E. Todorov

Emanuel Todorov is a neuroscientist and computer scientist who currently works on research and development at Roboti LLC, having previously served as an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. He is best known as the principal developer of the MuJoCo physics engine, a simulation platform designed for model-based control of complex robotic systems. He introduced the use of optimal control as a formal explanatory framework for biological movement and has received over eleven National Science Foundation grant awards as principal investigator.