Academic Qualifications

• Master of Engineering (By Research) in Mechanical Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Thailand. (2021)
• BSc. Engineering (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka. (2016)

Professional Qualifications and Affiliations

• Associate Engineer – Engineering Council Sri Lanka (ECSL)
• Associate Member – Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL)
• Affiliate Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, UK (IMechE)

• Robotics
• Mechatronics Systems
• Control Systems
• Dynamics
• Machine Design

• Robotics
• SLAM, Path planning and Navigation
• Visual Servoing
• Mechatronic systems
• Brain Machine Interface

Thesis:

• Development of an Autonomous Mobile Manipulator System to Perform Fetch and Carry Tasks, Masters Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chiang Mai University (2021)
• EEG signal-based control an Assistive Feeder Robot, Undergraduate Thesis, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa (2016)

Journal:

• Naotunna, and T. Wongratanaphisan, “Development of an Autonomous Mobile Manipulator System for Fetch-and-Carry Tasks,” Journal of iRobotics, Taiwan, 2021.

Conferences:

• Naotunna and T. Wongratanaphisan, “Comparison of ROS Local Planners with Differential Drive Heavy Robotic System,” 2020 International Conference on Advanced Mechatronic Systems (ICAMechS), Hanoi, Vietnam, 2020, pp. 1-6.
• Naotunna, C. J. Perera, C. Sandaruwan, R. A. R. C. Gopura and T. D. Lalitharatne, “Meal Assistance Robots: A Review on Current Status, Challenges and Future Directions,” in Proc. of IEEE/SICE International Conference on System Integration (SII 2015), Nagoya, Japan, 2015, pp. 211-216.
• J. Perera, I. Naotunna, C. Sandaruwan, N.J. Kelly-Boxall, R.A.R.C. Gopura, and T.D. Lalitharatne, “Electrooculography Signal Based Control of a Meal Assistance Robot,” in Proc. of IASTED International Conference on Biomedical Engineering (BioMed 2016), Innsbruck, Austria, pp. 133-139.
• J. Perera, I.Naotunna, C. Sandaruwan, R. A. R. C. Gopura and T. D. Lalitharatne, “SSVEP Based BMI for a Meal Assistance Robot” in Proc. of “The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2016)”, Budapest, Hungary.

• Chiang Mai University scholarship for foreign students – Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

• (2019-2021) – Research Assistant at Motion and Controls Laboratory, Chiang Mai University, Thailand
• (2017-2019) – Assistant Lecturer at Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT)
• (2016-2017) – Design and Development Engineer at Ardmel Manufacturing, Biygama.
• (2014-2015)- Trainee Mechanical Engineer (Internship) at Ceylon Biscuits Limited, Pannipitiya.

Other:

• (2021-2022) – Visiting lecturer at Department of Mechanical Engineering ,Kotelawala Defence University, Sri Lanka.
• (2019-2021)- Teaching Assistant at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
• (2017 -2018) – Visiting Lecturer – Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka.
• (2018) Resource person for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course on Parametric Modeling Using AutoCAD and SolidWorks organized by Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka (IESL).

• 2021– Development of the autonomous navigation system for the commercialized UVC-light disinfection robot. The project was granted by the Center for Mechatronics and Innovations at Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
• 2019-2021 -Design and Development of an autonomous mobile manipulator system for industrial environments to perform fetch-and-carry tasks.  (Master’s Thesis Project).
• 2021– Development of a self-navigating mobile robotics system using a laser scanner-based 2D navigation technique. The project was granted by the motion and controls laboratory at Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
• 2020- Implementation of Aruco marker-based Object manipulation system for Baxter dual-arm manipulator system. The project was granted by the motion and controls laboratory at Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
• 2019-2020– Implementation of Realsense Depth and tracking camera-based navigation technique. The project was granted by the motion and controls laboratory at Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
• 2017- Design and development of a prototype of an edge cutter for seamless garments.
• 2015-2016– Steady-State Visual Evoked Potential (SSVEP) based Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) for Meal Assistance Robot. (Undergraduate Thesis Project- University of Moratuwa)
• 2015-2016– Electrooculography Signal based Control of a Meal Assistance Robot. (Undergraduate Project- University of Moratuwa).