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Roselito E. Tolentino is a robotics researcher specializing in human-robot interaction, telepresence, and biomimetic control systems. His work focuses on developing intuitive, non-traditional interfaces that allow robots to mimic human movements, with applications ranging from bomb disposal to assistive and medical robotics. In his most-cited work (9 citations), Tolentino pioneered the use of a Microsoft Kinect sensor for controlling bomb disposal robots, demonstrating that gesture-based control can be faster and more intuitive than conventional joystick methods. He has since extended this concept to other body parts, creating systems that enable robots to mimic human neck movements using the Oculus Rift, and 2-DOF eye movements using an IR camera-based wearable gaze tracker. His research also includes an image-processing cart that follows a human target using a 360° camera, overcoming the limited field-of-view of conventional cameras. By replacing joysticks and keyboards with natural body movements, Tolentino’s work is making remote robot control more accessible and efficient, with direct implications for hazardous environment operations, rehabilitation, and telemedicine.