Vijay Kumar (roboticist)

Vijay Kumar (born April 12, 1962) is an Indian

roboticist and UPS foundation professor in the School
of Engineering & Applied Mechanics with secondary
appointments in computer and information science and
electrical and systems engineering at the University of
Pennsylvania, and will become the new Dean of Penn
Engineering on July 1, 2015.[1] Kumar is known for his
research in the control and coordination of multi-robot
formations.[2][3]

The Ferdinand Freudenstein Award for signicant

contributions to mechanisms and robotics

Kayamori Best Paper Award, IEEE International

Conference on Robotics and Automation (2004)

5th National Conference on Mechanisms and

Robotics (1997)
Best paper award, Distributed Autonomous Robotic
Systems (2002)
Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(2003)

Education
B. Tech., Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute
of Technology, Kanpur, India, May 1983

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Lecturer (2005)

M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, March 1985

Fellow, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2005)

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, September 1987

IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Award (2012)

George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence
in Research (2013) [4]

About his research work

Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award (2013)

His fundamental contributions, which straddle both theory and practice, address the control and planning of multiple robots cooperating to explore, map , manipulate and
move in 3-D environment. He was rst to formulate
and solve the problem of cooperative mobile manipulation with multiple robots, simultaneously controlling the
grass motion and rolling/sliding interactions in the early
90s. He was also the rst to work on the multi robot formation control problem leading to highly cited papers on
the subject in the late 90s. Kumar"s creative theoretical, algorithmic, and experimental work on cooperating
robots have transformed the science of robotics systems
and impacted a wide range of application in the area of
networked and cyber physical systems.

IIT Kanpur Distinguished Alumnus Award 201314, 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)

4 See also
Raaello D'Andrea

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Honours and awards

[1] Kim, Isabel. BREAKING: Vijay Kumar named new

dean of engineering. The Daily Pennsylvanian. The
Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

The Ohio State University Presidential Fellowship

(1986)

[2] 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): 905908. doi:10.1109/70.976023. Retrieved 2008-06-29.

NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award (1991)

Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania (1996)
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[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.
[4] Vijay Kumar Receives Heilmeier Research Award.
Penn Engineering. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

External links
Vijay Kumars presentation at TED, March 2012
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