Dr. Pandu Ranga Vundavil

IIT Bhubaneswar Odisha, India

Email: pandu@iitbbs.ac.in, panduvundavilli@gmail.com

Qualifications

2006 Ph.D., Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

2001 M.Sc., National Institute of Technology Warangal, India

1996 B.Sc., College of Engineering, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, India

Publications (Selected)

Books, Book Chapters, Dissertation

1. Ravi Kumar Mandava, and Pandu R. Vundavilli, Design of near-optimal trajectories for the biped robot using MCIWO algorithm, Soft Computing for Problem Solving Vol. I, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 817, Edited by J.C. Bansal et al. pp. 355-364, 2019, Springer.
2. Ravi Kumar Mandava, Sukesh Bondada and Pandu R. Vundavilli, An optimized path planning for the mobile robot using potential field method and PSO algorithm, Soft Computing for Problem Solving Vol I, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 817, Edited by J.C. Bansal et al. pp. 139-150, 2019, Springer.
3. Ravi Kumar Mandava and Pandu R Vundavilli, “Design of Neural Network based PID Controller while Walking on Stair Case Ascending & Descending Surfaces”, Advanced Mathematical Techniques in Engineering Sciences, Chapter 12, pp. 227-246, 2018, Edited by Mangey Ram and J. Paulo Davim, CRC Press.
4. D.K. Pratihar, Pandu R. Vundavilli, Rega Rajendra, Humanoid body control using neural networks and fuzzy logic, Humanoid Robotics: A reference, Edited by A. Goswami and P. Vadakkepat, pp. 1-25, 2017, Springer Verlag, Germany.
5. Ravi Kumar M, Pandu R. Vundavilli, Study on influence of hip trajectory on the balance of a biped robot, Emerging Trends in Electrical, Communications and Information Technologies, Edited by K.R. Attele et al., Published by LNEE, Vol. 394, pp. 265-272, 2017.

Journals (Selected)

1. Ravi Kumar Mandava and Pandu R. Vundavilli, An Adaptive PID Control Algorithm for the Two Legged Robot Walking on a Slope, Neural Computing and Applications, Vol. 32, pp. 3407-3421, 2020.
2. Ravi Kumar Mandava and Pandu R. Vundavilli, An analytical approach for generating balanced gaits of a biped robot on stairs and slopping surfaces, International Journal of Modeling Identification and Control, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 28-50, 2019.
3. Ravi Kumar Mandava, K. Mrudul and Pandu R. Vundavilli, Dynamic motion planning algorithm for a biped robot using fast marching method hybridized with regression search, Acta Polytechnica Hungarica, Journal of Applied Science, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 189-208, Mar. 2019.
4. Ravi Kumar Mandava and Pandu R. Vundavilli, An optimal PID controller for a biped robot walking on flat terrain using MCIWO algorithm, Evolutionary Intelligence, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 33-48, Mar. 2019.
5. P.K. Behera, Ravi Kumar M and Pandu R. Vundavilli, Push recovery system and balancing of a biped robot on steadily increasing slope of an inclined plane, International Journal of Computational Vision and Robotics, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 70-79, Feb. 2019
6. Ravi Kumar Mandava, K. Mrudul and Pandu R. Vundavilli, Application of hybrid fast marching method to determine the real time for the biped robot, Journal of Intelligent Service Robotics, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 125-136, Jan. 2019.
7. Ravi Kumar Mandava and Pandu R. Vundavilli, Near optimal PID controllers for the biped robot while walking on uneven terrains, International Journal of Automation and Computing, Vol. 15, No. 6, pp. 689-706, Nov. 2018.

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