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Lima Agnel Tony is an emerging robotics researcher whose work centers on autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), multi-agent systems, and intelligent decision-making for aerial robotics. With a research portfolio that spans survivor detection, aerial manipulation, and conflict resolution, Tony has established a distinctive focus on solving real-world challenges through sophisticated hardware-software integration. Tony's most notable contributions stem from participation in the prestigious Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) 2020, where he contributed to the IISc-TCS team's development of cooperative multi-vehicle systems capable of intercepting aerial and stationary targets — work that has since garnered significant academic attention. His vision-based interception and collaborative UAV tracking research demonstrates a strong command of autonomous perception and multi-agent coordination. Particularly innovative is his work on CONCORD, a game-theory-inspired collision avoidance system leveraging correlated equilibrium for UAV conflict resolution, reflecting his interest in bringing principled decision-making frameworks to aerial robotics. His research on drone-based survivor detection further highlights his commitment to humanitarian applications of autonomous systems. Accumulating over 26 citations across his early-career publications, Tony represents a promising voice in the next generation of robotics researchers.