Vijay Kumar’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

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. Kumar is known for his research in the control and coordination of multi-robot formations.
He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018.

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 (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)
• 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)