Aritra Sarkar

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology

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Aritra Sarkar is a researcher whose work spans the intersection of robotics, distributed systems, and intelligent autonomous agents. His research addresses fundamental challenges in multi-agent robotic networks, particularly focusing on how autonomous robots can safely navigate and coordinate in unknown or extra-terrestrial environments where conventional geo-coordination technologies like GPS are unavailable. His notable work on hazard control algorithms for heterogeneous multi-agent cloud-enabled robotic networks tackles the critical problem of robot isolation and positional tracking in uncharted terrains, proposing inbuilt mechanisms that enable robots to maintain awareness of their position and relationship to the broader network. By integrating cloud-enabled architectures with multi-agent frameworks, Sarkar's research contributes to making autonomous robotic exploration more resilient and reliable in challenging, GPS-denied environments. This work has relevance to space exploration, disaster response, and other scenarios where traditional navigation infrastructure is unavailable. Though early in citation accumulation, his contributions represent meaningful foundational work in autonomous systems coordination, offering algorithmic solutions that could inform the design of next-generation robotic exploration missions and distributed intelligent systems.