Papers
12
Total Citations
177
H-Index
7
About
Sunil Shende is a leading researcher in algorithmic robotics and search theory, whose work fundamentally advances how autonomous agents coordinate under constraints. His primary research areas include fault-tolerant search, priority evacuation, and rendezvous problems, with a particular focus on mobile robots operating in geometric environments like disks, lines, and rings. Shende’s most impactful contribution is his pioneering work on priority evacuation from a disk, where a distinguished "queen" robot must locate an exit while being assisted by other robots—a problem he has systematically solved for varying numbers of agents (n=1,2,3 and n≥4). His 2015 paper on wireless autonomous robot evacuation from equilateral triangles and squares has garnered 49 citations, establishing foundational results in the field. Shende is also recognized for introducing Byzantine fault tolerance to parallel search problems, as seen in his 2016 work on search by Byzantine robots (23 citations), and for addressing realistic constraints like terrain-dependent speeds and heterogeneous robot capabilities. His research on randomized rendezvous algorithms for agents with different speeds on a ring further demonstrates his ability to tackle complex coordination challenges. Through these contributions, Shende has shaped modern understanding of multi-robot search and evacuation strategies.
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Top Papers
- 1Wireless Autonomous Robot Evacuation from Equilateral Triangles and Squares49 citations · 2015
- 2Search on a Line by Byzantine Robots23 citations · 2016
- 3Priority Evacuation from a Disk Using Mobile Robots20 citations · 2018
- 4Linear Search with Terrain-Dependent Speeds20 citations · 2017
- 5Priority evacuation from a disk: The case of n = 1,2,318 citations · 2019
- 6Priority evacuation from a disk: The case of n ≥ 415 citations · 2020
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- 8Priority Evacuation from a Disk Using Mobile Robots6 citations · 2018
- 9Linear Search with Terrain-Dependent Speeds6 citations · 2017
- 10Energy Consumption of Group Search on a Line4 citations · 2019