Research

In the future, autonomous mobile robots are expected to perform a wide range of tasks, from autonomously monitoring crops in greenhouses to last-kilometer delivery. 

Available onboard computing capabilities and algorithms represent a considerable obstacle for mobile robots to reach higher levels of autonomy.     

Inspiration from insect intelligence represents a promising route to achieving artificial intelligence in small autonomous robots. Insect brains - “minute structures controlling complex behaviors”.

Develop a ground-breaking new class of autonomous robots as competent as insects at loco-motion, navigation, and survival in complex dynamic environments.

Realization of these aims will require the combination of multiple disciplines, including biology, computer science, mathematics, and robotics.