Recent Publications

Latest research papers and conference proceedings

Krishnendu Roy and R Prasanth Kumar

Obstacle crossing in revolute and prismatic knee underactuated biped robots

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 198, April 2026, 105340

Best Paper Award

N Shyam Sridhar, Aashish Sahu, S Rami Reddy, and R Prasanth Kumar

Collaborative Payload Transport using a Four-Quadcopter Swarm with RTK and MQTT-based Coordination

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics, 2025

Krishnendu Roy and R Prasanth Kumar

Prismatic-Revolute Hybrid Biped Robot Walking in Unstructured Terrain using Reinforcement Learning

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics, 2025

Krishnendu Roy and R Prasanth Kumar

Dynamic standing stability comparison of revolute-knee and prismatic-knee underactuated biped robots

International Journal of Dynamics and Control, Vol. 13, art No. 415, 2025

Aashish Sahu and R Prasanth Kumar

Design and Development of an Arm-Leg Hybrid Drone for Enhanced Aerial Manipulation and Mobility

2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2024

Aashish Sahu and R Prasanth Kumar

Design and Implementation of Hexacopter Drone with Integrated Suction and Lift Mechanism with Real-Time Depth Sensing for Precision Object Handling

2024 9th International Conference on Robotics and Automation Engineering (ICRAE), 2024

Best Paper Award

Krishnendu Roy, R Prasanth Kumar, and P Murali Krishna

Walking of Prismatic Knee Biped Robot Using Reinforcement Learning

2023 IEEE 4th Annual Flagship India Council International Subsections Conference (INDISCON), 2023

Krishna Prakash Yadav and R Prasanth Kumar

Genetic Algorithm-Based Trajectory Optimization for a Three-Link Biped Robot

2023 IEEE 4th Annual Flagship India Council International Subsections Conference (INDISCON), 2023

Mangesh D. Ratolikar and R. Prasanth Kumar

Optimized Design of 5R Planar Parallel Mechanism for the Gait-Cycle of Quadruped Robots

Journal of Vibroengineering, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 104-115, 2022

Krishna Prakash Yadav and R. Prasanth Kumar

Biped dynamic walker modeling and control for underactuated gait cycle

International Journal of Dynamics and Control, Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 1138-1147, 2022

Krishna Prakash Yadav and R. Prasanth Kumar

Discrete Feedback Control for Robust Walking of Biped Dynamic Walker

Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Control, Mechatronics and Automation (ICCMA), 2021

A. P. Hima Vamsi, Mangesh D. Ratolikar, and R. Prasanth Kumar

Swinging Up and Balancing a Pendulum on a Vertically Moving Cart Using Reinforcement Learning

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2021

Mangesh D. Ratolikar and R. Prasanth Kumar

Neural network control of an inverted pendulum on a two DoF cart moving in the vertical plane

Proceedings of IEEE ICRAE, 2021

Mangesh D. Ratolikar and R. Prasanth Kumar

Optimal 5R parallel leg design for quadruped robot gait cycle

Vibroengineering PROCEDIA, Vol. 35, pp. 94-98, November 2020

Krishna Prakash Yadav and R. Prasanth Kumar

Biped dynamic walker with alternate unpowered and partially powered steps in a gait cycle

Vibroengineering PROCEDIA, Vol. 35, pp. 27-32, November 2020

V. Janardhan and R. Prasanth Kumar

Generating real-time trajectories for a planar biped robot crossing a wide ditch with landing uncertainties

Robotica, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 109-140, January 2019

A. Sripada, V. Janardhan, and R. Prasanth Kumar

Biped Robot Vertical Jumping with Control Constraints

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, pp. 1683-1687, 2018

V. Janardhan and R. Prasanth Kumar

Online trajectory generation for wide ditch crossing of biped robots using control constraints

Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 97, pp. 61-82, November 2017

V. Janardhan and R. Prasanth Kumar

Generating Feasible Solutions for Dynamically Crossing a Wide Ditch by a Biped Robot

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 88, No. 1, pp. 37-56, October 2017

Patents

Filed and granted patents

Leg Assembly of a Robot
A. V. P. Krishna Kanth Prabhu, Abhishek S. Nalwarkar, P. Naveen Sagar, and R. Prasanth Kumar

App No: E-2/2087/2019/CHE

Filed Date: 03/07/2019

An Airborne Vacuum Cleaner
R. Prasanth Kumar

App No: E-2/956/2019/CHE

Filed Date: 26/03/2019

A Stiffened Flexible Manipulator Arm
R. Prasanth Kumar and Rahul Dixit

App No: 974/DEL/2014

Filed Date: 03/04/2014

Walking Assistant Apparatus for High Walking Stability
Jungwon Yoon and Prasanth Kumar

App No: 10-2009-0053211

Issue Date: 04/04/2011