Chandan Sheikder | Bio-Robotics Researcher

Chandan Sheikder

Graduate Research Assistant at the Beijing Institute of Technology
I research bio-robotics, autonomous navigation, sensor fusion, and neuromorphic methods. My work focuses on developing robust navigation frameworks for GPS-denied environments through sensor fusion, neuromorphic approaches, and advanced simulation. To learn more about my projects please visit my personal website.

Email: chandan [at] bit [dot] edu [dot] cn
Location: Beijing, China

News / Experience

Nov 2025 Nature-inspired navigation system helps robots traverse complex environments without GPS. Our recent work on AntBot-inspired Spiking Neural Networks (SNN) and pheromone algorithms is featured in TechXplore.
Dec 2024 Architecting a smart wheelchair walker with a cloud platform for real-time monitoring and remote assistance.
Sep 2024 Started Graduate Research Assistantship at BIT; working on bio-inspired swarm robotics and GPS-denied navigation.

Publications

Bio-inspired navigation systems for robots

C. Sheikder*, W. Zhang, X. Chen, F. Li, X. He, Z. Zuo, X. Tan, Y. Liu
Nature Reviews Bioengineering (2025)
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Bio-inspired co-design: Integrating robotic maintenance considerations into turbine architecture

C. Sheikder*, W. Zhang, X. Chen, F. Li, Z. Zuo, Y. Liu, X. He, X. Tan, S. Fan
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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Integrated Solution for Europa Exploration Diagram

Autonomous Artificial Intelligence for Extreme Radiation Space Missions

C. Sheikder*, W. Zhang, X. Chen, F. Li, X. He, Z. Zuo, X. Tan, Y. Liu
Autonomous Artificial Intelligence (2026)
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Translation framework for bio-inspired navigation diagram

Neuromorphic navigation for autonomous robots

C. Sheikder*, W. Zhang, X. Chen, C. Marco, S. Fan
Device (2025)
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HV-LIOM: Adaptive Hash-Voxel LiDAR–Inertial SLAM with Multi-Resolution Relocalization and Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Exploration

S. Fan, X. Chen, W. Zhang, P. Xu, Z. Zuo, X. Tan, X. He, C. Sheikder*, M. Guo, et al.
Sensors (2025)
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Conventional vs Bio-Inspired Approach Diagram

Marine-Inspired Multimodal Sensor Fusion and Neuromorphic Processing for Autonomous Navigation in Unstructured Subaquatic Environments

C. Sheikder*, W. Zhang, X. Chen, F. Li, Y. Liu, Z. Zuo, X. He, X. Tan
Sensors (2025)
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Bio-Inspired Swarm Navigation on Resource-Constrained Robots for GPS-Denied Environments

C. Sheikder*, W. Zhang, X. Chen, F. Li, X. He, H. He, S. Fan, X. Tan
Sensors (2026)
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Soft Computing Techniques Applied to Adaptive Hybrid Navigation Methods for Tethered Robots in Dynamic Environments

C. Sheikder*, W. Zhang, X. Chen, F. Li, Y. Liu, X. He, Z. Zuo, X. Tan
Journal of Field Robotics
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Exploiting the Phenomena of Performance Degradation Distribution for Reliability Evaluation of Aerospace Engines

M. M. Haque, C. Sheikder*, Q. Hu
2022 IEEE Conference on Interdisciplinary Approaches in Technology and Management for Social Innovation (IATMSI)
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