Vijay Kumar (roboticist)

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Vijay Kumar
Born (1962-04-12) April 12, 1962
Residence United States
Nationality Indian
Fields Robotics
Institutions University of Pennsylvania
Alma mater Ohio State University
Indian Institute of Technology
Notable students Jaydev P. Desai

Vijay Kumar (born April 12, 1962) is an Indian roboticist and professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania. Kumar is known for his research in the control and coordination of multi-robot formations.[1][2]

Education

  • B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, May 1983
  • M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, March 1985
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, September 1987

Honors and awards

  • The Ohio State University Presidential Fellowship (1986)
  • NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1991)
  • Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania (1996)
  • The Ferdinand Freudenstein Award for significant contributions to mechanisms and robotics
  • 5th National Conference on Mechanisms and Robotics (1997)
  • Best paper award, Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (2002)
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2003)
  • Kayamori Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (2004)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Lecturer (2005)
  • Fellow, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2005)
  • George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research (2013) [3]

References

  1. ↑ Desai, J.P.; Ostrowski, J.P.; Kumar, V. (2001). "Modeling and control of formations of nonholonomic mobile robots". Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on 17 (6): 905–908. doi:10.1109/70.976023. Retrieved 2008-06-29. 
  2. ↑ Desai, J.P.; Ostrowski, J.; Kumar, V. (1998). "Controlling formations of multiple mobile robots". Robotics and Automation, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Conference on 4. 
  3. ↑ "Vijay Kumar Receives Heilmeier Research Award". Penn Engineering. Retrieved 23 February 2013. 

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