Sundar Narasimhan

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Sundar Narasimhan is a robotics researcher whose work has made meaningful contributions to the fields of robotic manipulation, kinematics, and autonomous control systems. His most influential work, "Dexterous Robotic Hands: Kinematics and Control" (1988), has garnered 17 citations and stands as a foundational contribution to understanding how complex robotic hands — particularly the landmark Utah-MIT hand — can be modeled and controlled in practice. Narasimhan's strength lies in bridging theoretical frameworks with real-world implementation, emphasizing the actual testing and deployment of robotic concepts rather than purely abstract formulations. His collaborative work on controlling the Utah/MIT Dexterous Robotic Hand (1987), conducted jointly between the University of Utah's Center for Engineering Design and the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, helped establish early hardware-software architectures for advanced robotic manipulation. His later thesis on task-level strategies for robots (1994) extended this work into higher-level planning, developing robust, globally convergent strategies that integrate planners with local feedback controllers. The CONDOR computational architecture (1990) further reflects his interest in building complete, integrated robotic systems. While his citation counts are modest, Narasimhan's research contributed to a pivotal era in dexterous robotics and autonomous manipulation.