The Autonomous Robot Evolution Project Dr Edgar Buchanan Beruman, School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Talk
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  • Date and time: Wednesday 12 February 2025, 6.30pm to 7.30pm
  • Location: Online only
  • Audience: Open to alumni, staff, students, the public
  • Admission: Free admission, booking required

Event details

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology Winter Webinar Series

For a long time, humans have been designing and constructing robots for familiar environments. But what if, because of our lack of knowledge about unfamiliar environments such as extraterrestrial ones, the robots we humans create for these environments are not operating efficiently enough? Could a robot design and produce other robots? In this webinar, Dr Edgar Buchanan Beruman explores the exciting Autonomous Robot Evolution project, aiming to answer this question and more.

About the speaker

Dr Edgar Buchanan Beruman earned his PhD in 2019 from the University of York’s Department of Electronics, where his research focused on fault-tolerance in foraging robotic swarms. Following his PhD, he worked as a Research Associate on the Autonomous Robotic Evolution project, which aimed at the autonomous design and fabrication of robots using mechanisms inspired by nature. Currently, Edgar is a Research Fellow on the Re-Imagining Engineering Design project, which explores novel bio-inspired methodologies for engineering design.