Vijay Kumar (roboticist)

Vijay Kumar (born 12 April 1962) is an Indian roboticist and UPS foundation professor in the School of Engineering & Applied Science with secondary appointments in computer and information science and electrical and systems engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and became the new Dean of Penn Engineering on 1 July 2015.[1] Kumar is known for his research in the control and coordination of multi-robot formations.[2][3] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018.[4]

Vijay Kumar
Born (1962-04-12) 12 April 1962
NationalityIndian
Alma materOhio State University
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Scientific career
FieldsRobotics
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania
Notable studentsJaydev P. Desai
WebsiteKumarRobotics.org

Education
  • B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, May 1983
  • M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, March 1988
  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, September 1987

Honours 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 awarded at the 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)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Award (2012)
  • George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research (2013)[5]
  • Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award (2013)
  • IIT Kanpur Distinguished Alumnus Award 2013–14, for his outstanding contributions to the area of control and coordination of multi-robot formations.
  • The Joseph Engelberger Award by the Robotics Industries Association (2014)
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Award (2020)

References
  1. Kim, Isabel. "BREAKING: Vijay Kumar named new dean of engineering". TheDP.com. The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  2. Desai, J.P.; Ostrowski, J.P.; Kumar, V. (2001). "Modeling and control of formations of nonholonomic mobile robots". IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation. 17 (6): 905–908. doi:10.1109/70.976023.
  3. 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. doi:10.1109/ROBOT.1998.680621.
  4. "Election of New Members at the 2018 Spring Meeting". American Philosophical Society. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. "Vijay Kumar Receives Heilmeier Research Award". Penn Engineering. Retrieved 23 February 2013.


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