nagamanikandan.g@iiit.ac.in

Patents: 

[P3] Title: "Gripper device for grasping, placing and throwing objects of different geometry and weight". Patent application no. 202241020271, filed on 04 April 2022. (Granted in 2024, Patent no. 515276, India)

Inventors: Nagamanikandan Govindan, Bharadhwaj Ramachandran

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[P2] Title: "Device for adjusting joint stiffness". Patent application no. 201941033818, filed on 22 August 2019, published online on 21 March 2021. (Granted in 2024, Patent no. 494078, India)

Inventors: Nagamanikandan Govindan, Shashank Ramesh, and AsokanThondiyath

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[P1] Title: "A versatile hybrid robotic platform with a pair of multifunctional graspers for multimodal locomotion and grasping". Patent application no. 201841008257, filed on 06 March 2018 - (Granted in 2023, Patent no. 432862, India)

Inventors: Nagamanikandan Govindan, Sai Sourya Varenya Kovvali, Karthik Chandrasekaran, and Asokan Thondiyath

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Journal Publications:

[J4]  Pasala Haasith V S, Nagamanikandan Govindan, and Samarth Brahmbhatt. "Identification and Learning-Based Control of an End-Effector for Targeted Throwing." IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, Aug 2024 (IF: 4.6, accepted)

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[J3] Nagamanikandan Govindan, Bharadhwaj Ramachandran, Pasala Haasith Venkata Sai, K Madhava Krishna. "A novel hybrid gripper capable of grasping and throwing manipulation." IEEE/ASME Trans. on Mechatronics, April 2023, 10.1109/TMECH.2023.3264287. IF: 6.4, Video 

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[J2] Nagamanikandan Govindan, Shashank Ramesh, and Asokan Thondiyath. "Design of a Variable Stiffness Joint Module to Quickly Change the Stiffness and to Reduce the Power Consumption." IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 138318-138330, July 2020. DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3012031. IF: 3.745, ​Video

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[J1] Nagamanikandan Govindan, and Asokan Thondiyath. "Design and Analysis of a Multimodal Grasper Having Shape Conformity and Within-Hand Manipulation With Adjustable Contact Forces." Transactions of ASME. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 11(5), p 051012, October 2019.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4044163. IF: 2.37, Video
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Conference Publications:

[C9] Prakrut K, Priyansh S, and Nagamanikandan G, "A Hierarchical Manipulation Planning Framework Combining Striking, Pushing, and Pick & Place Motion Primitives", IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2024 - Accepted

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[C8] Gaurav S, Sanket K, Md Faizal K, Bipasha S, Nagamanikandan G, Srinath S, and K. Madhava Krishna. "Constrained 6-DoF Grasp Generation on Complex Shapes for Improved Dual-Arm Manipulation." IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024 - Accepted

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[C7] Mundheda, Vedant, Karan Mirakhor, K. S. Rahul, Harikumar K, and Nagamanikandan G. "Predictive barrier Lyapunov function based control for safe trajectory tracking of an aerial manipulator." In 2023 European Control Conference (ECC), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2023.

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[C6] Nagamanikandan Govindan, Shashank Ramesh, and Asokan Thondiyath. "A new gripper that acts as an active and passive joint to facilitate prehensile grasping and locomotion." IROS 2022, Video, Paper link

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[C5] Siddharth D, Ridhi P, Nagamanikandan G, Thiyagarajan R, and Asokan T. "Towards Mission-Specific Characterization of the Diving Performance of an Underwater Glider." In OCEANS 2022-Chennai, pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2022.

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[C4] Rama V, Saharsh A, Vishnu K, Kartik S, Nagamanikandan G, and K Madhava Krishna "Modular Pipe Climber III with Three-Output Open Differential" IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2021, Paper link

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[C3] Vishnu K, Saharsh A, Rama V, Nagamanikandan G, K Madhava Krishna "Design and analysis of modular pipe climber-III with a multi-output differential mechanism" IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics, AIM 2021

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[C2] Nagamanikandan Govindan, Sai Sourya Varenya Kovvali, Karthik Chandrasekaran, and Asokan Thondiyath. "GraspMan-A Novel Robotic Platform with Grasping, Manipulation, and Multimodal Locomotion Capability." In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, ICRA 2018. DOI: 10.1109/ICRA.2018.8462970, Video

 

​[C1] Nagamanikandan Govindan, and Asokan Thondiyath. "Improved Planning and Filtering Algorithm for Task-priority Redundancy Resolution in Mobile Manipulation." In 2017 Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, 2017. DOI: 10.5220/0006402002470253

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Media:

• GraspMan - ICRA2018 Spotlight video

• GraspMan Hand - JMR2019 Media Extension 

• VSJM - IEEEACCESS2020 Media Extensionhaa