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Hari Sudarshan Rahul Puram is a robotics researcher specializing in autonomous systems, robot operating system (ROS) integration, and search-and-rescue robotics. His work focuses on bridging the gap between remote control and autonomous operation for disaster response robots. Puram’s most cited paper (2019, 9 citations) introduces a novel method for operating ROS-integrated rescue robots via Secure Shell (SSH), enabling remote CPU access and command execution from a control console—a critical advancement for hazardous environments. He further contributed to robotic manipulation by modeling forward kinematics of rescue robot arms (2021, 7 citations) and developing inverse kinematics algorithms integrated with image processing (2021, 4 citations), allowing precise positioning and orientation control. His recent work on 2D-3D hybrid mapping for autonomous path planning (2023, 6 citations) demonstrates his progression toward fully autonomous navigation. Puram’s research directly addresses real-world challenges in emergency response, where reliable remote operation and autonomous decision-making can save lives. His cumulative work, with over 26 citations, establishes him as a promising contributor to the field of field robotics and human-robot interaction.