Vijay Kumar (roboticist)

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name = Vijay Kumar

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fields = Robotics
workplaces = University of Pennsylvania
alma_mater = Ohio State University Indian Institute of Technology
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notable_students = Jaydev P. Desai
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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.cite journal
author = Desai, J.P.
coauthors = Ostrowski, J.P.; Kumar, V.
year = 2001
title = Modeling and control of formations of nonholonomic mobile robots
journal = Robotics and Automation, IEEE Transactions on
volume = 17
issue = 6
pages = 905-908
url = http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=976023
accessdate = 2008-06-29] cite conference
author = Desai, J.P.
coauthors = Ostrowski, J.; Kumar, V.
year = 1998
title = Controlling formations of multiple mobile robots
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booktitle = Robotics and Automation, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
volume = 4
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url = http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=680621
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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 (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)

References

External links

* [http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~kumar/ Home page]