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Developing trust in autonomous robots: Seminar with Michael Wagner
Robots for Roboticists
06 Mar 2015
I recently had the opportunity to hear a talk from a colleague that I have worked with many times over the years. The talk was all about how to build safe and robust systems - a critical topic that ...
New open source Turtlebot tutorial aims to bring robotic development to the masses
Mark Silliman
05 Mar 2015
Critical mass is required to start any revolution and robotics will be no different. The newly published open-source project learn.turtlebot.com is designed to introduce high school students and the w...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #09/52: Jeff in the water current
Thomas Schmickl
01 Mar 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 ...
Selecting a camera and lens for your robot
Robots for Roboticists
26 Feb 2015
Choosing a camera can be confusing. It is important to determine your requirements, and then figure out how these can be achieved between the camera and the optics....
Arduino for Makers #0: Introduction to the series
Myke Predko
25 Feb 2015
In this new tutorial series, robotics educator and author Myke Predko will introduce you to the basics of Arduino with simple projects that can be created in just a few minutes with inexpensive and ea...
The Year of the CoCoRo Video #08/52: Lily emergent taxis
Thomas Schmickl
22 Feb 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 ...
New Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in architecture and digital fabrication at ETHZ
NCCR Digital Fabrication (DFAB)
19 Feb 2015
In September a new Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) ETH in Architecture and Digital Fabrication will be offered by the Gramazio Kohler Research chair at ETH Zurich. This one-year, full-time program f...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #07/52: Lily flocking by slimemold
Thomas Schmickl
15 Feb 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 ...
Last chance to register for QUT’s ‘Intro to Robotics’ MOOC
EdCast
13 Feb 2015
Introduction to Robotics, taught by Professor Peter Corke of Queensland University of Technology, is an introduction to the exciting world of robotics and the mathematics and algorithms that underpin ...
The new AI and robotics: Lecture by Fabio Bonsignorio
In this video lecture Fabio Bonsignorio talks about novel ideas that might just lead to a paradigm change robotics that will allow us to apply robot systems to natural environments, and not just...
Talking Machines: Women in Machine Learning (WiML), with Hanna Wallach
Talking Machines
12 Feb 2015
In episode four we talk with Hanna Wallach, of Microsoft Research. She's also a professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst and one of the founders of Women ...
Video: A day in the life of BeatBots’ Marek Michalowski
ConnectEd Studios
09 Feb 2015
At ConnectEd Studios we had the pleasure of visiting the workshop of Marek Michalowski, a co-founder of BeatBots. BeatBots is the robotic design studio behind the Keepon, and creates dynamic robotic ...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #06/52: Jeff swarm size measurement
Thomas Schmickl
08 Feb 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 #05/52: Lily swarm size awareness
Thomas Schmickl
08 Feb 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 ...
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Mobile Robots and Virtual Worlds, with Riccardo Cassinis
Audrow Nash
06 Feb 2015
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Professor Riccardo Cassinis from the University of Brescia in Italy about using robotics in education. Cassinis speaks about having children, from primary schoo...
Things to think about when transporting your robot
Robots for Roboticists
05 Feb 2015
Throughout my career I have had to ship various robots to different locations around the world. Here is a little bit about what I have learned about transporting robots....
Developing Jibo: Animating the eye
Jibo
04 Feb 2015
Ever wonder why Jibo's eye was designed as a ball? And why does he have only one eye instead of two? Check out this video with Jibo’s Lead Designer & Animator, Fardad Faridi, as he briefly ...
Talking Machines: Common sense problems & learning about machine learning with Kevin Murphy
Talking Machines
29 Jan 2015
On episode three of Talking Machines we sit down with Kevin Murphy, who is currently a research scientist at Google. We talk with him about the work he’s doing there on the Knowledge Vault, his tex...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #04/52: Aggregation parcour
Thomas Schmickl
25 Jan 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 ...
ROS, Arduino, and a Husky simulation
Clearpath Robotics
23 Jan 2015
By Martin Cote
The Arduino family of micro controllers has quickly become a go-to board for hobbyists due to its ease of use. Often times roboticists must create communication protocols to allow th...
Open science: Preaching what I practice
Alan Winfield
22 Jan 2015
Open science isn't one thing - it is a set of practices that range from making sure your papers are openly accessible (which is relatively easy), to open notebook science, which makes the process ope...
Do more with Udev
Clearpath Robotics
21 Jan 2015
By Paul Bovbel
Udev is a device manager for Linux that dynamically creates and removes nodes for hardware devices. In short, it helps your computer find your robot easily. By default, hardware de...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #03/52: Jeff robots explore
Thomas Schmickl
18 Jan 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 ...
Talking Machines: Machine learning and magical thinking, with Ilya Sutskever
Talking Machines
15 Jan 2015
Robohub is excited to bring you our newest series - the Talking Machines podcast. Hosted by Katherine Gorman and Ryan Adams, Talking Machines is your window into the world of machine learning. Yo...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #02/52: Overview of largest swarm
Thomas Schmickl
11 Jan 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 story of Atlas, FRC Team #3504 Girls of Steel
Molly Urbina
09 Jan 2015
I'm Molly Urbina, a member of the FIRST Team #3504, Girls of Steel. Every year our team makes a comic strip about the past year's robot to show other girls just how much fun competing in FIRST can be....
iCub philosophy, history and recent results: Lecture by Giorgio Metta
In this lecture, Giorgio Metta describes the history and philosophy behind the iCub project, and presents some recent results....
Controlling a brushless DC motor with no encoders
Robots for Roboticists
05 Jan 2015
This is just a quick post on controlling DC brushless motors with no encoders. This post applies to brushless motors that typically use hall sensors for commutation....
Introducing Talking Machines: Your window into the world of machine learning
Talking Machines
01 Jan 2015
Robohub is excited to bring you our newest series - the Talking Machines podcast. Hosted by Katherine Gorman and Ryan Adams, Talking Machines is your window into the world of machine learning. Yo...
Two MOOCs for robotics enrolling now
Andra Keay
27 Dec 2014
Anyone can now enrol in two robotics MOOCs, “Introduction to Robotics“ and “Robotic Vision” from Peter Corke at QUT which will run in early 2015. Registration is free. Peter Corke is a profe...
Incremental encoder selection
Robots for Roboticists
22 Dec 2014
We would like to welcome our newest Robohub contributor, David Kohanbash, whose blog - Robots for Roboticists - covers a broad range of technical topics that is sure to interest makers and practitio...
The important role of robotic gaming in STEM’s evolving landscape
Silas Adekunle
19 Dec 2014
The importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) in the future of the UK and US business and industry cannot be overstated. But before we can expect today’s generation to have a ...
20 great books to hook kids and teens on robotics
Hallie Siegel
18 Dec 2014
Kids love robots! And they love reading too. Ranging from preschool to teen, this selection of books includes fiction and nonfiction, activity books and maker manuals, all to help inspire the kids in ...
CompuGirls: Young women have role to play in technology field
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
16 Dec 2014
If one of the keys to building a future technology workforce is finding new ways to engage women and minorities in computer science, giving teenage girls an understanding of what the field is, and how...
ETH and University of Zurich launch Wyss Translational Center Zurich
ETH Zurich
12 Dec 2014
ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich are founding a new translational research centre at the interface of medicine, science and engineering: the Wyss Translational Center Zurich. A USD 120 million ...
ROS101: Creating a subscriber using GitHub
Clearpath Robotics
12 Dec 2014
By Martin Cote
We previously learned how to write a publisher node to move Husky randomly. BUT: what good is publishing all these messages if no one is there to read it? In this tutorial we’ll ...
