PRITAM OJHA
Heriot-Watt University, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, KIIT University
0000-0003-4716-0215
About
Pritam Ojha is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Heriot-Watt University's Edinburgh campus, a position he has held since June 2026. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) from the Indian Institute of Technology Patna. Prior to this, he received the Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, in 2018 and the Master of Technology (M.Tech.) degree in Mechatronics from the Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur, in 2020. His research interests broadly encompass motion planning, obstacle avoidance in dynamic environments, underwater robotics, and mechanical/electronic design and fabrication.
Employment
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Heriot-Watt University Postdoctoral Research Associate2026 - Present
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Indian Institute of Technology Patna Junior Research Fellow2025 - 2026
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Indian Institute of Technology Patna PhD Scholar2020 - 2025
Education
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Indian Institute of Technology Patna PhD Scholar2020 - 2025
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Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur MTECH2018 - 2020
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KIIT University BTECH2014 - 2018
Projects & Funding
Projects & funding information is unavailable.
Publications (5)
- Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance Using Path Reshaping on Probabilistic Roadmaps for High-Degree-of-Freedom Robots Save
- Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation Using Double Deep Q-Network: Efficient Goal-Seeking and Obstacle Avoidance Save
- LoMoCar: A BYOD-Powered, Low-cost Modular Self-Driving Research Platform Save
- AD*-Based Dynamically Feasible Replanning Technique for Anguilliform-Inspired Robot Save
- Real-Time Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm for Dynamic Environment on Probabilistic Road Map Save