Post by Varazdinac on Apr 26, 2017 21:30:25 GMT
The design of biology and robotics - Mirko Kovac
A discussion at the Royal Institution of the increasingly connected fields of science and design. This event will feature Daisy Ginsberg's multi-disciplinary work in synthetic biology and a talk from Mirko Kovac about how nature is influencing the design of aerial robots.
May 10, 7.00pm to 9.30pm
For more information, please go to:
www.rigb.org/whats-on/events-2017/may/patron-the-science-of-design-in-biology-and-robotics
Mirko Kovac is director of the Aerial Robotics Laboratory at the Aeronautics Department at Imperial College London. His research interest is the conception and implementation of novel mobility solutions for robotics and agent based autonomous manufacturing. Before his appointment in London, he was post-doctoral researcher at at Harvard University and he obtained his PhD at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. He has delivered keynote lectures and talks on bio-inspired robotics at leading research institutions and conferences world wide. He is also advisor to the UK government on the topic of aerial robotics and is regularly consulting on technology foresight and strategy development for industry.