Phase II Final Report - NASA's Institute for Advanced Concepts

Planetary Exploration Using Biomimetics
An Entomopter for Flight on Mars
1-17-02: Georgia Institute of Technology Graduate Design Seminar series presentation.
1-22-02: Georgia Institute of Technology undergraduate/graduate class, “Micro
Air Vehicle Technology” Mars Entomopter class session.
5-27-02: DeVry-Calgary (Canada) undergraduate presentation.
6-20-02: Georgia Tech Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics,
and Computing (CEISMC) Atlanta-area high school presentation.
6-26-02: Georgia Tech Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics,
and Computing (CEISMC) Atlanta-area middle school presentation.
6.2 Print Media
The following is a representative list of recent worldwide attention given to the Entomopterbased
Mars Surveyor:
1. “Insect-Sized Robots Do Their Part,” Smart Computing, Cal Clinchard, November 2002,
Vol. 13, Issue 11, page 9.
2. “Security in the Air,” ATL, Bennett Liles, Vol. 4, No. 139, April 11, 2002, (Cover story
for the Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport newspaper), pp. 1-2.
3. “Bugs on Mars,” Science News, Peter Weiss, May 25, 2002, Vol. 161, 2002, pp. 330-332.
4. “On the Horizon,” Unmanned Systems (cover story), Ramon Lopez, Vol. 20, No. 3, May/
June 2002, pp.8, 40-41.
5. “Mechanical ‘Insect’ Captures Top Prize,” BUZZwords, August 1, 2002.
6. “Flying on Mars: Nature's Flight System Could be the Key to Exploring the Newest
Frontier,” Research Horizons, John Toon, Fall 2001, Page 19-24.
7. “INNOVATIONS,” The GTRI Connector, July 2002.
8. “How it Works: The Entomopter,” Business 2.0, (scheduled for publication October
2002), Paul Kaihla.
9. “Neurotechnology for Biomimetic Robots,” MIT Press, August 2002, ISBN 0-262-
01193-X (Chapter by Robert Michelson discussing flying robots, including the Entomopter-based
Mars surveyor).
10. “Ecco i miei insetti-robot per la Terra e per Marte,” Corriere Della Sera (Italian magazine),
Giovanni Caprara, May 19, 2002, pg. 27.
11. “Gli aerie su Marte faranno il pieno di energia chimica,” Libero, (Newspaper: Rome,
Italy), Futuro, May 18, 2002, pg. 20.
12. “Flugelschlag auf dem Mars,” Computer Zeitung, Vol. 33, No. 11, March 11, 2002,
Rochus Rademacher, pg. 8.
13. “Robotic ‘Insect’,” Tech Topics, Vol. 39, No. 1, Fall 2002 (Georgia Tech Alumni Association
magazine) Gary Goettling, pg. 27.
14. “Survey Aircraft on Mars Might Fly as Insects Do,” The Columbus Dispatch, David
Lore, June 23, 2002 (circulation 245,946)
15. “Mars Invasion,” Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine, Spring 2002, pg. 13.
16. “Robot Bugs Planned for Mars Invasion,” Popular Science, Etienne Benson, February 8,
2002.
17. “Mars Needs Robo-Bugs!”, International Design, Gareth Branwyn, June 15, 2002, pg.
85 (circulation, 33,338)
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