Tim Wilmshurst
Fact file
- Hot topics: Electronics, Robots, Embedded Systems
- Faculty: Arts, Design and Technology
- Area of Expertise: Electronics
What can Tim talk about?
Tim is an expert in electronics and embedded systems; and microcontrollers, especially when applied to domestic, automotive, and autonomous vehicles, popular science and technology.
Case Study
Electronics expert Tim Wilmshurst is the designer of the Derbot - the Derby robot - an autonomous guided vehicle manoeuvred not by a remote control, but by one or more built-in mini computers or 'microcontrollers'. microcontrollers are everywhere - in our washing machines, microwaves and cars - and an integralpart of Tim's fascinating design, which has caught the imagination of a wealth of media including various electronics magazines
