- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Introduction to Manufacturing Engineering -Undergraduate -2016
Mechanics of Materials 2 -Undergraduate -2016
Robotics Technology -Undergraduate -2016
Machine Design -Undergraduate -2017
Research Coordinator - Department Research Coordinator activities (2017 To date)
Research Activities
Mechatronics
Soft Robotics
Tactile/Force Sensors
Robotics and Automation
 Development of a Leap Motion Controlled Dual Arm Robot System to Assist in Laboratory Environments
 Design and Implement a Haptic Feedback System for Tele-operated Surgery.
Development of Liquid Fertilizer Spraying Drone System for Farms.
Soft Robotics, Tactile/Force Sensors, Assistive Robotics
Education and Professional Affiliations
Masters, Ritsumeikan University ,2013 Master of Engineering in Advanced Science and Engineering
D.Eng, Ritsumeikan University ,2016 Doctor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor, University of Moratuwa ,2009 B.Sc. (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering
Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka(2009 To date)
IEEE(2011 To date)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society(2011 To date)
Career
October 2013 - March 2014 - Intern, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Amagasaki, Japan Advanced Technology Research Center; Researched the ability to incorporate tactile array sensors into an assembly robot gripper in order to identify collisions between assembly parts and calculate locations of such collision. This ability helped the robot to carry out complex assembly operations.
March 2011 - September 2011 - Mechanical engineer, AeroSense Pvt. Ltd, Sri Lanka; Maintenance engineer in the Airbus A350 force sensors production line
August 2010 - March 2011 - Design engineer, Japan International Corporation Agency, Sri Lanka; Was a design engineer for a project (MEMS technology transfer project) at Sri Lanka Institute of Nano Technology where MEMS three axis accelerometer sensor and a pressure sensor were designed.
Assistant Secretory, IEEE Sri Lanka, 2017
Honours and Awards
University of Moratuwa Research Awards (Received 2018)
National Research Council Merit Awards (Received 2018)
Publications*
T. P. D. Pieris, K. V. D. S. Chathuranga, A. L. Kulasekera, P. Guha, P. Mukhija,".Energy and Power Consumption Analysis of a Wireless Sensor Node without a Voltage Regulator.",5th International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2020,1-6
T. P. D. Pieris K. V. D. S. Chathuranga,".Design and Evaluation of a Capacitive Sensor for Real Time Monitoring of Gravimetric Moisture Content in Soil.",5th International Conference on Information Technology Research (ICITR),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2020,1-6
R. B. Arumathanthri A. L. Kulasekera D. S. Chathuranga,".An Induction Type Displacement Sensor used in a Novel Soft Robotic Muscle Actuator.",International Conference on Image Processing and Robotics (ICIP),Negombo, Sri Lanka,2020,1-6
W. V. I. Awantha A. T. Wanasinghe A. G. P. Kavindya A. L. Kulasekera D. S. Chathuranga,".A Novel Soft Glove for Hand Tremor Suppression: Evaluation of Layer Jamming Actuator Placement.",3rd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft),New Haven, CT, USA,2020,440-445
P. Kavindya W. V. I. Awantha A. T. Wanasinghe A. L. Kulasekera D. S. Chathuranga B. Senanayake,".Evaluation of Hand Tremor Frequency Among Patients in Sri Lanka using a Soft Glove.",2020 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2020,301-306
,".Design and Development of a Novel Bio-inspired Worm-type Soft Robot for In-pipe Locomotion.",20th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS),Busan, Korea (South),2020,586-591
Zhongkui Wang,Yohan Noh,Thrishantha Nanayakkara,Shinichi Hirai,".Magnetic and Mechanical Modelling of a Soft Three-Axis Force Sensor.",IEEE Sensors Journal,16,2016
Peer reviewed journals:
(1). Chathuranga, D. S., Wang, Z., Noh, Y., Nanayakkara, T., & Hirai, S. (2016). Magnetic and mechanical modeling of a soft three-axis force sensor. IEEE Sensors Journal, 16(13), 5298-5307.
(2). Noh, Y., Liu, H., Sareh, S., Chathuranga, D. S., Würdemann, H., Rhode, K., & Althoefer, K. (2016). Image-based optical miniaturized three-axis force sensor for cardiac catheterization. IEEE Sensors Journal, 16(22), 7924-7932.
(3). Noh, Y., Bimbo, J., Sareh, S., Wurdemann, H., Fraś, J., Chathuranga, D. S., Liu, H., Housden, J., Althoefer, K., & Rhode, K. (2016). Multi-Axis force/torque sensor based on Simply-Supported beam and optoelectronics. Sensors, 16(11), 1936.
Peer-reviewed conference publications:
(1). Wang, Z., Chathuranga, D. S., & Hirai, S. (2016, December). 3D printed soft gripper for automatic lunch box packing. In Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2016 IEEE International Conference on (pp. 503-508). IEEE.
(2).Chathuranga, D.S., Wang, Z., Noh, Y., Nanayakkara, T., & Hirai, S. (2016, September). A Soft Three Axis Force Sensors that is Useful for Robot Grippers, In Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS),2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on (pp. 5556-5563). IEEE.
(3). Chathuranga, D. S., Wang, Z., Noh, Y., Nanayakkara, T., & Hirai, S. (2015, September). Robust real time material classification algorithm using soft three axis tactile sensor: Evaluation of the algorithm. In Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on (pp. 2093-2098). IEEE.
(4). Chathuranga, D. S., Wang, Z., Noh, Y., Nanayakkara, T., & Hirai, S. (2015, August). Disposable soft 3 axis force sensor for biomedical applications. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE (pp. 5521-5524). IEEE.
(5). Wurdemann, H. A., Sareh, S., Shafti, A., Noh, Y., Faragasso, A., Chathuranga, D. S., Liu, H., Althoefer, K., & Hirai, S. (2015, August). Embedded electro-conductive yarn for shape sensing of soft robotic manipulators. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE (pp. 8026-8029). IEEE.
(6). Wang, Z., Chathuranga, D. S., & Hirai, S. (2015, August). Study on the human perception of incipient and overall slippages using a 2D FE fingertip model. In Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2015 37th Annual International Conference of the IEEE (pp. 5764-5767). IEEE.
(7). Wang, Z., Chathuranga, D. S., & Hirai, S. (2015, June). Study on Fingertip Slippage using FE Model for Developing Human-Like Tactile Sensor. In International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics, Changsha, China.
(8). Chathuranga, D. S., Wang, Z., & Hirai, S. (2015, June). An anthropomorphic tactile sensor system with its applications in dexterous manipulations. In Cyber Technology in Automation, Control, and Intelligent Systems (CYBER), 2015 IEEE International Conference on (pp. 1085-1090). IEEE.
(9). Chathuranga, D. S., Wang, Z., & Hirai, S. (2014, December). Challenges in developing soft tactile sensors for robots that detect incipient slip. In Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS), 2014 7th International Conference on (pp. 1-7). IEEE.
(10). Chathuranga, D. S., Wang, Z., Mitani, A., & Hirai, S. (2013, October). A biomimetic soft fingertip applicable to haptic feedback systems for texture identification. In Haptic Audio Visual Environments and Games (HAVE), 2013 IEEE International Symposium on (pp. 29-33). IEEE.
(11). Chathuranga, D. S., & Hirai, S. (2013, July). Investigation of a biomimetic fingertip's ability to discriminate fabrics based on surface textures. In Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2013 IEEE/ASME International Conference on (pp. 1667-1674). IEEE.
(12). Chathuranga, D. S., & Hirai, S. (2012, December). A bio-mimetic fingertip that detects force and vibration modalities and its application to surface identification. In Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2012 IEEE International Conference on (pp. 575-581). IEEE.
Symposiums and other publications:
(1). Chathuranga, D. S., & Hirai, S. (2015, May). Soft 3D Tactile Sensor for Artificial Fingertips, In The Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2015 (ROBOMECH), Kyoto, Japan.
(2). Chathuranga, D. S., & Hirai, S. (2013, May). A Bio-Mimetic Fingertip that can Detect Force and Vibration Modalities: Investigation of Bio-mimetic Fingertip’s Ability to Discriminate Textures, In The Robotics and Mechatronics Conference 2013 (ROBOMECH), Tsukuba, Japan.
(3). Chathuranga, D. S., Ho, A. V., & Hirai, S., (2013, July). Surface Texture Discrimination Using MEMS Accelerometer Embedded Biomimetic Fingertip, In International workshop on soft and flexible micro/nanosystems technology, Gold coast, Australia.
(4). Chathuranga, D. S., & Jayasinghe, C. (2010, December). Design and simulation of MEMS sensor with inbuilt GSM communication for smart buildings, In International Conference of Sustainable Built Environment (ICSBE), 2010, Kandy, Sri Lanka.
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