By Prof. Leena Vachhani

Abstract:
The talk showcases the prototypes of the spherical robot and its capabilities and limitations. The design aspects of the spherical robot’s technology are covered that would provide the possibilities of customizing the robot based on the use-case. It will also discuss in detail various applications where the spherical robot can be used. Ongoing work on exciting autonomous robotic tasks using single and multiple spherical robots will complete the talk.

Biography:
Dr. Leena Vachhani is an Associate Professor at the Systems and Control Engineering Department at IIT Bombay. She has completed her Ph.D. in Robotic path planning, Embedded systems from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras in 2009. Dr. Vachhani’s main areas of interest are planning and control of autonomous vehicles, embedded control systems, Multi-agent patrolling, exploration and mapping, and other allied areas. Dr. Vachhani has been instrumental in developing two laboratories embedded control lab and Autonomous Robots and Multi-agent Systems
(ARMS) lab. She has been guiding a team of about 25 students (from various departments) in designing and developing an underwater vehicle for participation in an international ROBOSUB competition.

Video Recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qNvmYnW74OYXIXqI675QFOb-qkJl3_ZE/view

Presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TZS3La-CBedi-nyKDN6bBjbSfU-_uKSG/view