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Magnus B. Egerstedt

Robotic systems

Magnus B. Egerstedt, an associate professor with Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is now associated with GEDC.

Egerstedt's research interests include optimal control as well as modeling and analysis of hybrid and discrete event systems, with emphasis on motion planning and control of mobile robots. A Senior Member of the IEEE, he received the prestigious CAREER award from the National Science Foundation in 2003.

Born in Stockholm, Sweden, Egerstedt received a Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, in 2000. He also received a B.A. degree in philosophy from Stockholm University in 1996.

He spent 2000-2001 as a postdoctoral fellow at the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at Harvard University.

Egersted is particularly interested in producing theory, algorithms, and tools for controlling teams of mobile, autonomous robots in unknown environments. Such questions, he says, are receiving significant interest lately due to their potential applications in autonomous search-and-rescue or exploration scenarios in hazardous environments.

Phone: 404-894-3484
Fax: 404-894-4641
E-mail: magnus.egerstedt@ece.gatech.edu
More information: http://faculty.ece.gatech.edu/magnus.egerstedt