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Dr. Ganesha Udupa

Professor, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Amritapuri

Qualification: BE, M.Tech, Ph.D
ganesh@am.amrita.edu
Research Interest: Nanometrology, Optical Instrumentation, Precision Engineering, Robotics

Bio

Dr. Ganesha Udupa received his M.Tech. in Product Engineering Systems Technology and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Precision Engineering and Metrology) from Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai. His doctoral dissertation was titled, “Investigations on Surface Topography Characterization by Confocal Microscopy.” He has Post Doctoral Research Felowship from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

Dr. Ganesha Udupa joined Amrita’s Department of Mechanical Engineering in 2004 as chairperson with years of international experience.

He continued on as a Research Fellow in the School of Mechanical and Production Engineering (SMPE) at NTU. He was also associated with the Innovation in Manufacturing System and Technology (IMST) Program undertaken as part of the university’s alliance with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.

While at NTU, Dr. Udupa conducted research at the Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology Center. He also developed a novel sub-surface nano-defects detection system for silicon wafers, for which he received a Singapore patent and filed for a US patent.

Dr. Udupa has published more than 80 papers in National and International Journals and conference proceedings.He has five patents to his credit.He was conferred the Best paper award (1st prize) for the outstanding Ph.D research paper at the 17th AIMTDR conference, Jan 1997, Warangal, India. He was received with a Foreign Travel Grant from CSIR for research paper presentation at 11th ASPE Annual meeting, Monterey, California, USA,1996.

Dr. Udupa was a principal investigator for the joint Amrita-ISRO funded project on Soft Lunar Lander and founded Amrita- ISRO & MISR labs. He is a mentor for Univeristy Mars Rover project wherein students regularly attend world Rover Challenge to be held in USA & European countries. One of his papers has recently presented and well received at the IEEE conference on Oct 29, 2010 at The Korean Institute of Science and Technology.

Dr. Udupa has guided numerous students for Ph.D., masters and bachelors level projects at Amrita. His current areas of interest include Robotics, Precision Engineering, Nano Metrology, Manufacturing Technology, Computer-Aided Inspection, Optical Instrumentation and Design of Interferometers, Holography / Shearography for NDT and Opto-Mechatronics. He was the key person of AICT sponsored National Nano Technology Workshop, conducted at Amrita. He organised the National Level Robotics Workshop on Oct 14-16 2006, April 4-6, 2008 and Jan 29-31, 2010 at Amritapuri campus, Kollam, Kerala.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2017

A novel underactuated multi-fingered soft robotic hand for prosthetic application

Cite this Research Publication : Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Dr. Ganesh Udupa, and Pramod Sreedharan, “A novel underactuated multi-fingered soft robotic hand for prosthetic application”, Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Elsevier) , vol. 100, pp. 267–277, 2017

Publisher : Robotics and Autonomous Systems (Elsevier)

Year : 2017

Innovative Anti-Bourdon tube pressure gauge for manufacturing industries (Received the Award of Rs. 15,000/- cash prize)

Cite this Research Publication : Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Dr. Ganesh Udupa, and Pramod Sreedharan, “Anti-Bourdon tube pressure gauge”, Measurement, vol. 101, pp. 190 - 199, 2017

Publisher : International Machine tool Exhibition (IMTEX forming Tool tech 2014)

Year : 2017

Anti-Bourdon tube pressure gauge

Cite this Research Publication :
Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Dr. Ganesh Udupa, and Pramod Sreedharan, “Anti-Bourdon tube pressure gauge”, Measurement, vol. 101, pp. 190 - 199, 2017

Publisher : Measurement

Year : 2016

Design and manufacture of 3D printec myoelectric multi-fingered hand for prosthetic application

Cite this Research Publication : J. Pai U, N.P., S., N.P., S., R., S., A.P., K., S, P., and G, U., “Design and manufacture of 3D printec myoelectric multi-fingered hand for prosthetic application”, International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications, RAHA 2016, 2017.

Year : 2016

Design and simulation of lunar soft lander

Cite this Research Publication : A. Krishnan, Dr. Ganesh Udupa, and Pramod Sreedharan, “Design and simulation of lunar soft lander”, International Journal of Control Theory and Applications, vol. 9, pp. 5835-5843, 2016

Publisher : International Journal of Control Theory and Applications, Serials Publications.

Year : 2015

Design and Development of an Intelligent Rover for Mars Exploration (Updated)

Cite this Research Publication : A. S, VJ, U., Kalathil, S. T., Simon, A., CM, H., Mathew, D. P., Maya Menon, Basil, P., Ramachandran, R., Sengar, A., Balakrishnan, A., Dutt, K., Murali, A., Tilak, C. Krishna, Suresh, A., Suresh, A., B. Shankar, and Dr. Ganesh Udupa, “Design and Development of an Intelligent Rover for Mars Exploration (Updated)”, The Mars Society with permission, 2015

Publisher : The Mars Society with permission

Year : 2013

Design and Development of Mobile Operated Control System for Humanoid Robot

Cite this Research Publication : S. Aswath, Krishna, T. Chinmaya, Abhay, S., and Ganesha, U., “Design and Development of Mobile Operated Control System for Humanoid Robot”, International journal of Advances in Computing, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 50-56, 2013.

Publisher : International journal of Advances in Computing

Conference Paper

Year : 2020

Evaluation of roundness error for cylindrical surfaces using vision system

Cite this Research Publication : Vysakh S., Surendran, K. N., and Udupa, G., “Evaluation of roundness error for cylindrical surfaces using vision system”, in IConAMMA- 2019 International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications, Bengaluru, India, 2020.

Publisher : IConAMMA- 2019 International Conference on Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Applications, Bengaluru, India.

Year : 2017

Design and manufacture of Amrita Surya Vahini-A solar auto rickshaw

Cite this Research Publication : G. Udupa, Freeman, J., Nimbewal, V., Choudhary, R. K., Sasikumar, S., and Nair, S. V., “Design and manufacture of Amrita Surya Vahini-A solar auto rickshaw”, in International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications, RAHA 2016 - Conference Proceedings, 2017.

Publisher : International Conference on Robotics and Automation for Humanitarian Applications, RAHA 2016 - Conference Proceedings

Year : 2015

An Advanced Spider like Rocker-Bogie Suspension System for Mars Exploration Rovers

Cite this Research Publication : Ajithkumar, N., Kalathil, S. T., Simon, A., VJ, U., Mathew, D. P., Basil, P., Dutt, K., and Dr. Ganesh Udupa, “An Advanced Spider like Rocker-Bogie Suspension System for Mars Exploration Rovers”, in The 4th International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RITA) 2015, Bucheon, Korea, 2015.

Publisher : The 4th International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RITA) 2015

Year : 2011

Innovative micro-walking robot using flexible microactuator

Cite this Research Publication : PaSai Dinesh, Raveendra, Rb, Aditya, Kb, Sreedharan, Pb, and Udupa, Gb, “Innovative micro-walking robot using flexible microactuator”, in Proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction, ISARC 2011, Seoul, 2011, pp. 1178-1183.

Publisher : ISARC

Year : 2011

Development of Bio-machine based on the plant response to external stimuli

Cite this Research Publication : K. Aditya, Chen, Y., Kim, E. - H., Dr. Ganesh Udupa, and Lee, Y. K., “Development of Bio-machine based on the plant response to external stimuli”, in Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2011 IEEE International Conference on, Karon Beach, Phuket, 2011, pp. 1218-1223

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2010

Robotic gripper driven by flexible microactuator based on an innovative technique

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Ganesh Udupa, Pramod Sreedharan, and Aditya, K., “Robotic gripper driven by flexible microactuator based on an innovative technique”, in Proceedings of IEEE Workshop on Advanced Robotics and its Social Impacts, ARSO, Seoul, 2010, pp. 111-116.

Publisher : ARSO

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2019

Intuitive Manipulation of Delta Robot using Leap Motion

Cite this Research Publication : P. Giridharan, Rajeevlochana G. Chittawadigi, and Dr. Ganesh Udupa, “Intuitive Manipulation of Delta Robot using Leap Motion”, 4th International and 19th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM2019). Springer Publications , Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, 2019

Publisher : 4th International and 19th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms (iNaCoMM2019)

Year : 2013

Innovative Flexing Technique for Bionic Hand Design

Cite this Research Publication : S. Pramod, Ganesh, S., and Ganesha, U., “Innovative Flexing Technique for Bionic Hand Design”, Proceedings, Amrita Bio Quest, Amritapuri. 2013.

Publisher : Proceedings, Amrita Bio Quest, Amritapuri

Year : 2012

Design and Fabrication of a Novel Multiple Fuse System

Cite this Research Publication : K. Aditya, Karthik, S., and Ganesha, U., “Design and Fabrication of a Novel Multiple Fuse System”, 4th international and 25th All India manufacturing technology Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR 2012). Jadavapur University, Kolakata, India, pp. 1338-1343, 2012.

Publisher : AIMTDR

Year : 2012

A novel technique for the development of artificial Human Hand for prosthetic Application (Received best paper(poster) Award)

Cite this Research Publication : K. B. S. Pavan Kumar, Srinath, S. K., P, S. Menon C., Pramod, S., and Ganesha, U., “A novel technique for the development of artificial Human Hand for prosthetic Application (Received best paper(poster) Award)”, National conference on Applications of data mining in management of metabolic and Degerative disorders. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham , Mysore, pp. 1-7, 2012.

Publisher : Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Patents

Year : 2021

Artificial Humanoid Robotic Hand and Process of Manufacturing Thereof

Cite this Research Publication : U. Ganesha, “Artificial Humanoid Robotic Hand and Process of Manufacturing Thereof”, U.S. Patent 3631/CHE/20112011.


Year : 2013

LIGHT WEIGHT MULTIPURPOSE SOLAR POWERED ELECTRIC VEHICLE

Cite this Research Publication : U. Ganesha and Freeman, J., “LIGHT WEIGHT MULTIPURPOSE SOLAR POWERED ELECTRIC VEHICLE”, U.S. Patent 4959/CHE/20132013.

Publisher : U.S. Patent 4959/CHE/2013

Year : 2012

A Device For Sensing Fluid Pressure

Cite this Research Publication : U. Ganesha, “A Device For Sensing Fluid Pressure”, U.S. Patent 2000/CHE/20122012.

Year : 2011

Artificial Humanoid Robotic Hand and Process of Manufacturing Thereof

Cite this Research Publication : U. Ganesha, “Artificial Humanoid Robotic Hand and Process of Manufacturing Thereof”, U.S. Patent 3631/CHE/20112011.

Journal

Year : 2013

An Intelligent Plant EMG Sensor System for Pre-detection of Environmental Hazards

Cite this Research Publication : A. K, Freeman, J., and Udupa, G., “An Intelligent Plant EMG Sensor System for Pre-detection of Environmental Hazards”. 2013.

Publisher : (2013).

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