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Robotics Innovations Lab
Robotics, Product Development & Technology Innovation
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Monocopters
Unmanned aerial vehicles inspired from nature to support
multimodal flying with agility, speed and control
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STARS
Intelligent miniature robotic platforms with reconfigurable and
swarming capabilities for mapping, surveillance and reconnaissance
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TURbot
Amphibious quadruped robot for underground water/gas
pipeline inspection and maintenance
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STARFISH II
Autonomous bioinspired marine vehicle for aquatic ecosystem
surveying, exploration and maritime operations

Innovating New Age Robotics

Welcome to Robotics Innovations Lab @ CPDM, IISc

Our aim is to create user-centric, trans-disciplinary and hands-on learning programs in both Teaching and Research methods in Robotics & Autonomous Systems (RAS). My research interest lies at the intersection of Human Collaborative Robots, Innovative Product Development and Technology Innovation. We specialize in research, design and development on Ground, Aerial, Industrial and Social Robotics. With a strong focus on end-users and collaborators needs, our mission is to enhance the competences and trustworthiness of autonomous systems operating in complex scenarios, improving the existing technology, enabling innovative products and applications to real world problems. We also aspire to bring a sustainable approach to this field through resource efficient scientific principles. We are always looking for collaborative partners and competent researchers to join us for various RAS endeavors.

This site provides information about RIL's research, projects and publications.
Please visit our YouTube Channel for a selection of recent research projects.
~ Abhra

International Awards / News


Dr. Abhra Roy Chowdhury conferred with Brunel Academy (IKB) Fellowship in Human Collaborative Digital Manufacturing 2023

Ranked 2nd in the IROS - METRICS HEART-MET Assistive Robot Activity Recognition Challenge 2022 at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 22) in Kyoto, Japan

Proud recipient of Industrial Consultancy Grant from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited India (HAL) and Wipro (British Telecom UK) 2023

‘Bioinspired Collaborative Robots’ published in ‘Frontiers Robotics and AI’ is the “Most Viewed Article of July 2022”. (Link)

Leaderboard position in Top 10 at the Benchmark Autonomous Robot Navigation (BARN) Challenge @ IEEE ICRA Philadelphia, USA, 2022 (Link)

Paper Selected for ICRA2022

Our Technical Paper "Sound based Deep-SLAM" has been presented at the IEEE RAS flagship International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 2022, Philadelphia (PA), USA (Link)

Core Research Grant (CRG) 2021

Privileged Recipient of  “Core Research Grant (CRG) 2021-2024” funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.(Link)

RAMI for Aerial Robots Competition IROS Prague 2021

Team Robotics Innovations Lab (RIL), IISc has secured 3rd place in the RAMI (Robotics for Asset Maintenance and Inspection) for Aerial Robots Competition 2021, organized by CATEC (Advanced Center for Aerospace Technologies) Seville, Spain, held at IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021) in Prague, Czech Republic between Sep 27 - Oct 1, 2021 (Link)

Robothon Grand Challenge 2021

Our team from Robotics Innovations Lab (RIL), IISc has secured 7th position in Overall points table in "Robothon Competition" organized by Munich School of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MSRM), Technical University of Munich (TUM), Munich, held between May 14 - June 22, 2021.(Link)

Student Best Paper Award Finalist 2020

Paper: Vision based Object Sorting using Deep Learning for Inventory Tracking in Automated Warehouse Environment

Conference: 20th IEEE ICROS International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS) 2020, Busan S. Korea (Link)