Robotics Laboratory
Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras
Professor
Room No. 115
Dept. of Engineering Design
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Email: asok[at]iitm[dot]ac[dot]in
Phone:+91 (44) 2257 4707
http://www.ed.iitm.ac.in/~asokan
Assistant Professor
Room No. 411
Dept. of Engineering Design
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Email: bijo.sebastian[at]iitm[dot]ac[dot]in
Phone:+91 (44) 2257 4749
https://ed.iitm.ac.in/~bijo
Assistant Professor
Room No. 412
Dept. of Engineering Design
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Email: niravpatel[at]iitm[dot]ac[dot]in
Phone:+91 (44) 2257 4737
https://ed.iitm.ac.in/~nirav/
Associate Professor
Room No. 415
Dept. of Engineering Design
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Email: sandipan[at]iitm[dot]ac[dot]in
Phone:+91 (44) 2257 4733
Fax: +91 44 2257 4730
http://www.ed.iitm.ac.in/~sandipan
Jr. Technician
Room No. 421, Bio-medical Lab
Dept. of Engineering Design
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Email: sudhakark[at]iitm[dot]ac[dot]in
Phone:+91 (44) 2257 5640
PhD Scholar
Research interests: Robotics, Algorithm design,
Design of parallel robot, Computational geometry
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bibekananda_Patra
Direct PhD Scholar
Research interests: Hybrid multi-medium
robotics
https://sites.google.com/view/siddhantpanigrahi/2
PhD Scholar
Research interests: Neuromechanics,
Rehabilitation Robotics, Product Design, Grasping &
Manipulation https://www.linkedin.com/in/vignesh-sompur-4aa50511b
PhD Scholar
Research interests: Biomechanics,
Rehabilitation robotics, Medical robotics
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Poongavanam_Palani2
Direct PhD Scholar
Research interests: Dynamics and control,
Parallel manipulators, Sensor design, Embedded Systems Design
https://www.adityakolte.in/
MS Scholar
Research interests: Grasp techniques, serial
manipulator, ROS
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shreyash-gadgil/
MS Scholar
Research interests: Control of Biomimetic
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle; Embedded Systems Design for
Robots
https://www.linkedin.com/mwlite/in/pramod-jadhav-753530122
Direct PhD Scholar
Research interests: Soft Robotics; Complaint
mechanisms
https://in.linkedin.com/in/naveenreddy-varala
Direct PhD Scholar
Research interests: Rehabilitation;
Exoskeletons; Collaborative Robotics
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Avinash-S-Pramod
Project staff
Research interests: Robotic Design; System
Control
www.linkedin.com/in/anirudh-pandalai-1a2295a7
Direct PhD Scholar
Research interests: Tissue manipulation, Path
planning for surgical robots
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranali-ingole-23141b164?
MS Scholar
Research interests: Path planning for minimally
invasive neurosurgery using deep reinforcement learning
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mukund-shah-ba760a1a4
MS Scholar
Research interests: Computer vision;Machine
Learning
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pratima-mohan-a7a617159
MS Scholar
Research interests: Soft Robotics , Biomimicry
, Bio-Inspired Robotics
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ansari-usama-2799a91a9
Assistant Professor, IIITDM Kancheepuram, Chennai
Research interests: Surgical robotics,
Compliant mechanisms, Product design
Alumnus 2020 (PhD&MS)
Thesis title: Design and analysis of
Master-Slave Surgical Robotic System for Improved Performance
and Safety
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karthik_Chandrasekaran8
PhD Scholar
Research interests: Kinematics, dynamics and
design of serial and parallel robots
Alumnus 2020 (PhD)
Thesis title: A Comprehensive analysis of the
kinematics, dynamics and design of Stewart platform manipulators
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Anirban-Nag
PhD Scholar
Research interests: Multimodal robots and
control algorithms
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nagamanikandan_Govindan
PhD Scholar
Research interests: Control of teleoperated
robots
PhD Scholar
Research interests: Control system design for
haptic and telerobotic systems
2022 (MS), 2022 (PhD)
Post-doctoral Researcher, HTIC, IITM Research Park,
Research interests: Kinematics and dynamics of
manipulators
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Teja_Krishna_Mamidi
PhD Scholar
Research interests: Path planning, Control,
Kinematics, Optimisation, Redundant manipulators
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prem_Prasad5
MS Scholar
Research interests: Robotics, Parallel
Mechanisms, Cable-driven parallel robots
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ambuj_Shahi2
MS Scholar
Research interests: Mechatronics, Robotics,
Soft robotics, Rehabilitation Robotics
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kumar_Surjdeo_Singh
Dual Degree Student
Research interests: Bio-mechanics, Manipulation
and grasping
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nikhil_Sivadasan
Dual Degree Student
Research interests: Variable Stiffness
Actuators, Impedance Control, Rehabilitation Robotics
Dual Degree Student
Research interests: Design of medical robots
https://in.linkedin.com/in/pranathi-golla
Dual Degree Student
Research interests: Kinematics and dynamics of
parallel manipulators
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Argaja_Shende
Dual Degree Student
Research interests: Medical robotics, Human
physiology, Medical device development, Mechanism design
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adarsh_Somayaji
Dual Degree Student
Research interests: Computer Vision, Mobile
robots
Dual Degree Student
Research interests: Kinematics and dynamics of
robots
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mohamed_Ameer_Ali
Dual Degree Student
Research interests: Robotics, AI, Control,
Automation
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sooraj_Pg
Dual Degree Student
Research interests: Human Centred Design,
Industrial Design, Product Development, Form design
Project Associate
Research interests: Kinematics, dynamics and
design of parallel manipulators, Numerical computation methods
Post Doctoral Fellow
University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Research interests: Dynamics and control of
Robots
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thiyagarajan_Ranganathan
Engineer
Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Research interests: Dynamics and control of
Robots
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Senthilkumar_Dhakshnamoorthy
Technical Associate
Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber-Physical Systems, Bangalore, India
Research interests: Design and control of robot
manipulators
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aditya_Sagi2
Chief Technical Officer
Retech Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Chennai, India
Research interests: Design and development of
robot manipulators
https://www.linkedin.com/in/edison-tamilmani-8723b851
PhD Scholar
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
Research interests: Robot kinematics,
Polynomial Continuation
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Aravind_Baskar
Engineer
Eaton India Innovation Center LLP, Pune, India
Research interests: Robotics, Artificial
Intelligence, Internet Of Things
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bhanu_Chander5
MS Scholar
Ecole, Centrale de Nantes, Nantes, France
Research interests: Kinematics, Dynamics,
Design/Synthesis of mechanisms and robot manipulators
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vimalesh_Muralidharan
Dual Degree Student
Research interests: Product design, User
interface and experience design
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Seetharaman_Subramanian
PhD Scholar
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
Research interests: Kinematics and dynamics of
parallel manipulators, Theory and design of mechanisms
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shivani_Guptasarma
Post Graduate Trainee Engineer
Bajaj Auto Ltd., Pune, India
Research interests: Design and control of
parallel manipulators
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Akhil_Sathuluri
Dual Degree Student
Research interests: Robotics, control and
automation
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gautham_Rengarajan
Engineer
Eaton India Innovation Center LLP, Pune, India
Research interests: Medical device design,
Surgical robotics, Medical image analysis https://www.linkedin.com/in/gayathri-d-s-969a48a6/
Graduate Software Engineer Trainee
Jaguar Land Rover, Bengaluru, India
Research interests: Mobile robotics, Computer
vision, Swarm robotics
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Abhijith_Balan
Graduate Engineer
Jaguar Land Rover, Bengaluru, India
Research interests: Computer vision, SLAM,
Medical imaging
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajwahir/
Dual Degree Student
Research interests: Flexible Manipulators
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Priyanka_Rao15