Amoolya Tirumalai

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Amoolya Tirumalai is a researcher exploring the intersection of biological locomotion and robotic control, with a focus on how animals and machines organize movement. Her most-cited work, "Information-based centralization of locomotion in animals and robots" (2019, 18 citations), introduces a groundbreaking, model-free measure of centralization in locomotor control. By comparing information between control signals and both global and local states, Tirumalai provides a novel empirical framework to assess how control shifts from weak, local coupling to strong, global integration—a challenge previously confined to specific models. This work bridges neuroscience and robotics, offering insights into decentralized versus centralized control systems. With 18 citations, her research has already influenced fields ranging from comparative biomechanics to autonomous systems design. Tirumalai’s contributions are notable for their interdisciplinary rigor, providing tools that allow researchers to quantify and compare control architectures across species and engineered systems. Her approach promises to deepen our understanding of movement evolution and inspire more adaptive robotic controllers.