Valentin Vitalyevich Rumyantsev (; 19 July 1921 – 10 June 2007) was a Russian engineer who played a crucial role in

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, mainly working on robotics and controls. He was a member of the

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(1992), Department of Engineering, Mechanics and Control.

Career

Rumyantsev was professor in the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics in the Department of Theoretical Mechanics and Mecatronics at

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. He was editor of the

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(). Rumyantsev was also a corresponding member (1995) and member (2000) of the

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(

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1921 births 2007 deaths People from Saratovsky Uyezd Academic staff of Moscow State University Corresponding Members of the USSR Academy of Sciences Foreign members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Full Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences Saratov State University alumni Humboldt Research Award recipients Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Recipients of the Order of the October Revolution Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the USSR State Prize State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates Control theorists Early spaceflight scientists Russian aerospace engineers Soviet aerospace engineers Soviet space program personnel {{Russia-scientist-stub Burials at Vostryakovskoye Cemetery