If the technology icon for the 1980's was the computer, and the icon for the 1990's was the Internet, then surely the icon for the 2000's is biology. The word "Biotechnology" conjures up many images, ranging from the sequencing of human genes and the use of bacteria for environmental cleanup to modern medical devices for diagnostics and enhancing the quality of life. Most of the resulting technology involves using biological organisms to achieve a desired effect or predicting how biological systems are affected by outside influences. However there is a more subtle use of biological scientific knowledge: The structures, behaviors, and internal workings of animals are inspiring new types of robots, as well as inspiring algorithms that capture the essence of the "natural intelligence" developed by Nature.

At Centeye, we invent, fabricate, and demonstrate real technologies that draw heavy inspiration from biology. This includes visual microsensors fabricated using circuits inspired from circuitry found in real neural systems, but engineered to perform a real, useful function in human-designed systems. This also includes the application of these sensors to provide flying robots with the ability to navigate through an environment without colliding into obstacles. These technologies are being developed for use in real robotic systems that operate in the real world, in wind, over a muddy field, or in an inner city alleyway. More recently, we are moving our sensor technology into the areas of wireless sensor networks and industrial control.

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