V. Sundareswaran

About

V. Sundareswaran is a computer vision and robotics researcher whose work spans visual servoing, augmented reality tracking, and autonomous vehicle systems. His career reflects a sustained interest in how machines perceive and interact with their environments through visual information. Sundareswaran's early contributions in the 1990s focused on visual servoing — the use of visual feedback to control camera and robotic motion. His foundational work on dynamic image parameters and active camera self-orientation helped extend the applicability of visual servoing beyond traditional geometric feature-based approaches, incorporating image motion information to enable more robust closed-loop control. In the 2000s, his research expanded into outdoor augmented reality, where he developed real-time hybrid tracking systems combining GPS, digital compass, and visual cues from urban structures to achieve accurate registration — work that garnered over 40 combined citations across two closely related publications. Perhaps his most visible contribution came through Team Oshkosh's participation in the DARPA Urban Challenge, a landmark autonomous vehicle competition. His involvement in the TerraMax urban robot project — one of only 11 teams selected for the final event — demonstrated the real-world applicability of his computer vision expertise in demanding autonomous navigation scenarios, earning over 49 combined citations. His body of work reflects meaningful contributions bridging theoretical vision research and practical robotic systems.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   TerraMax™: Team Oshkosh urban robot

   34 citations · 2008
2. 2
   Communication

   28 citations · 1996
3. 3
   Model-based visual tracking for outdoor augmented reality applications

   26 citations · 2002
4. 4
   Model-based visual tracking for outdoor augmented reality applications

   18 citations · 2003
5. 5
   TerraMax: Team Oshkosh Urban Robot

   15 citations · 2009
6. 6
   Active camera self-orientation using dynamic image parameters

   12 citations · 1994
7. 7
   Visual servoing using image motion information

   2 citations · 2002
8. 8
   Visual servoing using dynamic image parameters

   2 citations · 1993

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