Papers

43

Total Citations

747

H-Index

14

About

Ayan Dutta is a robotics and artificial intelligence researcher whose work spans multi-robot systems, deep reinforcement learning, and autonomous exploration. His most influential contribution, a 2023 survey on multi-agent deep reinforcement learning for multi-robot applications (161 citations), has become a key reference for researchers navigating the rapidly evolving intersection of AI and robotics. His earlier work on ModRED (75 citations), a modular self-reconfigurable robot designed for extra-terrestrial exploration, demonstrated his early interest in building adaptable, dexterous robotic systems for extreme environments. Dutta has made significant strides in multi-robot coordination, developing algorithms for informative path planning under communication and energy constraints, coalition formation for task allocation, and coverage path planning — problems of fundamental importance in real-world deployments. His work on precision agriculture (54 citations) highlights his commitment to socially impactful applications of multi-robot systems. He has also contributed to foundational distributed computing questions, including circle formation by asynchronous robots, and terrain classification using ensemble learning methods. Across more than a decade of research, Dutta has built a cohesive body of work that bridges theoretical rigor with practical robotics, making his scholarship essential reading for students and practitioners in autonomous systems and multi-agent AI.

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14
H-Index
43
Papers
747
Total Citations
17
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🏆 Most Cited Paper
Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Multi-Robot Applications: A Survey
161 citations · 2023
📈 Most Prolific Year: 2019 (8 Papers)
🤝 Key Collaborators: 47
🏛 Institutions: University of North Florida, University of Nebraska at Omaha

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