Ken Goldberg

Professor

Research Areas

• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Control, Intelligent Systems, and Robotics (CIR), Networked robots; Robotics for automated manufacturing; Design of parts and devices for automation
• Graphics and Human-Computer Interaction (GHCI)
• Security (SEC)
• Art and technology

Research Centers

• Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM)
• Center for Intelligent Systems (CIS)
• Collaborative Telerobotics
• The Berkeley Automation Sciences Lab

Biography

Goldberg is Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, with an appointment in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He received his PhD in Computer Science from CMU in 1990 and studied at the University of Pennsylvania, Edinburgh University, and the Technion. From 1991-95 he taught at the University of Southern California, and in Fall 2000 was visiting faculty at MIT Media Lab.

Goldberg and his students work in two areas: Geometric Algorithms for Automation, and Networked Robots. In the first category, he develops algorithms for feeding, sorting, and fixturing industrial parts, with an emphasis on mathematically rigorous solutions that require a minimum of sensing and actuation so as to reduce costs and increase reliability. In the area of Networked Robots, Goldberg and colleagues developed the first robot publicly operable via the Internet (in 1994). He has published over 100 research papers and edited four books.

In 2004, Goldberg co-founded the IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering and is Founding Chair of its Advisory Board. Goldberg was named National Science Foundation Young Investigator in 1994 and NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow in 1995. He is the recipient of the Joseph Engelberger Award (2000), the IEEE Major Educational Innovation Award (2001) and was elected IEEE Fellow in 2005.

Selected Publications

• R. Alterovitz, E. Lessard, J. Pouliot, I. J. Hsu, J. O'Brien, and K. Goldberg, "Optimization of HDR Brachytherapy Dose Distributions using Linear Programming with Penalty Costs," Journal of Medical Physics, vol. 33, no. 4012-4019, Nov. 2006.
• K. Gopalakrishnan, K. Goldberg, G. M. Bone, M. J. Zaluzec, R. Koganti, R. Pearson, and P. A. Deneszczuk, "Recipient, Trans. ASE Best Journal Paper of 2004 Award: Unilateral fixtures for sheet-metal parts with holes," IEEE Trans. Automation Science and Engineering, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 110-120, Oct. 2004.
• K. Goldberg, D. Song, and A. Levandowski, "Collaborative teleoperation using networked spatial dynamic voting," Proc. IEEE, vol. 91, no. 3, pp. 430-439, March 2003.
• K. F. Bohringer, V. Bhatt, B. R. Donald, and K. Goldberg, "Algorithms for sensorless manipulation using a vibrating surface," Algorithmica, vol. 26, no. 3-4, pp. 389-429, April 2000.
• A. F. van der Stappen, K. Goldberg, and M. H. Overmars, "Geometric eccentricity and the complexity of manipulation plans," Algorithmica, vol. 26, no. 3-4, pp. 494-514, April 2000.
• K. Goldberg, B. V. Mirtich, Y. Zhuang, J. Craig, B. R. Carlisle, and J. F. Canny, "Part pose statistics: Estimators and experiments," IEEE Trans. Robotics and Automation, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 849-857, Oct. 1999.