M. Anthony Lewis (roboticist)

M. Anthony Lewis, Ph.D., is a robotics researcher and CEO of Iguana Robotics, a company specialising in the development of biomorphic robotics technologies. [cite news |first=Mark |last=Baard |title=Imagine Machines That Can See |url=http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2003/06/59091?currentPage=all |work=Wired News |date=2003-06-04 |accessdate=2007-04-09]

Lewis received his Ph.D. at the University of Southern California under the guidance of Michael Arbib and George Bekey. He has served on the faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Illinois.

He is known for his work in evolutionary and biomorphic robotics, formation control of robotic systems, and investigations into the basis of movement control in humans and robots. He collaborated on a project to help paralyzed people, using studies of an eel's nerve circuitry [cite news|url=http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/12/041203084855.htm |title=Replicating An Eel's Nerve Circuitry May Aid Paralyzed People|work=Science Daily|date=2004-12-06|accessdate=2008-01-02]

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External links

* [http://www.iguana-robotics.com/people/tlewis/ M. Anthony Lewis' home page]
* [http://www.iguana-robotics.com/ Iguana Robotics, Inc.]