“Biology meets technology” is the theme for Imperial College London at New Scientist Live. Imperial is showing off a host of interactive games and robots inspired by living things.
Researchers will be bringing along some of their latest creations, including next-generation flying robots whose designs are inspired by winged insects and birds. There’s a computer game that taps in to your brain waves, so you can play just by thinking.
See like an insect by donning a headset that shows the world through a compound eye, and find out how you would fare in the world of creepy crawlies.
Then there’s robot vision. Automatons need to know their position and that of everything around them. Meet the one-armed robot with a gripper for a hand and watch how it learns “hand-eye coordination”.
These are just a few of the technologies that will be on show from one of the UK’s top universities. Drop by and expand your mind.