Kunwar Faraz
HOD Department of Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
- School of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering
- 0514444428
Summary
Ph.D. in Mobile Robotics from University of Toronto Dr Kunwar Faraz Ahmed Khan, received his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from NUST College of E & ME, and M.A.Sc./Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto (Canada). He is currently serving as a professor in the Department of Mechatronics Engineering at NUST College of E & ME. His research interests include mobile robotics, guidance theory, robot navigation in realistic terrains, AI and machine learning, wherein his work has been published in various leading Robotic Conferences and Journals. In addition to his academic activities he has worked as a General Manager Production in Heavy industries Taxila. Furthermore, he has served as a PI on various national level projects, which include the Establishment of a National Ballistic Testing Lab and the Design Improvement of a High-Torque, Low-Speed, Diesel Engine. He is also the recipient of the Teachers and Researchers Overseas Scholarship Award from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Pakistan.
Academic Background
PhD
(Mobile Robotics) University of Toronto
January 01, 2006 - January 01, 2008
Honours and Awards
Publications
Deep learning methods for disease detection in cotton fields through UAV imagery: A review
June 28, 2026
Knowledge-Based Systems - Volume:345, Article Number 116122
Z-Number-Based Fuzzy Logic Approach for Mobile Robot Navigation
November 29, 2023
IEEE Access - Volume 11, Pages 131979-131997
Towards automated weed detection through two-stage semantic segmentation of tobacco and weed pixels in aerial Imagery
August 01, 2023
Smart Agricultural Technology - Volume 4, Article Number 100142
Patch-wise weed coarse segmentation mask from aerial imagery of sesame crop
December 01, 2022
Computers and electronics in agriculture - Volume 203, Article Number 107458
A novel approach of overtaking maneuvering using modified RG method
January 20, 2022
PLoS One - Volume 17(1), Pages e0260455
Guided Autowave Pulse Coupled Neural Network (GAPCNN) based real time path planning and an obstacle avoidance scheme for mobile robots
April 01, 2014
Robotics and Autonomous Systems - Volume 62, Issue 4, Pages 474-486
Conferences
Trajectory-Based Locomotion of a Low-Actuation Quadruped Robot Employing a Dual-Motor Leg Mechanism for Turning and Height Modulation
April 01, 2026 - April 03, 2026
Bilal Aurangzeb, Kunwar Faraz, Umar Shahbaz Khan, HAMNA MALIK,
IEEE International Conference on Electrical/Electronics, Robotics, AI, and Informatics
SPLAM-Based Destination Optimization in Unmapped Environments Using LiDAR for Autonomous Logistics
December 17, 2025 - December 18, 2025
Anjum Naeem Malik, Anas Bin Aqeel, Hassan Elahi, Kunwar Faraz, Muhammad Shahzad Alam Khan,
2025 5th International Conference on Digital Futures and Transformative Technologies
Investigation of Deep Learning Methods for Disease Detection in Cotton Fields using UAV Imagery
April 23, 2025 - April 25, 2025
Anwar Iqbal, Kunwar Faraz, Shahbaz Khan, Syed Irtiza Ali Shah, Zartasha Mustansar, Muhammad Azhar Javeed,
IEEE 2nd International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Electronics, Computing and Communication (ICETECC)
Prof
EME College
November 15, 2021 - February 28, 2022