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Soumic Sarkar’s research focuses on the coordination and control of multi-robot systems, with a particular emphasis on formation control and multi-timescale dynamics. His work addresses the challenge of enabling multiple groups of mobile robots to autonomously organize into complex geometric patterns and shapes—a critical capability for wide-area navigation and object tracking. Sarkar introduced the centroid-based transformation (CBT), a novel topology that captures constraint relationships among agents, allowing for the decomposition of complex formation problems. His most-cited paper, “Formation of multiple groups of mobile robots: multi-timescale convergence perspective” (2016, 6 citations), extends this work by analyzing the leader-follower formation problem through a three-timescale behavior lens. Earlier contributions include an intelligent algorithm for path planning in dynamic environments (2010, 4 citations). While his citation counts are modest, Sarkar’s work provides foundational insights into the theoretical underpinnings of multi-group formation control, offering a rigorous framework that bridges control theory and multi-agent systems. His research is particularly relevant for students and engineers working on autonomous swarm robotics and distributed coordination.