James McLurkin

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James McLurkin (born 1972) is a Senior Hardware Engineer at

Lemelson-MIT Prize.[3]

Early life

McLurkin was born in 1972 in Baldwin, New York and graduated from Baldwin Senior High School in 1990.[4] He built his first robot, Rover, in 1988.[4]

Education and career

McLurkin completed his

University of California at Berkeley and B.S. from MIT
.

As part of his doctoral research, McLurkin developed algorithms and techniques for programming "swarms" of autonomous robots to mimic the behavior of bees, including their abilities to cluster, disperse, follow, and orbit.[5]

In 1995, McLurkin was invited by the Smithsonian Institution to speak about his life and career in a presentation for schoolchildren sponsored by the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.[6]

References

  1. ^ Gilmore, Molly (October 17, 2017). "Nerdy Google inventor to share his passion for towel rods and other stuff on Thursday". The Olympian. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Profile: James McLurkin". www.pbs.org. 25 January 2005. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  3. ^ "Robotic ants inventor James McLurkin wins $30K Lemelson student prize". MIT News. 26 February 2003. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  4. ^ a b "James McLurkin's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  5. ^ "James McLurkin | Lemelson-MIT Program". lemelson.mit.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  6. ^ Article outlining McLurkin's "Innovative Lives" presentation for the Smithsonian's Lemelson Center Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine

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