- Faculty of Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Lecturer (Un-Confirmed)
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Department of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa
10400
Teaching and Administrative Activities
Design of Machine Elements -Undergraduate -2019
Mechanics of Machines -Undergraduate -2019
Fundamentals of Mechatronics -Undergraduate -2019
Automation and Control of Manufacturing Systems -Postgraduate -2019
Research Activities
Visual Servoing
Bio-signal based control
Rehabilitation Robotics
and Intelligent Control
BSc - Development of a Trans-Femoral Prosthesis. (2014/2015)
BSc - Development of an Upper Limb Exoskeleton Robot for Rehabilitation. (2014/2015)
BSc - Development of an EMG Based control for a trans-radial prosthetic arm. (2014/2015)
BSc - Development of a 5DOF Trans-humeral Prosthesis. (2015/2016)
BSc - Design and Development of a Hybrid Trans-radial Prosthesis. (2016/2017)
BSc - Development of a Trans-Tibial Ortho-Prosthesis. (2018/2019)
BSc - Hybrid Knee Exoskeleton for Sitting and Walking Assistance. (2018/2019)
BSc - Development of an anthropomorphic Prosthetic Hand with Finger Abduction/Adduction. (2018/2019)
BSc - Automated Ball Collecting Mobile Robot for Tennis. (2018/2019)
BSc - Design and Development of a Robotic Manipulator for Laparoscopic Uterine Surgeries (2019/2020)
MSc - Development of a Vision Aided EMG Based Grasping Pattern Classification System (2019-ongoing).
BSc - Development of a Robotic Face for Human- Robot-Interactions (HRI) Applications. (2020/2021)
BSc - Development of a Quadrotor-Wireframe Platform for Air and Ground Locomotion of a Drone. (2020/2021)
BSc - Development of a soft robotic glove for hand rehabilitation of stroke patients. (2020/2021)
Biomedical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics
Education and Professional Affiliations
PhD, University of Moratuwa ,2018 Biomedical Engineering
Bachelors, University of Moratuwa ,2014 Mechanical Engineering
Bachelors, University of Colombo ,2014 Bachelor of Information Technology
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(2015 To date)
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers(2014 To date)
Career
July 2019 – Present Lecturer, Dept. of Mechanical Eng., University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
June 2014 – Present Visiting
Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Kotelawala Defense University, Sri
Lanka.
Oct. 2018 – May 2019 Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Shenzhen, China.
Nov. 2017 – Aug. 2018 Lecturer (On Contract), Dept. of
Mechanical Eng., University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Feb. 2018 – Aug. 2018 Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Technology, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka.
May 2015 – May 2016 Visiting Lecturer, Dept. of Mechanical Eng., University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka.
Jul. 2020 – Present Secretary, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) Sri Lanka Section Chapter.
Feb. 2017 – Present Committee Member, IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) Sri
Lanka Section Chapter.
2020 Technical Program committee Member, SLAAS / SLIC Conference on From Innovation To Impact (FITI 2020)
2020 Reviewer, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2020).
Mar. 2020 - Present Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics.
2020 Co-Chair, Biomedical Engineering and
Instrumentation Track, Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon 2020).
2019 Program
Committee Member, IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and
Robotics (RCAR 2019)
2019 Session
Chair, Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon 2019).
2019 Reviewer,
IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR 2019)
Nov 2019 - Present Reviewer, Journal of National
Science Foundation, Sri Lanka.
Mar 2019 - Present Review Editor, Frontiers
in Robotics and AI.
Mar. 2019 - Present Reviewer, IEEE Access.
Jan. 2019 - Present Reviewer, IEEE
Transactions on Human-Machine Systems.
Feb. 2018 Panel
Member, Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering Track, International
Research Symposium, Uwa Wellassa University (IRSUWU 208), Sri Lanka.
2018 Reviewer,
International Research Conference of General Sir John Kotelawala Defence
University (IRC-KDU 2018)
2018 Reviewer, Moratuwa Engineering Research
Conference (MERCon 2018).
2018 Reviewer, IEEE International Conference
on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2018).
2018 Registration Co-Chair, IEEE Region 10
(Asia Pacific) Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC 2018).
Dec. 2016 – Present Reviewer, Mechatronics
Systems and Control (formerly Control and Intelligent Systems), ACTA Press.
2016 Reviewer, Moratuwa Engineering Research
Conference (MERCon 2016).
2014 Organizing Committee Member, International
Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAfS 2014).
Honours and Awards
PI - SRC Capital Research Grant, Soft Robotic Hand Movement Function Rehabilitation Glove, 4.99M LKR (Received 2020)
CI - SRC Capital Research Grant, Understanding spatial considerations and user behaviors in handling objects by intelligent robotic wheelchair, 4.99M LKR (Received 2020)
PI - SRC Short Term Research Grant, Development of a Vision aided EMG based Grasping pattern classification System for Hand Prostheses, 0.3M LKR (Received 2020)
Publications*
H.A.G.C. Premachandra, K.M. Thathsarana, H.M.A.N. Herath, D.L.F.M. Liyanage, Y.W.R. Amarasinghe, D.G.K. Madusanka, M.A.M.M. Jayawardane,".Design and Simulation of a Robotic Manipulator for Laparoscopic Uterine Surgeries.",Springer,2020
R.A.M. Abayasiri, R. S. T. Abayasiri,R. A. G. M. Gunawardhana, R. M. C. Premakumara, Sanjaya Mallikarachchi, R.A.R.C. Gopura, T.L. Lalitharatne, D.G.K. Madusanka,".An Under-Actuated Hand Prosthesis with Finger Abduction and Adduction for Human Like Grasps.",International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics,Singapore,2020,574-580
I. D. Wijegunawardana, M.B.K. Kumara, H.H.M.J. De Silva, P.K.P. Viduranga, R.K.P.S. Ranaweera, R.A.R.C Gopura, D.G.K. Madusanka,".ChairX: A Robotic Exoskeleton Chair for Industrial Workers.",IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics,Toronto, ON, Canada,2019,587-592
P.S. Gunasekara, A.M.N.R. Rathnayake, U.L.T.H. Ratnayake, D.M.H.T. Dasanayake, S. Fernando, D.G.K. Madusanka,".Novel Design and Implementation of Automated Luggage Carrier for an Airport System.",IEEE International Conference on Control System, Computing and Engineering,Penang, Malaysia,2019,136-141
D.M. Perera, G.M.D. Menaka, W.V.K.M. Surasinghe, D.G.K. Madusanka, T.D. Lalitharathne,".Development of a Vision Aided Automated Ball Retrieving Robot for Tennis Training Sessions.",International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems,Kandy, Sri Lanka,2019,378-383
R.A.M. Abayasiri, D.G.K. Madusanka, N.M.P. Arachchige, A.T.S. Silva, R.A.R.C. Gopura,,".MoBio: A 5DOF Trans-humeral Prosthesis.",IEEE Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics,London, UK,2017,1627-1632
D.G.K. Madusanka, R.A.R.C. Gopura, Y.W.R. Amarasinghe, G.K.I. Mann,".Spatial Trajectory Following Scheme for A Trans-humeral Prosthesis.",IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics,Macau, China,2017,737-742
C.L. Semasinghe, J.L.B. Prasanna, H.M. Kandamby, R.K.P.S. Ranaweera, D.G.K. Madusanka, R.A.R.C. Gopura,".Transradial Prostheses: Current Status and Future Directions.",Manufacturing & Industrial Engineering Symposium,Colombo, Sri Lanka,2016,1-7
D.G.K. Madusanka, R.A.R.C. Gopura, Y.W.R. Amarasinghe, G.K.I. Mann,".IBVS And EMG based Reach-to-Grasp Task Planning Method for a Trans-humeral Prosthesis.",IEEE/SICE International Symposium on Systems Integration,Sapporo, Japan,2016,447-452
D.G.K. Madusanka, L.N.S. Wijayasingha, R.A.R.C. Gopura, Y.W.R. Amarasinghe, G.K.I. Mann,".A Review on Hybrid Myoelectric Control Systems for Upper Limb Prosthesis.",Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference,Colombo, Sri Lanka,2015,136-141
D.G.K. Madusanka, R.A.R.C. Gopura, Y.W.R. Amarasinghe, G.K.I. Mann,".Simulation Environment for simulating transhumeral Prosthetic Control Algorithms.",Int. conf. on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering,Cochin, India,2015,190-196
D.G.K. Madusanka, L.N.S. Wijayasingha, K. Sanjeevan, M.A.R. Ahamed, J.C.W. Edirisooriya, R.A.R.C. Gopura,".A 3DOF Transtibial Robotic Prosthetic Limb.",Int. conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability,,Colombo, Sri Lanka,2014,1-6
C.L. Semasinghe, D.G.K. Madusanka, R.K.P.S. Ranaweera, and R.A.R.C. Gopura,".Transradial Prostheses: Trends in Development of Hardware and Control Systems.",International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery,15,2019
D.G.K. Madusanka, R.A.R.C. Gopura, Y.W.R. Amarasinghe, G.K.I. Mann,".MPC based Spatio-temporal Path Tracking Method for Trans-humeral Prostheses.",International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery,15,2019
C.L. Semasinghe, R.K.P.S. Ranaweera, J.L.B. Prasanna, H.M. Kandamby, D.G.K. Madusanka, R.A.R.C. Gopura,".HyPro: A multi-DoF Hybrid Powered Transradial Robotic Prosthesis.",Journal of Robotics,2018,2018
D.G.K. Madusanka, R.A.R.C. Gopura, Y.W.R. Amarasinghe, G.K.I. Mann,".Hybrid Vision Based Reach-to-Grasp Task Planning Method for Trans-Humeral Prostheses.",IEEE Access,5,2017
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