Mike Hamer lives in Zürich, Switzerland, where he studies and researches robotics and computer learning at the ETH. Coming from a background of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mike is primarily focused on the control and software aspects of robotics, and has a particular interest in heterogeneous swarms, robot-human swarms, and distributed learning.
Recent posts:
- Taking your first steps in robotics with the Thymio II
- Discovering social robotics with the Aisoy1
- Mentors of Steel: The role of mentoring in robotics education
- Getting into the driver’s seat: Girls of Steel tell us how they got hooked on robotics
- Robohub focus on robotics education
- Calling all do-it-yourselfers: Robohub seeking contributions for focus series on “Getting Started in Robotics”
- Up and flying with the AR.Drone and ROS: Handling feedback
- Quadrocopters learn from prior experience to improve slalom flying
- Up and flying with the AR.Drone and ROS: Joystick control
- Up and flying with the AR.Drone and ROS: Getting started
- Losing Humanity: The case against killer robots
- Robotic dragonflies take to the sky (with your help)
- Making an iCub robot “clever”
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Recent scoops:
- Stopping the deployment of “killer robots” | Humans Rights Watch
- DARPA Robotics Challenge update | IEEE Spectrum
- Rise of the robots: The robotization of today’s military | Aljazeera