Publications

Egodawela S, Khodadadian Gostar A, Buddika HADS, Dammika AJ, Harischandra N, Navaratnam S, Mahmoodian M (2024) "A Deep Learning Approach for Surface Crack Classification and Segmentation in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Assisted Infrastructure Inspections", Sensors, 24(6):1936 [Abstract]

Wijethunga PWSI, Chandrawansa IA, Rathnayake BMDT, Harischandra WANI, Weerakoon WMMTS, Samaranayake BGLT (2021) "Control of a 6DOF mobile manipulator with object detection and tracking using stereo vision", J. Instrumentation, 8(1), 1-13 [Abstract]

Harischandra N , Clare AJ, Zakotnik J, Blackburn LML, Matheson T, and Dürr V (2019) "Evaluation of linear and non-linear activation dynamics models for insect muscles", PLoS Comput. Biol. 15(10): e1007437 [Abstract]

Rathnapala JDCC, Jayathilake MUB, Rathnayake RMUKHMK, Samaranayake L and Harischandra N (2019) "Sensorless terrain estimation and torque control of a wheeled mobile robot" , Special Issue: J. Instrumentation, 6(2), 41-48 [Abstract] 

Gunasekara SR, Kaldera HNTK, Harischandra N and Samaranayake L (2019) "Distance estimation and material classification of a compliant tactile sensor using vibration modes and Support Vector Machine", J. Instrumentation, 6(1), 34-47 [Abstract]

Krause AF, Harischandra N and Dürr V (2015) "Shape recognition through tactile contour tracing: a simulation study", Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XX, LNCS, v 9420, 54-77 [Abstract]

Harischandra N, Krause AF and Dürr V (2015) "Stable phase-shift despite quasi-rhythmic movements: a CPG-driven dynamic model of active tactile exploration in an insect", Front. Comput. Neurosci. 9:107 [Abstract]

Bicanski A, Ryczko D, Knuesel J, Harischandra N, Charrier V, Ekeberg Ö, Cabelguen J-M, and Ijspeert AJ (2013) "Decoding the mechanisms of gait generation in salamanders by combining neurobiology, modeling and robotics", Biol. Cybernetics, 107(5), 545-564 [Abstract]

Sarvestani IK, Kozlov A, Harischandra N, Grillner S and Ekeberg Ö (2012) "A computational model of visually guided locomotion in lamprey", Biol. Cybernetics , 107(5), 497-512 [Abstract]

Harischandra N, Knuesel J, Kozlov A, Bicanski A, Cabelguen J-M, Ijspeert A and Ekeberg Ö (2011) "Sensory feedback plays a significant role in generating walking gait and in gait transition in salamanders: a simulation study", Front. Neurorobot. 5:3 [Abstract]

Harischandra N, Cabelguen J-M and Ekeberg Ö (2010) "A 3D musculo-mechanical model of the salamander for the study of different gaits and modes of locomotion", Front. Neurorobot. 4:112 [Abstract]

Harischandra N, Ekeberg Ö (2008) "System identification of muscle-joint interactions of the cat hind limb during locomotion", Biol. Cybernetics 99(2), 125-138 [Abstract] 

Senevirathna SK, Udawatte HE, Fernando MARM, Harischandra N, Ekanayake C (2023) "Image-Based Condition Monitoring of Transmission Line Conductors Using Image Processing and Deep Neural Networks", In 2023 IEEE 17th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), pp 388-393, 25-26 August 2023 [Abstract]

Jayarathne SK, Rajapakshe OP, Siriwardhana SM, Kim K, Dassanayake T, Harischandra N, Wijayakulasooriya J, Ranaweera R (2023) "A Pattern Recognition Neural Network Approach for an SSVEP-Based Brain-Computer Interface", In 2023 IEEE 17th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), pp 447-452, 25-26 August 2023 [Abstract]

Ranasinghe UD, Abeyrathne SK, Samaranayake L, Weerakoon TK, Harischandra N, Dissanayake G (2023) "Enhanced Frequency Domain Analysis for Detecting Wild Elephants in Asia Using Acoustics", In 2023 IEEE 17th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), pp 140-145, 25-26 August 2023 [Abstract]

Egodawela S, Buddika HADS, Harischandra WANI, Dhammika AJ, Goastar AK, Mahmoodian M (2022) "Corrosion detection and severity estimation using spectral imaging and active thermography", In Proceedings of Annual Sessions 2022, Society of Structural Engineers Sri Lanka (SSESL), August 2022 

Gunasekara S, Jayasuriya M, Harischandra N, Samaranayake L, Dissanayake G (2021) "A convolutional neural network based early warning system to prevent elephant-train collisions", In 2021 IEEE 16th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), pp 271-276, 09-11 December 2021 [Abstract]

Gunasekara S, Samaranayake L, Harischandra N (2021) "Design of a computed torque controller based joint controller for PUMA 560 manipulator", In 2021 IEEE 16th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS), pp 353-358, 09-11 December 2021 [Abstract]

Hoinville T, Harischandra N, Krause AF and Dürr V (2014)  "Insect-inspired tactile contour sampling using vibration-based robotic antennae", 3rd International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (Living Machines), Lecture notes in Computer Science, volume 8608, pp.118-129, 30 July- 1 August 2014 [Abstract]

Krause AF, Hoinville T, Harischandra N and Dürr V (2014) "Contour-Net - a model for tactile contour-tracing and shape-recognition", International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICAART), pp. 92-101, 06-08 March 2014 [Abstract]

Harischandra N, Dürr V (2013) "Prediction of self-induced mechanoreceptive sensor readings in an insect-inspired active tactile sensing system", Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM), 2013 International Symposium on, pp.59-62, 11-14 March 2013 [Abstract]

Harischandra N, Dürr V (2012) "A forward model for an active tactile sensor using Echo State Networks", Robotic and Sensors Environments (ROSE), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on, pp.103-108, 16-18 Nove. 2012 [Abstract]

Priyantha N, Harischandra N, Keerthiratne S (1998) "Adsorption characteristics of organic dyes on ball clay", Proceedings of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS), Sri Lanka, pp 316  

Egodawela S, Buddika HADS, Dhammika AJ, Harischandra N (2021) “Concrete Crack Detection and Segmentation in Images Collected by Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”, IESL Kandurata Chapter Annual Secessions, 22 December, 2021

Gunasekara S, Jayasuriya M, Harischandra N, Samaranayake L, Dissanayake G (2021) "A vision-based early warning system to prevent elephant-train collisions", In International Conference on Wildlife Technologies and Wildlife Conservation (ICWTWC 2021), August 2021, London, UK; Open Science Index, Biological and Ecological Engineering Vol:15, No:08 [Abstract]

Karunarathne TMIH,  Karunarathne RMUGCSK, Gayashan HAKS, Samaranayake BGLT, Harischandra WANI (2020) "2D Navigation of a four wheeled omnidirectional mobile robot in an unknown terrain using SLAM", In IEEE International WIE Symposium, 15 November 2020 [Abstract]

Samaranayake L. et al. (2020) "Elephant train collision prevention system", In workshop on Humanitarian Robotics, IEEE International Conference on Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, USA, 09 November 2020 [Video presentation]

Jayathilake G. et al. (2020) "Generalizing foreground estimation algorithms in dynamic background conditions", In International Research Conference of SLTC 2020, IRC-2020 [Abstract]

Gunasekara SR, Kaldera HNTK, Harischandra N and Samaranayake L (2018) "METABOT: A metal tactile robot based on active sensing", In 6th IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference, Colombo, 06-08 December 2018 [Abstract]

Harischandra N, Hoinville T, Krause AF and Dürr V (2015) "A CPG driven dynamic model for the study of active tactile sensing in an  insect", Program No. 799.07.2015, Neuroscience Meeting Planner, Chicago, IL: Society for Neuroscience, 2015. Online [Abstract]

Harischandra N, Krause AF and Dürr V (2015) "A 3D dynamic model for the study of central drive of antennal  movements in insects", In 11th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, T26-­1A, 18­-21 March 2015 [Abstract]

Hoinville T, Harischandra N and Dürr V (2015)  "Integrating touch and vision in Stick insects and insectoid robots", In 11th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, T26-­2C, 18­-21 March 2015 [Abstract]

Harischandra N (2011) "Modeling locomotor CPG: from simple to complex (A case study) ", Invited talk, Workshop on Modelling Central Pattern Generators: Neuronal Network Design Principles and Problems, Twentieth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting (CNS2011), Stockholm, Sweden 

Harischandra N, Ekeberg Ö (2008) "Neuromechanical simulation in the study of cat and salamander locomotion", Poster Presentation, Motor Network Meeting, Lund University, BMC, S-221 84 Lund, SWEDEN [Abstract]

Harischandra N (2011) "Computer simulation of the neural control of locomotion in the cat and the salamander", Doctoral Thesis, ISBN 978-91-7501-168-4, TRITA-CSC-A 2011:20, ISSN 1653-5723, ISRN KTH/CSC/A--11/20--SE. [Full text]

Harischandra N (2008) "Computer simulation of the neural control of locomotion in the cat", Technical Licentiate Thesis, ISBN 978-91-7178-937-2, TRITA-CSC-A 2008:4, ISSN 1653-5723, ISRN KTH/CSC/A--08/04--SE. [Full text]

Harischandra N (2007) "Building a computer simulator for the study of stepping of the cat", Technical Report TRITA-CSC-CB 2007:01, Computational Biology and Neurocomputing, School of Computer Science and Communication, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SWEDEN. [Abstract]

Clare AJ, Blackburn LML, Harischandra N, Zakotnik J, Dürr V, Matheson T (2019) "Activation dynamics data for locust hind leg extensor muscle", Bielefeld University [DOI] 

Harischandra N, Clare A, Zakotnik J, Blackburn L, Matheson T, and Dürr V (2019) "Insect Muscle Activation Dynamics Simulator (IMADSim)", MATLAB central [link]