Kenneth Y. Goldberg is a Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR), with a joint appointment in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and in the School of Information at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also the Director of the Berkeley Center for New Media. He is an artist, writer, inventor, and researcher in the field of robotics and automation.
There is a good overview on his Webpage at the UC Berkeley.
http://goldberg.berkeley.edu/