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The Year of CoCoRo Video #34/52: Relay chain basics
Thomas Schmickl
25 Aug 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...
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Robots and Communication, with Eleanor Sandry
Ron Vanderkley
21 Aug 2015
Transcript included.
In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Dr. Eleanor Sandry of Curtin University about her new book Robots and Communication. In the interview, we explore human to anim...
When you need someone from Canada to calibrate your robot in New Zealand
Ilian Bonev
20 Aug 2015
Many researchers think that robot calibration is an issue that has been successfully resolved decades ago, but they are wrong. While the underlying theory is well established, its practical applicatio...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #33/52: Combined scenario number one – relay chain
Thomas Schmickl
18 Aug 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #32/52: Combined scenario number one – target find
Thomas Schmickl
11 Aug 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
Buzz: A novel programming language for heterogeneous robot swarms
A new programming language designed specifically for robot swarms, Buzz is based on the idea that a developer must be allowed to pick the most comfortable approach to behavioral design - whether that...
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Mobile Microrobotics Challenge, with Leanne King and Ioan Alexandru
Audrow Nash
07 Aug 2015
Transcript below.
In this interview, Audrow Nash talks to two teams from Mobile Microrobotics Challenge at the 2015 International Conference for Robotics and Automation (ICRA)....
Robotic research: Are we applying the scientific method?
Gianluca Antonelli and Frontiers in Robotics and AI
05 Aug 2015
Once upon a time validation of robotic research was relatively straightforward. Let us assume, for example, that a researcher had published in a journal a novel adaptive control law with a numerical ...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #31/52: Combined scenario number one – base station arrival
Thomas Schmickl
04 Aug 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
Where to place fuses and how to protect your robot and motors
Robots for Roboticists
02 Aug 2015
When you design a system it is often tempting to place a fuse on every component. This idea is fine for most batteries, sensors, and computers. However this can really cause destruction when you are w...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #30/52: Combined scenario number one
Thomas Schmickl
29 Jul 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
Towards standardized experiments in human robot interactions
Nicole Mirnig
23 Jul 2015
While the Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) R&D community produces a large amount of research on the efficacy, effectiveness, user satisfaction, emotional impact and social components of HRI, the res...
A new artificial compound eye
NCCR Robotics
23 Jul 2015
Taking cues from the natural world is growing ever more popular in robotics. This week, in a paper published by the Royal Society, a team from NCCR Robotics and LIS, EPFL present a revolutionary new ...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #29/52: Jeff – preprogrammed trajectory
Thomas Schmickl
22 Jul 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
Could a robot make a pizza? The RoDyMan project, with Bruno Siciliano
In this video lecture, Bruno Siciliano from PRISMA Lab at the University of Naples, Italy, takes us through a new project in robotic dynamic manipulation, called RoDyMan. Centered on the task of ...
WeRobot 2015 Panel 4: Regulating healthcare robots, with Drew Simshaw, Nicolas Terry, Kris Hauser and M.L. Cumming
Tech Policy Lab University of Washington
16 Jul 2015
Basic, pressing issues need to be addressed very soon to ensure that robots are developed that promote confidence among providers, patients, consumers, and investors. In this We Robot 2015 panel, t...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #28/52: All magnet finding
Thomas Schmickl
14 Jul 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
Come with me to the Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition
Michael Savoie
13 Jul 2015
It wouldn’t be June in Colorado without the Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition. Started back in 2009, the annual event is held at their global headquarters near Boulder, CO. ...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #27/52: Jeff target find in a large pool
Thomas Schmickl
08 Jul 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
Book Review: ‘Practical Field Robotics’ by Robert Sturges
Robots for Roboticists
07 Jul 2015
Practical Field Robotics: A Systems Approach by Robert H. Sturges, Jr. from Virginia Tech is an interesting book about how to design a field robot from a high level systems approach, and how to build ...
One year later: Update from Leka, Robot Launch 2014 Grand Winner
Ladislas de Toldi and Leka
02 Jul 2015
Almost one year ago, Leka won the Grand Prize at the 2014 Robot Launch competition for Moti, a robotic toy that helps autistic children learn to regulate their own emotions through play. Leka cofounde...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #26/52: Magnetic target – four compartments
Thomas Schmickl
30 Jun 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
#ICRAcam (Part 3): IKEA assembly-bots, RoboSherlock, MRI-powered millirobots and human-robot contact
Robohub Editors
23 Jun 2015
In Part Three of our ICRAcam series, you'll learn about what it takes to get a robot to build IKEA furniture, information processing for robot perception, an MRI-powered millibot that shoots like a G...
WeRobot 2015 Panel 3: Robotics governance, with Peter Asaro, Jason Millar, Kirsten Thomasen and David Post
Tech Policy Lab University of Washington
23 Jun 2015
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What are the challenges facing governance and regulation of emerging robotic technologies? Peter Asaro of the New School, Jason Millar of Queen’s University, Kristen Thomasen of the Unive...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #25/52: Autonomous underwater camera agent
Thomas Schmickl
22 Jun 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #24/52: Jeff robots explore
Thomas Schmickl
19 Jun 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
Jade Robot: Hands on STEM for kids and classrooms
Myke Predko
18 Jun 2015
The Jade Robot is a fully-developed educational robot designed to engage and excite the next generation of scientists and engineers. It has just completed six months of in-classroom testing with st...
The Year of the CoCoRo Video #23/52: Lily aggregation experiments
Thomas Schmickl
15 Jun 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
How to convert Linux into an embedded system
Robots for Roboticists
12 Jun 2015
Running Linux on your embedded system can be great for giving you a stable base, lots of tools, and you can often solve problems with a quick Google search....
WeRobot 2015 Panel 2: Robot passports, with Anupam Chander
Tech Policy Lab University of Washington
11 Jun 2015
Anupam Chander’s paper, “Robots, the Internet of Things and the future of trade,” is the first effort to locate and analyze these complimentary technologies within an international trading frame...
Learning robotics using Python
Lentin Joseph
09 Jun 2015
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A new book, Learning Robotics using Python, takes a different approach to teaching the Robotics Operating System (ROS). Written by Lentin Joseph, founder and CEO of Indian robotics start...
Thymio goes wireless!
Robohub Editors
04 Jun 2015
Thymio is a playful robot designed to help children discover programming, motors, light and motion sensors, and ultimately, logical and inventive thinking - right out of the box. Earlier versions...
The Year of the CoCoRo Video #22/52: Aggregation magnets
Thomas Schmickl
01 Jun 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
DARPA’s legacy: Open source simulation for robotics development and testing
DARPA Robotics Challenge
27 May 2015
When the DARPA Robotics Challenge first began to coalesce from an idea to a plan, we knew that we wanted to create a lasting legacy not only for robot hardware capabilities, but also for robotics simu...
Aerial Manipulation: Lecture by Bruno Siciliano
In this video lecture, Bruno Siciliano from PRISMA Lab at the University of Naples, Italy, walks us through advances in aerial manipulation with reference to three projects funded through the Europe...
The Year of the CoCoRo Video #21/52: Jeff docking Livorno
Thomas Schmickl
25 May 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
