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Hemanth Sai Surya Kumar Tammana is a robotics researcher whose work centers on integrating Robot Operating System (ROS) with autonomous navigation, manipulator control, and multi-modal interfaces for wheeled and rescue robots. His most-cited paper (9 citations) introduces a disaster rescue robot controlled via Secure Shell (SSH) over ROS, enabling remote CPU access and command execution from a console—a practical solution for hazardous environments. He further advanced this domain by developing a ROS-integrated forward kinematics model and sensing system for a rescue robot’s manipulator (7 citations), and later tackled inverse kinematics combined with image processing algorithms (4 citations). Tammana’s 2020 work on a small-scale wheeled robot, controlled through multiple interfaces using Raspberry Pi and Python, demonstrates his focus on accessible, multi-mode control systems. His recent 2023 paper on 2D-3D hybrid mapping for autonomous path planning signals a shift toward more sophisticated environmental perception. With a growing citation record across five key publications, Tammana’s contributions are particularly valuable for students and researchers exploring practical ROS implementations, teleoperation, and sensor integration in field robotics.