Kalana Ratnayake

Kalana is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of the Science and Technology, Univarsity of Canberra. He has a background in Computer Science and Engineering. His research interests include robotic navigation, robotic exploration and human robot interaction. His current research focuses on improving social aware navigation capabilities of social robots that are intended for human spaces. His areas of technical experience include ROS1 and ROS2 development (C++/Python), motion planning, and low level control of robots.