Lecturer in Computer Science (Robotics)
I am a Lecturer in Computer Science. I received my BTech in Electronics and Communication Engineering and MTech In Microelectronics and VLSI (Electronics and Communication Engineering). I also received my MSc in Robotics, Autonomous, and Interactive Systems, with a specialism in Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Computation (School of Engineering and Physical Sciences) and a Ph.D. in Robotics (Electronics and Electrical Engineering).
My expertise is in robotics, and I am specifically interested in autonomous robots, telepresence robots, drones, and bio-inspired robots.
Teaching and supervision
Teaching:
- Software Engineering
- Specialist Project
- IoT and Robotics
- Product development
- Computer Architecture and Networks
Supervision:
- Computing Project
- MSc Project
- Professional Work Placement
Research interests for potential research students
- Robot kinematics and control
- Navigation in an unknown environment
- Environmental mapping
- Bioinspired computation
- Designing robots that mimic nature
Research
My current research interests include robot control, navigation in unknown environments, pattern recognition from robot vision environmental mapping, etc. This wide range of robotics research has broader applications, including monitoring remote terrains (using remotely operated vehicles – ROVs and drones), disaster-ridden areas where immediate manual intervention is impossible, precision agriculture, etc.
Publications
Article
Das, Barnali and Dobie, Gordon (2021) Delay compensated state estimation for Telepresence robot navigation. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 146. p. 103890. ISSN 0921-8890
Das, Barnali, Couceiro, Micael S. and Vargas, Patricia A. (2016) MRoCS: A new multi-robot communication system based on passive action recognition. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 82. pp. 46-60. ISSN 0921-8890
Book Section
Das, Barnali, Ray, Dip Narayan and Majumder, Somajyoti (2010) Experiments with a Behavior-Based Robot. In: Computer Networks and Information Technologies. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 133-141. ISBN 978-3-642-19541-9
Conference or Workshop Item
Das, Barnali, Dobie, Gordon and Pierce, Stephen Gareth (2019) AS-EKF: a delay aware state estimation technique for telepresence robot navigation. In: 2019 Third IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing (IRC).
Das, Barnali, Dobie, Gordon and Pierce, Stephen (2018) State estimation of delays in telepresence robot navigation using Bayesian approaches. In: Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems: 19th Annual Conference, TAROS 2018, Bristol, UK July 25-27, 2018, Bristol, UK.
Das, Barnali, Couceiro, Micael S. and Vargas, Patricia A. (2014) Design of Flying Robot Swarms without Explicit and Implicit Communication. In: Developmental and bio-inspired approaches for memory and emotion modelling in cognitive robotics, IEEE RO-MAN 2014.
Das, Barnali, Mondal, A, Ray, Dip N and Majumder, S (2009) ARBIB: Development of an Autonomous Robot based on Intelligent Behavior. In: Published in National Conference on Machine and Mechanism, India, Durgapur, India.
Thesis
Das, Barnali (2023) Delay modelling and state estimation techniques for robust telepresence robot navigation. Doctoral thesis, University Of Strathclyde.
- Autonomous robots
- Telepresence robots
- Drones
- Bio-inspired robots/Bio-mimicking
- Evolutionary computation
- Simultaneous localisation and mapping
- Internet of Things