August 2019 - Present

Prime Minister's Research Fellow (PMRF)
MS + PhD

Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras.

Courses (completed during MS+PhD at IIT Madras)

Applied Linear Algebra I for EE
Mechanics and Control of Serial Robots
Optimization methods in Engineering Design
Modern Control Theory
Design, Analysis and Control of Robot Manipulators
Nonlinear Control Systems
Multi-Body Dynamics and Applications
Mechanics of Human Movement
Computational Methods in Engineering
Theory of Mechanisms
Geometric Nonlinear Control Theory
Advanced Topics in Mechanics of Robots
Parameter and State Estimation
Data-driven Modelling of Process Systems

Research

Real-time singularity-free simulation path-planning and workspace exploration for parallel manipulators

A parallel manipulator is a closed-loop mechanism composed of an end-effector having "n" degrees of freedom and a fixed base, linked together by at least two independent kinematic chains. Compared to the serial manipulators, the main advantage of the parallel manipulators is the higher payload to self weight ratio. The rigid-link parallel manipulators provide a high positioning accuracy, and the same geometry of the manipulator can be scaled to best suit the application.

The objective of the research work is to perform dynamic analysis of the parallel manipulator to study the behaviour in terms of dynamics and controllability over the entire workspace of the parallel manipulator. Use this knowledge to develop real-time control strategies for fast, safe, and interactive operations of parallel manipulators.

Publications

Conference publications:

Chandramouli, N.A., Kolte, A.M., Ramesh, S., Bandyopadhyay, S. (2026). “Multi-objective Path Planning for the 6-6 Stewart Platform Manipulator Using the Singularity Free Tube.” In: Sahoo, V., Kumar, D., Mandal, A.K., Bandyopadhyay, S. (eds) Emerging Trends in Industrial Machines and Mechanisms. IPRoMM 2024. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-95-1872-2_35
Kolte, A.M., Patra, B., Dhanush, S., Bandyopadhyay, S. (2024). “Computation and Experimental Validation of the Reachable Workspace of a 6-6 Stewart Platform Manipulator.” In: Tuleshov, A., Jomartov, A., Ceccarelli, M. (eds) Advances in Asian Mechanism and Machine Science. Asian MMS 2024. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 167. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67569-0_17
Kolte, A.M., Patra, B., Bandyopadhyay, S. (2024). “Closed-Form Derivation of the Gain-Type Singularity Surface of the 3-RRS Parallel Manipulator.” In: Lenarcic, J., Husty, M. (eds) Advances in Robot Kinematics 2024. ARK 2024. Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, vol 31. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64057-52_0
Kolte, A.M., Patra, B., Bandyopadhyay, S. (2024). “Analytical Determination of Link Interference in Planar Parallel Manipulators Using Elliptical Enclosures.” In: Kumar, R.S., Sanyal, S., Pathak, P.M. (eds) Recent Advances in Machines, Mechanisms, Materials and Design. iNaCoMM 2023. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5423-615
Aditya Mahesh Kolte, Pranathi Golla, and Sandipan Bandyopadhyay. Revisiting an Old Formulation for Multivariate Resultants, poster presented at ME@75: Research Frontiers, organised by Mechanical Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India, from 29th June to 1st July, 2022.

Journal papers:

A. M. Kolte, S. Ramesh, and S. Bandyopadhyay, “Analytical derivation of singularity-free tubes in the constant-orientation workspace of 6-6 Stewart platform manipulators,” Robotica, pp. 1–28, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026357472400167X
Aditya Mahesh Kolte, Bibekananda Patra and Sandipan Bandyopadhyay. “A unified approach to the solution of geometric problems involving conics and quadrics via a multivariate resultant-based method.” Sadhana, vol. 50, article no. 220, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-025-02832-9
Bibekananda Patra, Aditya Mahesh Kolte, Sandipan Bandyopadhyay, “A geometrical approach to solve the proximity of a point to an axisymmetric quadric in space”, cs.RO, arXiv:2510.08973, 2025. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2510.08973

PhD advisor

Dr Sandipan Bandypadhyay

Professor

Department of Engineering Design

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

website: https://ed.iitm.ac.in/~sandipan/