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Sujit Kuthirummal is a computer vision and robotics researcher whose work focuses on real-time perception for autonomous systems. His key contributions lie in obstacle detection and dense stereo vision, with a strong emphasis on computationally efficient algorithms suitable for embedded and field-deployable platforms. His most cited work, a graph traversal-based algorithm for obstacle detection using LiDAR or stereo (2011, 24 citations), introduced a novel approach that detects traversable scene structure rather than explicitly identifying obstacles, making it robust across diverse environments from structured roads to unstructured off-road terrain. This work demonstrated significant impact by enabling reliable navigation in challenging outdoor settings. Kuthirummal also advanced real-time embedded vision through his FPGA implementation of multi-resolution dense stereo (2012, 10 citations), achieving low-power, high-performance depth estimation critical for 3D reconstruction and robot navigation. His applied work on the R-MASTIF system (2013) showcased autonomous object fetch-and-retrieve capabilities for military applications, integrating perception with robotic manipulation. Through these contributions, Kuthirummal has helped bridge the gap between theoretical computer vision algorithms and practical, real-time robotic systems operating in unstructured environments.