Department of Mechanical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering, KDU

Mr. IUE Naotunna

MEng (Thailand), BSc. Eng. (Hons)(Moratuwa), AMIE(SL)
Senior Lecturer Gr II
Programme coordinator – Mechatronic Engineering
  • Qualifications
  • 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)

  • Teaching Areas
  • Teaching Areas

    • Advanced Robotics and Manipulators (MC4112)
    • Fundamentals of Robotics (MC3222)
    • Solid Mechanics (ME4122)
    • Fluid Power Systems (ME3133)
  • Research Interests
  • Research Interests

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

    Publications as Theses/Dissertations:

    • 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)

      Publications in Refereed Journals:

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

      Papers in International Conference Proceedings (Peer Reviewed)

       
    • D.I Piyumini and I.U.E. Naotunna. (2022) A Review on the Possible Opportunities for the Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Sri Lankan Tourism and Hospitality Industry. In Proceeding of 5th Annual International Conference on Business Innovation (ICOBI) , Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2022, pp 521-527.
    • 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.
  • Awards
  • Awards

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


     

  • Working Experience
  • Working Experience

    (2022-2023) – Lecturer (Unconfirmed), Department of Mechanical Engineering at KDU.
    (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).

  • Projects & Research
  • Projects & Research

    • 2023 (ongoing) – Development of EEG signal-controlled wheelchair.
    • 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)