1. List of Projects & Publication of Ranjan Kumar Mishra
Following are the projects where I was involved at least as a mechanical designer to core concept
developer, complete system design, product development, installation, commissioning as well as
product transfer.
Manufacturing Automation System:
• Automatic part loading/unloading system for automobile bell grinding machine (MUL)
• Automatic part loading/unloading system for automobile gear hobbling machine
(EICHER)
• Retrofitting system for four axes vertical CNC milling machine (PRAVAK)
• Robotic shell making cell for investment casting of aircraft engine components
(DMRL/IRIS)
• Robotic Arc welding station for tank haul manufacturing (HVF/IRIS)
• Robotic sealant dispensing system for automobile engine caps/covers (PRAVAK/MUL)
NDT and Inspection System:
• Robotic eddy-current inspection system (NPC/IRIS) (under development)
• Robotic ultrasonic C-scan system for composite aircraft components (HAL/IRIS)
Surgical Manipulation System:
• Position based active device for Laparoscopic Surgery Training System (IRIS)
• Image-guided Robotic HIFU System for Non-invasive Breast Cancer Surgery
(NTU/A*STAR)
• Image-guided Hybrid Robotic System for Whole Body Cancer Treatment
(NTU/A*STAR)
• Image-guided Robotic/Mechatronic System for Minimally-invasive Breast Cancer
Surgery (NTU)
• Robotic Image guided Minimally-invasive Prostate Biopsy (NTU)
Pick & Place and Laboratory Automation System:
• Automatic part sorting, palletizing, and handling system for electro-plating process
(PRAVAK)
• Automatic DNA holding microtiter plate stacker, sealing & de-sealing system (ESI/IRIS)
• Robotic hazardous material handling (4-axis pick & place robot) system (BARC &
ORICOM)
Mechanism Designed:
• Modular 2-axis gimbal
• Modular Mechatronic joint with integral control electronics.
• Cable Drive robot transmission system.
• Modular 3-dof Pantograph Leg mechanism
• Modular re-configurable Articulated Tracked Mobile Robot
• Modular Wheel Drive System for electric wheel chair and AGV.
• High speed, high resolution and low inertia camera and antenna pan/tilt system
Product Developed:
• Educational low cost 5-axis table top robot arm (patented/PRAVAK)
• DC Servo articulated robot arm and accessories (patented/PRAVAK)

2. • Pneumatic robotic educational system (PRAVAK)
• PC based CNC retrofitting system (PRAVAK)
• Light industrial SCARA (TOT/IRIS)
• Intelligent wheelchair (patent applied/TOT)
• PC based multi-axes modular robot controller with application software (TOT)
• High-speed high precision ECAD integrated XY system for PCB drilling (Strategy
Automation)
Note:
A*STAR: Agency for Science Technologies and Research
NTU: Nanyang Technological University Singapore
IRIS/CAIR: Institute for Robotics & Intelligent System (c/o Center for Artificial Intelligence and
Robotics, Bangalore India)
ESI: Engineering Services Inc., Toronto Canada
HVF: Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi India
DMRL: Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad India
HAL: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., Bangalore India
NPC: Nuclear Power Corporation, Narora India
PRAVAK: PRAVAK Cybernetics (P) Ltd., New Delhi India
MUL: Maruti Udyog Ltd, New Delhi India
EICHER: EICHER Tractors Ltd. India
BARC: Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, India

3. PUBLICATIONS (Peered Review Conference and Book Review)
1. Experiences Using a Special Purpose Robot for Focal Ultrasound Based Tissue Ablation,
S. Chauhan, J. R. Li, R. Mishra, W. K. Lim, A. Hacker, M. S. Michel, P. Alken, and K.
U. Köhrmann, 4th International Symposium On Therapeutic Ultrasound-2005, USA
2. A Robotic System for Non-invasive Treatment of Urological Organs Accessible Through
Abdominal Window- S. Chauhan, J. R. Li, R. Mishra- 34th MATADOR-2004, UMIST
UK.
3. A Non-Invasive Surgical Robot for Urology Cancer Treatment, S Chauhan, J.Li & R
Mishra – International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound (ISTU)-2003, Lyon
France.
4. A Vacuum assisted Biopsy Robot for Prostate Cancer by S. Chauhan, J.Li, R. Mishra –
Mechatronics & Machine Vision in Practice (M2VIP) -03, Perth, Australia.
5. A Minimally-Invasive Surgical Robot for Prostate Cancer surgery S. Chauhan, J.Li, R.
Mishra – “Bioengineering & Biosciences The Next Frontier 2003”, Singapore.
6. A non-invasive surgical robotic system for urological applications
S. Chauhan, J. Li, R. Mishra, NTU, Singapore – 7th Annual Conference of the
International Society for Computer Added Surgery, London.
7. A Robotic Inspection System for hazardous environment – R Mishra, CRJP Naidu- 2nd
Int. Conference on Computational Intelligence, Robotics and Autonomous Systems
15-18 December 2003, Singapore.
8. A Robotic Non-Invasive Breast Cancer Surgery by S. Chauhan, R. Mishra, S Kumar,
W.S. Ng, M. Teo – IEEE ICARCV 2002, Singapore.
9. Nandi-An Urban Terrain Mobile Robot by R. Mishra & K. Krishnanand – IEEE
ICARCV 2002, Singapore.
10. Safety of Surgical Robot- A Fundamental Aspects by R. Mishra & S. Chauhan –
International Symposium on Measurement & Control in Robotics, 2002, Burgese, France.
11. Conceptualization and Implementation of Safety Aspects of a Surgical Robot by S.
Chauhan & R. Mishra –SCI 2002, Orlando, USA (published).
12. Genie- A haptic interface for simulation of Laparoscopic surgery by R. Mishra & S.
Srikanth – IEEE-IROS 2000, Japan
13. Design of Mechatronic joint for modular robots by S. Srikanth & R. Mishra - IEEE-
M2VIP 2000, Australia.Book: Mechatronic and Machine Vision in Practice pp 331-336
Publisher: Edited by John Billingsly, Research Studies Press, London UK
14. A novel simplified control architectural approach for designing modular re-configurable
robots by R. Mishra & S. Srikanth - IEEE-CCSP 2000, Bangalore, India.
15. Design of a Modular Re-configurable Robot by R. Mishra, S. Srikanth & M. Krishna –
CARS and FOF 2000, Trinidad, WI.

4. 16. Development of an Automatic Image Mosiacing System by Sojan James, Ashish Rao,
Ranjan Mishra and C. V. Jawahar -- IEEE Annual Symposium on Emerging
Technologies, 1999 Bangalore, India
17. Development of Robotic and Virtual Reality systems for Betterment of Human Condition
by Dr. M. Vidyasagar, Dr. CRJP Naidu, Dr. P Narayan and R. Mishra – International
Seminar on Manufacturing Technology Beyond 2000, Nov. 1999, Bangalore, India
18. GARUDA – Gantry Robot for Ultrasonic flaw Detection and Analysis by D. P. Kode, R.
Mishra, Sartaj Singh, Dr. CRJP Naidu and Dr. M. Vidyasagar – Workshop on NDE
Science and Technology for Quality Improvement, Oct. 1999, Bangalore, India
19. Comparative studies of linear spring with torsional spring for counter balancing of a
Direct-drive robot by R. Mishra & G. Srinivas - International Symposium on Intelligent
Robotic Systems (ISIR 98) Bangalore, INDIA.
20. Low cost modular force-torque sensor for robots by R. Mishra - International
Symposium on Intelligent Robotic Systems (ISIRS - 95) Bangalore, INDIA.