Niramon Ruangpayoongsak
King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, University of Siegen
Papers
8
Total Citations
141
H-Index
5
About
Niramon Ruangpayoongsak is a pioneering roboticist whose work bridges the critical gap between autonomous systems and real-world environmental challenges. Her primary research areas span aquatic robotics, agricultural automation, and search-and-rescue systems. She is best known for developing a floating waste scooper robot (55 citations) that tackles the pressing issue of plastic pollution in developing countries by overcoming the physical challenges of collecting dry waste from water surfaces. Her work on laser-based floating waste detection (8 citations) further refines autonomous cleaning operations. In agricultural robotics, she introduced a leading-point vision guidance system for corn fields (11 citations), enabling precise interrow navigation. Her foundational contributions to search-and-rescue robotics (52 citations) established mobile robots as vital tools for victim detection and hazardous environment mapping. Ruangpayoongsak also advanced 3D vision with PMD technology (7 citations) for the MERLIN micro-robot series, demonstrating standardized modular design for diverse tasks. Her low-cost visual tracking system (3 citations) makes robot positioning accessible. With over 140 total citations, her work has directly influenced practical solutions for environmental cleanup, precision agriculture, and disaster response.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1A floating waste scooper robot on water surface55 citations · 2017
- 2Mobile Robots for Search and Rescue52 citations · 2005
- 3Leading point based interrow robot guidance in corn fields11 citations · 2017
- 4Economic Floating Waste Detectionfor Surface Cleaning Robots8 citations · 2017
- 53D vision based on PMD-technology for mobile robots7 citations · 2003
- 6Mobile Robot Positioning by using Low-Cost Visual Tracking System3 citations · 2017
- 7POSITION CALIBRATION OF A MOBILE ROBOT BASED ON 3D VISION3 citations · 2005
- 8PATH FOLLOWING IN UNKNOWN ENVIRONMENT FOR A CAR-LIKE MOBILE ROBOT2 citations · 2005