RASL, Olin Hall, # 518

Vanderbilt University

 http://people.vanderbilt.edu/~vishnu.g.mallapragada/

My broader research interests include Mechatronics, Robotics, Embedded systems,
Computational Solid Mechanics and MEMS.

M.S., Mechatronics North Carolina State University 2004
B.S., Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai 2002

• Mallapragada, V., Sarkar, N., Podder, T., “Robot assisted real-time tumor manipulation for breast biopsy,” Transactions on Robotics (Submitted Sep 2007).

• Mallapragada, V., Erol, D., Sarkar, N., “A new method of force control for unknown environments,” International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, Vol. 4, No. 3, Sep 2007.

• Ramasubramanian, M. K., Venditti, R. A., Ammineni, C., Mallapragada, V., “Optical sensor for noncontact measurement of lignin content in high-speed moving paper surfaces,” IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 5, No. 5, Oct 2005.

       Conference Proceedings

• Mallapragada, V., Sarkar, N., Podder, T., “Robot assisted real-time tumor manipulation for breast biopsy,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Submitted Sep 2007).

• Mallapragada, V., Sarkar, N., Podder, T., “A robotic system for real-time tumor manipulation during image guided breast biopsy,” IEEE International Conference on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering, Oct 2007 (Accepted).

• Mallapragada, V., Erol, D., Sarkar, N., “A new method of force control for unknown environments,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Oct 2006.

• Mallapragada, V., Ramasubramanian, M. K., Venditti, R. A., “A compact, high speed lignin sensor for the automated sorting of newsprint from mixed waste,” in TAPPI Paper Summit, May 2004.

• Erol, D., Mallapragada, V., Sarkar, N., Uswatte, G., Taub, E., “Autonomously adapting robotic assistance for rehabilitation therapy,” in Proc. International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, Feb 2006.

• Erol, D., Mallapragada, V., Sarkar, N., “Adaptable force control in robotic rehabilitation,” in Proc. IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Aug 2005.

• Erol, D., Mallapragada, V., Sarkar, N., “A new approach to robot assisted rehabilitation,” in Proc. International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics, July 2005.

Robotics and Autonomous Systems Laboratory