Areas of Available PhD Slots

• Lower-limb exoskeletons with University of Gavle, Sweden
• Robotics and Control with LIRMM, University of Montpellier, France
• Medical Robotics with CSIR CSIO Chandigarh
• Agricultural Robotics with IIT Palakkad
• Modular Robotics with IIT Ropar
• Underactuated Systems and Controls

Web page link:

• YouTube Channel: Course on Robotics Engineering

(https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3Zu0pNNm2cPW2fhyksm5Q15-X2KhB9J8)

• Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ashish_Singla4
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=BMl6HaUAAAAJ&hl=en
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashish-singla-55b0a914a/

Biography: Dr. Ashish Singla is an active researcher in the area of flexible manipulators, underactuated systems, redundant manipulators, dynamics and control of real-time systems and assistive/wearable devices. He has more than 20 years of experience in industry, teaching and research. He received his doctoral degree in the field of flexible manipulators from IIT Kanpur in 2012. Presently, he is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala. Dr. Singla visited University of Gävle, Sweden in 2015 as a Visiting Researcher and in 2017, he worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA to do research in the field of wearable and assistive devices. Dr. Singla is involved in many national and international collaborations and published many papers in SCI journals and international conferences. He has got project funding of more than 2 Crore Rs from DST-SERB, DRDO and other agencies. He has delivered 70+ invited talks at various IITs, NITs and other institutes across the country, supervised 1 PDF, 1 PhD, 30+ Master students and is currently guiding 3 PhD Students in the area of robotics and control.

Visiting Faculty Terms at Foreign Universities

S. No

Title

Cost in Lakh

Duration

Roles as P.I./Co-PI

Agency

1.

Development of Unilateral Lower-Limb Exoskeleton for Synchronous Walking Assistance during Rehabilitation 

66.22

3 Years

PI

DST/CRG

2.

Unconventional Architecture Design and Development of Modular Library for Non-Repetitive Robotic Applications

41.33

3 years

Co-PI

DST CRG

3.

Development of a Next Generation Hybrid Soft Material Worker’s Back Exoskeleton

20

3 years

PI

University of Gavle, Sweden

4.

Development of in-house mobile robot (Robomuse 5.0)

3.4

3 years

PI

TIET, Patiala.

S. No

Title

Cost in Lakh

Duration

Roles as P.I./Co-PI

Agency

1.

Dynamic Modeling and Control Design of Augmentative Lower Extremity Exoskeleton

24.75

1.5 years

PI

DRDO

DEBEL Bangalore

2.

Design and Development of a Three-Link Rigid- Flexible Manipulator for High-Speed Operations

64.2

3 years

PI

DST/SERB

3.

Development of a CVT-based hybrid mechanism for torque variation in Lower Body Exoskeleton

14

3 years

PI

University of Gavle, Sweden

Journal Papers: SCI/SCIE

(2023-2024)

• Sandeep Kumar, S K Saha, Ashish Singla, S P Singh and T K Bera, “Command shaped trajectory tracking control for a two-link flexible manipulator”, Springer: Multibody System Dynamics (Accepted 9 Oct, 2023) Impact Factor: 3.4 (ISSN-1384-5640)  (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11044-023-09947-z)

(2022-2023)

• Nisha Bhatt, Sanjeev Soni, and Ashish Singla, “Experimental Investigations for the Characterization of a SMA-Bias Spring Actuator in a Flexible Tube Manipulator”, International Journal of Materials and Product Technology (InderScience) - Special Issue: Structure Properties and Application of Advanced Engineering Materials, Impact Factor: 0.8, Vol.  66 (3/4), pp. 289-311, 2023 (Published March, 2023) (ISSN – 0268-1900) (DOI - 10.1504/IJMPT.2023.10053221)

• Nisha Bhatt, Sanjeev Soni, and Ashish Singla, “Analyzing the effect of parametric variations on the performance of antagonistic SMA spring actuator”, Materials Today Communications (Elsevier), Impact Factor: 3.8, Vol. 31, pp. 103728, 2022 (June, 2022) (ISSN - 2352-4928) (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.103728

• Prakhar Jain, Tarun Kumar Bera, Ashish Singla and Magnus Isaksson, “Linear Actuator based Knee Exoskeleton for Stand-Sit-Stand Motions: A Bond Graph Approach”, Sage Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, Impact Factor – 1.699, Vol.  98 (8), pp. 627-644 (25 Jan 2022) (ISSN – 0037-5497) (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1177/00375497211073583)

(2021-2022)

• Nisha Bhatt, Sanjeev Soni, and Ashish Singla, “Comparative analysis of numerical methods for constitutive modeling of shape memory alloys”, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering (IOP Science), Impact Factor: 1.8, Vol.  29 (8), pp. 085012, 2021 (Published Nov 9, 2021) (DOI - 10.1088/1361-651X/ac3052)

• Sameer Gupta, Ekta Singla, Sanjeev Soni and Ashish Singla, “Singularity Analysis of 7-DOF Spatial Hybrid Manipulator for Medical Surgery”, International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, Impact Factor: 2.156 (Online August 13, 2021). (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnsns-2019-0130)

• Nisha Bhatt, Hema Gurung, Sanjeev Soni, and Ashish Singla, “Effect of Biasing Conditions on the Performance of a SMA Spring Actuator under Thermo-Mechanical Loading”, Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures (T&F), Impact Factor: 3.517, 2021 (May-2021 Accepted)

• Ishan Chawla, Ashish Singla, “Real-Time Stabilization Control of a Rotary Inverted Pendulum using LQR based Sliding Mode Controller”, Arabian Journal of Science and Engineering, Vol. 46 (3), pp. 2589-2596 Impact Factor: 1.711, 2021 (Jan-2021 Online, Mar-2021 Published) (ISSN – 2191-4281)

• Ishan Chawla, Vikram Chopra, Ashish Singla, “Robust Stabilization Control of a Spatial Inverted Pendulum using Integral Sliding Mode Controller”, International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, Vol.  22 (2), pp. 183-195, Impact Factor: 1.467, 2021 (Online on Oct 11, 2020, Published Feb-2021) (ISSN – 2191-0294) (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnsns-2018-0029).

• Ekta Singla, Satwinder Singh, Ashish Singla, “Drive-Train Selection Criteria for n-dof Manipulators: Basis for Modular Serial Robots Library, “International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, Vol.  22 (2), pp. 169-181, Impact Factor: 1.467, 2021 (Online on Nov 11, 2020, Published on Feb-2021) (ISSN – 2191-0294) (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnsns-2017-0270)

(2020-2021)

• Ashish Singla, Jyotindra Narayan and Himanshu Arora, “Investigating the Potential of Snake-Like Behaviour of Redundant Manipulators in Narrow Channels”, Sage - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, Impact Factor – 1.386, (Accepted on Sept 11,  Online on Oct 15) 2020, (Online). (ISSN 0954-4062) (DOI: 10.1177/0954406220964512)

• Prakhar Jain, Tarun Kumar Bera, Sajid Rafique, Ashish Singla and Magnus Isaksson, “Comparative Study of Knee Joint Torque Estimations for Linear and Rotary Actuators using Bond Graph Approach for Stand-Sit-Stand Motions”, Sage - International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS), Vol.  17 (5), pp. 1-13, Impact Factor – 1.482 (Accepted on Sept 14, Online on Oct 13, 2020), (ISSN 1729-8814) (DOI - 10.1177/1729881420963742)

• Ishan Chawla, Ashish Singla, “ANFIS Based System Identification of Underactuated Systems”, International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, Vol.  21 (7-8), pp. 649-660, Impact Factor: 1.467, 2020 (Online July 14, 2020, Published on Nov 18, 2020) (ISSN – 2191-0294) (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1515/ijnsns-2018-0005)
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(2018-2019)

• Satwinder Singh, Ashish Singla and Ekta Singla, “Modular Manipulators for Cluttered Environments: A Task-Based Configuration Design Approach”, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 10 (5), pp. 051010-1-11, Impact Factor – 2.23, (July 2018). (ISSN 1942-4302)

• Jyotindra Narayan, Ekta Singla, Sanjeev Soni and Ashish Singla, “ANFIS Based Path Planning of 5-DOFs Spatial Manipulator for Medical Applications”, Sage - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Vol. 232 (7), pp. 726-732, Impact Factor – 1.282 (July 2018). (ISSN 0954-4119)

(2017-2018)

• Ishan Chawla, Ashish Singla, “Real-Time Control of a Rotary Inverted Pendulum using Robust LQR Based ANFIS Controller”, International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, Vol. 19 (3-4), pp. 379-389, Impact Factor: 1.467, 2018 (April-2018) (ISSN – 2191-0294)

• Amanpreet Singh, Ekta Singla, Sanjeev Soni and Ashish Singla, “Kinematic Modeling of a 7-DOF Spatial Hybrid Manipulator for Medical Surgery”, Sage - Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Impact Factor – 1.282, Vol. 232, No. 1, pp. 12-23, Jan 2018. (ISSN 0954-4119)

• Baltej Singh Rupal, Sajid Rafique, Ashish Singla, Ekta Singla, Magnus Isaksson and Gurvinder Singh Virk, “Lower-Limb Exoskeletons: Research Trends and Regulatory Guidelines in Medical and Non-Medical Applications”, Sage - International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS), Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 1-27, Impact Factor – 1.482 (Online Dec-2017), DOI - 10.1177/1729881417743554. (ISSN 1729-8814)

• Ashish Singla and Gurminder Singh, “Real-Time Swing-up and Stabilization Control of a Cart-Pendulum System with Constrained Cart Movement”, International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, De Gruyter, England, Vol. 18, No. 6, pp. 525-539, Impact Factor: 1.467, Sept, 2017, DOI - 10.1515/ijnsns-2017-0040. (ISSN – 2191-0294)

(2016-2017)

• Amanpreet Singh, Ashish Singla, “Kinematic Modeling of Robotic Manipulators”, Springer: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences, Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 303-319, Impact Factor: 0.921, August 2016, DOI - 10.1007/s40010-016-0285-x. (ISSN 0369-8203)

(2015-2016)

• Ashish Singla, Ashish Tewari and Bhaskar Dasgupta, “Command Shaped Closed-loop Control of Flexible Robotic Manipulators”.  Advances in Vibration Engineering (Now renamed as Journal of Vibration Engineering and Technologies), Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 97-110, Impact Factor: 0.615, April 2016. (ISSN 2523-3939)
• Amanpreet Singh, Ashish Singla, Sanjeev Soni, “Extension of D-H Parameter Method to Hybrid Manipulators used in Robot-Assisted Surgery”, Sage: Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, Vol. 229, No. 10, pp. 703-712, Impact Factor – 1.282, Oct 2015, DOI – 10.177/0954411915602289. (ISSN 0954-4119)
• Ashish Singla, Ashish Tewari and Bhaskar Dasgupta, “Vibration Suppression during Input Tracking of a Flexible Manipulator using a Hybrid Controller”, Springer: SADHANA - Academy Proceedings in Engineering Science, Vol 40, No 6, pp. 1865-1898, 2015, Impact Factor – 0.849, Sept 2015, DOI - 10.1007/s12046-015-0392-4 (ISSN  0256-2499)

Journal Publications: Non-SCI

      (2016-2017)

• Ashish Singla, Baltej Singh Rupal and Gurvinder Singh Virk, “Optimization of stepped-cone CVT for Lower-Limb Exoskeletons”, Elsevier: Perspectives in Science, Vol. 8, pp. 592-595, July, 2016.
• Saurav Dhand, Ashish Singla, “Sensitivity Analysis and Optimal Production Scheduling as a Dual Phase Simplex Model”, Indian Journal of Science and Technology (E-SCI Journal), Vol 9, No. 39, pp. 1-6, Oct 2016. (ISSN: 0974-5645). 
• Shakti Singh, Ashish Singla, Amanpreet Singh, Sanjeev Soni and Sanjeev Verma, “Kinematic Modeling of a Five-DOFs Spatial Manipulator used in Robot-Assisted Surgery”, Elsevier: Perspectives in Science, Vol. 8, pp. 550-553, July 2016.
• Ashish Singla, Saurav Dhand and Gurvinder Singh Virk, “Mathematical Modeling of a Hand Crank Generator for Powering Lower-Limb Exoskeletons”, Elsevier: Perspectives in Science, Vol. 8, pp. 561-563, July 2016.

(2015-2016)

• Ashish Singla, Gurminder Singh and Gurvinder Singh Virk, “Matlab/SimMechanics Based Control of Four-Bar Passive Lower-Body Mechanism for Rehabilitation”, Elsevier: Perspectives in Science, Vol. 8, pp. 351-354, April 2016, DOI - 10.1016/j.pisc.2016.04.072.
• Baltej Singh Rupal, Ashish Singla and Gurvinder Singh Virk, “Lower Limb Exoskeletons: A Brief Review”, International Journal for Scientific Research and Development, pp. 18-24, Vol- COMET-2016, Jan 2016.

(Before 2011)

• A. Kumar, A. Tondon, S. Paul, A. Singla, S. Kumar, P. Vijay and U. D. Bhangale, “Influence of Tyre’s Dimensional Characteristics on Tyre-Pavement Noise Emission”, Physical Review and Research International, Vol 1 No 4, pp. 124-137, 2011
• Ashish Singla, Sandeep Kumar, Prasad Kulkarni, Bhaskar Dasgupta, “High-Index Norm Redundancy Resolution Scheme for Kinematically Redundant Robot Manipulators”, International Journal of Computational Science (IJCS), Vol 1 No 4, pp. 351-370, (2007).

Book Chapters

• Nisha Bhatt, Sanjeev Soni and Ashish Singla, (2022) “Mathematical Model of SMA Spring Actuator in a Miniature Flexible Tube Robot”, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering on Machines, Mechanism and Robotics. Springer, Singapore, pp. 1529-1536, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0550-5_147 (2022)

• Gurminder Singh and Ashish Singla (2022), "Comparison of PPC and LQR Controller for Stabilization of Cart Pendulum System: Simulation and Real Time Study”, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering on Machines, Mechanism and Robotics. Springer, Singapore, pp. 1383-1392, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0550-5_131 (Online – July-2021)

• Ashish Kumar, Rajmeet Singh, Tarun Kumar Bera and Ashish Singla (2022) “PI Control-Based Modelling of Segway Using Bond Graph”, Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering on Machines, Mechanism and Robotics. Springer, Singapore, pp. 69-81, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0550-5_9 (Online – July-2021)

• Ishan Chawla, Vikram Chopra and Ashish Singla, “Performance Comparison of PID and ANFIS Controller for Stabilization of x and x-y Inverted Pendulums”, International Conference on Intelligent System Design and Application (ISDA-2018), Springer Book Series on Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC), Vol. 940, pp. 182-192, 2020, DOI - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16657-1_17, Springer, (ISBN - 978-3-030-16656-4), (Online – April-2019).

• Ashish Singla, Saurav Dhand, Ashwin Dhawad and Gurvinder Singh Virk, “Towards Human-Powered Lower-Limb Exoskeletons: A Review”, Harmony Search and Nature Inspired Optimization Algorithms, Springer Book Series on Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC), Vol. 741, pp. 783-795, 2019. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0761-4_785, (ISBN: 978-981-13-0760-7).

• Ashish Singla and Amardeep Singh, “Dynamic Modeling of Flexible Robotic Systems”, Harmony Search and Nature Inspired Optimization Algorithms, Springer Book Series on Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC), Vol. 741, pp. 819-833, 2019. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0761-4_78, (ISBN: 978-981-13-0760-7).

• Ishan Chawla and Ashish Singla, “System Identification of an Inverted Pendulum using Adaptive Neuro Fuzzy Inference System”, Harmony Search and Nature Inspired Optimization Algorithms, Springer Book Series on Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC), Vol. 741, pp. 809-817, 2019. DOI - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0761-4_77 , (ISBN: 978-981-13-0760-7).

Conference Papers

(2023-2024)

• Sandeep Kumar, S K Saha, Ashish Singla, S P Singh and T K Bera, “Vibration suppression during trajectory tracking of a PRR manipulator”, Proceedings of the 2023 6th International Conference on Advances in Robotics (AIR-2023), July 4-8, 2023, IIT Ropar (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1145/3610419.3610442)

• Harsimran Singh Mavi, Rajnish Mallick, Ashish Singla, “Scientific Python (SciPy) based Simulation and Control of Underactuated Robotic System”, Proceedings of the 2023 6th International Conference on Advances in Robotics (AIR-2023), July 4-8, 2023, IIT Ropar (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1145/3610419.3610457)

• Ishan Chawla, Vitalram Rayankula, Vikram Chopra, Ashish Singla, “Bond Graph Modeling and LQR Based Neuro-Fuzzy Control of Spatial Inverted Pendulum”, Proceedings of the 2023 6th International Conference on Advances in Robotics (AIR-2023), July 4-8, 2023, IIT Ropar (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1145/3610419.3610437)

• Shreyas Maheshkumar Patel, Ekta Singla, Ashish Singla, “Joint Space Trajectory Controller for Modular Reconfigurable Manipulator”, Proceedings of the 2023 6th International Conference on Advances in Robotics (AIR-2023), July 4-8, 2023, IIT Ropar (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1145/3610419.3610425)

• Nisha Bhatt, Ashish Singla, Sanjeev Soni, “Towards Trajectory Tracking Control of a Flexible Tube Manipulator”, Proceedings of the 2023 6th International Conference on Advances in Robotics (AIR-2023), July 4-8, 2023, IIT Ropar (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1145/3610419.3610424)

• Sekar Anup Chander, Ashutosh Mukherjee, Ashish Singla, “Estimation of Ground Reaction Force for Coupled Dynamic Modelling and Control of the Lower Limb Exoskeleton”, Proceedings of the 2023 6th International Conference on Advances in Robotics (AIR-2023), July 4-8, 2023, IIT Ropar (DOI - https://doi.org/10.1145/3610419.3610456)

(2022-2023)

• Sandeep Kumar, Subir Kumar Saha, Ashish Singla, S. P. Singh, Tarun Kumar Bera, “Command Shaped Trajectory Tracking Control for a Two-link Flexible Manipulator”, The 6^th Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics (ISMD-2022), Oct 16-20, 2022, IIT Delhi.

• Nisha Bhatt, Vedanshu Seedwan, Samyak Jain, Sanjeev Soni and Ashish Singla, “Modeling and Control of Shape Memory Alloy Spring Actuator in a Flexible Tube Manipulator”,  The 6^th Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics (ISMD-2022), Oct 16-20, 2022, IIT Delhi.

• Paramanand V. Nandihal, Vikash Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Subir Kumar Saha, Ashish Singla, S. P. Singh, Tarun Kumar Bera,  “Dynamics of Single-Link Flexible Manipulator: Theoretical and Experimental Study”, The 6^th Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics (ISMD-2022), Oct 16-20, 2022, IIT Delhi.

• Sekar Anup Chander, Ashutosh Mukherjee, Vhatkar Dattatraya Shivling, Ashish Singla, “Modeling and Validation of Human Gait Dynamics using Modified Euler- Lagrange Approach”,  The 6^th Joint International Conference on Multibody System Dynamics (ISMD-2022), Oct 16-20, 2022, IIT Delhi.

(2021-2022)

• Ashish Kumar, Rajmeet Singh, T K Bera and Ashish Singla. “Heuristic Controller Design for Inverted Pendulum Using Bond Graph Approach” 2nd International congress on Advances in Mechanical and Systems Engineering (CAMSE 2021). July 17-19, NIT Jalandhar, 2021.

(2019-2020)

• Nisha Bhatt, Sanjeev Soni and Ashish Singla, “Mathematical Model of SMA Spring Actuator in a Miniature Flexible Tube Robot”, 4th International and 19th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM-2019), 5-7 Dec 2019 at IIT Mandi.

• Gurminder Singh and Ashish Singla, "Comparison of PPC and LQR Controller for Stabilization of Cart Pendulum System: Simulation and Real Time Study”, 4th International and 19th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM-2019), 5-7 Dec 2019 at IIT Mandi.

• Ashish Kumar, Rajmeet Singh, Tarun Kumar Bera and Ashish Singla, “PI Control Based  Modelling of Segway using Bond Graph”, 4th International and 19th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM-2019), 5-7 Dec 2019 at IIT Mandi.

(2018-2019)

• Ishan Chawla, Vikram Chopra and Ashish Singla,. "Robust LQR Based ANFIS Control of xz Inverted Pendulum." IEEE Amity International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AICAI), pp. 818-823, 2019, (Feb 4-6, 2019, Dubai Campus, Amity), DOI 10.1109/AICAI.2019.8701333.

(2017-2018)

• Jyotindra Narayan, Ashish Singla, “ANFIS Based Kinematic Analysis of a 4-DOFs SCARA Robot”, IEEE 4th International Conference on Signal Processing, Computing and Control (ISPCC 2017) at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan, HP, India, Sept 21-23, pp. 205-211, 2017. (ISBN: 978-1-5090-5838-9)

• Gurminder Singh, Ashish Singla, “Modeling, Analysis and Control of a Single Stage Linear Inverted Pendulum”, IEEE International Conference on Power, Control, Signals and Instrumentation Engineering (ICPCSI-2017), 21-22 Sept, 2017, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (Accepted).   (ISBN: 978-1-5386-0814-2)

• E. Singla, A. Kaplish, A. Singla “Dynamic Analysis of Reconfigurable Arms: A Review”, 33rd National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, September 1-2, 2017, Institute of Engineers, Udaipur India.

• E. Singla, S. Singh, A. Singla “Towards motor-selection criteria for n-dof serial robotic manipulators: an optimal approach”, 33rd National Convention of Mechanical Engineers, September 1-2, 2017, Institute of Engineers, Udaipur India

(2016-2017)

• Abhishek Kathpal, Ashish Singla, “SimMechanics^TM Based Modeling, Simulation and Real-Time Control of Rotary Inverted Pendulum”, 11^th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Control (ISCO-2017), 5-6 Jan, 2017, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, pp. 166-172, 2017. (ISBN: 978-1-5090-2717-0)

• Sukhdeep Singh, Ashish Singla, Jaspreet Singh, “Compatibility of glass materials with silicon during anodic bonding for diaphragm based MEMS capacitive sensor", 5th International Conference on Advancements in Engineering and Technology (ICAET-2017), 24-25 March, 2017, BGIET, Sangrur, pp. 590-592, 2017.

(2003-2016)

• Saurav Dhand, Ashish Singla, and Gurvinder Singh Virk, “A Brief Review on Human-Powered Lower-Limb Exoskeletons”, Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Technology (COMET-2016), IIT (BHU), Varanasi, Jan 15-17, 2016, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India, pp. 117-123, 2016.

• Gurminder Singh, Ashish Singla, and Gurvinder Singh Virk, “Modeling and Simulation of a Passive Lower-body Mechanism for Rehabilitation”, Conference on Mechanical Engineering and Technology (COMET-2016), IIT (BHU), Varanasi, Jan 15-17, 2016, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India, pp. 124-129, 2016.

• Amanpreet Singh, Ashish Singla and Sanjeev Soni, “Gravity Balancing of a Seven-DOFs Hybrid Manipulator”, 2^nd International and 17^th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM-2015), Dec 16-19, IIT Kanpur, India (2015).

• Amanpreet Singh, Ashish Singla and Sanjeev Soni, “D-H Parameters Augmented with Dummy Frames for Serial Manipulators containing Spatial Links,” The 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2014), pp. 975-980, August 25-29, 2014, Edinburg, Scotland, UK (2014). (DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2014.6926379) (ISSN 1944-9445)

• Ashish Singla, “High Index Norm Approach: A Redundancy Resolution Scheme For Inverse Kinematics of Redundant Serial Manipulators”, Proceedings of 6^th International IEEE Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (ROBMECH-2013), pp. 40-45, Oct 30-31, 2013, Durban South Africa (2013). (DOI: 10.1109/RoboMech.2013.6685489) (ISBN: 978-1-4799-1518-7)

• Ashish Singla, “Vibration Suppression of a Cart-Flexible Pole System Using a Hybrid Controller”, Proceedings of the 1st International and 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM2013), pp. 375-382, Dec 18-20, 2013, IIT Roorkee, India (2013)

• Ashish Singla, Ekta Singla, “Input Shaped Open-Loop Control for Vibration Suppression of Lightweight Flexible Manipulators”, Proceedings of International Conference on Emerging Technologies – Micro to Nano (ETMN-2013), pp 69-70, Feb 23-24, 2013, BITS Goa (2013).
• R. Singh, R. S. Panwar, O. P. Pandey, A. Singla and P. Sharma, “Electric discharge machining parameter selection for Al/Zr composite using Taguchi L27 orthogonal design”, Proceedings of 4^th International Conference on Recent Advances in Composite Materials (ICRACM-2013), Feb 18-21, 2013, IIT BHU, GOA (2013).

• Ashish Singla, “Vibration Control of a Cart-Flexible Pole System using a ZVD Shaper”, Proceedings of 26^th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of Future (CARs&FOF-2011), July 26-28, pp 777-788, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2011).

• Ekta Singla, Ashish Singla, “Performance Indices for Serial Robotic Manipulators”, Proceedings of 26^th International Conference on CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of Future (CARs&FOF-2011), July 26-28, pp 747-754, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2011).

• Ekta Singla, Ashish Singla and Bhaskar Dasgupta, “A Posteriori Analysis Tool for Redundant Manipulators”, Proceedings of the 2^nd Indo-Russian Joint Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Modern Heuristics in Automation and Robotics, September 10-12, Novosibirsk, Russia (2011).

• Ashish Singla, Bhaskar Dasgupta, Ashish Tewari, “Modeling and Control of Underactuated Redundant Manipulators”, Proceedings of International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Control Systems (ARCS-09), July 13-16, pp. 16-23, Orlando, FL, USA. (2009). (ISBN: 978-1-60651-008-7Publisher: ISRST)

• Vikash Gupta, Ashish Singla, Bhaskar Dasgupta and Anjali Kulkarni, “Design and Development of an 8-R Snake-like Manipulator”, IISc Centenary – International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering (IC-ICAME), July 2-4, IISc Bangalore, India (2008).

• Ashish Singla, Sandeep Kumar, Prasad Kulkarni, Bhaskar Dasgupta, “Redundancy control of robot manipulators using task priority”, Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems (ACODS'2007), IISC Bangalore, Feb 1-2, pp. 72-78 India (2007). 

• Anand Vaz, Anil Singla, Sukhjinder Singh, T P Singh, Ashish Singla, “Development of single axis manipulator for robotic applications”, National Conference on Recent Developments in  Mechanical Engineering (NCME-2003), Oct 31 - Nov 1, pp. 424-431, TIET Patiala, India (2003).

S. No.

Name of Collaborative Agency

Area

Contact Person

Research Outcomes

1.

DRDO-DEBEL Bangalore

Wearable Robotics

Dr. K Mohanvelu,

Scientist F,

RRDO-DEBEL, Bengaluru

• Recent CARS project of 24.75 Lakhs to design and control lower body exoskeleton for strength augmentations of soldiers

2.

IIT Delhi

Flexible Manipulators and Mobile

Robotics

Dr. S K Saha

Professor and Head

Mechanical Engg. Dept.

IIT Delhi

Dr. S P Singh

Professor and Head

Mechanical Engg. Dept.

IIT Delhi

• One joint DST Project of 64.2 lakhs in the field of flexible manipulators
• One publication in international conference
• Joint guidance of 6 UG students for 6-months summer training at IITD in the field of autonomous mobile robots

3.

University of Gävle (UGAV), Sweden

Wearable Robotics

Prof. Magnus Isaksson, Deputy Vice Chancellor and Head, Department of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, and Science, University of Gävle, SWEDEN

• One ongoing collaborative project on knee exoskeleton funded by UGAV
• Two SCI journal publications
• One joint-PhD guidance (Ongoing)
• One completed collaborative project on knee exoskeleton funded by UGAV

4.

IIT Gandhinagar

Exoskeletons

Dr. Vineet Vashista, Associate Professor, IIT Gandhinagar

• SERB/CRG funded project on lower-limb exoskeletons (Funding: 66 Lacs

5.

InnoTecUK,

UK

Exoskeletons

Professor Gurvinder S. Virk, Technical Director

Innovative Technology & Science Limited (InnoTecUK), Cambridge, UK.

Former Professor of Robotics and the Built Environment, University of Gävle, SE-801 76 Gävle, SWEDEN

• One SCI journal publication
• Four non-SCI journal publications
• Three publications in Conference
• Host – summer term in UGAV in 2015

6.

State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, USA

Assistive Robotics

Dr. Anurag Purwar

Research Associate Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, SUNY, USA

• One Indo-USA project (Submitted)
• One SCI papers (under review)
• Host, summer-term at SUNY in 2017
• GIAN course at IIT Ropar in 2016

7.

CSIR-CSIO Lab, Chandigarh

Medical Robotics

Dr. Sanjeev Soni

Principal Scientist, Biomedical Instrumentation Division

CSIR CSIO Chandigarh

• Three SCI journal publication 
• One non-SCI journal publication in Elsevier
• Three publications in international conference
• One joint PhD guidance (ongoing)
• Two ME theses guided

8.

IIT Ropar

PunjRobotics,

Wearable Robotics, Modular Manipulators

Dr. Ekta Singla

Associate Professor and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering

IIT Ropar

• DST-CRG funded project on Modular Manipulators (Funding: 45 Lacs)
• Four SCI journal publications
• Three publications in Conferences.
• Two GIAN courses and two workshops workshop of Punj-Robotics
• Joint collaborator in CARS project with DRDO-DEBEL in wearable robotics

9.

IIT Kanpur

Flexible Manipulators

Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta,

Professor,  Department of Mechanical Engineering

IIT Kanpur

• Two SCI journal publication 
• One non-SCI journal publication in Elsevier
• Four publications in  conferences

10.

PGIMER, Chandigarh

Autonomous Mobile Robotics

Dr. Chirag K Ahuja, DM, Associate Professor of Radiodiagnosis & Imaging, PGIMER,

Chandigarh

• Ongoing collaboration to develop an autonomous mobile platform to assist the surgeon during operation.

• Robotics: Kinematics, dynamics and controls
• Modern control of dynamic systems
• Dynamics of multi-body systems,
• Mechanical vibrations
• Mechatronics

• Applied optimization: unconstrained and constrained (classical methods)

• Applied mathematics: Linear algebra, ODEs, Numerical methods, Scientific computing

• CAD, ICG, Engineering graphics, Machine drawing

• Communication skills

2012

2009

Two Expert Talks on Technical Document Writing with LATEX, FDP on Recent Tools in Research: Matlab, Latex and Evolutionary Algorithms, Rayat Bahra Institute of Engineering and Nanotechnology for Women, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, July 2-6, 2012.

Lecture on Solution of nonlinear equations and systems, short-term course, IIT Kanpur

2008

Tutorial on Stability of dynamic systems, short-term course, IIT Kanpur

2008

Tutorial on Basic methods of numerical integration, short-term course, IIT Kanpur

S. No.

Country

University

Year

Contacted Person

1.

USA

SUNY, USA

2017

Dr. Anurag Purwar

2.

Switzerland

ETH, Zurich

2015

Prof. Roland Siegwart

3.

Sweden

KTH, Stockholm

2015

Prof. Gurvinder S Virk

4.

Sweden

University of Gävle, Gävle

2015

Prof. Magnus Isaksson

5.

Netherlands

University of Eindhoven

2015

Dr. Gagan Deep Bansal

6.

South Africa

University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban

2013

Dr. Riaan Stopforth

7.

Singapore

NUS, Singapore

2011

Prof. Marcelo H Ang.

8.

France

ISIR, Paris

2010

Dr. Vincent Padois

9.

USA

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

2009

Dr. Vishal Gupta

10.

USA

Stanford University

2009

Prof J C Latombe

11.

Germany

Technical University, Berlin

2006

Prof Guenter Hommel