Sethu Vijayakumar

Professor Sethu Vijayakumar is a professor in the field of robotics, who will appear as a judge in the 2016 series of Robot Wars, alongside veteran Professor Noel Sharkey. He revealed this position over Twitter on February 28th, 2016, one day before the first day of filming.

Robot Wars
Vijayakumar is the most recently appointed judge in the history of Robot Wars, with all appearances currently upcoming.

Outside Robot Wars
Vijayakumar holds a number of positions in the field of robotics, most notably being the Professor of Robotics at Edinburgh University, and since 2007, has held the position of Microsoft/Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellow in Learning Robotics. Vijayakumar is also a fellow of Royal Society of Edinburgh, the director of the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, and the director of IPAB. Vijayakumar has been credited in well over one hundred publications since his first report in 1995. He was also the winner of the 2015 Tam Dalyell Prize for Excellence in Engaging the Public with Science.