Viraj Muthugala
I am a research fellow at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore. I am interested in Reconfigurable robotics, Path Planning, Human-robot interaction, and Service robotics.
I earned my doctoral degree from the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka in July 2018. As my doctoral research, I have developed an interactive robot for assisting disabled/elderly persons in domestic environments and the main focus of the research was to develop an intelligent system to understand uncertain information such as “small”, “far” and “little” by adapting the perception of the robot based on context, environment and the experience.
Contact details:
Email:
muthugala[at]ieee[dot]org
News:
Look forward to IROS 2024 which will be held from 14-18th October in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The following papers co-authored by me will be presented there.
Title: Dynamic Reconfiguration Integrated Nested A*: A Path Planner for Reconfigurable Robot to Improve Performance in Confined Spaces
Authors: Rishan Sachinthana, Bhagya Samarakoon, Viraj Muthugala, and Rajesh Elara Mohan
📅 Date: Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024 🕒 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM 📍 Room: 9
Title: A Decentralized Partially Observable Markov Decision Process for Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance and Complete Area Coverage using Multiple Reconfigurable Robots
Authors: Javier Pey Jia Jie, Bhagya Samarakoon, Viraj Muthugala, and Rajesh Elara Mohan
📅 Date: Thursday, Oct 17, 2024 🕒 Time: 9:00 - 10:00 AM 📍 Room: 11
Title: Time-Ordered Ad-hoc Resource Sharing for Independent Robotic Agents
Authors: Arjo Chakravarty, Michael X. Grey, Viraj Muthugala, and Rajesh Elara Mohan
📅 Date: Thursday, Oct 17, 2024 🕒 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 PM 📍 Room: 9