Markus Waibel is a robotics enthusiast with a background in multi-robot systems and a passion for science communication.
In 2006 he co-founded the Talking Robots podcast series and peppered its high-profile guests with questions on the future of robotics and AI. In 2008 he co-founded the non-profit ROBOTS Association and acted as its first president until 2010. The ROBOTS Association's first project, the ROBOTS Podcast, lay the foundation for Robohub, co-founded in 2011 together with Sabine Hauert.
Markus is currently a Co-Founder at Verity.
Recent posts:
- Indoor drone shows are here
- Micro drones swarm above Metallica
- Drone shows: Creative potential and best practices
- Flying robots perform 100th show on Broadway, using new localization technology and algorithms
- Key take-aways from the DroneApps Forum
- New quadrocopter video points to a future for flying machines in entertainment
- Mapping in the Cloud
- Cubli – A cube that can jump up, balance, and walk across your desk
- Behind the scenes at TED Global: Raffaello D’Andrea and team demo amazing quadrotor “athletes”
- The Swinging Blind Juggler
- Video: Throwing and catching an inverted pendulum – with quadrocopters
- So long, and thanks for all the bots!
- 3’600-strong underwater robot sensor network returns 1’000’000th measurement, has scientists craving for more
- Surrounded by his quadrocopter drones on stage, Raffaello D’Andrea explains feedback control and talks about the coming Machine Revolution
- Analysis: Robot learning in the cloud
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Recent scoops:
- Helen Greiner’s CyPhy Works startup finally out of stealth mode | Boston Globe
- Robot uprising risk to be studied | BBC
- Juggle – with a robot! | The Disney Blog
- Humanoid robot walking across a tightrope | Gizmag
- Robots join the fight against cancer | BBC
