Mark Tilden in September 2006

Mr. Mark W. Tilden is perhaps most well known for his invention of BEAM robotics. He is a robotics physicist, who produces complex robotic movements from simple logic circuits, often all on the single logic chip and without a microprocessor. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... BEAM robotics (acronym for Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, and Mechanics) is a style of robotics that primarily uses simple analog circuits (instead of a microprocessor; though some mutants exist that do). ... For other uses, see robot (disambiguation). ... Not to be confused with physician, a person who practices medicine. ... A logic gate is an arrangement of electronically-controlled switches used to calculate operations in Boolean algebra. ...

This UK-born immigrant to Canada started at the University of Waterloo, then moved on to the Los Alamos National Laboratory where he developed robots such as the SAT bot, which aligns itself to the magnetic field of the earth and is meant for grids. He now works at WowWee Toys making biomorphic robot-based toys such as the B.I.O. Bug and the RoboSapien v1 and v2 [1]. The University of Waterloo (also referred to as UW, UWaterloo, or Waterloo) is a research-intensive public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. ... Los Alamos National Laboratory, aerial view from 1995. ... Magnetic field lines shown by iron filings Magnetostatics Electrodynamics Electrical Network Tensors in Relativity This box:      In physics, the magnetic field is a field that permeates space and which exerts a magnetic force on moving electric charges and magnetic dipoles. ... WowWee Toys Ltd. ... Biomorphic robotics is a subdicipline of robotics focused upon emulating the mechanics, sensor systems, computing structures and methodologies used by animals. ... The Hasbro/Wowwee B.I.O. Bugs are a series of battery-powered autonomous/remote-controlled robot bugs based heavily on the designs of Mark Tilden. ... RoboSapien. ...

Mark and his robots have been featured on several television specials, such as "Robots Rising" (Discovery), "The Shape of Life" (PBS), "TechnoSpy" (TLC), and "Extreme Machines - Incredible Robots" (TLC).

Mark was the technical consultant for the robot scenes of the 2001 movie Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Categories: Movie stubs | Action films | Adventure films | 2001 films | Films based on video games ...

See also

• Behavior based robotics
• Robot
• Tilden's Law of Robotics

Behavior-based robotics or behavioural robotics is the branch of robotics that does not use an internal model of the environment. ... For other uses, see robot (disambiguation). ... Mark W. Tilden created his Law of Robotics as a response to Isaac Asimovs Three Laws of Robotics. ...

External links

• Robosapiens - Upcoming feature documentary on the robo-adventures of Mark Tilden
• EvoSapien - A website dedicated on Hacking the Robosapien Robot, lots of mods, and useful information, schematics, codings, pictures, videos, including the new line of Robots Mark Tilden created
• EvoRaptor A Website dedicated to the Roboraptor, pictures, videos, internals, videos, hacks.. lots more created 2005 by M.W Tilden and Wow Wee... and hacked by fans and the community.
• RoboCommunity - The official WowWee Robotics user community
• Superstreng Podcast- A September 2006 podcast interview with Mark Tilden, conducted by Eirik Newth for Norwegian science radio show Superstreng