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    Flowstate: Intrinsic’s app to simplify the creation of robotics applications
    Intrinsic (a spin-off of Google-X) has revealed the product they have been working with the help of the Open Source Robotics Corporation team (among others): Flowstate!
    18 June 2023, by

    Ranking the best humanoid robots of 2023
    Is Rosie the Robot Maid from the Jetsons here yet? As more and more companies announce their work towards the affordable humanoid robot, I wanted to create a reference chart.
    03 June 2023, by

    Our future could be full of undying, self-repairing robots – here’s how
    Could it be that future AI systems will need robotic “bodies” to interact with the world? If so, will nightmarish ideas like the self-repairing, shape-shifting T-1000 robot from the Terminator 2 movie come to fruition? And could a robot be created that could “live” forever?
    01 February 2023, by

    Year end summary: Top Robocar stories of 2022
    Here's my annual summary of the top stories of the prior year. This time the news was a strong mix of bad and good.
    10 January 2023, by

    Five ways drones will change the way buildings are designed
    It’s crucial that the ways drones are affecting our future are understood by the majority of people. As experts in design futures and mobility, we hope this short overview of five ways drones will affect building design offers some knowledge of how things are likely to change.
    02 January 2023, by

    Countering Luddite politicians with life (and cost) saving machines
    Beyond aerial tricks, drones are now being deployed in novel ways to fill the labor gap of menial jobs that have not returned since the pandemic.
    04 December 2022, by



    ‘Killer robots’ will be nothing like the movies show – here’s where the real threats lie
    Killer robots won’t be sentient humanoid robots with evil intent. This might make for a dramatic storyline and a box office success, but such technologies are many decades, if not centuries, away. It’s much simpler technologies we should be worrying about.
    19 October 2022, by

    Tesla’s Optimus robot isn’t very impressive – but it may be a sign of better things to come
    Musk has now unveiled a prototype of the robot, called Optimus, which he hopes to mass-produce and sell for less than US$20,000 (A$31,000).
    04 October 2022, by

    RoboCup humanoid league: Interview with Jasper Güldenstein
    We talked to Jasper Güldenstein about how teams transferred developments from the virtual humanoid league to the real-world league.
    20 September 2022, by and

    Peace on Earth (1987): Using telerobotics to check in on a swarm robot uprising on the Moon
    Read this classic hard sci-fi novel and expand your horizons about robots, teleoperation, and swarms.
    13 September 2022, by

    Why household robot servants are a lot harder to build than robotic vacuums and automated warehouse workers
    With recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics technology, there is growing interest in developing and marketing household robots capable of handling a variety of domestic chores.
    09 September 2022, by

    A draft open standard for an Ethical Black Box
    Within the RoboTIPS project, we have developed and tested several model of Ethical Black Boxes, including one for an e-puck robot, and another for the MIRO robot.
    19 May 2022, by

    Robots and romance: science fiction and science
    Here are five recommendations for sci-fi movies with a discussion of the related real-world robotics science.
    12 February 2022, by

    UN fails to agree on ‘killer robot’ ban as nations pour billions into autonomous weapons research
    Given the pace of research and development in autonomous weapons, the U.N. meeting might have been the last chance to head off an arms race.
    16 January 2022, by

    Robots can be companions, caregivers, collaborators — and social influencers
    People are hardwired to respond socially to technology that presents itself as even vaguely social. While this may sound like the beginnings of a Black Mirror episode, this tendency is precisely what allows us to enjoy social interactions with robots and place them in caregiver, collaborator or companion roles.
    26 November 2021, by

    Top 10 recommendations for a video gamer who you’d like to read (or even just touch) a book
    Here is the Robotics Through Science Fiction Top 10 recommendations of books that have robots plus enough world building to rival Halo or Doom and lots of action or puzzles to solve. What’s even cooler is that you can cleverly use the “Topics” links to work in some STEM talking points.
    20 November 2021, by

    Ethics is the new Quality
    I took part in the first panel at the BSI conference The Digital World: Artificial Intelligence.  The subject of the panel was AI Governance and Ethics. My co-panelist was Emma Carmel, and we wer...
    30 May 2021, by

    On sustainable robotics
    The climate emergency brooks no compromise: every human activity or artefact is either part of the solution or it is part of the problem.I've worried about the sustainability of consumer electronics f...
    20 April 2021, by

    One robot on Mars is robotics, ten robots are automation
    The difference between robotics and automation is almost nonexistent and yet has a huge difference in everything from trade shows, marketing, publications to academic conferences and journals. This we...
    02 March 2021, by

    The future of robotics research: Is there room for debate?
    By Brian Wang, Sarah Tang, Jaime Fernandez Fisac, Felix von Drigalski, Lee Clement, Matthew Giamou, Sylvia Herbert, Jonathan Kelly, Valentin Pertroukhin, and Florian Shkurti As the field of robotic...
    22 January 2021, by

    Shaping the UK’s future with smart machines: Findings from four ThinkIns with academia, industry, policy, and the public
    The UK Robotics Growth Partnership (RGP) aims to set the conditions for success to empower the UK to be a global leader in Robotics and Autonomous Systems whilst delivering a smarter, safer, more pros...
    18 December 2020, by

    Should robots be gendered? comments on Alan Winfield’s opinion piece
    The gendering of robots is something I’ve found fascinating since I first started building robots out of legos with my brother. We all ascribe character to robots, consciously or not, even when we u...
    10 December 2020, by and

    30 women in robotics you need to know about – 2020
    It’s Ada Lovelace Day and once again we’re delighted to introduce you to “30 women in robotics you need to know about”! From 13 year old Avye Couloute to Bala Krishnamurthy who worked alongsid...
    13 October 2020, by

    CES 2020: A smart city oasis
    Like the city that hosts the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) there is a lot of noise on the show floor. Sifting through the lights, sounds and people can be an arduous task even for the most experienc...
    26 January 2020, by

    The 5G report card: Building today’s smart IoT ecosystem
    The elephant in the room loomed large two weeks ago at the inaugural Internet of Things Consortium (IoTC) Summit in New York City. Almost every presentation began apologetically with the refrain, R...
    07 December 2019, by

    Engaging the public in robotics: 11 tips from 5,000 robotics events across Europe
    Europe is focussed on making robots that work for the benefit of society. This requires empowering future roboticists and users of all ages and backgrounds. In its 9th edition, the European Robotics W...
    21 November 2019, by

    Summer travel diary: Reopening cold cases with robotic data discoveries
    Traveling to six countries in eighteen days, I journeyed with the goal of delving deeper into the roots of my family before World War II. As a child of refugees, my parents’ narrative is missing...
    14 August 2019, by

    My top three policy and governance issues in AI/ML
    In preparation for a recent meeting of the WEF global AI council, we were asked the question: What do you think are the top three policy and governance issues that face AI/ML currently?...
    22 June 2019, by

    Joining forces to boost AI adoption in Europe
    Europe is gearing up to launch an Artificial Intelligence Public Private Partnership (AI PPP) that brings together AI, data, and robotics. At its core is a drive to lead the world in the development a...
    21 June 2019, by

    The social animals that are inspiring new behaviours for robot swarms
    By Edmund Hunt, University of Bristol From flocks of birds to fish schools in the sea, or towering termite mounds, many social groups in nature exist together to survive and thrive. This cooperativ...
    12 May 2019, by

     
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