Vijay Kumar (roboticist) explained

Vijay Kumar
Birth Date:	1962 4, df=yes
Nationality:	Indian
Spouse:	Maneesha Altekar
Fields:	Robotics
Workplaces:	University of Pennsylvania
Alma Mater:	Ohio State University Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Notable Students:	Jaydev P. Desai

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]

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]
• Member, National Academy of Engineering (2013)
• 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)

External links

• Vijay Kumar Lab at UPenn
  • • "Robots that fly ... and cooperate" (TED2012)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kim . Isabel . BREAKING: Vijay Kumar named new dean of engineering . TheDP.com . The Daily Pennsylvanian . 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 . 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. 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.680621 .
4. Web site: Election of New Members at the 2018 Spring Meeting . 28 April 2018 . American Philosophical Society . 2 July 2018 .
5. Web site: Vijay Kumar Receives Heilmeier Research Award . Penn Engineering . 23 February 2013.