A living, but programmable organism invented
Independent - 14-Jan-2020"Living robots" are created from completely biological material
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Robotics professor at the University of Vermont and a 2010 PECASE awardee
Professor Josh Bongard's research centers on evolutionary robotics, evolutionary computation and physical simulation. He runs the Morphology, Evolution & Cognition Laboratory, whose work focuses on the role that morphology and evolution play in cognition.
In 2007, he was awarded a prestigious Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship and was named one of MIT Technology Review's top 35 young innovators under 35. In 2010 he was awarded a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) by Barack Obama at a White House ceremony.
Visit website: https://www.uvm.edu/cems/cs/profiles/josh_bongard
See also: University of Vermont - Public research university.
Details last updated 14-Jan-2020
"Living robots" are created from completely biological material