T. V. Prabhakar

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Texas Instruments (Norway)

Papers

Total Citations

H-Index

About

T. V. Prabhakar is a leading researcher in the field of Tactile Cyber-Physical Systems (TCPS), industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and deterministic networking. His work focuses on enabling ultra-reliable, low-latency communication for haptic feedback and real-time control in distributed cyber-physical systems. Prabhakar’s major contributions include designing end-to-end TCPS architectures that allow a robotic arm to replicate human hand movements over a network, and developing a novel methodology to assess the quality of control in such systems using step response analysis—a key step toward standardizing TCPS performance metrics. His most cited paper, “An End to End Tactile Cyber Physical System Design” (2018, 14 citations), lays the groundwork for this domain. He has also pioneered intercity testbeds combining Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) and Deterministic Networking (DetNet) to achieve low-latency communication across 400 km, and proposed MILP-based mobility-aware TSCH networks for IIoT applications involving robots and drones. With a growing citation impact and a portfolio spanning foundational theory to practical testbed implementations, Prabhakar is shaping the future of tactile internet and industrial automation.