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With 11,000 pre-orders, Play-i gets $8 million Series A
Frank Tobe
05 Mar 2014
It was just a few months ago that Play-i raised over $1.4 million on Kickstarter. With a heavy advertising buy during the holiday season they now have 11,000 pre-orders for their Bo and Yana...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 7 – Design principles of intelligent systems
Fabio Bonsignorio
03 Mar 2014
This week we publish the seventh of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition on Robohub. You can learn more about the ShanghAI lectures here.
Lecture 7 - Design principles of intelligent systems
Thi...
EVE: An ultimate frisbee playing robot
Lynn Urbina
28 Feb 2014
Being a member of FIRST Team 3504, The Girls of Steel, has been an amazing experience: I have built robots with my teammates, gone to international competitions, and have had great time. We recently ...
New book on disaster robotics
Robohub Editors
25 Feb 2014
A new book by MIT's Robin Murphy documents the use and performance of tactical ground, aerial, or marine robots at 34 incidents between 2001 and 2013....
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 6 – Soft Robotics and Bioinspiration II
Fabio Bonsignorio
24 Feb 2014
Lecture 6 - Soft Robotics and Bioinspiration II
In this second lecture hosted by the Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Matteo Cianchetti builds on the previous lecture to talk about building soft actuato...
150th Episode Special, with Dario Floreano
Podcast team
21 Feb 2014
Link to audio file (26:55)
Did you know that Robohub started right here, with the podcast? This is our 150th podcast episode, and to celebrate we brought together the original team to reenact our ver...
ShanghAI Lectures: Xiao’an Li “Action Skill Developmental Learning for Autonomous Soccer Robots”
Nathan Labhart
20 Feb 2014
Robocub 2013 in Eindhoven.
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-17
In the past decade, soccer robots have been developed greatly, and some of the robot soccer games have been showing more ...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 5 – Soft Robotics and Bioinspiration I
Fabio Bonsignorio
17 Feb 2014
Lecture 5 - Soft Robotics and Bioinspiration I
Hosted by Prof. Cecilia Laschi from the Scuola Superiore S. Anna in Pisa, Italy, this ShanghAI episode puts together contrasting approaches to ‘emb...
ShanghAI Lectures: Adrianne Wortzel “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”
Nathan Labhart
13 Feb 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-17
This lecture discusses the relevance of embedding dramatic scenarios and expressive language into methodologies employed in the research and developm...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 4 – Evolution: Cognition from scratch
Fabio Bonsignorio
10 Feb 2014
This week we publish the fourth of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition on Robohub — we will release a new lecture from this series every Monday until the series is complete. Please use the comments ...
ShanghAI Lectures: Hiroshi Yokoi “Future Trend”
Nathan Labhart
06 Feb 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-17
In this guest lecture, Hiroshi Yokoi from University of Electro-Communication, Chofu, Japan, talks about prosthetic robot hands, EMG devices, bio-fee...
ROS 101: A practical example
Clearpath Robotics
05 Feb 2014
In the previous ROS 101 post, we provided a quick introduction to ROS to answer questions like What is ROS? and How do I get started? Now that you understand the basics, here’s how they can app...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 3: Cognition and embodiment
Fabio Bonsignorio
03 Feb 2014
This week we publish the third of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition on Robohub — we will release a new lecture from this series every Monday until the series is complete. Please use the comments s...
ShanghAI Lectures: Wenwei Yu “A Simulation Study on Reflexive Responses during Walking”
Nathan Labhart
30 Jan 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-17
In this guest lecture, Wenwei Yu from Chiba University, Japan, introduces his approach to assistive technology and talks about (simulation) experime...
ROS 101: Intro to the Robot Operating System
Clearpath Robotics
29 Jan 2014
Clearpath Robotics brings us a new tutorial series on ROS!
Since we practically live in the Robot Operating System (ROS), we thought it was time to share some tips on how to get started with ROS. W...
ShanghAI Lectures: Sukhan Lee “Cognitive Recognition for Service Robots”
Nathan Labhart
23 Jan 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-10
Recognition has been a subject of intense research interest to computer vision, AI, cognitive science, as well as robotics communities for, at least,...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Part 2: Embodied intelligence
Fabio Bonsignorio
21 Jan 2014
This week we publish the second of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition on Robohub — we will release a new lecture from this series every Monday until the series is complete. Please use the comments ...
Brainlike computing: Something big is happening
Frank Tobe
17 Jan 2014
This infographic on the state of AI by BestComputerScienceDegrees.com doesn't reflect the recent Nest Labs acquisition by Google. Nevertheless one can see that speedy computers and libraries of digita...
Watch Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge live
Ioannis K. Erripis
17 Jan 2014
NASA, MIT and DARPA will host the Fifth Annual Zero Robotics SPHERES Student Challenge today at 7:30am (EST). The event will take place at MIT's campus in Cambridge, Mass. where student teams from the...
ShanghAI Lectures: Alois Knoll, Mary Ellen Foster, Manuel Giuliani “Joint-Action Science and Technology”
Nathan Labhart
16 Jan 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-10
The success of the human species critically depends on our extraordinary ability to engage in joint action. Our perceptions, decisions and behaviour ar...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Part 1 – Intelligence: Things can be seen differently
Fabio Bonsignorio
13 Jan 2014
This week marks the launch of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition on Robohub — we will release a new lecture from this series every Monday until the series is complete. Please use the comments secti...
ShanghAI Lectures: Samia Nefti-Mezziani “Non-rational Particle Swarm Optimization”
Nathan Labhart
09 Jan 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-03
Among the evolutionary algorithms, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) represents an optimization method where individuals, called particles, collabora...
Video: Panel discussion celebrating 10 years of the Mars Exploration Rover
Robohub Editors
06 Jan 2014
Tuesday, Jan. 7, 10:30AM - 12PM Eastern Time: NASA and the Smithsonian team up to facilitate two panel discussions on Mars robotic and human missions. Held in NASM's Moving Beyond Earth gallery, par...
ShanghAI Lectures: Christopher Lueg “Scaffolding & Embodiment: Perspectives in Human Computer Interaction”
Nathan Labhart
02 Jan 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-03
In this talk Professor Lueg will discuss how embodiment and scaffolding perspectives discussed in the ShanghAI Lectures on Natural and Artificial Int...
Outreach activities: Making nanoparticle robots to ‘treat cancer’
Sabine Hauert
29 Dec 2013
We would always have kids come around the robotics lab where I did my PhD. They would learn about robots and we would show them videos and demos of bio-inspired robots that could fly, jump and swarm. ...
ShanghAI Lectures: Weidong Chen “Modeling and Control of Mobile Robot Networks”
Nathan Labhart
27 Dec 2013
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-26
Swarm intelligence of mobile robots is defined as a mobile robot network with only local interactions and finite sensing capabilities which can achieve...
Michael McMaster talks robots, building and his new project
Ajay Arora
26 Dec 2013
Michael McMaster and his latest creation - a life-sized Wall-E.
If you’re a diehard Star Wars fan, or if you have a background in robotics, you might already know who Michael McMaster is. In the pa...
Taking your first steps in robotics with the Thymio II
Mike Hamer
25 Dec 2013
Perhaps you were inspired by Sharon Marzouk and her experiences using the Thymio II in the classroom to motivate independent learning and discovery, or perhaps you saw the Thymio II on our Holiday Gif...
Mapping in the Cloud
Markus Waibel and Gajan Mohanarajah
23 Dec 2013
UPDATE: New video of a collaborative, cloud-based mapping experiment. Mapping is essential for mobile robots and a cornerstone of many more robotics applications that require a robot to interact with...
Discovering social robotics with the Aisoy1
Mike Hamer
23 Dec 2013
Aisoy, a spanish robotics startup, is motivated by the goal of building intelligent, personal, "social" robots, which make our lives easier and funnier. Their robot, the Aisoy1, is their first step to...
International Robot Olympiad 2013 wraps up
John Payne
23 Dec 2013
Materials used to produce International Robot Olympiad competition events.
The 2013 (15th annual) International Robot Olympiad competition has come to a close. Next year it will take place in Beiji...
Cubli – A cube that can jump up, balance, and walk across your desk
Gajan Mohanarajah and Markus Waibel
20 Dec 2013
2022 update: A new, one-wheeled version of the Cubli has been developed. The one-wheel Cubli is a three-dimensional pendulum system that can balance on its pivot using a single reaction wheel, as it i...
ShanghAI Lectures: Eugen Elmiger “Drives for Intelligent Robots”
Nathan Labhart
19 Dec 2013
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-19
In this guest lecture, Eugen Elmiger from maxon motor ag, Sachseln, Switzerland, gives an overview of the precision motors his company produces, and ...
Still looking for last-minute holiday gifts? 15 ideas for robot fans (2013)
Ioannis K. Erripis
19 Dec 2013
If you still have holiday shopping to do, these gift ideas from the Robohub team will be sure to please the robot fans in your life. From stocking stuffers to once-in-a-lifetime gifts, you can find so...
International Robot Olympiad 2013: Robots in agriculture
John Payne
18 Dec 2013
Let me admit up front that I'm not the best person to be covering a robotics competition. In fact this is only the second one I've attended; the first, Sparkfun's AVC, is a tough act to follow and set...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition: Live webcast on Thursday, 09:30 CET
Fabio Bonsignorio
18 Dec 2013
If you have been following the ShanghAI Lectures, you will not want to miss the live webcast of the final 2013 lecture this Thursday starting at 9:30 CET. Rolf Pfeifer (University of Zurich) will expl...
