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Dr. B. H. Sudantha is a robotics researcher specializing in autonomous navigation, human-robot interaction, and motion planning for small-scale mobile robots. His work addresses critical challenges in enabling robots to operate effectively in constrained indoor environments where conventional GPS and odometry methods fall short. Dr. Sudantha’s most impactful contribution is his 2021 study on autonomous spiral motion for small robots navigating obstacle-available surfaces, which has garnered 12 citations and fills a notable gap in compact robot mobility. He has also advanced natural user interfaces through hand gesture-based robot control (11 citations), allowing intuitive human-machine communication via skin-color detection. His research portfolio further includes fuzzy logic approaches for narrow path entry, color-mask image processing for indoor navigation, and adaptive motion planning for tracked robots. Collectively, his work has accumulated over 30 citations, demonstrating growing influence in the field. Dr. Sudantha’s investigations into sensor-based obstacle avoidance and vision-guided navigation provide foundational techniques for deploying small robots in real-world indoor settings, from search-and-rescue to domestic assistance, making him a notable contributor to autonomous mobile robotics.