Talks and presentations

Safe Robotic Task Execution in Self-Driving Laboratories — Guest Lecture

February 09, 2026

Guest Lecture, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Delivered a guest lecture to MSc students at the University of Liverpool on “Safe Robotic Task Execution in Self-Driving Laboratories”. The lecture covered safety considerations for mobile and manipulation robots in automated labs, perception-driven hazard detection, risk-aware planning, and strategies for fault detection, recovery, and human-robot coordination in shared lab spaces.

AI-driven perception modules for Mobile-Robotic Chemists to detect anomalies in Self-Driving Labs

September 16, 2025

Technical Session, Molicular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Delivered a research talk on “AI-driven perception modules for Mobile-Robotic Chemists to detect anomalies in Self-Driving Labs”, during the annual meeting of EPSRC Program Grant “Digital Navigation of Chemical Space for Function”.

Integrating Robots in Pharmaceutical Workflows

June 24, 2025

Technical Session, STTP on AI, Robotics, and ROS:Transforming Industrial Applications [Online], Indian Institute of Information Technology, Chennai, India

Delivered a talk on integrating robots into chemistry workflows. Techniques and tools. Link

Multimodal Behaviour Trees for Robotic Laboratory Task Automation

May 22, 2025

Conference Presentation, ICRA 2025, Georgia World Congress Centre, Atlanta, USA

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Advanced Robotics in Industrial Applications

November 06, 2024

Seminar talk, International Seminar on Additive Manufacturing and Advanced Thermal Energy Systems, Sathyabama University, Chennai, India

Hardware integration using ROS

June 11, 2024

Technical Session, STTP ON AI AND ROS FOR ROBOTICS [Online], Indian Institute of Information Technology, Chennai, India

Delivered a talk on integrating robots into chemistry workflows. Techniques and tools. Link

Tools for Hardware integration and AI Implementation in Robotics

December 10, 2022

Expert Lecture, ATAL sponsored Two Weeks Faculty Development Program on COLLABORATIVE ROBOTS AND DRONES: CONTROLS, AI TECHNIQUES, AND APPLICATIONS ON INDUSTRY 4.0, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chennai Campus, Chennai, India

Industrial Automation & PLC

February 22, 2022

Technical Session, STC on Integration of Robots, IoT Devices and Computer Vision in Smart Manufacturing: Fundamentals, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Chennai, India

Delivered a talk on integrating robots into chemistry workflows. Techniques and tools. Link