Robert Michelson

Robert C Michelson born 1951 is an American engineer and academic widely known for inventing the entomopter a biologically inspired flappingwinged aerial robot and for having established the International Aerial Robotics Competition He has received degrees in electrical engineering from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the Georgia Institute of Technology Michelsons professional career began at the US Naval Research Laboratory where he worked on radarbased ocean surveillance systems He later became a member of the research faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology At the Georgia Tech Research Institute he was involved in fulltime research directing over 30 major research programs He is the author of three US patents and over 100 journal papers book chapters and reports Michelson also developed classes in avionics and taught in the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology until his retirement from the University System of Georgia in 2004 Michelson is the recipient of the 1998 Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Pioneer Award and the 2001 Pirelli Award for the diffusion of scientific culture as well as the first Top Pirelli Prize During the 1990s he created a taxexempt corporation to apply high tech solutions to modern archaeology and has organized a number of archaeological expeditions into eastern Anatolia He now heads the engineering consulting company Millennial Vision LLC Since the mid1990s Michelsons work has concentrated on biologically inspired micro air vehicle design Michelson is certified in various fields including amateur radio SCUBA diving experimental aircraft designmechanics and general contracting for home building Source httpsenwikipediaorgwikiRobertCMichelson