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Automation and Robotics Research Group

Faculty Members:
Mr. Hemant Chouhan hchouhan@amity.edu
Mr. Priyank Srivastava psrivastava5@amity.edu
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Phanden rkphanden@amity.edu
Mr. Mukesh Roy mkroy@amity.edu
Mr. Prem Narayan Vishwakarma pnvishwakarma@amity.edu
Mr. Mohit Bhandwal mbhandwal@amity.edu
Current Research Areas:

This group is dedicated to bringing out the cutting-edge research to automate the processes by exploring and improving the decision-making capability of systems. Followings are the trust area of current research.

  • Automation and Embedded Systems for Real Life
  • Integration of Process Planning and Scheduling
  • Multi Agents Systems
  • Manufacturing Flexibility
  • Nature Inspired Algorithms
  • Meta-heuristics
  • Digital control of physical events/machines
  • Bio- Computational Modelling
  • Flexible Manufacturing Systems
  • Blood Pattern Analysis
  • Simulation
Lab Infrastructure and Computing Facilities:
CNC Milling Machining Laser Beam Machining (for R&D)
3D Printer (for R&D) MATLAB©
Cube X 3D Printer LABView©
Mobile Phone Controlled Robot SolidWorks©
ANSYS© COMSOL©
Photo Gallery:

CNC Milling Machine.

CNC Milling Machine

Laser Beam Machining

Cube X 3D Printer

Current Research Problems:

Focus: Development of Prosthetic Limb

  • Pneumatic Actuators
  • Mayo Sensors

Focus: Machine Vision System for Assembly Line

  • Micro controller base image acquisition
  • Image Processing
  • Edge detection algorithm

Focus: Integration of Process Planning and Scheduling Functions

  • Job Shops Performance Improvements
  • Generation of Optimal Production Schedules
  • Development of Optimal Process Plans

Focus: Facility Layout Alternatives

  • Demographic Analysis and traffic analysis
  • Additive Normalization Method and Geometric Mean Method

Focus: Computational Modelling of Blood Flow in Stenosis (Blockage, Cardiovascular Disease)

  • Blood Flow Analysis using Numerical Simulation
  • Cardiovascular Disease Stenosis Blockage (50-75-90%age)

Focus: Blood Pattern Analysis of Diabetic Patient

  • Diseases Detection using Image Processing of Dried Blood Drop Pattern
  • Automatic Diseases Detection Algorithm using MATLAB (Image Processing Tool Box)
Research Publication in Journal:
Year: 2017
  1. Neelanchali Asija, Hemant Chouhan, Shishay Amare Gebremeskel, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘High Strain Rate Characterization of Shear Thickening Fluids using Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Technique’, Journal of Impact Engineering, 2017.
  2. Neelanchali Asija, Hemant Chouhan, Shishay Amare Gebremeskel, Naresh Bhatnagar; ‘Influence of Particle Size on the Low and High Strain Rate Behavior of Dense Colloidal Dispersions of Nanosilica’, Journal of Nanoparticle Research 2017.
  3. Neelanchali Asija, Hemant Chouhan, Shishay Amare Gebremeskel, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘High Strain Rate Behavior of STF-Treated UHMWPE Composites,’ Journal of Impact Engineering, 2017.
  4. Shishay Amare Gebremeskel, Neelanchali Asija, Hemant Chouhan, Naresh Bhatnagar; ‘Appraisal of Strain Rate Sensitivity of Polypropylene Nanocomposites’, Procedia Engineering, 173(2017), 800-806.
Year: 2016
  1. Hemant Chouhan, Neelanchali Asija, Shishay Amare Gebremeskel, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘Effect of Specimen Thickness on High Strain Rate Properties of Kevlar/ Polypropylene Composite’, Procedia Engineering, 173(2017), 694-701.
  2. Hemant Chouhan, Dilpreet Singh, Vinod Parmar, Dinesh Kalyanasundaram, Naresh Bhatnagar, Laser machining of Kevlar fiber reinforced laminates - Effect of polyetherimide versus polypropylene matrix, Composites Science and Technology 134 (2016) 267-274.
  3. Neelanchali Asija, Hemant Chouhan, Shishay Amare Gebremeskel, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘Impact Response of Shear Thickening Fluid (STF) Treated High Strength Polymer Composites – Effect of STF Intercalation Method’, Procedia Engineering, 173(2017), 655-662.
  4. Sikarwar, B., Roy, M., Goyal, A., Ranjan, P., 'Innovative Screening Tool Based on Physical Properties of Blood'. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Science Index, Biomedical and Biological Engineering, 2(12), 353, 2015
  5. Sikarwar,B., Roy, M., Ranjan,P., Goyal, A., Automatic Pattern Recognition for Detection of Disease from Blood Drop Stain obtained with Microfluidic Device, Advance Intelligent& Computing System, Springer, vol-425,pp 655-667, 2015
  6. Roy, M., Sikarwar, B., Prakash, R., Ranjan, P., Goyal, A., 'Parametric Study of Ball and Socket Joint for Bio-Mimicking Exoskeleton'. World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Science Index, Medical and Health Sciences, 2(12), 1249
  7. Sikarwar,B., Roy, M., Ranjan,P., Goyal, A., Imaging Based Method for Precursors of Impending Disease from Blood Traces, Advance Intelligent & Computing System, Springer, ICDECT-2016
  8. Sikarwar,B., Roy, M., Ranjan,P., Goyal, A., Automatic Disease Screening Method Using Image Processing for Dried Blood Microfluidic Drop Stain Pattern Recognition, Journal of Medical Engineering Technology, Taylor & Francis, vol. 40, pp 1-10,2016
  9. Srivastava, P., Khanduja, D., Agrawal, V.P. ‘A framework of Fuzzy Integrated MADM and GMA for Maintenance Strategy selection based on Agile Enabler attributes’ , Mathematics in Industry (springer) under review
  10. Panchal, D., Srivastava, P., ‘Fuzzy methodology application for failure analysis of transmission system’, IJMOR (in press) (Scopus)
  11. Srivastava, P., ‘Line balancing heuristic for productivity enhancement in beverage factory’, IJST, Vol 9, no 37, DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i36/102599 (Scopus)
Year: 2015
  1. Rakesh Kumar Phanden and Ajai Jain (2015). Assessing the impact of Changing Available Multiple Process Plans of a Job-type on Mean Tardiness in Job Shop Scheduling. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. Volume 80, Issue 9, pp 1521-1545. Impact Factor = 1.568 (Thompson Reuters)
  2. Arvind, Mohd. Majid and Rakesh Kumar Phanden (2015). Effect of TiO2 Addition in Saw Flux on Mechanical Properties of AISI 1020 Welds. International Journal for Technological Research in Engineering. Volume 2, Issue 7, March-2015, Page Number: 1085-1091. ISSN: 2347-4718
  3. Akash Sharma, Atul Raj, Rakesh Kumar Phanden and Nitin Gehlot (2015). Optimization of Deposition Rate of Weld Bead for Gas arc welding of Stainless Steel (SS316) using Taguchi Methods. International Journal for Technological Research in Engineering. Volume 2, Issue 7, March-2015. Page Number: 1131-1137. ISSN: 2347-4718.
  4. Roy, M., Sikarwar, B., Goyal, A., Design and Fabrication of Microfluidic Device for Measuring Surface Tension of Biological Fluids , India International Science Festival, IIT Delhi 2015, Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India, 2015
  5. A Gandhi, N Asija, Hemant Chauhan, N Bhatnagar, , Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2014.
  6. Srivastava, P., Khanduja, D., Agrawal, V.P., “Integrating agile thinking into maintenance strategy performance analysis’, IJPMB (in press) (Scopus)
Year: 2014
  1. Monika Sharma, Rakesh Kumar Phanden and Ashwani Mor (2014). Comparative Evaluation of Facility Layout Alternatives Based On Material Handling Cost, International Journal for Technological Research in Engineering. Volume 2, Issue 7, March-2015. Page Number: 748-751. ISSN: 2347-4718.
  2. Rajveer Singh, Sandeep Singhal and Rakesh Kumar Phanden (2014). An Integrated AHP Approach in SCM for Machine Tool Selection, International Journal for Technological Research in Engineering. Volume 2, Issue 7, March-2015. Page Number: 792-801. ISSN: 2347-4718.
  3. Deepak Raina, Rahul Dev Gupta and Rakesh Kumar Phanden (2014). Design and Development for Roll Cage of All-Terrain Vehicle, International Journal for Technological Research in Engineering. Volume 2, Issue 7, March-2015. Page Number: 1092-1099. ISSN: 2347-4718.
  4. A Gebremeskel, N Asija, A Priyanshu, H Chouhan, , Global Journal of Research in Engineering, 2014.
  5. Srivastava, P., Khanduja, D., Agrawal, V.P., “Modeling of Agile Manufacturing System”, ICAM-2014 Rochester USA, pg. 1-18, ISSN: 2312-6582
  6. Srivastava, P., Khanduja, D., Agrawal, V.P., “Value Stream Mapping: Powerful tool for Lean Manufacturing”, Emerging Technologies Book, Chapter 18, Volume II, ISBN: 978-93-83842-56-8.
Year: 2013
  1. Srivastava, P., Khanduja, D., Agrawal, V.P., “The Multiple criteria decision making tool for selection of maintenance strategy”, SBIT Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 2 Issue1, 2013, pg85-88, ISSN: 2277-8764.
  2. Srivastava, P., Khanduja, D., Agrawal, V.P., “Optimization of TIG welding parameter”, SBIT Journal of Science and Technology, Vol 2 Issue1, 2013, pg75-80, ISSN: 2277-8764.
Year: 2012
  1. Rakesh Kumar Phanden, Ajai Jain and Rajiv Verma (2012). An approach for Integration of process planning and scheduling. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Volume 26, Issue 4, pp. 284-302. Impact Factor = 1.391 (Thompson Reuters)
  2. Rakesh Kumar Phanden, Ajai Jain and Rajiv Verma (2012). A Genetic Algorithm-based Approach for Flexible Job Shop Scheduling, Applied Mechanics and Materials, Volume 110-116, pp. 3930-3937. Impact Factor = SCOPUS
  3. Rakesh Kumar Phanden, Ajai Jain and Rajiv Verma (2012). A Genetic Algorithm-based Approach for Job Shop Scheduling. Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 23 Issue: 7 pp. 937 – 946. Indexing: SCOPUS
  4. Parveen Sharma, Rakesh Kumar Phanden and Vinod Baser (2012). Analysis of site selection based on factors rating. International Journal of Emerging trends in Engineering and Development, Volume-6, Issue-2, pp. 29-42
  5. Rakesh Kumar Phanden, Puneet Katyal and Vishal Gulati (2012). A model-based system for automotive emission control. International Journal of Emerging trends in Engineering and Development, Volume-1, Issue-2, pp. 29-42.
Year: 2011
  1. Rakesh Kumar Phanden, Ajai Jain and Rajiv Verma (2011). Integration of process planning and scheduling: a state-of-the-art review. International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing. Volume -24, Issue-6, pp. 1362-3052. Impact Factor = 1.391 (Thompson Reuters)
  2. Rakesh Kumar Phanden, Ajai Jain and Rajiv Verma (2011). Review on integration of process planning and scheduling, Chapter 49 in DAAAM International Scientific Book 2011, pp. 593-618, B. Katalinic (Ed.)
Research Publication in Conferences:
2017
  1. Hemant Chouhan, Neelanchali Asija, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘Effect of Moisture on Compressive High Strain Performance of Kevlar-Polyetherimide Composite’, accepted for 24th  Annual International Conference on Composites or Nano Engineering (ICCE-25) Rome, Italy,  July 16-22, 2017.
  2. Neelanchali Asija, Hemant Chouhan, Shishay Amare Gebremeskel, Rama Kant Singh and Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘Study of the High Strain Rate behavior of STF-Treated Ballistic Composites’, accepted for 24th  Annual International Conference on Composites or Nano Engineering (ICCE-25) Rome, Italy,  July 16-22, 2017.
  3. Aisha Ahmed, Vikarant Chavan, Aswani K. Bandaru, Neelanchali Asija, Abhishek Gandhi, Hemant Chouhan, R. Alagirusamy, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘Development Of Ballistic Resistant Panels With Composites Of 3-D Woven Preforms And Microcellular Sheets of Polypropylene’, accepted for 24th  Annual International Conference on Composites or Nano Engineering (ICCE-25) Rome, Italy,  July 16-22, 2017.
  4. Roy, M., Sikarwar, B., Ranjan, P., Bhandwal, M., “Modelling of Blood Flow in Cerebral Aneurysm Before and After Treatment” 2nd International Conference on Medical & Health Science - ICHMS 2017, Singapore.
2016
  1. Phanden, Rakesh Kumar (2016). Multi Agents Approach for Job Shop Scheduling Problem Using Genetic Algorithm and Variable Neighborhood Search Method. In proceedings of The 20th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI 2016), pp. 275-278, July 5 - 8, 2016 – Orlando, Florida, USA.
  2. Hemant Chouhan, Neelanchali Asija, Shishay Amare Gebremeskel, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘High Strain Rate Impact Behavior of Kevlar Composites’, in PASS (Personal Armor Systems Symposium) Amsterdam, September 2016.
  3. Hemant Chouhan, Neelanchali Asija, Shishay Amare Gebremeskel, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘Effect of Specimen Thickness on High Strain Rate Properties of Kevlar/Polypropylene Composite’, in IMPLAST 2016 at IITD December 2016.
  4. Neelanchali Asija, Hemant Chouhan, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘High Strain Rate Testing of Shear Thickening Fluids for Body Armour Applications’ in PASS (Personal Armor Systems Symposium) Amsterdam, September 2016.
  5. Neelanchali Asija, Hemant Chouhan, Shishay Amare Gebremeskel, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘Impact Response of Shear Thickening Fluid (STF) Treated High Strength Polymer Composites – Effect of STF Intercalation Method’ in IMPLAST 2016 (11th International Symposium on Plasticity and Impact Mechanics) at IITD December 2016.
  6. Shishay Amare Gebremeskel, Neelanchali Asija, Hemant Chouhan, ‘Appraisal of Strain Rate Sensitivity of Polypropylene Nanocomposites’, in IMPLAST 2016 at IITD December 2016.
  7. Roy, M., Sikarwar, B., Ranjan, P., Bhandwal, M., “Computational Modelling of Cardiovascular Stenosis ” Proceedings of International Conference on Advance in Science Management and Engineering (ICASME2016), Chennai.
2015
  1. Rakesh Kumar Phanden and Ajai Jain (2015). Assessment of makespan performance for flexible process plans in job shop scheduling, In proceedings of 15th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, (INCOM-2015), May 11-13, 2015, held at Ottawa Convention Centre, Ottawa, Canada, IFAC-PapersOnLine 48-3 (2015) 1948–1953, Available online at sciencedirect.com
  2. Hemant Chouhan, Neelanchali Asija, Abhishek Gandhi, Naresh Bhatnagar, Effect of aspect ratio on compressive properties of Kevlar-High Impact Polypropylene composite under high strain rate loading International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering (COPEN-9), Dec. 10-12, 2015, IIT Bombay.
  3. Neelanchali Asija, Hemant Chouhan, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘Effect of Specific Surface Area on the Shear Rheology of Fumed Silica Dispersions’, in COPEN9 (International Conference on Precision, Meso, Micro and Nano Engineering) at IIT Bombay, December 2015.
  4. Hemant Chouhan, Neelanchali Asija, Shishay Amare, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘Study of Compressive Properties of Polymers at High Strain Rate Loading’, in 17th ISME (Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers) Conference at IIT Delhi October 2015.
  5. Neelanchali Asija, Hemant Chouhan, Naresh Bhatnagar, ‘Synthesis of Shear Thickening Fluids for Liquid Armor Applications’ in 17th ISME (Indian Society of Mechanical Engineers) Conference at IIT Delhi October 2015.
2014
  1. Sunil Kumar, Vikas Deshwal and Rakesh Kumar Phanden (2014). Small Size Injection Molding Machine Design and Fabrication for Plastic Industries, In Proceeding of the International Conference on Newest Drifts in Mechanical Engineering (ICNDME-14), 20-21 December, 2014, M. M. University, Mullana (Ambala) INDIA, pp. 436 – 439.
2013
  1. Parveen Sharma, Rakesh Kumar Phanden and Sandeep Singhal (2013). A Comparative Analysis of Facility Layout Design and Optimization Techniques, In Proc. of the 2nd National Conference on Advancements in the Era of Multi Disciplinary Systems, (AEMDS 2013), pp 1-7
2012
  1. Rakesh Kumar Phanden and Ajai Jain (2012). Impact of changing Multiple Process Plans of a Job-type in a Production Order on Makespan in Job Shop Scheduling, In Proceeding on the International Conference on Agile Manufacturing Systems (ICAM- 2012), IIT BHU, Varanasi, INDIA, pp.56-64.
2011
  1. Rakesh Kumar Phanden, Ajai Jain and Rajiv Verma (2011). Flexible Job Shop Scheduling using Simulation-based Genetic Algorithm, In Proceeding on the International Conference on Agile Manufacturing Systems, (ICAM-2011) held at Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, INDIA, pp.469-475.
  2. Srivastava, P., Khanduja, D., Agrawal, V.P., “Agile Manufacturing: Concepts and Evolution”, IJSAT,Vol 1, pg 224-229, ISSN 2221-8386.
  3. Srivastava, P., Khanduja, D., Agrawal, V.P., “Agile Manufacturing: Next Generation Manufacturing System”, ICSM, 2011, Birla Institute of Technology-Pilani, pg 225-230, ISBN NO 9789381583104.
Poster Presentation:
  1. Sikarwar, B., Roy, M., Goyal, A., Ranjan, P., Physical Properties of Blood Based Tuberculosis Detection Technique in National Symposium of Tuberculosis Challenges in Treatment, World TB Day-2016, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, AIIMS, New Delhi
  2. Roy, M., Sikarwar, B., Goyal, A., Ranjan, P., Modelling of Blood Flow in Cerebral Aneurysm Before and after Treatment, India International Science Festival (IISF-2016), Govt of India , NPL, New Delhi.