Dr. Saurav Kumar Dutta

Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering | Office:M 12
National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli
Trichy - 620015, Tamil Nadu, India
Institutional Email ID : - sauravkdutta@nitt.edu

Research Interests

Machine Design, Robotics, Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Method

Academic Background

PhD in Mechanical Engineering - Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India - Jul 2015 to Dec 2021

BE (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering - Gauhati University, India - Jul 2011 to Jul 2015

Professional Experience

Research Associate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering - IIT Hyderabad, India - Jan 2024 to Mar 2024

Senior Project Scientist in Mechanical Engineering - IIT Kanpur, India - Aug 2023 to Jan 2024

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Electrical Engineering - University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA - May 2022 to May 2023

Project Fellow/JRF-GATE in Civil Engineering - IIT Guwahati, India - Oct 2021 to Apr 2022

Publications

Dutta, S. K., Reddy, B. S., and Dwivedy, S. K. (2024). Complibot: A Compliant External Pipe Climbing Robot. Mechanics based Design of Structures and Machines. 52(4): 2106-2135. https://doi.org/10.1080/15397734.2023.2170884

Dutta, S. K., Reddy, B. S., and Dwivedy, S. K. (2021). Tuning Proportional-Integral-Derivative Gains of a Three-Dimensional RRRP Pick and Place Robot for Asymptotic Trajectory Tracking. ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control. 143(4): 041001. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4048585

Patents

Bistable Compliant Gripper for Pipe Climbing Robot, Application No : 20203103718, dated 28/08/2020, Patent No: 529531, granted on 21/03/2024. Inventors: Dutta, S. K., Reddy, A.N., Reddy, B. S., and Dwivedy, S. K.

Conferences

Dutta, S. K., Reddy, B. S., and Dwivedy, S. K. (2023), Design of a Novel Mechanism for Actuation of a Bistable Buckled Beam. Recent Advances in Machines and Mechanisms (pp. 351-360). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3716-3_27. Also, presented at 5th International and 20th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms 2021, PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur, India

Dutta, S. K., Reddy, B. S., and Dwivedy, S. K. (2022). Design of a Two Degrees of Freedom Actuator for Rehabilitation Robotic Applications. Machines, Mechanism and Robotics (pp. 1189-1196). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0550-5_113. Also, presented at 4th International and 19th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms 2019, IIT Mandi, India

Dutta, S. K., Balathil, J. K., Reddy, P. A., & Reddy, A. N. (2021). Design of a Torque Controller with Application to a Single Degree of Freedom Haptic Device. Advances in Mechanical Processing and Design (pp. 551-559). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7779-6_50. Also, presented at International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Processing and Design 2019, KIIT University, India

Dutta, S. K., Reddy, A. N., & Dwivedy, S. K. (2020). A Study of Direct and Inverse Problems in Force Sensing of Elastic Bodies. Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering (pp. 347-355). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9931-3_34. Also, presented at International Conference on Emerging Trends in Mechanical Engineering 2018, SRIT Anantapur, India