Prof Timmis talk at Edinburgh International Science Festival, 12 April 2015

Professor Timmis talk at Edinburgh International Science Festival, 12 April 2015

The talk will be introduced by Professor Alan Winfield (UWE) and take place at 8pm on Sunday 12 April in the Main Hall at Summerhall, Edinburgh. Professor Jon Timmis, Director of the York Robotics Laboratory and Co-Director of York Computational Immunology Lab at the University of York will explain how biology is now influencing robotics research in a wide variety of ways. Through understanding biological systems, it is possible to unlock a number of key concepts to understand how robots will be designed and operate in future. Bio-inspired design looks to nature, for example, how insects or birds can navigate with minimal input and yet perform complex interactions or how the immune system repairs itself or how evolution comes up with innovative solutions to very complex problems. Professor Timmis will discuss how such bio-inspired robotics provide significant implications for a range of hum an ac tivities in the home, in transport, medicine, industry and defense and will consist of a number of interactive demonstrations.

The Edinburgh International Science Festival is a high profile and dynamic educational charity. Each year it delivers one of Europe’s largest Science Festivals; a primary school education programme which tours across Scotland and a variety of international projects including its role as Major Programme Partner for the Abu Dhabi Science Festival.

For more information please follow this link: http://focas.eu/jon-timmis-can-robots-evolve/