Mark Tilden
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Mark W. Tilden is a
Early career
Born in the UK in 1961, raised in Canada, Tilden started at the University of Waterloo then moved on to the Los Alamos National Laboratory where he developed simple robots such as the SATbot which instinctively aligned itself to the magnetic field of the Earth, de-mining insectoids, "Nervous Network" theory and applications, interplanetary explorers, and behavioral research into many solar-powered "Living Machines" of his own design.
Tilden later referred to his early robots as "wimpy" for the results of their programming using Isaac Asimov's
Current Work
Having left government service and moved to Hong Kong, Tilden currently works as a freelance robotics designer, consultant and lecturer. His commercial products are marketed through
Tilden and his robots have been featured on several television specials, such as "Robots Rising" (Discovery), "The Shape of Life" (PBS), "TechnoSpy" (TLC), "Extreme Machines - Incredible Robots" (TLC), "The Science behind Star Wars" (Discovery), as well as many magazines, newspaper publications, websites, and books. A comprehensive article on Tilden (December-2010) by Thomas Marsh is viewable online through the "Robot" Magazine website.[6]
Tilden also was a technical consultant for the robot scenes in the 2001 movie
See also
- List of University of Waterloo people
- Behavior based robotics
- Robot
References
- ^ Hapgood, Fred (September 1, 1994). "Chaotic Robotics". Wired – via www.wired.com.
- ^ "Three Laws of Robotics – Mark Tilden Style | Robots Dreams". Archived from the original on 2014-08-20. Retrieved 2014-07-12.
- ^ "Que Publishing | InformIT". www.informit.com.
- ^ Staff, Robot (December 7, 2010). "The Evolution Of A Roboticist – Mark Tilden". Robot Mag.
- ^ "WowWee® - Astonishing Imagination". wowwee.com.
- ^ "The Evolution of a Roboticist - Mark Tilden | Robot Magazine - the latest hobby, science and consumer robotics, artificial intelligence". Archived from the original on 2011-02-03. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
External links
- Robotsrule - Detailed information site on many commercially available entertainment robots.
- Solarbotics - On-line store for parts, plans, kits, and history of BEAM robotics.
- BEAM Discussion Group - Active on-line discussion group of BEAM robots, builders, events, and history.
- "Robot" Magazine - Detailed article on Mark Tilden's history, philosophy, and robotics approach, with images.
- Discover Magazine - Article about Mark Tilden