Dr Indika Wanninayake, MSc, BSc
PhD Candidate

Email: W.Wanninayake@kingston.ac.uk

Biography

Indika Wanninayake studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering in University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka graduating in 2004. In 2008 he joined Kingston University London as a lecturer and prior to his appointment at Kingston University he has worked as an Aircraft engineering instructor for Srilankan Airlines Ltd. Currently, he is working towards his PhD degree on a part time basis with the Centre for Robotics Research, King’s College London. Indika has a strong interest in application of sensing and instrumentation in robotic and aerospace engineering.

Description of Research

The research is based on modeling of modeling tool-tissue interaction dynamics in surgical applications such as minimally invasive surgery and also on design of tactile sensors for robotics and medical applications.

Research Interest

• Tactile sensing
• Medical robotics
• Sensor fusion
• Snake-like robots

Publications

Conferences

I.B. Wanninayake, L.D. Seneviratne and K. Althoefer, “Novel Indentation Depth Measuring System for Stiffness Characterization in Soft Tissue Palpation”, Int. Conf. On Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2012.

I.B. Wanninayake, L.D. Seneviratne and K. Althoefer, “Air-float Stiffness Probe for Tissue Abnormality Identification in Soft Tissue Palpation”, The Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics, London, UK, 2012.

I.B. Wanninayake, L.D. Seneviratne and K. Althoefer, “Novel Air-float Tactile Array for Stiffness Characterization in Soft Tissue Palpation”, Procedia Engineering, 2012.