Christopher G. Atkeson | |
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Born | 28 May 1959 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | |
Spouse | Jessica Hodgins |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Robotics and Machine Learning |
Institutions | |
Thesis | Roles of knowledge in motor learning (1986) |
Doctoral advisor | Emilio Bizzi |
Christopher Granger Atkeson (born 28 May 1959) is an American roboticist and a professor at the Robotics Institute and Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).[1] Atkeson is known for his work in humanoid robots, soft robotics,[2] and machine learning, most notably on locally weighted learning.[3]