Local Men: Dr. Chris Adami

A: Because it’s interesting to me, I don’t know why people would work at something that didn’t interest them. I was asked to work on this project for what I originally thought would be a couple months and ended up being much longer.

Q: What exactly do you research at MSU?
A: It’s essentially the evolution of a program. We will evolve a program and then put it into a robot. Depending on what it does or what we want it to do, we send it good or bad signals. It is then more likely or less likely to do something. We would like to develop a robot with the capabilities of an animal.
Q: What are your hobbies?
A: Well, I like to collect first edition books and I have a passion for music. I can play the guitar, the piano and I was trying to learn the cello when Julia was born. Now I spend most of my time hanging out with her. I also learned the first book of the Odyssey in Greek, and can recite it from memory. It’s not really a great party trick, but it’s still interesting.