Regular biography
Sethu Vijayakumar holds the Personal Chair in Robotics at The University of Edinburgh's Department of Computer Science. His research interests include robotics, with a focus on autonomous systems and intelligent machines. He is affiliated with the university's Computer Science department and can be contacted via email at sethu.vijayakumar@ed.ac.uk. His professional profile is available at https://www.ed.ac.uk/Sethu_Vijayakumar.html.
Scholar-generated biography
Sethu Vijayakumar is a Professor of Robotics at the University of Edinburgh and Programme Director at The Alan Turing Institute, UK. His research focuses on Robot Learning, Optimal Control, Machine Learning, Motor Control, and Artificial Intelligence. His work explores methods for real-time learning in high-dimensional spaces, reinforcement learning for humanoid robotics, and optimal control under actuation constraints. He has contributed to the development of frameworks like Crocoddyl for multi-contact optimal control and has investigated the integration of myoelectric and inertial measurements for improved prosthetic hand control. His research also addresses human behavior through humanoid robots and the role of feedback processes in motor-sensory timing.