Papers
7
Total Citations
302
H-Index
5
About
Vrunda Joshi is a robotics and control systems researcher whose work has significantly advanced the field of mobile robot motion planning and autonomous navigation. Best known for her pioneering contributions to spherical mobile robotics, Joshi has explored the design, modeling, and control of nonholonomic robotic systems — mechanisms whose motion is constrained in ways that make conventional algorithms difficult to apply. Her foundational papers, "Design and Analysis of a Spherical Mobile Robot" (2009, 140 citations) and "Motion Analysis of a Spherical Mobile Robot" (2008, 101 citations), established key frameworks for understanding how internally actuated spherical robots can navigate complex environments using rotors mounted in orthogonal directions. These works remain highly influential in the robotics community. Joshi has also made meaningful contributions to wheeled mobile robotics, developing spline-based trajectory generation methods for car-type vehicles and practical algorithms for auto-parking and collision avoidance. Her research, supported by India's Department of Science and Technology under the WOS-A scheme, bridges theoretical rigor with real-world implementation. With additional work in fractional-order control for synchronous motors, Joshi demonstrates a versatile expertise spanning mechanical design, motion planning, and advanced control theory — making her a valuable contributor to India's growing robotics research landscape.
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Top Papers
- 1Design and analysis of a spherical mobile robot140 citations · 2009
- 2Motion analysis of a spherical mobile robot101 citations · 2008
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- 4Design, modeling and controllability of a spherical mobile robot7 citations · 2007
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