Sankaranarayanan Natarajan
German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence, University of Bremen
Papers
5
Total Citations
63
H-Index
4
About
Sankaranarayanan Natarajan is a leading researcher in autonomous robotics, specializing in multirobot coordination, planetary exploration, and robotic manipulation for extreme environments. His work has been instrumental in advancing coordinated multirobot missions for lunar sample collection, as demonstrated in his highly cited 2013 paper (45 citations) on the IMPERA project, which developed a multirobot planning architecture for unknown environments. Natarajan's contributions extend to the design and evaluation of specialized robotic systems, including the Autonomous Rough Terrain Excavator Robot (ARTER)—a walking excavator for remote operations in hazardous terrains—and an end-effector for the SherpaTT planetary rover, enabling reconfigurable multirobot systems for future space missions. He has also pioneered autonomous mobile manipulators for sample container collection and developed a portable continuum manipulator that enhances dexterity through soft-rigid arm collaboration, with applications in confined spaces and surgical fields. His research, totaling over 60 citations, bridges theoretical planning with practical hardware implementation, making significant strides toward autonomous operations in space and terrestrial environments. Natarajan's work is essential reading for students and researchers interested in field robotics, space exploration, and multirobot systems.
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Top Papers
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- 2ARTER: a walking excavator robot for autonomous and remote operations6 citations · 2022
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- 4An autonomous mobile manipulator for collecting sample containers4 citations · 2014
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