P. V. Manivannan
Papers
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Total Citations
105
H-Index
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About
P. V. Manivannan is a robotics researcher whose work spans bio-inspired locomotion, autonomous vehicle control, and human-robot interaction. His key research areas include mobile robotics, bio-inspired quadruped robots, and intelligent control systems. Manivannan’s major contributions include pioneering work on truck-trailer mobile robot control, evidenced by his most-cited paper (2014, 65 citations), which provides a comprehensive survey of this domain. He has also made significant strides in developing reconfigurable robots that adapt their gait for maximum stability on unstructured terrains, as detailed in his 2017 paper on bio-inspired reconfigurable robots (7 citations). His research on vision-based intelligent vehicle steering using a single camera (2018, 6 citations) offers a robust alternative to stereoscopic systems for automated highways. Manivannan’s work on passivity-based impedance controllers for variable stiffness actuators (2015, 5 citations) advances safe human-robot collaboration. Notable achievements include his multi-body dynamics simulations of quadruped robots with adaptive stroke lengths (2016, 7 citations) and his recent development of a neuronally controlled visual assistive device (2025, 2 citations), integrating EEG-based control for visually impaired users. His research demonstrates a consistent focus on practical, terrain-adaptive robotic systems with real-world applications.
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Top Papers
- 1Control of truck-trailer mobile robots: a survey65 citations · 2014
- 2Bio-inspired Reconfigurable Robot7 citations · 2017
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