Alex’s first post: about myself
I thought I’d use my first entry to introduce myself. My name is Alex Zivanovic and I’m a freelance robotics/mechatronics/electronics/computing consultant and I’m collaborating with the Material Belief’s team.
My background is in engineering, specifically robotics, having done a PhD and postdoc research at Imperial College London on medical robotics. Over the last few years I have become interested in the artistic side of robotics, particularly, robots as interactive sculpture. I have carried out research into the work of the artist Edward Ihnatowicz, particularly the Senster and have made a website about it.
I teach workshops on using the Arduino (a microcontroller aimed at artists and designers), for Tinker.it. In particular, I run one on using actuators.
I teach one day a week at the Royal College of Art on the Design Products course, helping the students incorporate electronics into their products.
I also carry out commissions for artists wishing to use mechatronics in their work.
You can find more information about me on my website.