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Basics

Name Ankit Ravankar
Label Research Associate Professor
Email ankit[at]srd.mech.tohoku.ac.jp
Url https://ravankit.github.io/

Work

  • 2022 - Present
    Research Associate Professor
    Tohoku University, School of Engineering, Japan
    • Mobile Robots, Semantic Scene Understanding, Multi-robot Systems, Healthcare Robotics, Assistive Robotics
  • 2021 - 2022
    Specially Appointed Lecturer
    Tohoku University, School of Engineering Japan
    • Mobile Robots, Semantic Scene Understanding, Multi-robot Systems, Healthcare Robotics, Assistive Robotics
  • 2016 - 2021
    Assistant Professor
    Hokkaido University, School of Engineering, Japan
    • Mobile Robots, Multi-robot Systems, Field Robotics, Agricultur Robotics, UAV, Autonomous Navigation, SLAM, Path Planning
  • 2015 - 2016
    Assistant Professor
    Hokkaido University, Institute of Higher Education, Japan
    • Project Management and Training, Problem Solving/Finding, Inderdisciplinary Research

Education

Awards

  • MEXT Scholarship
    The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Government of Japan
    Full Scholarship for Graduate Study in Japan (2010-2015)
  • Best Workshop Paper Award- IEEE-ICRA 2024
    IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan, 2024; Workshop on Assistive Systems: Lab to Patient Care
    Paper - ROS 2 Healthcare: Closing the Loop Between Human Sensing and Robotic Interventions
  • Best Paper Award
    International Conference on Communication, Computing and Data Security,(IC-CCDS) 2024, Mumbai, India
    Paper - Distributed Multi-agent Mapping and Localization For Enhanced Autonomous Navigation
  • SI2022 Excellent Presentation Award
    Society of Instrument and Control Engineers Japan (SICE SI2022 Conference)
    Paper - Development of a Walking Support Robot for Motivating Human Walking
  • SICE Annual Conference International Award
    Society of Instrument and Control Engineers Japan (SICE Annual Conference 2022)
    Paper - Automatic Dimensional Inspection System of Railcar Wheelset for Condition Monitoring
  • SICE Best Paper Award
    Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) Japan Best Paper Award for the article published in 2020
    Paper - Line Segment Extraction and Polyline Mapping for Mobile Robots in Indoor Structured Environments Using Range Sensors
  • SI2020 Excellent Presentation Award
    Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) Japan; 21st SICE System Integration (SI2020) Conference, 2020
    Paper - Gimbal Control in Automatic Spectrum Measurement System Using UAV (in Japanese)
  • SI2020 Excellent Presentation Award
    Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE) Japan; 21st SICE System Integration (SI2020) Conference, 2020
    Paper - Improving Self-Positioning Performance Using Scan Matching in Snow-Covered Environments (in Japanese)
  • Best Paper Award
    25th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB), 2020, Beppu, Japan
    Paper - Path Planning for Service Robots in Continuous Operation
  • Honorable Mention Award (top 5% paper)
    8th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics, International Conference on Data Science and Institutional Research (DSIR 2019)
    Paper - Managing the Project: The Essential Need for Project Management Training and Education in Graduate Schools
  • Best Poster and Presentation Award for Young Scientist
    6th AGH Poland- Hokkaido University, Japan (AGH-HU) Joint Symposium
    Paper - Development of port facilities inspection robot using multi-copter
  • Young Author Award
    23rd International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB), 2018, Beppu, Japan
    Paper - Autonomous mobile robot mapping and navigation using topological and semantic information
  • Student Best Paper Award
    15th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (IEEE- ICCAS), Busan, S. Korea, 2015
    Paper - Path smoothing extension for various robot path planners
  • IEEE Young Author Award Finalist
    2011 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), Kyoto, Japan, 2011
    Paper - Map building from laser range sensor information using mixed data clustering and singular value decomposition in noisy environment

Languages

Hindi
Native speaker
English
Fluent
Japanese
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