Education & Experience
2024/04 — present
Assistant Professor
Department of Robotics, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
2021/10 — 2024/03
Senior Researcher
Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
2021/04 — 2021/09
Assistant Researcher
Research Organization of Science and Technology, Robotics Research Center, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
2017/09 — 2021/03
Ph.D. in Advanced Mechanical Engineering and Robotics
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
2016/09 — 2017/08
Exchange Student
Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
2015/09 — 2017/08
Master of Technology in V.L.S.I. Design and Embedded Systems
Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya Memorial Institute of Technology, Nitte, India
2012/09 — 2015/06
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Nitte Mahalinga Adyanthaya Memorial Institute of Technology, Nitte, India
2009/08 — 2012/05
Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering
Nitte Rukmini Adyanthaya Memorial Polytechnic, Nitte, India
Awards & Achievements
- 2022RSJ Advanced Robotics Excellent Paper Award for "TAMS: Development of a Multipurpose Three-arm Aerial Manipulator System," published in Advanced Robotics.
- 2020Best Presentation Award — 11th ISAJ Symposium on Innovations Science and Technology for New Issues and Challenges, for "Three-arm Aerial Manipulator System (TAMS) for UAVs to realize multiple tasks."
- 2019IROS 2019 Best Paper Award on Safety, Security, and Rescue Robotics (in memory of Motohiro Kisoi) — Finalist, for "Landing of a Multirotor Aerial Vehicle on an Uneven Surface Using Multiple On-board Manipulators."
- 2018IROS 2018 Best Paper Award — Finalist, for "Airborne Docking for Multi-Rotor Aerial Manipulations."
- 2018AIM-Machines Best Paper Award for "A Multirotor Platform Employing a Three-Axis Vertical Articulated Robotic Arm for Aerial Manipulation Tasks."
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Memberships
- —Review Editor, Frontiers in Robotics and AI
- —The Robotics Society of Japan
- —Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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Trainings & Internships
- 2014Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
- 2012Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
Research Fundings
- —Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), 令和5年度 若手研究 (2023/04 – 2025/03).