Viswa Narayanan Sankaranarayanan
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, Luleå University of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Papers
8
Total Citations
89
H-Index
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About
Viswa Narayanan Sankaranarayanan is a rising leader in adaptive and autonomous control for robotic systems, with a focus on underactuated and safety-critical applications. His research bridges advanced control theory and real-world robotics, particularly in the domains of Euler–Lagrange systems, autonomous vehicle platooning, and aerial manipulation. Sankaranarayanan’s most cited work, “Artificial-Delay Adaptive Control for Underactuated Euler–Lagrange Robotics” (2021, 57 citations), introduces a novel method that uses past state and input measurements to compensate for uncertain dynamics without requiring a system model—a breakthrough for complex robotic platforms. He has also made significant contributions to constrained control, as seen in his 2023 paper on adaptive control for payload-carrying spacecraft under state constraints, which tackles uncertainties without prior knowledge of their structure or bounds. His work on adaptive sliding mode control for autonomous vehicle platoons addresses the critical challenge of unknown friction forces, while his recent research explores multimodal ground-aerial navigation and safe visual navigation for UAVs using control barrier functions. With a growing citation record and publications spanning from 2021 to 2025, Sankaranarayanan is establishing himself as a key innovator in adaptive control for next-generation autonomous systems.
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Top Papers
- 1Artificial-Delay Adaptive Control for Underactuated Euler–Lagrange Robotics57 citations · 2021
- 2Adaptive control for a payload carrying spacecraft with state constraints14 citations · 2023
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- 8Design of a Flexible Robot Arm for Safe Aerial Physical Interaction2 citations · 2024