About
I'm a research scholar at Systems and Control Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. My research interests lie in the intersection of the domains of motion planning and control for mobile robots. I'm also a recipient of the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship.
Education
Dual Degree MTech+PhD (pursuing) at Systems and Control Engineering, IIT Bombay. Advisor: Prof. Leena Vachhani
BTech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering), NIT Tiruchirappalli
Teaching
Teaching Assistant : SC645 - Intelligent Feedback and Control, during Spring 2023, Autumn 2021 at IIT Bombay.
Teaching Assistant : SC649 - Embedded Control and Robotics, during Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023 at IIT Bombay.
Teaching Assistant : CEP course on Control Systems and Applications, during the winter break 2021 at IIT Bombay.
Publications
J. V. Karthik, A. GK, M. Thomas and L. Vacchani, "Mobile Robot Navigation using State-Constrained Sliding Mode Control," 2021 Seventh Indian Control Conference (ICC), Mumbai, India, 2021, pp. 219-224, doi: 10.1109/ICC54714.2021.9703148.
"Guaranteed Safe Navigation via state-constraints induced by feedback control" [Under Review]
S. Raj, R. P. Manu Aatitya, S. Jack Samuel, J. V. Karthik and D. Ezhilarasi, "Ibex: A reconfigurable ground vehicle with adaptive terrain navigation capability," 2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Paris, France, 2020, pp. 2975-2980, doi: 10.1109/ICRA40945.2020.9196571.