W. Grey Walter

GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:award gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:birthDate 1910-02-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Kansas_City,_Missouri,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:Nicholas_Walter
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:deathDate 1977-05-06
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cheltenham,_England
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Edgar_Adrian
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Burden_Neurological_Institute
gptkbp:field neurophysiology
robotics
gptkbp:fieldOfStudy cybernetics
neuroscience
robotics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Grey_Walter
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label W. Grey Walter
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:artificial_intelligence
cybernetics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Charles_Sherrington
gptkb:Ivan_Pavlov
gptkbp:knownFor designing autonomous robots (tortoises)
pioneering work in robotics
work on brain waves (EEG)
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Physiological_Society
gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Medicine
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Nicholas_Walter
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:An_Imitation_of_Life
gptkb:The_Living_Brain
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:neuroscientist
gptkb:robot
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:An_Imitation_of_Life_(1950)
gptkb:The_Living_Brain_(1953)
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Cheltenham,_England
gptkbp:robotName gptkb:Elmer
gptkb:Elsie
tortoise robot
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Kathleen_Walter
gptkb:Vivienne_Walter
gptkbp:studiedBy autonomous robots
brain function
electroencephalography (EEG)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ross_Ashby
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3