Scholar
Nikhil Deshpande
Google Scholar ID: LcgVkK0AAAAJ
Associate Professor, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, UK
Citations & Impact
Citations
574
H-index
14
i10-index
17
Publications
20
Co-authors
41
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Organizer of the XR-ROB workshop, which is the only gathering at the IEEE/RSJ IROS international conference exploring the intersection of extended reality (XR) and robotics technologies; PI and co-I for multiple collaborative projects with R&D funding exceeding €7 million; Editor/associate editor for several conferences including IEEE ICRA, IROS, MFI, AIR, etc., and reviewer/special issue editor for journals like IEEE T-RO, RAS, Frontiers, etc.
Research Experience
- Was a Researcher at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Genova, Italy, from 2018 to 2023, leading the VICARIOS Mixed Reality and Simulations Lab, focusing on immersive remote telerobotics in hazardous environments; Postdoctoral fellow at IIT, Italy, from 2012 to 2017, working on telesurgery and developing novel mechanisms for surgical robotics.
Education
- Received his PhD in Electrical Engineering (Robotics) from North Carolina State University (NCSU), USA, in 2012; Master's in Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering from NCSU in 2007; Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering from the College of Engineering (COEP), Pune, India, in 2003.
Background
- Associate Professor in Robotics and AI, with a focus on navigation, manipulation, mechanism design, machine learning, computer vision, and mixed reality. His research interests include surgical robotics, telerobotics, therapy, and occupational training.
