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Anshul Joshi’s research lies at the intersection of robotics, perception, and computational cognition, with a core focus on developing mathematically principled frameworks for sensorimotor intelligence. His most influential work introduces the Bayesian Computational Sensor Network methodology for small-scale structural health monitoring, where a mobile robot equipped with vision and ultrasound sensors autonomously maps damage—such as holes and cracks—by simultaneously localizing itself and structural defects. This work, his most cited with 10 citations, demonstrates a practical fusion of Bayesian inference and robotics for non-destructive evaluation. Joshi is perhaps best known for pioneering the use of symmetry and wreath product theory in robot cognition. His papers on Bayesian Symmetry Networks and the Wreath Product Cognitive Architecture (WPCA) propose that perception is fundamentally enabled by a priori symmetry theories, which generate structural representations of sensorimotor data. This approach offers a powerful alternative to traditional Belief-Desire-Intention architectures by tightly coupling actuation and perception. His work on character classification in engineering drawings further illustrates how incorporating actuation data into shape representation can enhance recognition. With a cumulative 27 citations across his key papers, Joshi’s contributions provide a compelling mathematical foundation for embodied cognition and autonomous sensing.