 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-020-0373-1
Soumya S. and K.R Guruprasad, “Distributed nonlinear control of planar serial-link manipulators”, International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems, 19(2) (2021) pp. 850-863, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12555-020-0031-7
K.R. Guruprasad and T.D Ranjitha, “CPC algorithm: Exact area coverage by a mobile robot using approximate cellular decomposition”, Robotica, vol 39, pp. 1141–1162, 2021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S026357472000096X,
Soumya S. and K.R. Guruprasad, “Multi-agent system inspired distributed control of a serial-link robot”, Journal of Automation, Mobile Robotics, and Intelligent System, vol 14, no 1, pp. 29-38, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14313/JAMRIS/1-2020/4
Vishnu G Nair and K.R Guruprasad, “MR-SimExCoverage: Multi-robot simultaneous exploration and coverage,” Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol 95, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2020.106680
Vishnu G Nair and K.R Guruprasad, “Geodesic-VPC: spatial partitioning for multi-robot coverage problem”, International Journal of Robotics and Automation, vol 35, issue 3, 2020, pp. 189-198. DOI https://doi.org/10.2316/J.2020.206-0303
Vishnu G Nair and K.R Guruprasad, “GM-VPC: An algorithm for multi-robot coverage of known spaces using generalized Voronoi partition”, Robotica, vol 38, issue 5, May 2020, pp. 845-860.
Jeane M D’Souza, K.R. Guruprasad, and Akshar Padman, “A realistic simulation platform for multi-quadcopter search using downward facing cameras”, Computers and Electrical Engineering, vol 74, pp. 184-195, March, 2019.
S Soumya and K.R Guruprasad, “Model-based Manipulator Control and the Computational Cost”, Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, vol 10, issue 12, pp. 319-326, 2018.
P. Dasgupta, J. Baca, K.R. Guruprasad, A. Munoz-Melendez, J. Jumadinova, The COMRADE System for Multi-Robot Autonomous Landmine Detection in Post-Conflict Regions, Journal of Robotics, vol 2015, February 2015. https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/921370
K.R. Guruprasad, Effectiveness-Based Voronoi Partition: A new tool for solving a class of location optimization problems, Optimization Letters, vol 7, Issue 8, December 2013, pp 1733-1743.
K.R. Guruprasad and D. Ghose, Performance of a Class of Multi-Robot Deploy and Search Strategies based on Centroidal Voronoi Configurations, International Journal of Systems Science, vol 44, issue 4, 2013, pp. 680-699.
K.R. Guruprasad and D. Ghose, Heterogeneous Locational Optimization using Generalized Voronoi Partition, International Journal of Control, vol 86, issue 6, 2013, pp. 977-993.
K.R. Guruprasad and D. Ghose, Automated multi-agent search using centroidal Voronoi configuration, IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 8, issue 2, April 2011, pp. 420-423.
Book Chapters
Kalburgi S., Nair V.G., Guruprasad K.R. (2020) Application of Coverage Path Planning Algorithm for Milling Operations. In: Thampi S. et al. (eds) Intelligent Systems, Technologies and Applications. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1148. Springer, Singapore pp 213-220.
Doddabasappa Marebal and K R Guruprasad, 3D printable modules for manually reconfigurable manipulator with desired D-H parameters, C Shreesha and Ravindra D. Gudi Guest Editors, Control and Instrumentation Systems, Proceedings of CISCON 2018, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 581, 2020, pp. 99-112.
M. Mohammad Minhaz Falaki, Akshar Padman, Vishnu G Nair and K.R Guruprasad, “Simultaneous Robotic Exploration and Coverage”, C Shreesha and Ravindra D. Gudi Guest Editors, Control and Instrumentation Systems, Proceedings of CISCON 2018, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 581, 2020, pp. 33-41.
Vishnu G Nair and K.R Guruprasad, “Manhattan Distance Based Voronoi Partitioning for Efficient Multi-robot Coverage”, C Shreesha and Ravindra D. Gudi Guest Editors, Control and Instrumentation Systems, Proceedings of CISCON 2018, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 581, pp. 81-90, 2020
Vishnu G Nair and K.R Guruprasad, “Multi-robot coverage using Voronoi partitioning based on Geodesic distance”, C Shreesha and Ravindra D. Gudi Guest Editors, Control and Instrumentation Systems, Proceedings of CISCON 2018, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 581, 2020, 2pp. 59-66
Kurt Hungerford, Prithviraj Dasgupta and K. R. Guruprasad, A Repartitioning Algorithm to Guarantee Complete, Non-overlapping Planar Coverage with Multiple Robots, Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, 112, pp. 33-48, 2016.
K.R. Guruprasad, EgressBug: A real time path planning algorithm for a mobile robot in an unknown environment, Advanced Computing, Networking and Security, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 7135, 2012, pp. 228-236.
K.R. Guruprasad and D. Ghose, Heterogeneous sensor based Voronoi decomposition for spatially distributed limited range locational optimization, Voronoi's Impact on Modern Science, Book 4, vol. 2, Eds., D.-S. Kim, K. Sugihara, September, 2008, pp. 78-87.
Conference papers
Shashank Rao Marpally, Nagarakshith M S, Arjun Sadananda, and K.R Guruprasad, Geometrical Mapping of an Initially Unknown Region by a Mobile Robot, 3rd IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics (2019 DISCOVER), Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India, 11-12 Aug 2019.
K.R Guruprasad, X-STC: An Extended Spanning Tree-based Coverage algorithm for mobile robots, 4th International Conference on Advances in Robotics, IIT Madras, Chennai, 2-6 July 2019.
T.D. Ranjitha and K.R. Guruprasad, Pseudo Spanning Tree-based Complete and Competitive Robot Coverage using Virtual Nodes, IFAC-PapersOnLine, vol 49, issue 1, 4th IFAC Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems ACODS 2016 - Tiruchirappalli, India, 1-5 February 2016, pp 195-200.
S. Soumya and K.R. Guruprasad, Model-based Distributed Cooperative Control of a Robotic Manipulator, IEEE International Women in Engineering (WIE) Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering 2015 (WIECON-ECE 2015), 19-20 December 2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
H.M. Vyas, S.M. Suma, S.G. Koolagudi, K.R. Guruprasad, Identifying Gamakas in Carnatic Music, In Proc of Eighth International Conference on Contemporary Computing (IC3), Noida, India, 2015, pp. 106-110.
K.R. Guruprasad and T.D. Ranjitha, ST-CTC: A truly Complete Competitive spanning tree coverage algorithm for mobile robots, Advances in Robotics, 2nd International Conference of Robotics Society of India, BITS Goa, India, July 2015.
K. Hungerford, P. Dasgupta, and K.R. Guruprasad, A Repartitioning Algorithm to Guarantee Complete, Non-overlapping Planar Coverage with Multiple Robots (best paper award finalist), Distributed Autonomous Robots and Systems (DARS) 2014.
K. Hungerford, P. Dasgupta, and K.R. Guruprasad, Distributed, Complete, Multi-robot Coverage of Initially Unknown Environments using Repartitioning, Proc. of the 13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2014.
K.R. Guruprasad and P. Dasgupta, A Distributed Algorithm for Computation of Exact Voronoi Cell in a Multi-Robotic System, Proc of Third International Conference on Emerging Applications of Information Technology, November 30 – December 01, 2012, Kolkata, India, pp. 13-18.
K.R. Guruprasad and P. Dasgupta, Distributed Voronoi partitioning for multi-robot systems with limited range sensors, Proc of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Robotics and Intelligent Systems, October 7-12, 2012, Vilamoura, Algarve, Portugal, pp. 3546 – 3552.
K.R. Guruprasad and P. Dasgupta, Egress: An online path planning algorithm for boundary exploration, Proc of 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 14-18, 2012, St. Paul - Minnesota, USA, pp. 3991 – 3996.
K.R. Guruprasad and P. Dasgupta, Distributed spatial partitioning of an initially unknown region for a multi-robot coverage application, Autonomous Robots and Multirobot Systems (ARMS) workshop (co-located with AAMAS 2012) Valencia, Spain, 2012.
P. Dasgupta, A. Munoz-Melendez, and K.R. Guruprasad, Multi-robot terrain coverage and task allocation for autonomous detection of landmines, SPIE Defense, Security, and Sensing, Baltimore, MD, USA, April 23-27, 2012.
K.R. Guruprasad, Z. Wilson, and P. Dasgupta, Complete Coverage of an Initially Unknown Environment by Multiple Robots using Voronoi Partition, 2nd International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization in Dynamical Systems, February 16-18, 2012, Bengaluru, India.
K.R. Guruprasad, Generalized Voronoi partition: A new tool for optimal placement of base stations, 5th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Networking and telecommunication Systems, December 18-21, 2011, Bengaluru (Bangalore), India.
K.R. Guruprasad, EgressBug: A real time path planning algorithm for a mobile robot in an unknown environment, Proc of International Conference on Advanced Computing, Networking and Security, December 16-18, 2011, Surathkal, India.
Rastogi, K.R. Guruprasad, Kinematic analysis of 5dof manipulator arm for mine detection, Proc of the International Conference on Trends in Industrial Measurements and Automation (TIMA-2011), January 6-8, 2011, Chennai, INDIA.
K.R. Guruprasad and D. Ghose, Multi-agent search strategy based on Centroidal Voronoi configuration, Proc of 2010 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, May 3-8, 2010, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.
K.R. Guruprasad, D. Ghose, Generalization of Voronoi Partition: A Sensor Network Perspective, Proc of IISc Centenary International Conference and Exhibition on Aerospace Engineering (ICEAE), Bengaluru, May 18-22, 2009, pp 18-22.
K.R. Guruprasad and D. Ghose, Heterogeneous sensor based Voronoi decomposition for spatially distributed limited range locational optimization, in Voronoi's Impact on Modern Science, Book 4, vol. 2, Proceedings of 5th Annual International Symposium on Voronoi Diagrams (ISVD 2008), Ukraine, September 2008, pp. 78-87.
K.R. Guruprasad, Multi-agent search using sensors with heterogeneous capabilities, Extended Thesis Abstract for Doctoral Mentoring Program, in Proceedings of the 7th international joint conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2008), Estoril, Portugal, May, 2008, pp. 1734-1735.
K.R. Guruprasad and D. Ghose, Multi-Agent Search using Sensors with Heterogeneous Capabilities, Proc of the 7th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent, Estoril, Portugal, May 2008, pp. 1397-1400.
K.R. Guruprasad and D. Ghose, Deploy and Search Strategy for Multi-agent systems using Voronoi partitions, Proceedings of 4th international Symposium on Voronoi Diagrams in Science and Engineering (ISVD 2007), University of Glamorgan, Wales, UK, July 9-11, 2007, pp 91-100.
K.R. Guruprasad and D. Ghose, Multi-agent Search using Voronoi Partitions, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems (ACODS2007), Bangalore, INDIA, February 1-2, 2007, pp 380-383.
K.R. Guruprasad and A, Ghosal, Model reference learning control for rigid robots, Proceedings of ASME DETC'99, Las Vegas, USA, Sept. 1999.
K.R. Guruprasad and A. Ghosal, Model reference learning control for rigid robots using ANFIS, National Seminar on Aerospace Related Mechanisms, Hyderabad, India, 1999.