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Ananta Adhi Wardana is a robotics researcher specializing in the design, dynamic modeling, and control of unconventional mobile robots, with a particular focus on inverted pendulum systems and stair-climbing locomotion. His work addresses the fundamental challenge of enabling two-wheeled and single-wheeled platforms to navigate complex, non-flat environments, such as staircases. Wardana’s major contributions include the development of a single-wheeled inverted pendulum robot with a novel, mechanically simple climbing mechanism using a parallel arm and harmonic drive, and the dynamic analysis of a two-wheeled stair-climbing robot stabilized by a state-feedback controller with feed-forward constants. He has also advanced autonomous navigation by devising a wall-following control method for mobile robots that eliminates the need for an orientation sensor, using Lyapunov-based path-following for asymptotic stability. His most cited work, on the single-wheeled stair-climbing robot (10 citations), demonstrates his impact in creating minimalist yet capable designs. With additional publications on control systems for stair-climbing robots using planetary wheel mechanisms, Wardana’s research is foundational for the next generation of agile, terrain-adaptive robots.