Teaching and Administrative Work:
Undergraduate level :
ME4502: Robotics Technology
ME4672: Control Systems Design
ME4492: Advanced Automation Systems
Education and Training :
BSc Eng. ( Moratuwa), MSc (Moratuwa), PhD (Saga,Japan)
Publications :
Publications in Peer Reviewed Journals:
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Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne, Kenbu Teramoto, Yoshiaki Hayashi, Thrishantha Nanayakkara and Kazuo Kiguchi, "Evaluation of Fuzzy-Neuro Modifiers for Compensation of the Effects of Muscle Fatigue on EMG-Based Control to be Used in Upper-Limb Power-Assist Exoskeletons", International Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing, Vol.7, No. 4, pp. 736-751, 2013
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Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne, Kenbu Teramoto, Yoshiaki Hayashi and Kazuo Kiguchi, "Towards Hybrid EEG-EMG-Based Control Approaches to be Used in Bio-robotics Applications: Current Status, Challenges and Future Directions", Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics ,Vol 4, No 2, pp.147-154, 2013
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Kazuo Kiguchi, Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne, Yoshiaki Hayashi, "Estimation of Forearm Supination/Pronation Motion Based on EEG Signals to Control an Artificial Arm", Journal of Advanced Mechanical Design, Systems, and Manufacturing, Vol.7, No. 1, pp. 74-81, 2013
Publications in International Conference Proceedings:
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Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne, Yoshiaki Hayashi, Kenbu Teramoto and K. Kiguchi, "Compensation of the effects of muscle fatigue on EMG-based control using fuzzy rules based scheme", Proc. of 35th Annual International Conference on the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC2013), Osaka, Japan, 2013
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Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne, Yoshiaki Hayashi, Kenbu Teramoto, Kazuo Kiguchi, "A Study on Effects of Muscle Fatigue on EMG-Based Control for Human Upper-Limb Power-Assist" , Proc. of 2012 IEEE 6th International Conference on Information and Automation for Sustainability (ICIAFS 2012), Beijing, China, pp. 124- 128
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Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne, Akihiro Yoshino, Yoshiaki Hayashi, Kenbu Teramoto, Kazuo Kiguchi, "Toward EEG Control of Upper Limb Power-Assist Exoskeletons: A Preliminary Study of Decoding Elbow Joint Velocities Using EEG Signals" , Proc. of 2012 23rd International Symposium on Micro-NanoMechatronics and Human Science (MHS 2012), Nagoya, Japan, pp.422-425
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Kazuo Kiguchi, Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne, Akihiro Yoshino, Yoshiaki Hayashi, "Control of Forearm Supination/ Pronation Motion of An Artificial Arm Based on EEG signals", 2012 ASME-ISPS/JSME-IIP Joint International Conference on Micromechatronics for Information and Precision Equipment(MIPE 2012), California, USA, 2012
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Kazuo Kiguchi, Thilina Dulantha Lalitharatne, Yoshiaki Hayashi, "Control of Lower-Limb Power-Assist Robot Based on EEG signals" , The 2nd IFToMM Asian Conference on Mechanism and Machine Science, Tokyo, Japan, 2012.
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J.M.P Gunasekara, R.A.R.C Gopura, T.S.S Jayawardane and S.W.H.M.T.D Lalitharathne, "Control Methodologies for Upper Limb Exoskeleton Robots" , Proc. of 2012 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII 2012), Fukuoka, Japan, pp. 19-24
Research Opportunities:
Postgraduate Opportunity in Biorobotics
A postgraduate opportunity with a scholarship is available for a highly motivated and enthusiastic fulltime candidate to pursue MSc / MPhil degree under the project entitled “Development of an Active Lower-Limb Prosthetic Device” at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Moratuwa.
