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Fajar Budiman is a robotics researcher dedicated to solving real-world safety and infrastructure challenges through intelligent mobile systems. His work centers on autonomous navigation, hazardous environment mapping, and robotic inspection, with a particular focus on gas leak detection and underground utility mapping. Budiman’s most cited paper, “2D map creator for robot navigation by utilizing Kinect and rotary encoder” (11 citations), introduced a cost-effective approach to collision-free robot movement, replacing traditional ultrasonic sensors with depth-sensing technology. He extended this work to critical applications, including a mobile robot equipped with a metal detector for buried pipeline detection (7 citations) and a solar-powered robot for online gas mapping in outdoor environments (5 citations). His research also includes a robotic arm that mimics human hand movements for inspecting objects containing dangerous gases (3 citations), and a web-based data logging system for a balloon robot to detect gas pipeline leaks (2 citations). By combining practical sensor integration with autonomous mobility, Budiman’s contributions directly address safety monitoring in oil, gas, and industrial settings, demonstrating how robotics can mitigate risks in hazardous and inaccessible areas.