Vijay Kumar
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Vijay Kumar is a prominent roboticist and engineer known for his pioneering work in multi-robot systems and aerial robotics.
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| instanceOf |
engineer
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person → roboticist → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United States of America
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| degree |
PhD in mechanical engineering
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bachelor’s degree in engineering → |
| educatedAt |
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
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Ohio State University → |
| employer |
University of Pennsylvania
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| ethnicOrigin |
Indian
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| fieldOfWork |
aerial robotics
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autonomous systems → control systems → cyber-physical systems → multi-robot systems → robotics → |
| hasAcademicPosition |
professor
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university administrator → |
| hasAward |
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers → Fellow of the IEEE → IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Service Award → IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Inaugural Robotics and Automation Award → National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellowship → |
| hasPublicationType |
book chapters
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conference papers → journal articles → |
| hasResearchContribution |
control algorithms for teams of unmanned aerial vehicles
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distributed control for robot swarms → safe navigation and coordination of aerial robots in cluttered environments → |
| hasRole |
Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania
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| knownFor |
coordination and control of robot teams
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pioneering work in aerial robotics → pioneering work in multi-robot systems → research on quadrotor drones → research on swarms of flying robots → |
| languageSpoken |
English
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| memberOf |
GRASP Laboratory
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| notableWork |
algorithms for formation control of aerial robots
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demonstrations of coordinated quadrotor flight → research on micro aerial vehicle swarms → |
| researchInterest |
biologically inspired robotics
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distributed robotics → robot motion planning → robot perception and control → |
| workLocation |
Philadelphia
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Referenced by (2)
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IEEE Robotics and Automation Award
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notableRecipient |
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Ruzena Bajcsy
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notableStudent |