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Vikash Kumar

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Adjunct Professor, Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University

Kumar advances dexterous robot learning: teaching hands and musculoskeletal systems to acquire complex movement from reinforcement learning and demonstrations. He created widely used research environments including MyoSuite, which models muscles and joints for work spanning robotics, motor control and rehabilitation.

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Background

Current role
Adjunct Professor, Robotics Institute 2023-present
Previously
2020-2023Research Scientist, FAIR,
2018-2019Research Scientist,
2017-2017Member of Technical Staff,
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Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.

Last editorial review: August 10, 2026