Pramod Kumar Maurya
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6
Total Citations
96
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3
About
Dr. Pramod Kumar Maurya is a leading researcher in marine robotics and autonomous underwater navigation, with a focus on developing intelligent systems for environmental monitoring and underwater exploration. His major contributions span robust estimation techniques for terrain-aided navigation, where his 2016 paper on particle filter formulations has garnered 72 citations, addressing critical challenges in underwater vehicle localization. Dr. Maurya also pioneered the design of the Autonomous Vertical Profiler (AVP), a cost-effective, motor-driven robot for rapid coastal water profiling, enabling efficient in situ data collection in the Eastern Arabian Sea. His work on the Coral Reef Monitoring Robot (C-Bot) advances long-term reef health assessment through precise USBL-based positioning, while his recent research integrates deep learning for vision-based surveillance of hydroelectric dam stilling basins. Additionally, Dr. Maurya has explored the role of marine robots in archaeology, proposing diver-assistive systems for underwater heritage preservation. With a career spanning two decades, his innovations bridge theoretical estimation algorithms and practical robotic platforms, significantly impacting coastal zone management and underwater infrastructure monitoring.
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- 3Navigation System for a Coral Reef Monitoring Robot (C-bot)3 citations · 2021
- 4Marine Robots : Applications in Marine Archaeology2 citations · 2015
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- 6Environmental monitoring of the coastal zone by robot platforms2 citations · 2005