- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Electrical Engineering
- Senior Lecturer Grade II
Contact information
Department of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Industrial Automation -Undergraduate -2023
Engineering Systems Design -Undergraduate -2023
System Automation Technologies -Postgraduate -2023
Applied Robotics -Postgraduate -2023
Electrical Machines in Power Systems -Undergraduate -2024
Academic Coordinator - Semester 7 (Intake 2018) - (2022 To 2023)
Academic Coordinator - Semester 7 (Intake 2019) - (2023 To 2024)
Research Activities
Control Systems
Haptics
Mechatronics
Bilateral Teleoperation
Artificial Intelligence
Undergraduate Project-Intake 2018-Object Classification and Haptic Amplifier based on Surface Texture (Best UG Project in EE Department-Intake 2018)
Undergraduate Project-Intake 2019-Bi-manual Tele-rehabilitation Robot (Best Poster Award - ERU Symposium 2023, Best Paper Award - Robotics and Intelligent Systems Track - 10th Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon 2024))
Bilateral Control, Robotics, Motion Control, System Modeling and Control
Education and Professional Affiliations
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2014 BSc. Eng. Hons in Electrical Engineering
Masters, University of moratuwa ,2015 Master of Science (by research)
PhD, Keio University ,2022 Ph.D. in Engineering
IEEE(2016 To date)
IESL(2014 To date)
IEEE Industrial Electronics Society(2016 To date)
IEEE Robotics and Automation Society(2016 To date)
Engineering Council, Sri Lanka(2023 To date)
Career
Committee Member-IEEE Industrial Electronic Society Sri Lanka (IES SL) Chapter-2024
Honours and Awards
The Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship for 3 years (Received )
Keio Leading Lab (KLL) research grant for consecutive 3 years (Received )
The Outstanding Research Performances Award 2016 of the University of Moratuwa (Received 2017)
Keio University Degree Completion Scholarship (Received 2020)
Keio Graduate School Scholarship (Received 2021)
ERU Symposium 2023 - Best Poster Award (Received 2023)
Best Paper Award-Robotics and Intelligent Systems Track- 10th Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon 2024) (Received 2024)
Publications*
A.M. Harsha S. Abeykoon, R.M. Maheshi Ruwanthika,".Remote Gripping for Effective Bilateral Teleoperation.",IGI Global,2016
K. L. M. Perera, T. I. Hettiarachchi, J. A. S. S. Kumara, S. D. A. P. Senadeera, and R. M. M. Ruwanthika,".Development of Sensorless Based Bimanual Tele-Rehabilitation Robot for Hemiparetic Post-Stroke Patients.",10th Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon 2024),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2024,
J. L. Dantanarayana, U.G.S. Kashmira, P. S. L. Fernando, K.D.M. Jayawardhana, R.M.M. Ruwanthika, A. M. H. S. Abeykoon,".Surface Texture reproduction and amplification for haptic perception.",49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2023),Singapore,2023,
U.G.S. Kashmira, J.L. Dantanarayana, R.M.M. Ruwanthika, A.M.H.S. Abeykoon,".Haptic Based Surface Texture Classification Using Machine Learning Techniques.",2nd IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Annual Online Conference,Online,2023,
K. L. M. Perera, T. I. Hettiarachchi, J.A.A.S. Kumara, R. M. M. Ruwanthika, Arunya P. Senadeera S. D.,".Bimanual Telerehabilitation Robot.",ERU Symposium 2023 ,University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2023,
R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, Seiichiro Katsura,".Excess Force Reduction in Bilateral Control for Precise and Safe Operation.",The 7th IEEJ International Workshop on Sensing, Actuation, Motion Control, and Optimization (SAMCON 2021), Chiba, Japan,2021,184-189
R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, Seiichiro Katsura,".Reproduction of real world force sensation by micro macro bilateral control while avoiding destruction of micro object.",The 2nd International Symposium on Applied Abstraction and Integrated Design (AAID 2020),Yokohama, Japan,2020,55-60
R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, Seiichiro Katsura,".Master side excessive force control as virtual force effect on reaction force observer for constrained bilateral control.",59th Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers of Japan (SICE),Chiang Mai, Thailand,2020,1464-1468
R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, Seiichiro Katsura,".Constrained bilateral control with master force scaling and virtual stiffness.",The SICE Annual Conference 2019 (SICE 2019),Hiroshima, Japan,2019,707-710
W. A. Shanaka P. Abeysiriwardhana, R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, A. M. Harsha S. Abeykoon,".Vibro-Haptic White Cane with Enhanced Vibro Sensitivity.",2018 2nd International Conference On Electrical Engineering (EECon),Colombo, Sri Lanka,2018,156-161
R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, A.M.Harsha S. Abeykoon, Seiichiro Katsura,".Bilateral control with compliant force lock for safety enhancement.",IEEE 26th International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2017),Edinburgh, UK,2017,1929 – 1934
R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, Seiichiro Katsura,".Design of virtual stiffness for human operated robot considering external force in safety enhancement.",43rd Annual Conference of The IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2017),Beijing, China,2017,7596-7601
R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, Seiichiro Katsura,".Development of control mechanism for safety enhancement in bilateral control robot applications.",9th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR 2017),Tsukuba, Japan,2017,607-617
H.K.C.B. Heendeniya, R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, A.G. Buddhika P. Jayasekara ,".Potential for Improving Green Roof Performance through Artificial Irrigation: Water balance model in Sri Lankan context.",2016 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2016,142-148
A.E. Gunawardena, R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, A.G. Buddhika P. Jayasekara ,".Computer Vision Based Fire Alarming System.",2016 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2016,325-330
R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, A. M. Harsha S. Abeykoon,".3D environmental force: Position impedance variation for different motion parameters.",2015 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon),Moratuwa, Sri Lanka,2015,112-117
R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, A. M. Harsha S. Abeykoon,".Simulation of enhanced force limiting gripper for bilateral teleoperation.",7th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS),Colombo, Sri Lanka,2014,1-6
T. S. Rathnayake, K. T. Rukshan, R. A. T. J. K. Rupasinghe, R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, J. P. Karunadasa,".Design and simulation of single phase active current harmonic filter.",2014 International Conference on Circuits, Power, and Computing Technologies (ICCPCT-2014),Nagercoil, India,2014,978-983
R.M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, Seiichiro Katsura,".Excess force reduction in bilateral control for precise and safe operation.",IEEJ Journal of Industry Applications,11/2,2022
R.M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, Seiichiro Katsura ,".Safe operation of scaling bilateral control system under application of excessive force by operator.",Mechatronics,84,2022
R. M. Maheshi Ruwanthika, Seiichiro Katsura,".Precise slave-side force control for security enhancement of bilateral motion control during application of excessive force by operator.",Precision Engineering,65,2020
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