Kenneth Y. Goldberg (1961-) is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR), with a joint appointment in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the Director of the Berkeley Center for New Media. He is an artist, writer, inventor, and researcher in the field of robotics and automation.
Goldberg was born in Ibadan, Nigeria and...
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Kenneth Y. Goldberg (1961-) is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR), with a joint appointment in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the Director of the Berkeley Center for New Media. He is an artist, writer, inventor, and researcher in the field of robotics and automation.
Goldberg was born in Ibadan, Nigeria and grew up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He received a BS in Electrical Engineering and BS in Economics, summa cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1984. Goldberg also received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1990. He then taught in the department of computer science at the University of Southern California from 1991-1995 and was visiting faculty in 2000 at the MIT Media Lab.
Goldberg and his students develop new algorithms for Feeding, Fixturing, Grasping and Assembly, with an emphasis on minimalist...
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