
Prasanth Kotaru
Roboticist
Experience
- Waymo
- Tesla
- Monarch Tractor
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2022
Dissertation: Dynamics and Control for Collaborative Aerial Manipulation
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 2017
B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 2014
Publications
Dynamics and Control for Collaborative Aerial Manipulation
Prasanth Kotaru
PhD Dissertation
Tethered Power for a Series of Quadcopters: Analysis and Applications
Karan P. Jain*, Prasanth Kotaru, Massimiliano de Sa, Koushil Sreenath, Mark W. Mueller
arXiv
Differential Flatness based Path Planning with Direct Collocation on Hybrid Modes for a Quadrotor with a Cable-Suspended Payload
Jun Zeng, Prasanth Kotaru, Mark Mueller, Koushil Sreenath
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)
Geometric Lā Adaptive Attitude Control for a Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Prasanth Kotaru, Ryan Edmonson, Koushil Sreenath
ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control
Multiple quadrotors carrying a flexible hose: dynamics, differential flatness and control
Prasanth Kotaru, Koushil Sreenath
IFAC World Congress
Ball Juggling on the Bipedal Robot Cassie
Katherine L. Poggensee*, Albert H. Li*, Daniel Sotsaikich*, Bike Zhang, Prasanth Kotaru, Mark Mueller, Koushil Sreenath
European Control Conference (ECC)

Variation Based Extended Kalman Filter on S²
Prasanth Kotaru, Koushil Sreenath
European Control Conference (ECC)

Geometric Control and Differential Flatness of a Quadrotor UAV with Load Suspended from a Pulley
Jun Zeng, Prasanth Kotaru, Koushil Sreenath
American Control Conference (ACC)
Differential-Flatness and Control of Quadrotor(s) with a Payload Suspended through Flexible Cable(s)
Prasanth Kotaru, Guofan Wu, Koushil Sreenath
Indian Control Conference (ICC)

Dynamics and Control of a Quadrotor with a Payload Suspended through an Elastic Cable
Prasanth Kotaru, Guofan Wu, Koushil Sreenath
American Control Conference (ACC)
