Journals

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  1. Kotha, S. S. R., Kannikeshwwar, K., Selvaraj, G., and Sebastian, B., "Model Based Adaptive Cruise Control with Real time Hardware Validation in Stop-and-Go Traffic", IEEE Access, July 2026. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3716361
  2. Kunwar, V., Sai, T. S., Sebastian, B., "Hierarchical approach towards cooperative manipulation and transportation using mobile robots", ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, March 2026; 18(3): 031006. DOI: 10.1115/1.4070892
  3. Gadgil, S., Baskar, P. R., Sebastian, B., Dubey, A., and Upadhyay, A., "Grasp Planning for Underactuated Three-Finger Grippers Using a Novel Triangular Representation", Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, vol. 111, article no. 101, Sept. 2025. DOI: 10.1007/s10846-025-02307-3
  4. Marveldoss, W. D., Joshika, B., and Sebastian, B., "Tracking and estimation approach for human-aware mobile robot navigation", IEEE Sensors Letters, vol. 8, no. 12, pp. 1-4, Dec. 2024. DOI: 10.1109/LSENS.2024.3492373
  5. Sohal, S.S., Sebastian, B., Ben-Tzvi, P., "Autonomous Docking of Hybrid-Wheeled Modular Robots With an Integrated Active Genderless Docking Mechanism", Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp. 011010: 1-15, February 2022. DOI: 10.1115/1.4051519
  6. Feng, S., Sebastian, B., Ben-Tzvi, P., "A Collision Avoidance Method Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning", Robotics Journal, Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp. 1-19, May 2021. DOI: 10.3390/robotics10020073
  7. Chauhan, R., Sebastian, B., and Ben-Tzvi, P., "Grasp Prediction Toward Naturalistic Exoskeleton Glove Control", IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 22-31, February 2020. DOI: 10.1109/THMS.2019.2938139
  8. Refour, E. M., Sebastian, B., Chauhan, R. J., and Ben-Tzvi, P. "A General Purpose Robotic Hand Exoskeleton With Series Elastic Actuation", Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics. December 2019; 11(6): 060902. DOI: 10.1115/1.4044543
  9. Sebastian, B., Ben-Tzvi, P., "Support Vector Machine Based Real-time Terrain Estimation for Tracked Robots", Mechatronics, Elsevier, Vol. 62, pp. 102260, October 2019. DOI: 10.1016/j.mechatronics.2019.102260
  10. Sebastian, B., Ben-Tzvi, P., "Physics Based Path Planning for Autonomous Tracked Vehicle in Challenging Terrain", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Springer, Vol. 95, Issue 2, pp. 511-526, August 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s10846-018-0851-3
  11. Sebastian, B., Ben-Tzvi, P., "Active disturbance rejection control for handling slip in tracked vehicle locomotion", Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 11, Issue 2, pp. 021003:1-12, April 2019. DOI: 10.1115/1.4042347
  12. Williams, A., Sebastian, B., Ben-Tzvi, P., "A Robotic Head Stabilization Mechanism for Medical Transport", Robotics, Vol. 8, Issue 1, pp. 23, March 2019. DOI: 10.3390/robotics8010023
  13. Williams, A., Sebastian, B., Ben-Tzvi, P., "Review and Analysis of Search, Extraction, Evacuation, and Medical Field Treatment Robots", Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Springer, Vol. 96, pp. 401-418, February 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s10846-019-00991-6
  14. Refour, E., Sebastian, B., Ben-Tzvi, P., "Two-Digit Robotic Exoskeleton Glove Mechanism: Design and Integration", Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 10, Issue 2, pp. 025002: 1-9, April 2018. DOI: 10.1115/1.4038775


Conferences

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  1. B., M.S., Dileep, D.S., Sebastian, B., and Vanajakshi, L., "Fusion of Geometric and Kinematic Features for LiDAR-Based Vehicle Classification," 2026 IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON), Delhi, India, 2026. DOI: 10.1109/APSCON68325.2026.11497160
  2. Gurumoorthi, A.R., Bagaria, V., and Sebastian, B., "Interactive Steering for Seamless Transition During Control Handover in Autonomous Driving," 2025 IEEE STPEC, Goa, India, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/STPEC66316.2025.11490991
  3. B., M.S., Sebastian, B., and Vanajakshi, L., "Multi-Hypotheses Trajectory Prediction of On-Road Vehicles Using MC-EKF with Map Constraints," 2025 IEEE STPEC, Goa, India, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/STPEC66316.2025.11490651
  4. Baskar, P.R., Sebastian, B., Dubey, A., and Kuriakose, S. M., "Intelligent Grasp Planning Using Open-Vocabulary Image Segmentation and Large Language Models", 2025 IEEE STPEC, Goa, India, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/STPEC66316.2025.11490732
  5. Ramanathan, A. K. S., Ronanki, D., and Sebastian, B., "Investigation on Switched Reluctance Motors Without and With Permanent Magnets," 2025 IEEE PESGRE, Dharwad, India, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/PESGRE65581.2025.11521560
  6. Gaikwad, D., Joshy, J., Sebastian, B., Saurav, S., and Dubey, A., "Real-Time Perception and Planning for Human-Robot Collaboration over Shared Workspace", 2025 ICRM, Kollam, India, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/ICRM66809.2025.11349032
  7. Ravie, N. S., M, K. V., Thondiyath, A., and Sebastian, B., "QuickGrasp: Lightweight Antipodal Grasp Planning with Point Clouds", 2025 IEEE ICRA, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/ICRA55743.2025.11128143
  8. Jain, M., Kanade, A. S., Sebastian, B., and Muniyandi, M., "Enhancing Shared Control for Telepresence in Dynamic Environment using Large Language Models", VAM-HRI 2025, South Wharf Victoria, Australia, 2025. Open access
  9. Devarakonda, V. N., Satya Sai, T, and Sebastian, B. "Optimizing Artificial Landmark Placement for Improving Indoor Localization of Mobile Robots", ASME 2024 IDETC/CIE, Washington, DC, USA, August 2024. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2024-141919
  10. Jha, E., Somayajula, A., Gideon, D., Raveendran, S. P., and Sebastian, B., "COLREGs Inspired Decentralised Path Planning for Multi-Agent System", 2024 IEEE IICAIET, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/IICAIET62352.2024.10730739
  11. Joshy, J., Sebastian, B., and Thondiyath, A., "Force Control and Slip Detection for A Non-Backdrivable Robotic Gripper", 2024 IEEE IICAIET, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/IICAIET62352.2024.10730714
  12. Jain, M., Sebastian, B., Muniyandi, M., "Shared Control for Telepresence Robot in Dynamic Virtual Reality Environment", 2024 ICCAR, Singapore, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ICCAR61844.2024.10569672
  13. Gadgil, S., Gaikwad, D., Sebastian, B., Dubey, A., Upadhyay, A., "Semi-Autonomous Robotic System for Efficient Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries", 2024 ICEMPS, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 2024. DOI: 10.1109/ICEMPS60684.2024.10559331
  14. Sebastian, B., Hailin, R., Ben-Tzvi, P., "Neural network based heterogeneous sensor fusion for robot motion planning", IEEE/RSJ IROS 2019, Macau, China, Nov. 2019. DOI: 10.1109/IROS40897.2019.8967689
  15. Refour, E., Sebastian, B., Ben-Tzvi, P., "Design and Implementation of an Exoskeleton Glove for Infant Medical Rehabilitation", ASME IDETC/CIE 2018, Quebec City, Canada, Aug. 2018. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2018-85638
  16. Vanteddu, T., Sebastian, B., Ben-Tzvi, P., "Design Optimization of RML Glove for Improved Grasp Performance", ASME DSCC 2018, Atlanta, GA, Sep. 2018. DOI: 10.1115/DSCC2018-9004
  17. Sebastian, B., Williams, A., Ben-Tzvi, P., "Gaussian Kernel Controller for Path Tracking in Mobile Robots", ASME IDETC/CIE 2018, Quebec City, Canada, Aug. 2018. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2018-85641
  18. Sebastian, B., Williams, A., Ben-Tzvi, P., "Control of a Head Stabilization System for Use in Robotic Disaster Response", ASME IMECE 2017, Tampa, Florida, Nov. 2017. DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2017-71469
  19. Refour, E., Sebastian, B., & Ben-Tzvi, P. "Design and Integration of a Two-Digit Exoskeleton Glove." ASME IDETC/CIE 2017, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, August 2017. DOI: 10.1115/DETC2017-67373
  20. Ray D.N., Das R., Sebastian, B., Roy B., Majumder S. (2016) "Design and Analysis Towards Successful Development of a Tele-Operated Mobile Robot for Underground Coal Mines." CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, New Delhi. DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-2740-3_58
  21. Sebastian, B., Ray, D., Majumder, S., "Design, analysis and development of pipeline inspection robot", iNaCoMM 2015, IIT Kanpur, India, December 2015. Available online
  22. Sebastian, B., Ray, D., Majumder, S., "Design and Analysis of a Tree Climbing Robot", Advances in Robotics (AiR) 2015, BITS Goa, India, July 2015. DOI: 10.1145/2783449.2783466


Patents

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  1. Sebastian, B., Gadgil, S., Gaikwad, D., Dubey, A., Upadhyay, A., "Battery Disassembly System", Indian Patent Application No. 202341051709, July 10, 2026.
  2. Sebastian, B., Gadgil, S., Dubey, A., Upadhyay, A., "System And Method for Prediction of Grasping Position of Robotic Gripping Mechanism on an Object", Indian Patent Application No. 202441057093, January 30, 2026.
  3. Patel, N., Sebastian, B., Jayaganthan, R., Bagaria, V., Grampurohit, N., "System and Method for LLM-Based Autonomous Robot Task Planning and Feasibility Validation", Indian Patent Application No. 202541133628, January 9, 2026.
  4. Sebastian, B., Chandan, S., "A UAV Deployable Emission Flux Measurement Apparatus", Indian Patent Application No. 202541101347, November 28, 2025.
  5. Ben-Tzvi, P., Sebastian, B., Refour, E., Xu, W., Pradhan, S., Guo, Y., "Robotic exoskeleton glove system", U.S. Patent No. 11986033, May 21, 2024.
  6. Sebastian, B., "Bidirectional Rotary Series Elastic Actuator Design Using Coil Compression Springs", Indian Patent No. 544679, August 25, 2023.
  7. Patel, N., Sebastian, B., "Compound Offset Epicyclic Drive", Indian Patent No. 579416, July 28, 2023.
  8. Ben-Tzvi, P., Williams, A., Sebastian, B., Kumar, A., Saab, W., "Semi-Autonomous Victim Extraction Robot (SAVER)", U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/836,915, April 22, 2019.


Copyright

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  1. Sebastian, B., Raveendran, S., "Software stack for Multi-Agent Task Scheduling Using Time-Space Network Approach", Indian Copyright SW-21808 2025.
  2. Sebastian, B., "Software stack for level two autonomous driving on robots or software defined vehicles", Indian Copyright SW-21807 2025.
  3. Sebastian, B., "Software stack for localization of mobile robots in absence of GPS", Indian Copyright SW-20151 2025.


Dataset

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  1. Srinivasulu, B. M., Sebastian, B., and Vanajakshi, L., “Chennai Traffic Dataset”. Zenodo, Jul. 25, 2026. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21545806