Vidullan Surendran
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About
Vidullan Surendran is a robotics and human-robot interaction (HRI) researcher whose work sits at the intersection of trust, perception, and collaborative autonomy. His most significant contributions focus on enabling robots to evaluate human trustworthiness — a relatively underexplored reversal of the conventional HRI trust paradigm. His "Your Robot is Watching" series, which has garnered a combined 13 citations, pioneers the use of surface cues and emotional features to help robots predict deceptive human intent, laying groundwork for safer and more discerning autonomous systems. Surendran has also contributed to gesture-based communication in human-robot collaboration, investigating how spatial and pointing gestures can more reliably convey intent during pick-and-place tasks. His work extends into applied robotics as well, including the development of a long-endurance VTOL unmanned aerial system designed for search and rescue operations, demonstrating a strong bridge between theoretical HRI research and real-world deployment. Additionally, his use of virtual reality to simulate emergency evacuation scenarios reflects a creative methodological approach to studying how humans respond to robotic guidance under stress. Across these diverse projects, Surendran emerges as a versatile researcher advancing the social and operational intelligence of autonomous systems.
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