Dr. Simpkins earned his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (and one of his BS degrees in Psychology). Afterwards, he expanded upon his graduate research at UCSD in the Cognitive Science Department as a Post Doctoral Fellow, then spent time conducting research at the University of Washington as a Research Associate. Presently he has returned to San Diego where he is researching, writing, and consulting.
He conducts interdisciplinary research with diverse research groups, noting that many fields have answers to (or tools to help answer) questions asked in other fields (which rarely communicate). His research ranges from developing models of active exploration (based on behavioral data acquired with motion capture) using stochastic optimal control to developing bio-mimetic modular robots for studies of manipulation and locomotion in biological systems.
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