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Anish Pandey
School of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty Profile

Anish Pandey

Associate Dean

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Biography and academic profile

Dr. Anish Pandey is an Associate Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering, KIIT Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar. He earned his Ph.D. in Robotics and Control from NIT Rourkela in 2016 and has over nine years of post-Ph.D. teaching and research experience. His expertise includes bio-inspired optimization, fuzzy logic, neural networks, machine learning, AI, and evolutionary algorithms for robotic motion control. His research focuses on autonomous cleaning robots, roller walker robots, articulated robots, and humanoid robots. Dr. Pandey has published extensively with over 50 SCI/Scopus papers, several book chapters, and conference proceedings, and has received more than 3000 Google Scholar citations. He holds numerous Indian patents and has supervised M.Tech., B.Tech., and Ph.D. scholars. He also serves on editorial boards of reputed international journals.

Academic profile

Expertise, contributions
and professional engagement.

Only the sections completed and approved for this faculty profile are shown below.

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Research Interests

Mobile Robot Navigation, AI, ML, Soft Computing Techniques, Optimization Algorithm, Service Robots, Humanoid Robots, Aerial Robots

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Educational Qualifications

PhD in Robotics and Control, M.E., B.E.

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Administrative Responsibilities

  • Mechatronics Lab FIC of School of Mechanical Engineering at KIIT Deemed to be University, An Institute of Eminence, Bhubaneswar-751024, Odisha, India.
  • Academic coordinator of Mechatronics Engineering Branch, at KIIT Deemed to be University, An Institute of Eminence, Bhubaneswar-751024, Odisha, India.
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Course Expertise

Robotics, ML, Industry 4.0, Mechatronics, Machine Design

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Awards and Achievements

  • Received Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing from ISA Transaction Elsevier in April 2017.
  • Received “Best Paper Award” from the publisher Defence Technology Journal (Q1, IF 5.1) in year 2023.
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Projects and Collaborations

  • Ongoing Sponsored Projects: –
  • Name of PI and Co-PI: Dr. Prakash Kumar Sahu and Dr. Anish Pandey, Title of the Sanctioned Project “Sustainable Underwater Robotics: Autonomous Marine Surveillance Powered by Hydrodynamic Energy Generation,” Total Grant Received: Rs. 1200000, Project Sanction No. TIH/TD/0122, Funding Agency: DST Sponsored, IIT Guwahati Technology Innovation and Development Foundation (TIH IIT Guwahati), Date of Commencement: 26-December-2023.
  • Name of PI and Co-PI: Dr. Ashish Das and Dr. Anish Pandey, Title of the Sanctioned Project “Innovative Buoyancy Activation System for autonomous torpedo recovery: A sustainable approach to enhancing underwater ordnance retrieval,” Total Grant Received: Rs. 900000, Project Sanction No. TIH/TD/1007, Funding Agency: DST Sponsored, IIT Guwahati Technology Innovation and Development Foundation (TIH IIT Guwahati), Date of Commencement: 18-October-2024.
  • Name of PI and Co-PI: Dr. Pramod Malik, Dr. Anish Pandey and Dr. S.K. Dwivedy, Title of the Sanctioned Project “Autonomous Underwater decoy confusion and torpedo guidance system for enhanced naval warfare,” Total Grant Received: Rs. 700000, Project Sanction No. TIH/TD/1014, Funding Agency: DST Sponsored, IIT Guwahati Technology Innovation and Development Foundation (TIH IIT Guwahati), Date of Commencement: 18-October-2024.
  • Consultancy Project Completed: –
  • Name of PI: Dr. Anish Pandey, Title of the Received Project “Tracking of ‘C’ welding seam of LPG cylinder by applying the image/video processing based autonomous senor-actuator control technique,” Total Grant Received: Rs. 1,52,520, Funding Industry: Corrosion Protective Pvt. Ltd. (CPPL) Industry, Jagatpur, Cuttack-754021, Date of Commencement: 20-February-2021, Date of Completion: 21-October-2022.
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Professional Memberships

Associate Editor in Journal of Field Robotics, Wiley, SCI, impact factor 4.2, Q1

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Books and Book Chapters

  • K. K. Pandey, Anish Pandey, Animesh Chhotray and Dayal R. Parhi, “Navigation of Mobile Robot Using Type-2 FLC”, In: Lobiyal D., Mohapatra D., Nagar A., Sahoo M. (eds.) Proceedings of the International Conference on Signal, Networks, Computing, and Systems. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Springer, New Delhi, vol. 396, pages 137-145, 2016.
  • Abhishek Kumar Kashyap and Anish Pandey, “Optimized Path Planning for Three-Wheeled Autonomous Robot Using Teaching–Learning-Based Optimization Technique”, In: Li L., Pratihar D., Chakrabarty S., Mishra P. (eds.) Advances in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, pages 49-57, 2020.
  • Sourabh Rajwade, Akhilesh Kumar Tiwari, Anish Pandey, “Type-1 Fuzzy Pulse Width Modulation Controlled Motion Planning of Differential Drive 4-Wheeled Power Robot”, In: Biswal B., Sarkar B., Mahanta P. (eds.) Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, pages 1487-1496, 2020.
  • Kevin Pirewa Lagaza, Abhishek Kumar Kashyap, Anish Pandey, “Spider Monkey Optimization Algorithm Based Collision-Free Navigation and Path Optimization for a Mobile Robot in the Static Environment”, In: Biswal B., Sarkar B., Mahanta P. (eds.) Advances in Mechanical Engineering. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, pages 1459-1473, 2020.
  • Anish Pandey, N. Bej, R. Kumar, A. Panda, D. R. Parhi, “Type-2 Fuzzy Controller (T2FC) Based Motion Planning of Differential-Drive Pioneer P3-DX Wheeled Robot in V-REP Software Platform”, In: Singh J., Bilgaiyan S., Mishra B., Dehuri S. (eds.) A Journey Towards Bio-inspired Techniques in Software Engineering. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, Springer, Cham, vol. 185, pages 47-57, 2020.
  • Anish Pandey, A. Guha, A. Kumar, N. Bej, D. R. Parhi, “Navigation Method for Pioneer P3-DX Ground Wheeled Robot in V-REP Platform Using Type-2 Fuzzy Neural Network (T2FNN) Architecture” In: Pant P., Mishra S.K., Mishra P.C. (eds.) Advances in Mechanical Processing and Design. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7779-6_52, 2021.
  • N. Bej, Anish Pandey, A. K. Kashyap, D. R. Parhi, “Optimum Navigation of Four-Wheeled Ground Robot in Stationary and Non-Stationary Environments Using Wind-Driven Optimization Algorithm”, In: Deepak B., Parhi D., Jena P. (eds.) Innovative Product Design and Intelligent Manufacturing Systems. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, pages 931-941, 2020.
  • R. R. Mishra, R. Kumar, A. Panda, Anish Pandey, A. K. Sahoo, “Particle Swarm Optimization of Multi-responses in Hard Turning of D2 Steel”, In: Das H., Pattnaik P., Rautaray S., Li KC. (eds.) Progress in Computing, Analytics and Networking. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 1119. Springer, Singapore, pages 237-244, 2020.
  • N. Bej, P. Chaubdar, Anish Pandey, K. P. Sinhamahapatra, “Three-Dimensional Investigation on Energy Separation in a Ranque–Hilsch Vortex Tube”, In: Bose M., Modi A. (eds) Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Advances in Energy Research. Springer Proceedings in Energy. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5955-6_61, 2021.
  • Abhishek Kumar Kashyap, Dayal R. Parhi, Saroj Kumar, Anish Pandey, Manoj Kumar Muni, Prasanta Ranjan Dhal, “Safe Navigation of Humanoid Robot in Cluttered Terrain Using Ant Lion Optimizer Tuned RA Approach”, In: Acharya, Saroj Kumar, Mishra, Dipti Prasad (eds.) Current Advances in Mechanical Engineering, Springer, Singapore, 10.1007/978-981-33-4795-3, 2021.
  • Abhishek Kumar Kashyap, Anish Pandey, Dayal R. Parhi, "Route Mapping of Multiple Humanoid Robots Using Firefly-Based Artificial Potential Field Algorithm in a Cluttered Terrain", In: The New Advanced Society: Artificial Intelligence and Industrial Internet of Things Paradigm, Wiley, https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119884392.ch15, 2022.
  • Abhishek Kumar Kashyap, Dayal R. Parhi, Saroj Kumar, Anish Pandey, “A GWO Tuned Probabilistic Roadmap Approach for Coarse Mapping of Humanoid Robot in Inclined Terrain,” In: Deepak, B.B.V.L., Parhi, D., Biswal, B., Jena, P.C. (eds) Applications of Computational Methods in Manufacturing and Product Design. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0296-3_11, 2022.
  • Himanshu Bothra, Shreyas Jha, Kumar Kanishka Dey, Anish Pandey, Ashwani Kumar, “A Fuzzy-Based Intelligent Picking and Placing Warehouse Robot,” In: Empirical Research for Futuristic E-Commerce Systems: Foundations and Applications, IGI Global, https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4969-1, 2022.
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