IITKGP

Sankha Deb

Associate Professor

Mechanical Engineering

+91-3222-282912

sankha.deb@mech.iitkgp.ac.in

Research Areas

  • Computer Integrated Manufacturing
  • Automation and Robotics
  • Flexible Manufacturing Systems
  • Soft Computing techniques
  • Micromanufacturing Processes
The main focus of Dr. Deb's research group is in the following areas.
- Computer Integrated Manufacturing (Cellular Manufacturing, Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Production Planning and Control, etc.)
- Computer-Aided Process Planning (Automatic Feature Recognition, Machining Setup and Fixture Planning, Assembly Sequence Planning, Planning for Layered Manufacturing, etc.)
- Robotics (Multi-finger Robot Grippers, Sensor guided Robotic Applications for Manufacturing, Climbing Robots, Self-reconfigurable Robots)
- Intelligent Manufacturing Systems
- Micromanufacturing Processes (Mechanical Micro-machining, Micro EDM)
- Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing techniques in Manufacturing.
  • A novel object slicing-based grasp planner for unknown 3D objects Ansary S. I., Deb S. , Deb A. K. By Intelligent Service Robotics 15 9-26 (2022)
  • Robotic Assembly Sequence Planning and Optimization by Cuckoo Search Algorithm Mishra A., Deb S. By 24th International Conference on Production Research - (2017)
  • Nature-Inspired Computation in Navigation and Routing Problems Mishra A., Deb S. By Mobile Robot Path Planning Using a Flower Pollination Algorithm-Based Approach 127-147 (2020)
  • An Improved Hybrid Flower Pollination Algorithm for Assembly Sequence Optimization Mishra A., Deb S. By Assembly Automation 39 165-185 (2019)
  • Assembly sequence optimization using a flower pollination algorithm-based approach Mishra A., Deb S. By Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing 30 461-482 (2019)
  • A Backstepping Control Strategy for Constrained Tendon Driven Robotic Finger Narkhede K.S., Bhise A.A., Sainul I.A., Deb S. By 2019 5th International Conference on Control, Automation and Robotics, ICCAR 2019 74-78 (2019)
  • A novel object slicing based grasp planner for 3D object grasping using underactuated robot gripper Sainul I.A., Deb S., Deb A.K. By IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference) 2019-October 585-590 (2019)
  • Development of a Flexible Assembly System Using Industrial Robot with Machine Vision Guidance and Dexterous Multi-finger Gripper Mishra A., Sainul I. A., Bhuyan S. , Deb S. , Sen D. , Deb A. K. By Precision Product-Process Design and Optimization 31-71 (2018)
  • Saliency Based Fast Object Localization and Recognition for Mechanical Assembly Bhuyan S., Sen D., Deb S. By INDICON 2018 - 15th IEEE India Council International Conference - (2018)
  • Co-Principal Investigator

Ph. D. Students

Anil Rajagopal K P

Area of Research: Computer-Aided Process Planning

Desai Nitin Vilas

Area of Research: Automation and Industrial Robotics

Gobinda Chandra Behera

Area of Research: Computer-Aided Process Planning

Sudipta Bhuyan

Area of Research: Robot vision