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. 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
  2. †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., 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. (Atlanta, GA, Talk)
  2. Sadalgekar, G., Ramesh, D., & Li, C. (2025). Using robophysical models to study the performance landscape of terrestrial fish locomotion. Integrative and Comparative Biology. (Atlanta, GA, Talk)
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Ramesh, D., Fu, Q., Wang, K., Othayoth, R., & Li, C. (2021, March). A sensorized robophysical model to study snake locomotion in complex 3-D terrain. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 61. (Virtual, Talk) Abstract
  11. 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. Ramesh D. (2024). Non-legged locomotion on complex 3-D terrain and wet flowable substrates (Doctoral dissertation, Johns Hopkins University). PDF
  2. Ramesh D. (2019). Emergent Dynamics of Legged Robot during Obstacle Interaction (Master’s thesis, University of Pennsylvania). PDF