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| PhD in Mechanical Engineering | Cornell University, USA | August 2017 - Ongoing |
| PhD Exchange Program | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel | October 2019 - August 2020 |
| Master of Technology in Mechanical Engineering (Design Specialization) |
Indian Institute of Technology-Madras | July 2015 - May 2017 |
| DAAD-IIT Sandwich Master Program (Semester Exchange) |
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule-Aachen, Germany | Sept 2016 - March 2017 |
| Bachelor of Technology (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering with minor in Aerospace Engineering | Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay | July 2010 - May 2014 |
| Postdoctoral Networking Tour in AI Fellowship by ‘German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)’ | 2022 |
| Research Academic Internship scholarship by ‘Israeli Council for Higher Education’ | 2019 |
| IIT Master Sandwich scholarship by 'German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)' | 2016 |
| S.N. Bose scholarship by 'Indo-US Science and Technology Forum' | 2016 |
| Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award by ‘Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions, India’ | 2013 |
| Institute Technical Special Mention for notable contribution in robotics activities at IIT Bombay | 2012 |
| Amul Vidya Bhushan award for academic excellence at higher secondary level | 2010 |
| KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana or Young Scientist Initiative) by DST, Government of India | 2010 |
| National Talent Search scholarship by NCERT, Government of India | 2008 |
T. Faibish*, A. Kshirsagar*, G. Hoffman and Y. Edan. “Human Preferences for Robot Eye Gaze in Human-to-Robot Handovers.” International Journal of Social Robotics, 2022 (co-first author)
A. Kshirsagar, G. Hoffman and A. Biess. “Evaluating Guided Policy Search for Human-Robot Handovers” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 6(2):3933-3940, 2021
A. Kshirsagar, M. Lim, S. Christian and G. Hoffman. “Robot Gaze Behaviors in Human-to-Robot Handovers” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 5(4):6552-6558, 2020
A. Kshirsagar and A. Guha. “Design optimization of rocker bogie system and development of look-up table for reconfigurable wheels for a planetary rover” International Journal of Vehicle Structures and Systems, 8.2:58-66, 2016
S. Loharkar, A. Kshirsagar and R.S. Pant. “Design and Fabrication of a portable semi-rigid airship” Annual Technical Volume of Aerospace Engineering Division Board, Institution of Engineers (India), 2015-16
A. Kshirsagar, H. Kress-Gazit and G. Hoffman. “Specifying and Synthesizing Human-Robot Handovers.” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Systems and Robots (IROS), Macau, 4-8 November 2019
A. Kshirsagar, B. Dreyfuss, G. Ishai, O. Heffetz and G. Hoffman. “Monetary-incentive competition between Humand and Robots: Experimental Results” ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Daegu, South Korea, 11-14 March 2019
A. Kshirsagar, R. Pant and K. Bodi. “Dynamic simulation of breakaway aerostat with emergency deflation valves” 16th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference, AIAA Aviation, Washington D.C., USA, 13-17 June 2016.
A. Kshirsagar, D. Harursampath and B. R. Gupta. “VAM applied to Dimensional Reduction of Non-linear Multifunctional Film Fabric Laminates” 12th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics Rhodes, Greece, 22-28 September 2014
A. Kshirsagar, A. Tejwani, V. Singh, G. Bhat, N. Singh, A. Yadav, A. Berlia, K. Saboo, U. Patil and S. Prasad, “Mechatronic Design, Fabrication and Analysis of a Small-Size Humanoid Robot-“Parinat” International Conference on Design, Manufacturing and Mechatronics, Pune, India, April 2014
A. Kshirsagar and G. Hoffman. “Empowering Robots for Object Handovers.” ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) - Pioneers Workshop , Online, 7 March 2022
A. Kshirsagar, H. Kress-Gazit and G. Hoffman. “Human-Robot Handovers with Signal Temporal Logic Specifications.” IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, New Delhi, India, 14-18 October 2019 (Best Late Breaking Report Award)
A. Kshirsagar, V. Sharma and R.S. Pant, “Design and Development of a Dismantable Semi Rigid Remotely Controlled Airship”, 10th International Airship Convention and Exhibition, Friedrichshafen, Germany, 16-18 April, 2015
A. Rajagopal, P. Bende, S. Yadav, R. Agarwal, A. Sathawane, A. Kshirsagar, M.C. Hemanth, N. Kumar and P. Gatkine, “Design, Modelling and Control of a 6 Degrees of Freedom Robotic Arm with specific applications in Planetary Exploration Missions”, 65th International Astronautical Congress, Toronto, Canada, 29 September-3 October, 2014