Vijay Kumar (roboticist)
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| Vijay Kumar | |
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| Born | 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]
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[edit] 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
[edit] 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 (DARS), 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)
[edit] References
- ^ 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. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=976023. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ^ 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. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=680621.
