REFINE — Furnace Cleaning Robot
Efficiency improvement through fired heater/furnace cleaning as Senior Robotics Research Engineer.
Robotics Research Engineer · MEXT Scholar
Hi, I'm Wasuthorn Ausrivong (Won).
Wasuthorn Ausrivong is a Master's student at Osaka University under Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship, specializing in climbing robots, industrial inspection robotics, autonomous locomotion control, and bio-inspired robotics. Formerly a Senior Robotics Research Engineer at VISTEC, Thailand, he developed robotic systems for pipeline inspection, furnace cleaning, and magnetic wall climbing. His research has been presented at leading international robotics conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals, contributing to the advancement of autonomous robotic technologies for industrial inspection and maintenance.
About
Education
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Oct 2025 – Now
Master's degree, Systems Innovation
Division of Systems Science and Applied Informatics, Area of System Theory, Robot Mechanics Group · Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Japan
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2015 – 2020
B.Eng. Robotics and Automation Engineering (degree)
Institute of Field Robotics (FIBO), King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand · GPA 3.46 (transcript), Second-class honors, ranked 9th in class · Senior Project: "Learning to Adjust Locomotion for Damaged Walking Robot"
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2015
High School Diploma
Math and Science Program · Bangkok Christian College, Thailand · GPA 3.43
Research Areas
Skills
Programming & Software
Research & Innovation
Industrial Applications
Professional Skills
Languages
Experience
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Jul 2021 – Sep 2025
Senior Robotics Research Engineer
Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC), School of Information Science and Technology, Thailand
Worked across three funded robotics projects: furnace-cleaning efficiency (REFINE), a hybrid legged-wheeled robot for internal vessel inspection (HERO), and an advanced pipe inspection robot system (AVIS).
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Aug 2020 – Jun 2021
Business Analyst (IT)
Kasikorn Business Technology Group (KBTG), Thailand
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Aug 2019 – Jan 2020
Teaching Assistant
Institute of Field Robotics (FIBO), KMUTT, Thailand — Basic Control Theory and Intro to Robotics
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Jul – Aug 2019
Research Internship
The NEUTRON Laboratory, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China
Projects
HERO — Hybrid Legged-Wheeled Robot
Advanced hybrid legged-wheeled robot for internal vessel inspection.
AVIS — Advanced Pipe Inspection Robot
Advanced pipe inspection robot system as Robotics Research Engineer.
Senior Thesis: Damaged-Robot Locomotion
Model-based meta-reinforcement learning to adapt locomotion when a walking robot's legs are damaged, evaluated in MuJoCo.
Manufacturing & Automation Class Project
Designed and implemented communication between a computer and a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) for a UR5 robotic arm in real robot applications, including preliminary simulations for overall process automation.
Q-Learning for a 4-Legged Robot
Q-learning algorithm enabling walking behavior for "Lilibot" using ROS and V-REP simulation.
Parcel Handling & Palletizing Robot
Forward/inverse kinematics and dynamics, motion and trajectory planning for pick-and-place tasks.
Cartesian Robot — Chicken Packaging Picker
Designed and built a Cartesian robot structure from scratch, tuned its PID control system, and built the microcontroller communication protocol.
Publications
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- 2026
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2026
Wasuthorn Ausrivong, Arthicha Srisuchinnawong, Poramate Manoonpong. "Inchworm-inspired Adaptive Multimodal Neural Control for an Autonomous Inspection Robot". 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), Vienna, Austria. video1, video2, poster, graphical abstract, slides.
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2025
Sanpoom Punapanont, Thipawan Pairam, Wasuthorn Ausrivong, Poramate Manoonpong. "REFINE-bot: Furnace Cleaning Robot for Heat-transfer Efficiency Improvement". 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Hangzhou, China, pp. 15641–15648. DOI: 10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247011. link, video, poster, graphical abstract, slides.
Conference -
2023
Arthicha Srisuchinnawong, Kitti Phongaksorn, Wasuthorn Ausrivong, Poramate Manoonpong. "Adaptive Bipedal Robot Walking on Industrial Pipes under Neural Multimodal Locomotion Control: Toward Robotic Out-pipe Inspection". IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2023.3293950. link, video.
Journal Article -
2023
Kanut Tarapongnivat, Run Janna, Worameth Nantareekurn, Wasuthorn Ausrivong, Arthicha Srisuchinnawong, Naris Asawalertsak, Suppachai Pewkliang, Poramate Manoonpong. "Hybrid Omnidirectional Wheeled Climbing Robot with an Electromagnet for Inspection". 26th International Conference Series on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR). link.
Conference -
2023
Thirawat Chuthong, Wasuthorn Ausrivong, Binggwong Leung, Jettanan Homchanthanakul, Nopparada Mingchinda, Poramate Manoonpong. "Nature Inspired Machine Intelligence from Animals to Robots". Standalone videos presented at the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA). video.
Standalone Videos
Patent
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2025
Poramate Manoonpong, Kanut Terapongnivat, Run Janna, Worameth Nantareekurn, Wasuthorn Ausrivong, Arthicha Srisuchinnawong, Suppachai Pewkliang. "Wheel-legged Robot", Innovation Patent, PCT International Application No. PCT/IB2025/056485, Filed 26 June 2025. link.
Patent -
2021
Poramate Manoonpong, Arthicha Srisuchinnawong, Kitti Phongaksorn, Wasuthorn Ausrivong, Pong Kosanant, Thutchai Kasemwarapach. "A Method and System for Controlling Motion of a Climbing Robot", Innovation Patent, PCT International Application No. PCT/IB2021/060011, Filed 29 October 2021. link.
Patent
Scholarships & Leadership
Scholarships
- Japanese Government (MEXT) Scholarship — Master's degree, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University (2025) (link)
- Students Internship for Overseas Research Collaboration — Institute of Field Robotics (2019) (link)
- Delta Internship 2019 — awarded by Delta Electronics for outstanding research topic (2019) (link)
- Enhancing Student Mobility Scholarship — International Affairs Office, KMUTT (2019)
- Academic Excellence Scholarship — Institute of Field Robotics, top 5 of semester (2016)
Leadership & Activities
- 2016–2020 — Board Member, FIBO Student Association; Election Commissioner (2016, 2017)
- 2015–2020 — Class President, Field Robotics and Automation Bachelor's Degree (FRAB #3); Vice-President, FIBO ROBOCAMP 6 and FIBOLIAN Camp (2017, 2018)
- AI and Robotics Innovation Contest Hackathon (AIROBIC 2018)
- Global Project Based Learning 2017 (GPBL)
- SCG Innovation Challenge 2016
Get in touch
Based between Thailand and Osaka, Japan. Always happy to talk robotics, research, or collaboration.