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Jagannatha Pyaraka

  • PhD Researcher
  • Swinburne University of Technology
Start date: July 2022
Expected end date: December 2025

 

Jagannatha Pyaraka is a PhD researcher based at Swinburne and his project is part of the Biomimic Cobots Program. Jagannatha received his Bachelor of Engineering degree from GITAM Deemed University in 2018 and Masters degree in Mechatronics, Robotics and Automation Engineering in 2021 from Swinburne University of Technology. Following his undergraduate degree, he worked as a Senior QA Automation Engineer at NTT DATA Services.

Jagan is excited to continue to work in the field of Robotics/Automation that serves and inspires society in leading a simple and better quality of life.

Jagan is also part of the team leading humanoid robotics research at Swinburne (led by Professor Mats Isaksson & Professor John McCormick), focusing on industry engagement, live demonstrations, and presentations to government, education, and industry stakeholders.

Thesis Title

 A Lightweight Learning Framework for Human Task Segmentation from Video Demonstrations Applicable to Robotic Manipulators

Supervisory Team

Additional Projects

Publications

  • Pyaraka, J. C., Isaksson, M., McCormick, J., Sutjipto, S., & Sukkar, F. (2025). Generalizable interaction recognition for learning from Demonstration using wrist and object trajectories. Electronics, 14(21), 4297. doi:10.3390/electronics14214297
  • Pyaraka, J. C., Mr, Vella, E. M., Dr, McCormick, J., Prof, Hoise, O., Roshan, M. C., & Isaksson, M. (2026, April 23). Humanoid robot navigation in shared care spaces: A human-aware navigation framework and implementation. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Movement and Computing, 1–5. Presented at the MOCO ’26: The 10th International Conference on Movement and Computing 2026, Montpellier France. doi:10.1145/3802842.3802897

Awards/Prizes

  • Swinburne’s Venture Cup Program Peoples Choice award for ‘WeedoMate’, an adaptable robotic arm, equipped to deploy various tools including targeted herbicide sprays – tailored to each weed’s specific needs.

Presentations & Workshops

  • Swinburne Factory of the Future Industry 4.0 workshops – across regional Victoria 2024 & 2025
  • Australian Manufacturing Week 2023 – Demonstration

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