James Marshall

Indoor close-up portrait of Prof. James Marshall, Director of the Centre for Machine Intelligence at the University of Sheffield, and co-founder of Opteran Technologies Ltd.

University of Sheffield

Prof. James Marshall is Director of the Centre for Machine Intelligence at the University of Sheffield and co-founder of Opteran Technologies. With an interdisciplinary background spanning computer science and biology, Prof. Marshall seeks to understand the behavior and brains of insects, and use this Natural Intelligence approach to design very efficient, robust, and understandable controllers for robotics.

Videos

James Marshall (University of Sheffield) on stage at the DLD Future Hub conference in Munich.

How to Build a Mind

Biology offers a radically different path to artificial intelligence that could revolutionize robotics while dramatically reducing the technology’s energy needs, James Marshall (University of Sheffield) illustrates in his lively and insightful DLD Future…
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Events

Colorful design for the DLD Future Hub conference in Munich, September 9-11, 2025

DLD Future Hub: Impact of AI

AI and the circular economy take center stage at the DLD Future Hub from September 9-11, 2025, in Munich. The three-day event brings together experts across various disciplines…
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