Note: This list is rather old. For the latest copies/list of publications, feel free to ask by writing at: mbilalkhannnu at gmail dot com. (May 2022 )

Published (Peer reviewed)

• • M. B. Khan, J. C. Larsen, and P. Manoonpong, “An Ant-Inspired Control Strategy for Active Sensing of a Crawling Robot in a Cluttered Environment,” EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2019, doi: 10.5075/EPFL-BIOROB-AMAM2019-72.

• • M. B. Khan, P. Smithmaitrie, and E. Kalkornsurapranee, “A Comparative Study of RTV-225 Silicone Elastomer and Natural Rubber Based Thermo-Elastomer for Soft Robotic Applications,” in 7th International Conference on Design and Concurrent Engineering (iDECON), Malaysia, 2018.

Informal commentary: A good paper describing systematic comparison of two flexible materials for robotic applications. I spent good six months from conceiving the ideas to the submission.

• • M. B. Khan and Pruittikorn Smithmaitrie, “Design and Improvement of a Manta Inspired Soft Robot Using Finite Element Analysis”, Track: Dynamic Systems, Robotics and Controls (DRC), The 32nd Conference of Mechanical Engineering Network of Thailand, 2018.

Informal commentary: Initial findings from my master degree thesis (Also chapter 2 in the thesis).

• M. B. Khan and P. Smithmaitrie, “Design and Fabrication of a 3-Fin Symmetric Ray-Inspired Soft Robot for Underwater Exploration,” Int. J. Mechatron. Appl. Mech., vol. 2018, no. 4.

Informal commentary: A new way to design and think about design of ray-inspired soft robot combining selective features of a stingray and a manta ray.

• • Shahzad. K, Khan. MB, "Control of a Robotic Wheel-Chair Prototype for People with Walking Disabilities" (IJE TRANSACTIONS B: Applications Vol. 31, No. 5 (May 2018) 1212-1220)

Informal commentary: It was FYP of my friend Khurram during our undergraduate study. I helped him setting up experiments and in writing the paper.

• • M. B. Khan, M. A. Hussain, K. Shahzad, S. Nawaz, M. U. Touseef and R. J. A. Khan, "A bi-directional prototype mobile robot to experiment light scale object-transportation schemes," 2014 International Conference on Emerging Technologies (ICET), Islamabad, 2014, pp. 130-134. (Published with acceptance rate: 18%)

• Khan, MB, "A theoretical model, representing the sensor based sheet for machines, in object detection/perception," Robotics and Emerging Allied Technologies in Engineering (iCREATE), 2014 IEEE International Conference on , vol., no., pp.82,86, 22-24 April 2014 (Published with acceptance rate: 30%)

Unpublished or accepted

• • 1. Khan, M.B.; Danh Do, C.; Larsen, J.C.; Manoonpong, P. (2019), "An Ant-Inspired Control Strategy for Active Sensing of a Crawling Robot in a Cluttered Environment". Proceedings of The 9th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM2019), EPFL, Lausanne, August 20th–23rd, 2019.

    2. M. Khan, M. Ilyas, “A Quadruped Robot made of a Bio Sourced Material”, Poster accepted at 2nd Full-Day Workshop: “Robust Perception, Planning, and Control for Legged Robot Locomotion in Challenging Domains”, on sidelines of ICRA 2017, Singapore.

    3. M. Khan, Smithmaitrie, P., "Design Inspiration from Stingrays – A Silicon Rubber Made Soft Bodied Robot", Poster accepted at Full-Day Workshop: “Workshop on Advanced Fabrication and Morphological Computation for Soft Robotics", on sidelines of ICRA 2017, Singapore.

    4. Khan, MB, "Design and development of a prototype quadruped robot for locomotion on rough terrains", 2016. (Final year project technical report)

• Presentations/ Participation

  • Regular conference papers' oral presentation

    1. 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Emerging Allied Technologies in Engineering (iCREATE), Islamabad, Pakistan.

    2. The 10th International Conference on Emerging Technologies 2014 (ICET 2014), Islamabad, Pakistan.

    3. 32nd ME-nett at Mukdahan, Thailand. (July 2018)

    4. 7th International Conference on Design and Concurrent Engineering (iDECON), Malaysia, 2018.

    5. The 9th International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM2019), EPFL, Lausanne, August 20th–23rd, 2019.

• • Poster presentations

    1. "Design and Development of a Quadruped Robot", Open House at Namal College Pakistan, 2016.

• • Delivered seminar presentations on miscellaneous topics

    • "NR Usage In Robotics: Trends And Opportunities For Industrial Applications", Invited talk at Global Rubber Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 2020.

    • "Pitching a Pipe Inspection Robot", Participatory Seminar talk, 2019.

    • "Literature Survey of Bio-Inspired Robots for Underwater Locomotion", Participatory Seminar talk, 2018.

    • "Preparing Well for the Graduate School", Invited Seminar talk, 2017.

• • Additional events attended as a participant

    • Asian conference on Defense Technology (ACDT 2017), Phuket, Thailand.

    • July 2018 2nd Intl. Urban Data Science workshop, Bangkok, Thailand.

    • 2019 Machine Learning Research School, Bangkok, Thailand.