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Sarthak Arora is a leading researcher in the field of Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC), with a specific focus on ensuring safety in shared industrial workspaces. His work sits at the intersection of robotics, sensor systems, and mixed reality, directly addressing the core challenges of Industry 4.0 and the emerging Industry 5.0 paradigm. Arora’s most significant contribution is the development of the "HRC-SoS" experimentation platform, which conceptualizes human-robot teams as a System of Systems, defining key collaborative aspects like Awareness, Intelligence, and Compliance. This foundational work has garnered 16 citations and established a framework for subsequent research. He has made substantial technical contributions to Speed and Separation Monitoring (SSM), implementing novel safety controllers using on-robot time-of-flight sensors and multi-channel 3D LiDAR to dynamically modulate robot behavior based on human proximity. More recently, Arora has pioneered the use of mixed reality headsets and digital twins to create an intuitive safety interface, a novel approach that promises to redefine safe physical interaction. With a growing body of work that bridges theoretical frameworks with practical, sensor-driven implementations, Arora is a key voice in the movement toward safer, more intuitive human-robot workspaces.