Robert C. Michelson

Robert C. Michelson
Michelson holding his invention: the Entomopter
Born
NationalityAmerican
Known forAerial robotics systems
Micro air vehicles
Biologically-inspired robotics
Robotics competitions
AwardsAUVSI Pioneer Award (1998)
Pirelli Internetional Award (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsRobotics
Electronics engineering
Aerospace engineering
InstitutionsGeorgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Tech Research Institute
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory

Robert C. Michelson (born 1951) is an American engineer and academic who invented the entomopter, a biologically inspired flapping-winged aerial robot, and who established the International Aerial Robotics Competition. Michelson's career began at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory. He later became a member of the research faculty at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is the author of three U.S. patents[1][2][3] and over 100 journal papers, book chapters and reports.[4] Michelson is the recipient of the 1998 AUVSI Pioneer Award and the 2001 Pirelli Award for the diffusion of scientific culture as well as the first Top Pirelli Prize.

  1. ^ "US patent 6,082,671, Robert C. Michelson, "Entomopter and Method for Using Same", issued 2000-07-04". Retrieved 2024-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "US patent 6,094,033, Robert C. Michelson, "Battery State of Charge Detector with Rapid Charging Capability and Method", issued 2000-07-25". Retrieved 2024-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "US patent 6,446,909, Robert C. Michelson, "Reciprocating Chemical Muscle (RCM) and Method for Using Same", issued 2002-09-10". Retrieved 2024-08-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Nesmith, Robert (2016-08-24). "Georgia Tech Family Members at the Forefront of Aerial Vehicle Technology" (PDF). GTRI Home Page (archived). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-10. Retrieved 2016-09-10.