Naveen Rastogi
Homi Bhabha National Institute, Institute for Plasma Research
Papers
7
Total Citations
71
H-Index
4
About
Naveen Rastogi is a leading researcher in robotics for extreme environments, with a primary focus on remote maintenance and inspection systems for tokamak fusion reactors. His work bridges the critical gap between autonomous navigation and human-in-the-loop control, developing solutions that enable robots to operate in the hostile conditions inside fusion devices—where high temperatures, vacuum, and radiation make human access impossible. Rastogi’s most cited paper (27 citations) pioneers the use of assisted virtual reality and haptic feedback for tokamak remote maintenance, enhancing operator precision in complex tasks. He has also made foundational contributions to path-planning, notably a complete coverage algorithm for known 2D environments (21 citations), a key primitive for autonomous mobile robots. His research extends to hyper-redundant manipulators for constrained-space tokamak inspection, real-time equipment controllers using OROCOS, and FPGA-based wireless control systems. More recently, Rastogi has explored deep Q-learning for robotic arm navigation in tokamak inspection, demonstrating his commitment to integrating AI with nuclear robotics. His work has been validated through prototype work-cells for ITER remote handling standards, positioning him as a key contributor to the future of fusion energy maintenance.
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Top Papers
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- 2Complete coverage path planning algorithm for known 2d environment21 citations · 2017
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- 4A Hyper-Redundant Robot Development for Tokamak Inspection5 citations · 2017
- 5FPGA Based Wireless Control System for Robotic Applications3 citations · 2013
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- 7Deep Q-Learning for Navigation of Robotic Arm for Tokamak Inspection3 citations · 2018