Vijay Kumar (roboticist)

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

  About his research work

Honours and awards

• The Ohio State University Presidential Fellowship
• NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
• Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Pennsylvania
• The Ferdinand Freudenstein Award for significant contributions to mechanisms and robotics awarded at the 5th National Conference on Mechanisms and Robotics
• Best paper award, Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• Kayamori Best Paper Award, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
• IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Lecturer
• Fellow, Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Distinguished Award
• George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award for Excellence in Research
• Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award
• 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
• IEEE Robotics and Automation Award