Robert Wood (roboticist)
Robert J. Wood is a roboticist and a professor of
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, and is the director of the Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory.[1] At Harvard, he directs the NSF-funded RoboBees project, a 5-year project to build a swarm of robotic bees.[2]
Background
Wood received a BS in electrical engineering from
PhD in electrical engineering in 2004 from the University of California, Berkeley under Ron Fearing with a thesis titled Composite microstructures, microactuators and sensors for biologically inspired micro air vehicles.[4]
Awards
- 2018 Max Planck-Humboldt Medal[5]
- 2014 National Geographic Emerging Explorer[6]
- 2012 Alan Waterman Award[7]
- 2008 MIT Technology Reviews TR35 list[8]
- 2008 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[9]
- 2008 NSF CAREER Award[3]
- 2008 ONR Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award[3]
- 2008 AFOSR Young Investigator Program (YIP) Award[10]
- 2006 DARPA Young Faculty Award[11]
Article
- The Robobee Project Is Building Flying Robots the Size of Insects by Robert Wood, Radhika Nagpal and Gu-Yeon Wei in the March 11, 2013 Scientific American
References
- ^ "Micro | Cambridge | Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory". Microrobotics.
- ^ "Robobees. INSPIRED by the biology of a bee and the insect's hive behavior..." Archived from the original on 2014-03-17. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
- ^ a b c "Robert Wood wins prestigious NSF CAREER and ONR Young Investigator program awards". News. Harvard University. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "2004". Ph.D. Dissertations. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ Chea, Jacqueline S. (15 November 2018). "Harvard Engineering Professor Wood Awarded Medal for Work in Robotics". The Crimson. The Crimson. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ Perry, Caroline (16 May 2014). "Robert J. Wood named National Geographic Emerging Explorer". News. Harvard University. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "NSF Honors Two Early Career Researchers With Alan T. Waterman Award". News. National Science Foundation. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Technology Review: TR35". www.technologyreview.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-09.
- ^ "Two at SEAS win Presidential Early Career Awards". News. Harvard University. 10 July 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
- ^ "Air Force invests $12M for Young Investigators Research Program". News. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
- ^ "YFA Awardees 2006–2015" (PDF). DARPA. DARPA. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
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