Prabakaran Veerajagadheswar
Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore University of Social Sciences
Papers
37
Total Citations
1,073
H-Index
19
About
Prabakaran Veerajagadheswar is a pioneering robotics researcher whose work sits at the intersection of autonomous systems, reconfigurable robotics, and intelligent path planning. Best known for developing the hTetro — a Tetris-inspired shape-shifting floor cleaning robot — he has fundamentally advanced how robots perceive, adapt to, and navigate complex environments. His most celebrated contribution, a Modified A-Star Algorithm for coverage path planning in self-reconfigurable robots, has garnered over 163 citations, reflecting its broad influence across cleaning, painting, and mining applications. Veerajagadheswar has been instrumental in applying deep reinforcement learning and travelling salesman problem formulations to coverage path planning challenges, with multiple papers in this domain exceeding 50–89 citations. His research extends beyond floor robotics into maritime technology, including the development of SPARROW, a magnetic climbing robot for autonomous ship hull inspection, and reinforcement learning-driven hull corrosion cleaning systems. With a cumulative citation count exceeding 700 across his top works, his contributions represent a sustained effort to make autonomous robots smarter, more energy-efficient, and genuinely adaptable — pushing the boundaries of what reconfigurable machines can achieve in real-world, unstructured environments.
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- 2Floor cleaning robot with reconfigurable mechanism118 citations · 2018
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- 5hTetro: A tetris inspired shape shifting floor cleaning robot51 citations · 2017
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