Roshan Ragel

University of Peradeniya

Papers

6

Total Citations

33

H-Index

3

About

Roshan Ragel is a leading researcher in autonomous systems, specializing in multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and swarm robotics. His work bridges the gap between vision-based navigation and decentralized collective intelligence, with a focus on enabling UAVs to autonomously detect, track, and interact with ground targets. His most cited paper (2020, 12 citations) introduces a framework for multiple ground target finding and inspection using small UASs, leveraging advanced waypoint-based navigation for surveillance and ecological monitoring. Ragel further advanced this area with a vision-based multirotor UAV system (2018, 9 citations) that employs internal mapping and relative target localization. In swarm intelligence, his mixed-reality framework (2023, 7 citations) enables artificial swarm experiments, while his programming framework (2020) introduces novel behavior categorization and pheromone communication for robot swarms. More recently, Ragel has explored 3D semantic occupancy prediction for autonomous driving (2024) and cost-effective SLAM for swarm exploration (2025). With a growing citation impact and a trajectory toward practical, scalable multi-agent systems, Ragel’s contributions are shaping the future of autonomous robotics and intelligent sensing.

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Key Achievements

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H-Index
6
Papers
33
Total Citations
6
Avg Citations/Paper
🏆 Most Cited Paper
A Framework for Multiple Ground Target Finding and Inspection Using a Multirotor UAS
12 citations · 2020
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2020 (2 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 18
🏛 Institutions: University of Peradeniya

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