Venkat N. Krovi

Venkat N. Krovi is an Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Director of the Automation Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory and Director of Haptics in the New York State Center for Engineering Design and Industrial Innovation at the University at Buffalo (UB).

His research examines the complete lifecycle treatment (design, modeling, analysis, control, implementation and verification) of a new generation of smart, embedded mechanical and mechatronic systems for emergent applications in plant-automation systems, consumer electronics, automobile and defense arenas. The focus is both on theoretical formulation and experimental validation with the goal of realizing tangible enhancements in functionality, performance and cost-effectiveness. Specific initiatives underway include multi-robot collaboration, mediated human-computer interfaces, haptic user-interface design and distributed real-time simulation and control of systems. In 2004, he received a NSF CAREER Award that supported his research and educational activities on cooperative payload transport by fleets of autonomous robotic modules.

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