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Imagine a robot so small and light it could hover in the air on a fly’s wings. Robot expert Robert J. Wood thinks he can make it happen—and someday create enough of these to embark on rescue missions to save lives...
Inspired by the elegant aerodynamics of insects, Wood, assistant professor of electrical engineering, is working on creating small flying robots that he hopes will someday serve in search and rescue missions...
While the thought of smart robotic insects may seem frightening, this is not Steven Spielberg’s “AI.” Wood wants these robots to able to perform tasks on their own, perhaps delivering information from one point to another. Moreover, the MAVs’ small size limits the processing power that the devices can carry...
...other artists, or have others write stories for which Kurtzman and Spiegelman provided the drawings? The first, obviously, because the genius was in the writing. Indeed, though Kurtzman and Feldstein did their own drawing for some EC comic covers and stories, most were illustrated by terrific artists (Elder, Wallace Wood, Jack Davis) who brought their own personalities to the equation. At Marvel, Stan Lee dreamed up and wrote the Spider-Man stories, while Jack Kirby illustrated them - which is why Kirby, the artist, is in this show and Lee, the writer (and copyright holder) is a multimillionaire...
...semester at the Center. “I can already tell that this is such a rich environment,” she said. “And I’ve only been here one and a half days.” —Staff writer Alexandra C. Wood can be reached at awood@fas.harvard.edu...