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Charith Lasantha Fernando is a pioneering researcher in human-robot interaction, telexistence, and embodied technology, whose work fundamentally explores how humans can extend, transfer, and augment their physical presence through robotic systems. Best known for the groundbreaking **MetaLimbs** project (2017, 145 citations), Fernando demonstrated that human body schema can be radically altered by substituting robotic arms controlled via leg movements, effectively giving users four functional arms. His significant contributions to the **TELESAR V** telexistence robot (2012, 93 citations) advanced the field of bodily consciousness transfer, enabling operators to perceive themselves inhabiting a remote anthropomorphic robot with remarkable fidelity. Fernando's research portfolio spans telepresence drones enabling aerial embodiment, spatial coherent remote operation of construction machinery, layered multi-presence systems, and haptic information environments grounded in a haptic primary color theory. With cumulative citations exceeding 390 across his most recognized works, his research consistently pushes boundaries between physical and virtual embodiment. Fernando's contributions represent a cohesive vision: that technology can meaningfully reshape human perceptual and physical capability, making him a distinctive voice in next-generation human augmentation research.