Divya Ramesh

Post-Doctoral Fellow

My full list of publications and conference abstracts can be found on my Google Scholar profile.
Some of my conference talks from my Ph.D. can be found on the Terradynamics Lab’s YouTube channel.

Peer-reviewed Publications

Journal Articles

  1. George V. Lauder, Connor F. White, Divya Ramesh, Yu Pan, Julia Chaumel, Yangfan Zhang. ”Six questions in fish locomotor biology and the technical approaches needed to address them.” Journal of Experimental Biology (Accepted).
  2. Yangfan Zhang, Divya Ramesh, Hungtang Ko, and George V. Lauder. “Locomotor variation of fishes: connecting energetics and kinematic modulation.” Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci, Vol 381 Issue 1946 (2026). PDF
  3. Divya Ramesh, Anmol Kathail, Daniel E. Koditschek, and Feifei Qian. “Modulation of Robot Orientation via Leg-Obstacle Contact Positions.” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 5, no. 2 (2020): 2054-2061. PDF
  4. †Rakshith, M. N., †Divya Ramesh, S. Sundar, and M. Shanmugasundaram. “An efficient assistive system for the visually impaired.” ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 12, no. 19 (2017). PDF (†Equal contribution)

Conference Papers

  1. Divya Ramesh, Qiyuan Fu, and Chen Li. ”SenSnake: A snake robot with contact force sensing for studying locomotion in complex 3-D terrain.” 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 2068-2075. IEEE, 2022. PDF

Contributed Conference Abstracts

  1. Ramesh, D., Panta, K., Zhang, Y., Cheng, B., & Lauder, G. V. (2026). Fish robotics Part 1: navigating and sensing a complex flow landscape with feedback control. Integrative and Comparative Biology. (Portland, OR, Talk)
  2. Panta, K., Ramesh, D., Zhang, Y., Lauder, G. V., & Cheng, B. (2026). Fish robotics Part 2: visual and pressure feedback for efficient station holding in non-uniform flow. Integrative and Comparative Biology. (Portland, OR, Talk)
  3. Zhang, Y., Ramesh, D., & Lauder, G. V. (2026). Beyond fish in formations: a two-tier approach to studying kinematic modulation in schooling fish. Integrative and Comparative Biology. (Portland, OR, Talk)
  4. Lauder, G. V., Calicchia, M., Pan Y., Ni, R., Ramesh, D., & Zhang, Y. (2026). Resolving the ”paradox” of fish schooling positional rearrangement enables energetic saving. Integrative and Comparative Biology. (Portland, OR, Talk)
  5. Ramesh, D., Zhang, H., Kim, D., Nath, A., Dai, N., Collum, D., Ubaydullaev, A., Vincent, C., Pollard, C., Sadalgekar, G., & Li, C. (2025). Use of body lifting by elongate amphibious fishes to move on mud. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 65. (Atlanta, GA, Talk) Abstract
  6. Sadalgekar, G., Ramesh, D., & Li, C. (2025). Using robophysical models to study the performance landscape of terrestrial fish locomotion. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 65. (Atlanta, GA, Talk) Abstract
  7. Ramesh, D., Sadalgekar, G., Zhang, H., Tan, J., Kim, D., Nath, A., Fu, Q., Souders, Z., Pollard, C., An, L., & Li, C. (2024). Comparative biological and robophysical study of amphibious fishes moving on mud of variable strength. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 69. (Minneapolis, MN, Talk) Abstract
  8. Ramesh, D., Sadalgekar, G., Fu, Q., Souders, Z., Rao, J., & Li, C. (2023). Biological and robophysical experiments of terrestrial fish locomotion on mud of controlled, variable strength. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 68. (Vegas, NV, Talk) Abstract
  9. Ramesh, D., Fu, Q., Sadalgekar, G., Souders, Z., Tan, J., Moon, L., Rao, J., Urban, M., Ivanova, M., Mehta., K. K., An, L., & Li, C. (2023). Studying terrestrial fish locomotion on wet deformable substrates. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 63. (Austin, TX, Talk; Best Student Paper Competition Finalist) Abstract
  10. Ramesh, D., Fu, Q., & Li, C. (2022). Studying force generation and control in snakes using a sensorized robot. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 67. (Chicago, IL, Talk) Abstract
  11. Ramesh, D., Fu, Q., & Li, C. (2022). A snake robot to study force generation and control of limbless locomotion in 3-D terrain. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62. (Virtual, Talk) Abstract
  12. Ramesh, D., Fu, Q., Wang, K., Wang, Y., Othayoth, R., & Li, C. (2021). Development of a sensorized snake robot to study limbless locomotion in complex 3-D terrain. International Symposium on Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines. (Virtual, Poster) Abstract
  13. Ramesh, D., Fu, Q., Wang, K., Othayoth Mullankandy, R. S., & Li, C. (2021). A sensorized robot to study physical interaction in limbless locomotion in complex 3-D terrain. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 66. (Virtual, Talk) Abstract
  14. Ramesh, D., Fu, Q., Wang, K., Othayoth, R., & Li, C. (2021). A sensorized robophysical model to study snake locomotion in complex 3-D terrain. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61. (Virtual, Talk) Abstract
  15. Qian, F., Ramesh, D., & Koditschek, D. (2019). Towards Obstacle-aided Legged Locomotion in Cluttered Environments. Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 64. (Boston, MA, Talk) Abstract

Dissertation & Thesis

  1. Divya Ramesh (2024). Non-legged locomotion on complex 3-D terrain and wet flowable substrates (Doctoral dissertation, Johns Hopkins University). PDF
  2. Divya Ramesh (2019). Emergent Dynamics of Legged Robot during Obstacle Interaction (Master’s thesis, University of Pennsylvania). PDF
  3. Divya Ramesh (2017). An Assistive System for the Visually Impaired (Undergraduate thesis, VIT University).