Shivesh Kumar

Shivesh Kumar is an Assistant Professor in Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems at the Dynamics Division of Department of Mechanical and Maritime Sciences. His research interests include kinematics, dynamics and control of robots with a pursuit to develop animal-like physical/athletic intelligence. He also works as a part-time Senior Researcher at the Robotics Innovation Center, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence in Bremen, Germany where he maintains an advisory relationship with the Advanced AI Team: Team Mechanics & Control and the Underactuated Robotics Lab. He is an associate co-chair of the IEEE-RAS Technical Committee on Model Based Optimization for Robotics.