Mar 12 2018
Radhika Nagpal
Professor of Computer Science
Radhika Nagpal and her research team took a swarm of robots inspired by the design of ant colonies, and redefined expectations for self-organising robotic systems. The robots guide themselves into a variety of shapes that might lead to applications like disaster rescue, space exploration and beyond.
“What intelligent machines can learn from a school of fish”
Radhika’sinterest lies in engineering and understanding self-organising multi-agent systems, where large numbers of simple agents cooperate to produce complex and robust global behaviour. This work lies at the intersection of computer science (AI/robotics) and biology. Her group studies bio-inspired algorithms, programming paradigms, and hardware designs for swarm/modular robotic systems and smart materials, drawing inspiration mainly from social insects and multicellular biology. Also investigating models of self-organisation in biology, where the overall goal is to provide a framework for the design and analysis of self-organising systems by combining traditional computer science techniques with biological models. [/expand]
Robotics engineer Radhika studies the collective intelligence displayed by insects and fish schools, seeking to understand their rules of engagement. In visionary talks, she presents her work creating artificial collective power and previews a future where swarms of robots work together to build flood barriers, pollinate crops, monitor coral reefs and form constellations of satellites.[/expand]
Radhika’sresearch shows us how the future of robotics looks bright. She has moved the field forward in some major ways, so look to this brilliant woman for an idea of what to expect from the robots of tomorrow.[/expand]
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Topics
Taming the Swarm – Collective Artificial Intelligence
Modeling Physical/Biological Phenomena and Systems
Bioengineering
Bio inspired Robotics and Computing
Computer Science
Programming Languages (Foundations, Design and Application, Implementation)
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