Hari Das Nayar is a Senior Member of Technical Staff in the Mobility and Robotics Section at JPL. He has worked on a variety of robotics research projects at JPL. He manages and develops algorithms and software for the Lunar Surface Operations Simulator (LSOS) task in the Darts Simulation Lab.

B.S. (1984) Mechanical Engineering MIT
M.S. (1984) Mechanical Engineering MIT
Sc. D. (1989) Mechanical Engineering MIT
Dissertation: Kinematic Control and Visual Display of Redundant Teleoperators, Human-Machine Systems Lab., Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Advisor: Prof. Tom Sheridan

Robotics Research at JPL 2007-present.
Engineering Consultant at OphirTech 2002-2007.
Robotics Research at JPL 1990-2002.
Visiting Lecturer at UCLA 2001-2002.
Engineering Consultant at Systemantics, Inc. 1989-1990.

Generalized approaches for modeling, analysis and control of mechanisms.
Computer-aided optimal design and configuration of mechanisms.
Design and optimization of human-machine interfaces.