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Anshika Pal is a leading researcher in the field of multi-robot systems, with a primary focus on autonomous exploration, path planning, and communication-constrained coordination. Her work addresses the fundamental challenge of enabling teams of robots to efficiently and cooperatively map unknown environments while maintaining robust wireless connectivity. Pal’s most influential contribution is the development of a modified A* algorithm for mobile robot path planning, which has garnered 23 citations and serves as a cornerstone for her subsequent research. She has also pioneered the Focused Wave Front algorithm and innovative frontier-pruning techniques to optimize target allocation and reduce exploration time. Her highly cited papers, including "Multi-Robot Exploration in Wireless Environments" (18 citations) and "Communication constraints multi-agent territory exploration task" (13 citations), demonstrate her significant impact on decentralized multi-robot coordination. Notably, her 2013 work on coordinated exploration under connectivity constraints introduces a decentralized approach that ensures each robot moves toward frontiers while preserving network links with neighbors. With over 90 total citations, Pal’s research is essential reading for anyone working on autonomous robotics, swarm intelligence, or networked multi-agent systems.