Arcot Sowmya
Papers
9
Total Citations
62
H-Index
5
About
Arcot Sowmya is a leading researcher in robotics and autonomous systems, with a career spanning over three decades. Her work focuses on developing intelligent, real-time robotic architectures for critical applications, including disaster response, rescue operations, and industrial automation. She made early, foundational contributions to mobile robot design by advocating for behavioral decomposition over traditional functional models, a concept detailed in her 1992 paper which has influenced modern reactive robotics. A key achievement is her framework for victim detection and localization in urban disaster sites (2013, 14 citations), which models casualty assessment as a solvable sub-problem using algorithm-independent components. She has also advanced robot localization using natural landmarks and pioneered the use of modern real-time programming languages like Esterel for robot controllers (2002, 10 citations). Her innovative DIEM sampling technique (2002, 7 citations) for active vision and her design of an adaptive coal mine rescue robot using wireless sensor networks (2015, 7 citations) further demonstrate her impact. With over 55 total citations across her most cited works, Sowmya’s research continues to shape the development of robust, autonomous robots for high-stakes environments.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1Victim detection and localisation in an urban disaster site14 citations · 2013
- 2Robot Localisation Using Natural Landmarks10 citations · 2013
- 3Design of a Mobile Robot Controller using Esterel Tools10 citations · 2002
- 4A real-time variable sampling technique: DIEM7 citations · 2002
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- 8Single-Handed Driving System with Kinect3 citations · 2013
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