Publications | Ankit Ravankar

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Journal articles

2025

IEEE-RAL

Task Planning for a Factory Robot Using Large Language Model

Yosuke Tsushima, Shu Yamamoto, Ankit A Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, and Yasuhisa Hirata

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2025

Bib

@article{10844355,
  author = {Tsushima, Yosuke and Yamamoto, Shu and Ravankar, Ankit A and Luces, Jose Victorio Salazar and Hirata, Yasuhisa},
  journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
  title = {Task Planning for a Factory Robot Using Large Language Model},
  year = {2025},
  volume = {10},
  number = {3},
  pages = {2383-2390},
  keywords = {Robots;Production facilities;Codes;Service robots;Robot kinematics;Planning;Automobiles;Safety;Fasteners;Chatbots;Large language models;language-based planning;task planning;autonomous mobile robot;human robot interaction},
  doi = {10.1109/LRA.2025.3531153}
}

2024

JCMSI

Automatic inspection of wheel surface defects using a combination of laser sensors and machine vision

Takeshi Emoto, Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration, 2024

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@article{emoto2024automatic,
  title = {Automatic inspection of wheel surface defects using a combination of laser sensors and machine vision},
  author = {Emoto, Takeshi and Ravankar, Ankit A and Ravankar, Abhijeet and Emaru, Takanori and Kobayashi, Yukinori},
  journal = {SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration},
  volume = {17},
  number = {1},
  pages = {57--66},
  year = {2024},
  type = {article},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1080/18824889.2024.2314800},
  publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}
}

JSME-ME

A method for detecting wear and damage on railcar wheel tread surface using a combination of laser measurement and machine vision

Takeshi Emoto, Takanori Emaru, Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, and Yukinori Kobayashi

Mechanical Engineering Journal, 2024

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@article{emoto2024method,
  title = {A method for detecting wear and damage on railcar wheel tread surface using a combination of laser measurement and machine vision},
  author = {Emoto, Takeshi and Emaru, Takanori and Ravankar, Ankit A and Ravankar, Abhijeet and Kobayashi, Yukinori},
  journal = {Mechanical Engineering Journal},
  volume = {11},
  number = {3},
  pages = {23--00352},
  year = {2024},
  type = {article},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1299/mej.23-00352},
  publisher = {The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers}
}

IEEE-RAL

Concept and prototype development of adaptive touch walking support robot for maximizing human physical potential

Junya Terayama, Ankit A Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, and Yasuhisa Hirata

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024

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@article{terayama2024concept,
  title = {Concept and prototype development of adaptive touch walking support robot for maximizing human physical potential},
  author = {Terayama, Junya and Ravankar, Ankit A and Luces, Jose Victorio Salazar and Tafrishi, Seyed Amir and Hirata, Yasuhisa},
  journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
  year = {2024},
  type = {article},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2024.3415928},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

ACCESS

Semantic-based Multi-Object Search Optimization in Service Robots Using Probabilistic and Contextual Priors

Akash Chikhalikar, Ankit A Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, and Yasuhisa Hirata

IEEE Access, 2024

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@article{chikhalikar2024semantic,
  title = {Semantic-based Multi-Object Search Optimization in Service Robots Using Probabilistic and Contextual Priors},
  author = {Chikhalikar, Akash and Ravankar, Ankit A and Luces, Jose Victorio Salazar and Hirata, Yasuhisa},
  journal = {IEEE Access},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  type = {article},
  doi = {10.1109/ACCESS.2024.3444478}
}

2023

IEEE-RAM

Care: Cooperation of ai robot enablers to create a vibrant society

Ankit A Ravankar, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, Jose V Salazar Luces, Fumi Seto, and Yasuhisa Hirata

IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 2023

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@article{ravankar2023care,
  title = {Care: Cooperation of ai robot enablers to create a vibrant society},
  author = {Ravankar, Ankit A and Tafrishi, Seyed Amir and Luces, Jose V Salazar and Seto, Fumi and Hirata, Yasuhisa},
  journal = {IEEE Robotics \& Automation Magazine},
  volume = {30},
  number = {1},
  pages = {8--23},
  year = {2023},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {10.1109/MRA.2022.3223256},
  type = {article},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

IEEE-SENSORS

A performance evaluation of overground gait training with a mobile body weight support system using wearable sensors

Zonghao Dong, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Ankit A Ravankar, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, and Yasuhisa Hirata

IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023

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@article{dong2023performance,
  title = {A performance evaluation of overground gait training with a mobile body weight support system using wearable sensors},
  author = {Dong, Zonghao and Luces, Jose Victorio Salazar and Ravankar, Ankit A and Tafrishi, Seyed Amir and Hirata, Yasuhisa},
  journal = {IEEE Sensors Journal},
  volume = {23},
  number = {11},
  pages = {12209--12223},
  year = {2023},
  type = {article},
  doi = {10.1109/JSEN.2023.3269031},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

AROB

Real-time monitoring of elderly people through computer vision

Abhijeet Ravankar, Arpit Rawankar, and Ankit A Ravankar

Artificial Life and Robotics, 2023

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@article{ravankar2023real,
  title = {Real-time monitoring of elderly people through computer vision},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Rawankar, Arpit and Ravankar, Ankit A},
  journal = {Artificial Life and Robotics},
  volume = {28},
  number = {3},
  pages = {496--501},
  year = {2023},
  type = {article},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-023-00882-y},
  publisher = {Springer Japan Tokyo}
}

AROB

Video stabilization algorithm for field robots in uneven terrain

Abhijeet Ravankar, Arpit Rawankar, and Ankit A Ravankar

Artificial Life and Robotics, 2023

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@article{ravankar2023video,
  title = {Video stabilization algorithm for field robots in uneven terrain},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Rawankar, Arpit and Ravankar, Ankit A},
  journal = {Artificial Life and Robotics},
  volume = {28},
  number = {3},
  pages = {502--508},
  year = {2023},
  type = {article},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-023-00883-x},
  publisher = {Springer Japan Tokyo}
}

IEEE-RAL

Running Guidance for Visually Impaired People Using Sensory Augmentation Technology Based Robotic System

Zhenyu Liao, Jose V Salazar Luces, Ankit A Ravankar, and Yasuhisa Hirata

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023

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@article{liao2023running,
  title = {Running Guidance for Visually Impaired People Using Sensory Augmentation Technology Based Robotic System},
  author = {Liao, Zhenyu and Luces, Jose V Salazar and Ravankar, Ankit A and Hirata, Yasuhisa},
  journal = {IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters},
  year = {2023},
  volume = {8},
  number = {9},
  pages = {5323-5330},
  type = {article},
  doi = {10.1109/LRA.2023.3294718},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

2021

AROB

Multi-robot path planning for smart access of distributed charging points in map

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Michiko Watanabe, Yohei Hoshino, and Arpit Rawankar

Artificial Life and Robotics, 2021

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@article{ravankar2021multi,
  title = {Multi-robot path planning for smart access of distributed charging points in map},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Watanabe, Michiko and Hoshino, Yohei and Rawankar, Arpit},
  journal = {Artificial Life and Robotics},
  volume = {26},
  pages = {52--60},
  year = {2021},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-020-00612-8},
  publisher = {Springer Japan}
}

IEEE-Sensors

Multi-modal sensor fusion-based semantic segmentation for snow driving scenarios

Sirawich Vachmanus, Ankit A Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

IEEE sensors journal, 2021

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@article{vachmanus2021multi,
  title = {Multi-modal sensor fusion-based semantic segmentation for snow driving scenarios},
  author = {Vachmanus, Sirawich and Ravankar, Ankit A and Emaru, Takanori and Kobayashi, Yukinori},
  journal = {IEEE sensors journal},
  volume = {21},
  number = {15},
  pages = {16839--16851},
  year = {2021},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {10.1109/JSEN.2021.3077029},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

Agriculture

Autonomous and safe navigation of mobile robots in vineyard with smooth collision avoidance

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Arpit Rawankar, and Yohei Hoshino

Agriculture, 2021

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@article{ravankar2021autonomous,
  title = {Autonomous and safe navigation of mobile robots in vineyard with smooth collision avoidance},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Rawankar, Arpit and Hoshino, Yohei},
  journal = {Agriculture},
  volume = {11},
  number = {10},
  pages = {954},
  year = {2021},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11100954},
  publisher = {MDPI}
}

2020

AROB

Safe mobile robot navigation in human-centered environments using a heat map-based path planner

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yohei Hoshino, Michiko Watanabe, and Yukinori Kobayashi

Artificial Life and Robotics, 2020

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@article{ravankar2020safe,
  title = {Safe mobile robot navigation in human-centered environments using a heat map-based path planner},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Hoshino, Yohei and Watanabe, Michiko and Kobayashi, Yukinori},
  journal = {Artificial Life and Robotics},
  volume = {25},
  pages = {264--272},
  year = {2020},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-020-00591-w},
  publisher = {Springer Japan}
}

Agriculture

Development of a low-cost semantic monitoring system for vineyards using autonomous robots

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A. Ravankar, Michiko Watanabe, Yohei Hoshino, and Arpit Rawankar

Agriculture, 2020

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@article{ravankar2020development,
  title = {Development of a low-cost semantic monitoring system for vineyards using autonomous robots},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and A. Ravankar, Ankit and Watanabe, Michiko and Hoshino, Yohei and Rawankar, Arpit},
  journal = {Agriculture},
  volume = {10},
  number = {5},
  pages = {182},
  year = {2020},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture10050182},
  publisher = {MDPI}
}

AROB

Line segment extraction and polyline mapping for mobile robots in indoor structured environments using range sensors

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration, 2020

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SICE Best Journal Paper Award

@article{ravankar2020line,
  title = {Line segment extraction and polyline mapping for mobile robots in indoor structured environments using range sensors},
  author = {Ravankar, Ankit A and Ravankar, Abhijeet and Emaru, Takanori and Kobayashi, Yukinori},
  journal = {SICE Journal of Control, Measurement, and System Integration},
  volume = {13},
  number = {3},
  pages = {138--147},
  year = {2020},
  dimensions = {false},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.9746/jcmsi.13.138},
  publisher = {Taylor \& Francis}
}

Remote Sensing

Google earth engine for the detection of soiling on photovoltaic solar panels in arid environments

Hitesh Supe, Ram Avtar, Deepak Singh, Ankita Gupta, Ali P Yunus, Jie Dou, Ankit A. Ravankar, Geetha Mohan, Saroj Kumar Chapagain, Vivek Sharma, and others

Remote Sensing, 2020

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@article{supe2020google,
  title = {Google earth engine for the detection of soiling on photovoltaic solar panels in arid environments},
  author = {Supe, Hitesh and Avtar, Ram and Singh, Deepak and Gupta, Ankita and Yunus, Ali P and Dou, Jie and A. Ravankar, Ankit and Mohan, Geetha and Chapagain, Saroj Kumar and Sharma, Vivek and others},
  journal = {Remote Sensing},
  volume = {12},
  number = {9},
  pages = {1466},
  year = {2020},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12091466},
  publisher = {MDPI}
}

IJIRM

Measuring student learning outcomes in introductory project management course in graduate schools

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, and Shotaro Imai

International journal of institutional research and management, 2020

Bib

@article{ravankar2020measuring,
  title = {Measuring student learning outcomes in introductory project management course in graduate schools},
  author = {Ravankar, Ankit A and Ravankar, Abhijeet and Imai, Shotaro},
  journal = {International journal of institutional research and management},
  volume = {4},
  number = {1},
  pages = {66--86},
  year = {2020},
  dimensions = {false},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.52731/ijirm.v4.i1.530},
  publisher = {International Institute of Applied Informatics}
}

IEE

Transient Virtual Obstacles for Safe Robot Navigation in Indoor Environments

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yohei Hoshino, Michiko Watanabe, and Arpit Rawankar

Information Engineering Express, 2020

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@article{ravankar2020transient,
  title = {Transient Virtual Obstacles for Safe Robot Navigation in Indoor Environments},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Hoshino, Yohei and Watanabe, Michiko and Rawankar, Arpit},
  journal = {Information Engineering Express},
  volume = {6},
  number = {1},
  pages = {59--69},
  year = {2020},
  dimensions = {false},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.52731/iee.v6.i1.539},
  publisher = {International Institute of Applied Informatics}
}

IEEE-TIM

Autonomous vtol-uav docking system for heterogeneous multirobot team

Eduardo Narváez^*†, Ankit A Ravankar^*†, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 2020

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@article{narvaez2020autonomous,
  title = {Autonomous vtol-uav docking system for heterogeneous multirobot team},
  author = {Narv{\'a}ez, Eduardo and Ravankar, Ankit A and Ravankar, Abhijeet and Emaru, Takanori and Kobayashi, Yukinori},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement},
  volume = {70},
  pages = {1--18},
  year = {2020},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {10.1109/TIM.2020.3039649},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

ACCESS

HPPRM: hybrid potential based probabilistic roadmap algorithm for improved dynamic path planning of mobile robots

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

IEEE Access, 2020

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@article{ravankar2020hpprm,
  title = {HPPRM: hybrid potential based probabilistic roadmap algorithm for improved dynamic path planning of mobile robots},
  author = {Ravankar, Ankit A and Ravankar, Abhijeet and Emaru, Takanori and Kobayashi, Yukinori},
  journal = {IEEE Access},
  volume = {8},
  pages = {221743--221766},
  year = {2020},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {10.1109/MRA.2022.3223256},
  type = {article},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

2019

App. Sciences

Bio-inspired structure and behavior of self-recovery quadruped robot with a limited number of functional legs

Sarun Chattunyakit, Yukinori Kobayashi, Takanori Emaru, and Ankit A Ravankar

Applied sciences, 2019

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@article{chattunyakit2019bio,
  title = {Bio-inspired structure and behavior of self-recovery quadruped robot with a limited number of functional legs},
  author = {Chattunyakit, Sarun and Kobayashi, Yukinori and Emaru, Takanori and Ravankar, Ankit A},
  journal = {Applied sciences},
  volume = {9},
  number = {4},
  pages = {799},
  year = {2019},
  dimensions = {false},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/app9040799},
  publisher = {MDPI}
}

Sensors

A novel approach for lidar-based robot localization in a scale-drifted map constructed using monocular slam

Su Wang, Yukinori Kobayashi, Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, and Takanori Emaru

Sensors, 2019

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@article{wang2019novel,
  title = {A novel approach for lidar-based robot localization in a scale-drifted map constructed using monocular slam},
  author = {Wang, Su and Kobayashi, Yukinori and Ravankar, Ankit A and Ravankar, Abhijeet and Emaru, Takanori},
  journal = {Sensors},
  volume = {19},
  number = {10},
  pages = {2230},
  year = {2019},
  dimensions = {false},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/s19102230},
  publisher = {MDPI}
}

App. Sciences

On sharing spatial data with uncertainty integration amongst multiple robots having different maps

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yohei Hoshino, and Yukinori Kobayashi

Applied Sciences, 2019

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@article{ravankar2019sharing,
  title = {On sharing spatial data with uncertainty integration amongst multiple robots having different maps},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Hoshino, Yohei and Kobayashi, Yukinori},
  journal = {Applied Sciences},
  volume = {9},
  number = {13},
  pages = {2753},
  year = {2019},
  dimensions = {false},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/app9132753},
  publisher = {MDPI}
}

Sensors

Itc: Infused tangential curves for smooth 2d and 3d navigation of mobile robots

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Arpit Rawankar, Yohei Hoshino, and Yukinori Kobayashi

Sensors, 2019

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@article{ravankar2019itc,
  title = {Itc: Infused tangential curves for smooth 2d and 3d navigation of mobile robots},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Rawankar, Arpit and Hoshino, Yohei and Kobayashi, Yukinori},
  journal = {Sensors},
  volume = {19},
  number = {20},
  pages = {4384},
  year = {2019},
  dimensions = {false},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/s19204384},
  publisher = {MDPI}
}

2018

Sensors

A single LiDAR-based feature fusion indoor localization algorithm

Yun-Ting Wang, Chao-Chung Peng, Ankit A Ravankar, and Abhijeet Ravankar

Sensors, 2018

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@article{wang2018single,
  title = {A single LiDAR-based feature fusion indoor localization algorithm},
  author = {Wang, Yun-Ting and Peng, Chao-Chung and Ravankar, Ankit A and Ravankar, Abhijeet},
  journal = {Sensors},
  volume = {18},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1294},
  year = {2018},
  dimensions = {false},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/s18041294},
  publisher = {MDPI}
}

Robotics

Hitchhiking Based Symbiotic Multi-Robot Navigation in Sensor Networks

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A. Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, Yohei Hoshino, CC Peng, and Michiko Watanabe

Robotics, 2018

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@article{ravankar2018hitchhiking,
  title = {Hitchhiking Based Symbiotic Multi-Robot Navigation in Sensor Networks},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A. and Kobayashi, Yukinori and Hoshino, Yohei and Peng, CC and Watanabe, Michiko},
  journal = {Robotics},
  volume = {7},
  number = {3},
  pages = {37},
  year = {2018},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/robotics7030037},
  publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute}
}

Sensors

Path smoothing techniques in robot navigation: State-of-the-art, current and future challenges

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, Yohei Hoshino, and Chao-Chung Peng

Sensors, 2018

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@article{ravankar2018path,
  title = {Path smoothing techniques in robot navigation: State-of-the-art, current and future challenges},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Kobayashi, Yukinori and Hoshino, Yohei and Peng, Chao-Chung},
  journal = {Sensors},
  volume = {18},
  number = {9},
  pages = {3170},
  year = {2018},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/s18093170},
  publisher = {MDPI}
}

2017

Sensors

Symbiotic Navigation in Multi-Robot Systems with Remote Obstacle Knowledge Sharing

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

Sensors, 2017

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@article{ravankar2017symbiotic,
  title = {Symbiotic Navigation in Multi-Robot Systems with Remote Obstacle Knowledge Sharing},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Kobayashi, Yukinori and Emaru, Takanori},
  journal = {Sensors},
  volume = {17},
  number = {7},
  pages = {1581},
  year = {2017},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/s17071581},
  publisher = {Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute}
}

Sensors

Hitchhiking robots: A collaborative approach for efficient multi-robot navigation in indoor environments

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

Sensors, 2017

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@article{ravankar2017hitchhiking,
  title = {Hitchhiking robots: A collaborative approach for efficient multi-robot navigation in indoor environments},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Kobayashi, Yukinori and Emaru, Takanori},
  journal = {Sensors},
  volume = {17},
  number = {8},
  pages = {1878},
  year = {2017},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.3390/s17081878},
  publisher = {MDPI}
}

2016

AROB

On a bio-inspired hybrid pheromone signalling for efficient map exploration of multiple mobile service robots

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

Artificial life and robotics, 2016

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@article{ravankar2016bio,
  title = {On a bio-inspired hybrid pheromone signalling for efficient map exploration of multiple mobile service robots},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Kobayashi, Yukinori and Emaru, Takanori},
  journal = {Artificial life and robotics},
  volume = {21},
  pages = {221--231},
  year = {2016},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10015-016-0279-4},
  publisher = {Springer Japan}
}

IJARS

On a hopping-points svd and hough transform-based line detection algorithm for robot localization and mapping

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yohei Hoshino, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2016

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@article{ravankar2016hopping,
  title = {On a hopping-points svd and hough transform-based line detection algorithm for robot localization and mapping},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Hoshino, Yohei and Emaru, Takanori and Kobayashi, Yukinori},
  journal = {International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems},
  volume = {13},
  number = {3},
  pages = {98},
  year = {2016},
  dimensions = {false},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.5772/63540},
  publisher = {SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England}
}

IJARS

Shp: Smooth hypocycloidal paths with collision-free and decoupled multi-robot path planning

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2016

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@article{ravankar2016shp,
  title = {Shp: Smooth hypocycloidal paths with collision-free and decoupled multi-robot path planning},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Kobayashi, Yukinori and Emaru, Takanori},
  journal = {International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems},
  volume = {13},
  number = {3},
  pages = {133},
  year = {2016},
  dimensions = {false},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.5772/63458},
  publisher = {SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England}
}

IJARS

Avoiding blind leading the blind: Uncertainty integration in virtual pheromone deposition by robots

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

International journal of advanced robotic systems, 2016

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@article{ravankar2016avoiding,
  title = {Avoiding blind leading the blind: Uncertainty integration in virtual pheromone deposition by robots},
  author = {Ravankar, Abhijeet and Ravankar, Ankit A and Kobayashi, Yukinori and Emaru, Takanori},
  journal = {International journal of advanced robotic systems},
  volume = {13},
  number = {6},
  pages = {1729881416666088},
  year = {2016},
  dimensions = {true},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1177/1729881416666088},
  publisher = {SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England}
}

2015

IJARS

Indoor slope and edge detection by using two-dimensional EKF-SLAM with orthogonal assumption

Jixin Lv, Yukinori Kobayashi, Takanori Emaru, and Ankit A Ravankar

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2015

Bib HTML

@article{lv2015indoor,
  title = {Indoor slope and edge detection by using two-dimensional EKF-SLAM with orthogonal assumption},
  author = {Lv, Jixin and Kobayashi, Yukinori and Emaru, Takanori and Ravankar, Ankit A},
  journal = {International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems},
  volume = {12},
  number = {4},
  pages = {44},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.5772/60407},
  publisher = {SAGE Publications Sage UK: London, England}
}

IJARS

Algorithms and a framework for indoor robot mapping in a noisy environment using clustering in spatial and hough domains

Ankit A Ravankar, Yohei Hoshino, Abhijeet Ravankar, Lv Jixin, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2015

Bib HTML

@article{ravankar2015algorithms,
  title = {Algorithms and a framework for indoor robot mapping in a noisy environment using clustering in spatial and hough domains},
  author = {Ravankar, Ankit A and Hoshino, Yohei and Ravankar, Abhijeet and Jixin, Lv and Emaru, Takanori and Kobayashi, Yukinori},
  journal = {International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems},
  volume = {12},
  number = {3},
  pages = {27},
  year = {2015},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.5772/59992},
  publisher = {Sage Publications Sage UK: London, England}
}

2014

JOACE

Straight line segments extraction and EKF-SLAM in indoor environment

Jixin Lv, Yukinori Kobayashi, Ankit A Ravankar, and Takanori Emaru

Journal of Automation and control Engineering, 2014

Bib PDF

@article{lv2014straight,
  title = {Straight line segments extraction and EKF-SLAM in indoor environment},
  author = {Lv, Jixin and Kobayashi, Yukinori and Ravankar, Ankit A and Emaru, Takanori},
  journal = {Journal of Automation and control Engineering},
  volume = {2},
  number = {3},
  year = {2014},
  publisher = {Engineering and Technology Publishing}
}

2012

Robot mapping using k-means clustering of laser range sensor data

Ankit A Ravankar, Yohei Hoshino, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

Bulletin of Networking, Computing, Systems, and Software, 2012

Bib

@article{ravankar2012robot,
  title = {Robot mapping using k-means clustering of laser range sensor data},
  author = {Ravankar, Ankit A and Hoshino, Yohei and Emaru, Takanori and Kobayashi, Yukinori},
  journal = {Bulletin of Networking, Computing, Systems, and Software},
  volume = {1},
  number = {1},
  pages = {9--12},
  year = {2012}
}

Conference and workshop papers

2024

IEEE-SII

Real-Time Marker-Based Monocular Autonomous Docking in Semi-Unstructured Indoor Environments*

Sebastian Chinchilla, Takumi Saito, Ryosuke Oikawa, Tomoaki Yamada, Naoto Toshiki, Satsuki Yamane, Jose Salazar, Ankit A Ravankar, and Yasuhisa Hirata

2024

Bib HTML PDF

@inproceedings{10417484,
  author = {Chinchilla, Sebastian and Saito, Takumi and Oikawa, Ryosuke and Yamada, Tomoaki and Toshiki, Naoto and Yamane, Satsuki and Salazar, Jose and Ravankar, Ankit A and Hirata, Yasuhisa},
  booktitle = {2024 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII)},
  title = {Real-Time Marker-Based Monocular Autonomous Docking in Semi-Unstructured Indoor Environments*},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {1561-1568},
  keywords = {Transportation;System integration;Position measurement;Real-time systems;Trajectory;Safety;Resilience},
  type = {proceedings},
  doi = {10.1109/SII58957.2024.10417484}
}

Safety for Human-Robot Interaction with a Shared Autonomy

Seyed Amir Tafrishi, Ankit A Ravankar, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In , 2024

CASE

Enhancing Manipulator Flexibility: Real-time Positional Control for Variable Assembly Environments using AprilTag Markers and Edge Detection

Kamogelo Teddy Theodore Moyo, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Ankit A Ravankar, Yasuhisa Hirata, and Morozumi Shota

In 2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE), 2024

Bib

@inproceedings{10711707,
  author = {Moyo, Kamogelo Teddy Theodore and Luces, Jose Victorio Salazar and Ravankar, Ankit A and Hirata, Yasuhisa and Shota, Morozumi},
  booktitle = {2024 IEEE 20th International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering (CASE)},
  title = {Enhancing Manipulator Flexibility: Real-time Positional Control for Variable Assembly Environments using AprilTag Markers and Edge Detection},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {3932-3939},
  keywords = {Visualization;Service robots;Image edge detection;Robot vision systems;Manipulators;Real-time systems;Safety;Digital twins;Relays;Assembly},
  doi = {10.1109/CASE59546.2024.10711707}
}

ROMAN

A B-spline Approach for Improved Environmental Awareness in Virtual Walking System using Avatar Robot

Alessandra Miuccio, Ricardo Manríquez-Cisterna, Ankit A Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Yasuhisa Hirata, and Paolo Rocco

In 2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN), 2024

Bib

@inproceedings{10731425,
  author = {Miuccio, Alessandra and Manríquez-Cisterna, Ricardo and Ravankar, Ankit A and Victorio Salazar Luces, Jose and Hirata, Yasuhisa and Rocco, Paolo},
  booktitle = {2024 33rd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (ROMAN)},
  title = {A B-spline Approach for Improved Environmental Awareness in Virtual Walking System using Avatar Robot},
  year = {2024},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {189-195},
  keywords = {Legged locomotion;Navigation;Avatars;Aerospace electronics;Cameras;Real-time systems;User experience;Safety;Splines (mathematics);Robots},
  doi = {10.1109/RO-MAN60168.2024.10731425}
}

ICRA

Towards Inclusive Dance: A Robotic Approach for Enhancing Movement and Interaction for People with Disabilities

Zhenyu Liao, Zonghao Dong, Ricardo Manrı́quez, Ankit Ravankar, Juan Carlos Martinez Rocha, Juliette Lavender, Fumi Seto, Eric Monacelli, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automations (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan 2024 (Video Paper), 2024
ICRA

Prototype of Adaptive Touch Walking Support Robot for Maximizing Human Physical Potential Peer-reviewed

Junya Terayama, Ankit Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automations (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan 2024 (EXPO Demo Paper), 2024
ICRA

RENKEI: Connecting sleep and assistive robotics for elderly care

Alexander Breuss, Ricardo Manrı́quez, Oriella Gnarra, Manuel Fujs, Jorge Peña Queralta, Mehdi Ejtehadi, Ankit Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Diego Paez, Yasuhisa Hirata, and others

In IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automations (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan 2024 (EXPO Demo Paper), 2024
ICRA

A Stand-Assist Care Robot for Enhancing Senior Mobility

Ricardo Manrı́quez, Ankit Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Takuro Hatsukari, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automations (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan 2024 (EXPO Demo Paper), 2024
ICRA

Tailoring Indoor Search Strategies: The Role of User Preferences in Multi-Target Navigation

Akash Kedar Chikhalikar, Ankit Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automations (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan 2024 (Late Breaking Paper), 2024
ICRA

Adaptive Speed Control of Treadmill Device for Enhanced Exercise in Virtual and Mixed Reality Experiences

Ricardo Manrı́quez, Alexander Breuss, Oriella Gnarra, Jorge Peña Queralta, Ankit Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Diego Paez, Robert Riener, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automations (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan 2024 (EXPO Demo Paper), 2024
ICRA

Office Robot with Health Sensing Functions

Hana Yamamoto, Hiroyasu Hanada, Ankit Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Masashige Motoe, Yasuhisa Hirata, Koichi Ohta, Nishida Minoru, and Makiyo Maekawa

In IEEE International Conference of Robotics and Automations (ICRA), Yokohama, Japan 2024 (EXPO Demo Paper), 2024

2023

Nursing care teaching system based on mixed reality for effective caregiver-patient interaction

Goro Aoki, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, Ankit A Ravankar, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In 2023 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2023
An object-oriented navigation strategy for service robots leveraging semantic information

Akash Chikhalikar, Ankit A Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In 2023 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2023
Path-Following Guidance for Powered Wheelchair Users Using Mixed-Reality Technology with Shared Control Policy

Zhenyu Liao, Jose Salazar, Ankit Ravankar, Sebastian Chinchilla, Eric Monacelli, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In 2022 IEEE International Conference on Cyborg and Bionic Systems (CBS), 2023
Wheel surface defect detection method using laser sensor and machine vision

Takeshi Emoto, Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In 2023 62nd Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), 2023
Integrating Semantic Awareness and Probabilistic Priors for Object Search in Indoor Environments

Akash Chikhalikar, Ankit A Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2023, 2023

2022

IEEE ICRA

A novel assistive controller based on differential geometry for users of the differential-drive wheeled mobile robots

Seyed Amir Tafrishi, Ankit A Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2022
Driving Assistance for Personal Mobility Considering Sense of Agency Based on User’s Destination Estimation

Akira Okamoto, Yusuke Tamura, Ankit Ravankar, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In Proceedings of the 27th Robotics Symposia,, 2022
ICRA

Immersive virtual walking system using an avatar robot

Kengkij Promsutipong, Jose V Salazar Luces, Ankit A Ravankar, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2022
IROS

PSM: A predictive safety model for body motion based on the spring-damper pendulum

Seyed Amir Tafrishi, Ankit A Ravankar, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2022
Automatic dimensional inspection system of railcar wheelset for condition monitoring

Takeshi Emoto, Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In 2022 61st Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), 2022
Video Stabilization Algorithm for Vineyard Robots

Abhijeet RAVANKAR, and Ankit A RAVANKAR

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2022, 2022
Robot path planning in narrow environments using improved roadmap sampling

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, Jose Victorio SALAZAR Luces, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2022, 2022
Multi-robot Navigation Using Improved Pheromone Trailing

Abhijeet RAVANKAR, and Ankit A RAVANKAR

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2022, 2022
Distributed Docking Station System for Mobile Robots

Abhijeet RAVANKAR, and Ankit A RAVANKAR

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2022, 2022
Robot Exploration Algorithm for Structured Environment

Abhijeet RAVANKAR, and Ankit A RAVANKAR

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2022, 2022
Cooperative Navigation in Multi-Robot System

Abhijeet RAVANKAR, and Ankit A RAVANKAR

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2022, 2022
Dynamic Motion Planning For Mobile Robots Considering Moving Obstacles

Ankit A RAVANKAR, Abhijeet RAVANKAR, Jose Victorio SALAZAR Luces, Seyed Amir TAFRISHI, and Yasuhisa HIRATA

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2022, 2022
Simulation-based mobile robot navigation for precision agriculture monitoring application

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Jose Victorio SALAZAR Luces, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2022, 2022
Development of non-wearable walking assist robot for preventing falling accident

Junya Terayama, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, Ankit A Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In The Proceedings of JSME Annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec), 2022
Nursing care teaching system using mixed reality technology

Goro Aoki, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Ankit A Ravankar, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec), 2022
Development of an autonomous mobile robot for passive welfare object transportation

Zonghao Dong, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Ankit A Ravankar, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In The Proceedings of JSME Annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec), 2022
Cooperation of assistive robots to improve productivity in the nursing care field

Yasuhisa Hirata, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Ankit A Ravankar, and Seyed Amir Tafrishi

In The International Symposium of Robotics Research, 2022

2021

Monocular visual-inertial localization in a point cloud map using feature-to-distribution registration

Su Wang, Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In 2021 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2021
SVM based pedestrian detection system for sidewalk snow removing machines

Yuta Sasaki, Takanori Emaru, and Ankit A Ravankar

In 2021 ieee/sice international symposium on system integration (sii), 2021
Improved scan matching performance in snowy environments using semantic segmentation

Masahiro Obuchi, Takanori Emaru, and Ankit A Ravankar

In 2021 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2021
Real-time interpolation method for sparse lidar point cloud using rgb camera

Tomohiko Hasegawa, Takanori Emaru, and Ankit A Ravankar

In 2021 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2021
Mobile Robot Navigation Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning with 2D-LiDAR Sensor using Stochastic Approach

Han Beomsoo, Ankit A Ravankar, and Takanori Emaru

In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Safety for Robotics (ISR), 2021
An evaluation of rgb-thermal image segmentation for snowy road environment

Sirawich Vachmanus, Ankit A Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), 2021
Automatic inspection of railcar wheels using laser and image sensor

Takeshi Emoto, Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In 2021 60th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE), 2021
Autonomous Navigation of Mobile Robots in Vineyard

Abhijeet RAVANKAR, Ankit A RAVANKAR, and Yohei HOSHINO

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2021, 2021
An improved reactive navigation method for mobile robots using potential fields

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2021, 2021
ROBIO

A geometric assistive controller for the users of wheeled mobile robots without desired states

Seyed Amir Tafrishi, Ankit A Ravankar, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2021
ROBIO

Evaluation of an avatar robot with a physically immersive telepresence

Koen Hertenberg, Jose Victorio Salazar Luces, Seyed Amir Tafrishi, Ankit A Ravankar, and Yasuhisa Hirata

In 2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2021

2020

Development of Robust Ridge Detection Method and Control System for Autonomous Navigation of Mobile Robot in Agricultural Farm

Shunsuke Fujita, Takanori Emaru, Ankit A Ravankar, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In Symposium on Robot Design, Dynamics and Control, 2020
Semantic image segmentation on snow driving scenarios

Yayun Lei, Takanori Emaru, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Su Wang

In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), 2020
Estimation of tree diameter at breast height using stereo camera by drone surveying and mobile scanning methods

Visarut Trairattanapa, Ankit A Ravankar, and Takanori Emaru

In 2020 59th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE), 2020
Semantic segmentation for road surface detection in snowy environment

Sirawich Vachmanus, Ankit A Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In 2020 59th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE), 2020
Path Planning for Mobile Robots based on Semantic Mapping

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2020, 2020
Pose Graph Map Merging SLAM for Multiple Robots

Ankit A RAVANKAR, Abhijeet RAVANKAR, Takanori EMARU, and Yukinori KOBAYASHI

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2020, 2020
A Solution for Automatic Charging of Multiple Robots

Abhijeet RAVANKAR, Ankit A RAVANKAR, Michiko WATANABE, and Yohei HOSHINO

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2020, 2020
Image Based Landmark Detection in Vineyards

Abhijeet RAVANKAR, Ankit A RAVANKAR, Yohei HOSHINO, and Michiko WATANABE

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2020, 2020
A Hybrid Feature based Mapping for Indoor Service Robots

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2020, 2020
An intelligent cleaning robot for indoor environments

Abhijeet RAVANKAR, Ankit A RAVANKAR, Michiko WATANABE, and Yohei HOSHINO

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2020, 2020
Dynamics Modelling and Parameter Identification of a Reaction Wheel Based Pendulum

Cheng-Yi Su, Chao-Chung Peng, Ankit A Ravankar, and Abhijeet Ravankar

In 2020 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC), 2020

2019

Multi-modal Vibration Control of a Double Shell Railway Car-Body Model using Passive Piezo-electric Shunt Circuit

Silabhadra Das, Ashish Gupta, Yukinori Kobayashi, Takanori Emaru, and Ankit Ravankar

In 2019 12th Asian Control Conference (ASCC), 2019
Cooperative multi-robot map merging with task distribution

Ankit A RAVANKAR, Abhijeet RAVANKAR, Yukinori KOBAYASHI, and Takanori EMARU

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2019, 2019
Efficient Robot Path Planning in Crowded Passages

Abhijeet RAVANKAR, Ankit A RAVANKAR, Yohei HOSHINO, and Yukinori KOBAYASHI

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2019, 2019
Autonomous navigation of ground robot for vineyard monitoring

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2019, 2019
Robust landmark detection in vineyards using laser range sensor

Abhijeet RAVANKAR, Ankit A RAVANKAR, Yohei HOSHINO, and Yukinori KOBAYASHI

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2019, 2019
Virtual obstacles for safe mobile robot navigation

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit Ravankar, Yohei Hoshino, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In 2019 8th international congress on advanced applied informatics (IIAI-AAI), 2019
Managing the project: The essential need for project management training and education in graduate schools

Ankit Ravankar, Shotaro Imai, and Abhijeet Ravankar

In 2019 8th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI), 2019
An efficient algorithm for cleaning robots using vision sensors

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Michiko Watanabe, and Yohei Hoshino

In Proceedings, 2019
A Semi-active Multi-mode Vibration Damping Technique to Study the Impact of Vertical Flexural Vibration Damping of a Railway Car-body Floor on Ride Comfort

DAS Silabhadra, Ashish GUPTA, ONO Shuntaro, Yukinori KOBAYASHI, Takanori EMARU, and Ankit RAVANKAR

In World Congress on Railway Research (WCRR), 2019 Tokyo, 2019
Multi-robot Mapping and Navigation using Topological Features

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In Proceedings, 2019
Visual-aided Multi-robot Mapping and Navigation using Topological Features

Ankit Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In Proceedings, 2019
Hmrp: Heat map based robot path planner for safe navigation in human centric environments

A Ravankar, AA Ravankar, Y Hoshino, and Y Kobayashi

In Proceedings of The 24th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB 2019), 2019

2018

Task coordination for multiple mobile robots considering semantic and topological information

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Chao-Chung Peng, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Applied System Invention (ICASI), 2018
Real-time multi-robot path planning revisited as a caching problem

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, Chao-Chung Peng, and Takanori Emaru

In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Applied System Invention (ICASI), 2018
Semantic Navigation for Indoor Service Robots

Ankit RAVANKAR, Abhijeet RAVANKAR, Yukinori KOBAYASHI, and Takanori EMARU

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2018, 2018
Real-Time Path Smoothing for Mobile Robots in 2D and 3D Environments

Abhijeet RAVANKAR, Ankit RAVANKAR, Yukinori KOBAYASHI, and Takanori EMARU

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2018, 2018
A bio-inspired algorithm for autonomous task coordination of multiple mobile robots

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Yohei Hoshino

In Proceedings, 2018
Autonomous mapping and exploration with unmanned aerial vehicles using low cost sensors

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

In Proceedings, 2018
Localization with laser range finder in a metrically inconsistent map from monocular slam

Su Wang, Yukinori Kobayashi, Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, and Takanori Emaru

In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2018
Towards better problem finding and creativity in graduate school education: A case study of nitobe school program

Ankit Ravankar, Shotaro Imai, Abhijeet Ravankar, Tomohiro Agatsuma, Tomomichi Kato, Taichi Takasuka, Teruyuki Tsuji, Kaori K Shigetomi, and Ken Saito

In 2018 7th International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI), 2018
構体と内装の二重シェル構造を有する鉄道車体モデルの音響解析

小野俊太郎, 小林幸徳, 山本克也, 江丸貴紀, and others

In Dynamics & Design Conference 2018, 2018
Applying Semantic Segmentation to Autonomous Cars in the Snowy Environment

Zhaoyu PAN, Takanori EMARU, Ankit RAVANKAR, and Yukinori KOBAYASHI

In 36th Annual Conference of the Robotics Society of Japan, 2018

2017

Utilization of the Student E-Portfolio in the Graduate Education: The Case Report of" Nitobe School Program" in Hokkaido University

Shotaro Imai, Michiyo Shimamura, Ankit A Ravankar, Hisashi Haga, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Yasuhiro Yamanaka

In 2017 6th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI), 2017
Optimal robot path selection using Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchical process

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

In Proceedings, 2017
Low-cost mobile platform for ROS

Ankit Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2017, 2017
Can robots help each other to plan optimal paths in dynamic maps?

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

In 2017 56th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE), 2017
A hybrid topological mapping and navigation method for large area robot mapping

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In 2017 56th annual conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE), 2017
Vision based autonomous docking of VTOL UAV using a mobile robot manipulator

Eduardo Narváez, Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

In 2017 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2017
UAV pose estimation using IR and RGB cameras

Wang Su, Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

In 2017 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2017
Effect of instructor’s actions and attitudes on student’s motivation and discussion process in TBL class for graduate students

Ankit Ravankar, Michiyo Shimamura, Taichi Takasuka, Go Chiba, and Yasuhiro Yamanaka

In , 2017
Low-cost Mobile Platform for ROS

Ravankar Ankit, Ravankar Abhijeet, Emaru Takanori, and Kobayashi Yukinori

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics, 2017

2016

How Does the English Ability of the Student Change through the Postgraduate Education?~ The Case Report of" Nitobe School Program" in Hokkaido University"

Michiyo Shimamura, Shotaro Imai, Ankit A Ravankar, and Yasuhiro Yamanaka

In 2016 5th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI), 2016
Nurturing problem-finding skills in graduate students through problem based learning approaches

Ankit A Ravankar, Shotaro Imai, Michiyo Shimamura, Go Chiba, Taichi Takasuka, and Yasuhiro Yamanaka

In 2016 5th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI), 2016
Intelligent robot guidance in fixed external camera network for navigation in crowded and narrow passages

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

In Proceedings, 2016
Adaptive control for omnidirectional wheeled robot

Kota Kawamura, Takanori Emaru, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Ankit A Ravankar

In 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2016
3D map-building from RGB-D data considering noise characteristics of Kinect

Takahiro Yamaguchi, Takanori Emaru, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Ankit A Ravankar

In 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2016
Mapping of pier substructure using UAV

Masaru Sakuma, Yukinori Kobayashi, Takanori Emaru, and Ankit A Ravankar

In 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2016
A method of low-cost IMU calibration and alignment

Jixin Lv, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

In 2016 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2016
Path smoothing extension for various robot path planners

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ravankar Ankit, Kobayashi Yukinori, and Emaru Takanori

In Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS), 2016 16th International Conference on, 2016
A Multi-Robot Path Planning Scheme and Management based on Power Availability

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2016, 2016
Clustering Based Line Detection in Noisy Datasets

Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In The Proceedings of JSME annual Conference on Robotics and Mechatronics (Robomec) 2016, 2016
Angular piezo actuator controlled laser resonator for precise sensing of respiratory diseases

Arpit Rawankar, Jyoti Gondane, and Ankit Ravankar

In Proceedings, 2016
Discussion on a method of team-based-learning style lecture for graduate students in a research university

Shotaro Imai, Ankit A Ravankar, Michiyo Shimamura, Taichi E Takasuka, Go Chiba, and Yasuhiro Yamanaka

In 2016 5th IIAI International Congress on Advanced Applied Informatics (IIAI-AAI), 2016

2015

A novel vision based adaptive transmission power control algorithm for energy efficiency in wireless sensor networks employing mobile robots

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, Lv Jixin, Takanori Emaru, and Yohei Hoshino

In 2015 Seventh International Conference on Ubiquitous and Future Networks, 2015
A solution to estimate robot motion with large rotation by matching laser scans

Jixin Lv, Kobayashi Yukinori, Ankit A Ravankar, Abhijeet Ravankar, and Takanori Emaru

In 2015 54th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE), 2015
An intelligent docking station manager for multiple mobile service robots

Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, Lv Jixin, Takanori Emaru, and Yohei Hoshino

In 2015 15th international conference on control, automation and systems (ICCAS), 2015
Estimation of position and trajectory of a flying ball in 3-D space

Mengze Li, Abhijeet Ravankar, Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

In 2015 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2015
SLAM within indoor loops by using incremental scan registration

LV Jixin, Abhijeet Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, Ankit A Ravankar, and Takanori Emaru

In 2015 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2015
A connected component labeling algorithm for sparse lidar data segmentation

Abhijeet Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, Ankit Ravankar, and Takanori Emaru

In 2015 6th International Conference on Automation, Robotics and Applications (ICARA), 2015

2014

An embarrassingly parallel hoppingwindow noise removing algorithm for lidar based robot mapping

Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, Jixin Lv, Takanori Emaru, and Yohei Hoshino

In 2014 Proceedings of the SICE Annual Conference (SICE), 2014

2013

Clustering based loop closure technique for 2d robot mapping based on ekf-slam

Ankit A Ravankar, Yukinori Kobayashi, and Takanori Emaru

In 2013 7th Asia Modelling Symposium, 2013

2011

Map building from laser range sensor information using mixed data clustering and singular value decomposition in noisy environment

Ankit A Ravankar, Yohei Hoshino, Takanori Emaru, and Yukinori Kobayashi

In 2011 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2011

Thesis