Papers
17
Total Citations
374
H-Index
10
About
Bijo Sebastian is a versatile robotics researcher whose work spans autonomous ground vehicles, rehabilitation robotics, and field robotics systems. His most influential contributions lie in advancing intelligent navigation and locomotion for tracked vehicles, most notably through physics-based path planning in challenging terrain (74 citations) and the application of Active Disturbance Rejection Control to compensate for slip in skid-steer vehicles (48 citations) — work that has meaningfully improved the reliability of autonomous ground vehicles in unstructured environments. Sebastian has also made significant strides in deep reinforcement learning for collision avoidance (41 citations) and real-time terrain classification using support vector machines (34 citations), demonstrating a consistent focus on making robots smarter and more adaptive in the field. Beyond navigation, Sebastian has contributed substantially to wearable robotics, designing hand exoskeletons with series elastic actuation and naturalistic grasp prediction algorithms intended for healthcare, rehabilitation, and industrial use. His comprehensive review of search-and-rescue field robots (36 citations) reflects a broader commitment to socially impactful robotics applications. Across modular self-reconfigurable systems and agricultural climbing robots, his research portfolio reveals a researcher equally comfortable at theoretical and practical frontiers, with a cumulative citation record that underscores his growing influence across multiple robotics disciplines.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
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- 3A Collision Avoidance Method Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning41 citations · 2021
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- 5Support vector machine based real-time terrain estimation for tracked robots34 citations · 2019
- 6A General Purpose Robotic Hand Exoskeleton With Series Elastic Actuation26 citations · 2019
- 7Two-Digit Robotic Exoskeleton Glove Mechanism: Design and Integration25 citations · 2017
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- 9Grasp Prediction Toward Naturalistic Exoskeleton Glove Control19 citations · 2019
- 10Design and analysis of a tree climbing robot10 citations · 2015