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Flying robots perform 100th show on Broadway, using new localization technology and algorithms
Since April, a troupe of eight flying machines has been performing in a Cirque du Soleil Broadway show called Paramour. This group of quadcopters has now completed its first 100 shows in front of a li...
29 July 2016, by
Bill Keays and Markus Waibel
SoftBank jumpstarts IoT by buying ARM for $32 billion
The announcement that SoftBank will spend $32 billion to acquire ARM Holdings means the Japanese firm is buying the most important company in the world of mobile processors for smartphone and Intern...
19 July 2016, by
Frank Tobe
RoboThespian gets its own YouTube channel
The team behind RoboThespian, a life-sized humanoid robot designed for human interaction in a public environment, have launched a new YouTube channel: Robot's World. The robot is very much real an...
24 June 2016, by
Kassie Perlongo
#ICRA16 duckies and robots: a poetic tribute
ICRA is the largest conference on Robotics and Automation. This year, the robotics community reflected on the strong and natural relationship between robots and rubber duckies. This is the result:
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04 May 2016, by
Robohub Editors
Where should robots go when they retire?
Most robots, when their creators are done with them, meet one of two fates. Either they’re stashed away, in some corner of a lab, closet or basement, or they’re cannibalized to make another robot....
12 April 2016, by
Sarah Laskow, Atlas Obscura
AI, deep learning and 3D printing produce ‘The Next Rembrandt’
From the Smithsonian comes news - and a must-see fascinating video - about a painting created using data from more than 168,000 fragments of Rembrandt's work, trained to paint in Rembrandt's signature...
08 April 2016, by
Frank Tobe
15 robot portraits taken with an 1880s camera
Amsterdam-based photographer Wanda Tuerlinckx feels inspired by the slow style of classic photography. So influenced, in fact, you can find her observing all her subjects through an old-fashioned...
05 April 2016, by
Kassie Perlongo
April Fools’ Day hijinks with robots
Lots of companies have been promoting hilarious robot news pranks. Here are a few that caught our eye. What are some of your favourites?...
01 April 2016, by
Robohub Editors
2016 New York City Drone Film Festival winners
The New York City Drone Film Festival's mission is to help progress the art of aerial cinematography using drones. The 2016 festival had a very successful sophomore year.
Check out all the NYCDFF win...
11 March 2016, by
Robohub Editors
SPARKED wins at New York City Drone Film Festival
SPARKED: A Live Interaction Between Humans and Quadcopters won the 2016 New York City Drone Film Festival (NYCDFF) Featuring Drones category.
NYCDFF is the world's first event exclusively dedicated ...
07 March 2016, by
ETH Zurich
WeRobot 2015 Keynote: The future of robotics, with R2D2 maker Tony Dyson
UPDATED 4 Mar: We're sad to report that Professor Tony Dyson, who built the original Star Wars R2-D2 droid, has died. We’re reposting this excellent video of his keynote at WeRobot to highlight his...
04 March 2016, by
Robohub Editors
Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 4
From Boston Dynamics, Universal Robots, ZenRobotics, and Artiminds. Have a holiday robot video of your own that you’d like to share? Send your submissions to info [at] robohub.org!...
23 December 2015, by
Robohub Editors
Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 2
New videos from the Bristol Robotics Lab and KU Leuven. Have a holiday robot video of your own that you’d like to share? Send your submissions to info [at] robohub.org!...
22 December 2015, by
Robohub Editors
Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 1
Have a holiday robot video of your own that you’d like to share? Send your submissions to info [at] robohub.org!...
21 December 2015, by
Robohub Editors
Drones for modesty (video)
We've heard of drones for good, and drones for journalism, but this is the cheekiest use of drones we've seen yet. Video by Japanese luxury online retailer Buyma. Enjoy!...
14 December 2015, by
Hallie Siegel
Four classic movie robots that are no longer far fetched
Cinemagoers have long been fascinated by fictional robots, but they're not usually realistic -- until now. Thanks to technological advancements, some of the classic movie robots are now a realistic p...
18 November 2015, by
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
Pittsburgh’s Robot Film Festival: Preview
The fifth Annual Robot Film Festival takes place in Pittsburgh on Saturday, 7 November 2015, at Row House Cinema. Pittsburgh loves robots so much that I like to think of it as a little island of Japa...
06 November 2015, by
Heather Knight
Courtship of the drone fireflies: A short movie with flying robots and lights
Drones, lights and nature combine in Drone Courtship, a short movie about a magical encounter between two flying robots set in a forest of centennial trees. A collaboration between Atelier D. Schlae...
08 October 2015, by
Adrien Briod
Documentary of a cyborg drummer
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Beautiful short documentary by The Atlantic about amputee drummer Jason Barnes and Georgia Tech professor of music technology Gil Weinberg that explores "how robotics and artificial int...
18 September 2015, by
Robohub Editors
Creating the voice behind Jibo
Jibo may be a robot, but the last thing the team wants is for Jibo to sound like a robot. In these two video interviews, Jibo's design team talks about how they selected Jibo’s voice, how that ...
02 September 2015, by
Jibo
Firing up The Machine
Pick a robot from the movies. Go on, I know you have a favourite. There are plenty to choose from, so I’ll give you a moment …...
28 August 2015, by
Cinefex and Graham Edwards
Evolved virtual creatures as content
Do you like cat videos? Or maybe you prefer golden eagles hunting goats by throwing them off cliffs? Or perhaps you favor strange new life forms, recently discovered at the bottom of the Pacific? Wha...
28 August 2015, by
Dan Lessin
Nat Geo’s Robots 3D proves that robots don’t need to be sci-fi to be compelling
Close up, in 3D, what jumps out at you is not just how astonishing today’s humanoid robots are, but also how miraculous the human body they mimic is. National Geographic’s Robots 3D is showing in ...
16 July 2015, by
Adriana Hamacher
Spillikin: a robot love story for our age and a unique campaign
Robotics company Engineered Arts has teamed up with Pipeline Theatre for a new play, Spillikin: a love story between a robot and an elderly woman. The collaborators plan to debut their work at this ye...
06 July 2015, by
Engineered Arts and Pipeline Theatre
The making of sci-fi adventure Robot Overlords
In the low-budget British sci-fi adventure, Robot Overlords, alien automatons rule the streets and ordinary citizens are locked under curfew in their homes. Just by stepping outside, you risk being v...
03 July 2015, by
Graham Edwards and Cinefex
The robots in Ex Machina: VFX Q&A with Andrew Whitehurst
Ever since Fritz Lang’s 1927 film Metropolis, the concept of a robot with artificial intelligence has held movie audiences in thrall. Now, as the science fiction dream of AI becomes ever-more plaus...
26 June 2015, by
Graham Edwards and Cinefex
Summer robot reading: Fact, fiction and debatable
Ghost Fleet: A Novel of the Next World War, Rise of the Robots; Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future and Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot and the Battle for the Ame...
25 June 2015, by
Frank Tobe
Humans: New Sci-fi drama unsettles, grips and tackles robot relations head on
There are two very good reasons to watch Humans, the new robot-themed drama series that premiered in the UK on Sunday. Firstly, it’s a well-made high-energy thriller with a pacy storyline, focusing...
16 June 2015, by
Adriana Hamacher
iPetCompanion lets you play with your pets via telepresence
iPetCompanion have developed telepresence technology that allows you to manipulate toys so you can play with your pets while you're away. The team has installed the system in hospitals and animal sh...
22 May 2015, by
Michael Savoie
Architectural robots: The shape of the robots that will shape your home
While robots are being deployed in factories at a high pace, their presence on construction sites is close to nil. However, there are many architectural robotics research projects in academia, and du...
21 May 2015, by
Petr Novikov and DOM
