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Robohub roundtable: Why do robotics crowdfunding projects fail?
Kassie Perlongo
16 Aug 2016
In this Robohub roundtable edition, we are joined by Sabine Hauert, Kassie Perlongo, John Payne, Audrow Nash, Yannis Erripis, with commentary by Andra Keay and Travis Deyle, to discuss the viabilit...
What coachmen from the 1920s can tell us about robots and jobs
Vincenzo Spiezia
16 Aug 2016
To many workers, the words “digital technologies” may evoke one simple, dismaying image: a human-like robot sitting at their desk, doing the work that they used to do! This anxiety is not differen...
Designing our home service robot from the ground up
Bernt Øivind Børnich and Phuong Nguyen
15 Aug 2016
Our robot, Eve, is built from the ground up using force-control, enabling human-like dexterity and efficiency. We'd like to discuss why we decided to build Eve this way, hopefully offering another app...
Robot companions are coming into our homes — how human should they be?
Adeline Chanseau
10 Aug 2016
What would your ideal robot be like? One that can change nappies and tell bedtime stories to your child? Perhaps you’d prefer a butler that can polish silver and mix the perfect cocktail? Or maybe y...
Putting humanoid robots in contact with their environment
Frontiers in Robotics and AI
10 Aug 2016
In this article, our humanoid robot iCub is put to the test using manipulation and interaction as sources of knowledge and new experience, as well as, providing a means to explore and control the envi...
Flying Ring robot can fly on its side
Rajan Gill
09 Aug 2016
The Flying Ring is a new flying vehicle being developed at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, ETH Zurich. The goal of the project is to fully characterize all aerodynamic properties of th...
Could RoboBees help save food supplies? (video)
Robohub Editors
08 Aug 2016
Originally pioneered at the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, in collaboration with Northeastern University, RoboBees are inspired by nature and designed for an important reason: wild pollinators -- such as...
Marty: the little walking robot that’s more than a toy
Alexander Enoch
08 Aug 2016
Update: Only 4 days left to crowdfund Marty! They are over 70% towards reaching their goal! ...
Interview: International Ground Vehicle Ground Competition (IGVC) winner on “Bigfoot 2” Husky UGV
Clearpath Robotics
08 Aug 2016
By: Chris Bogdon
The International Ground Vehicle Ground Competition (IGVC) is an annual event that brings together teams of college students from all over the globe to compete in an autonomous gro...
Wall-climbing robots create a carbon fiber hammock (with video, images)
Robohub Editors
04 Aug 2016
Maria Yablonina's project, called Mobile Robotic Fabrication System for Filament Structures, demonstrates a new production process for filament structures, like carbon fiber, by crawling up the wall ...
NPR podcasts discuss automation and the future of work
Robohub Editors
04 Aug 2016
National Public Radio (NPR) has published a series of stories about robots and the future of employment in the U.S. and abroad. It begins with the story about the Luddites war on industry and a more ...
Hello Pepper: Getting started to program robots on Android
Margaret Maynard-Reid
03 Aug 2016
I didn’t get to meet Pepper the humanoid Robot at Google I/O but I watched the video afterwards: A new development frontier: Android + Pepper the interactive robot. Love the robots’ dance! I was s...
The relationship between dance and robotic fabrication – with video
Syuko Kato
01 Aug 2016
UCL’s Interactive Architecture Lab has developed a new type of choreography – one that explores the potential for dialogue between humans and robots – and the way we might design cooperatively i...
Pros and cons for different types of drive selection
Robots for Roboticists
29 Jul 2016
In the past, we have looked at wheel design and the kinematics of skid steer and mecanum wheels. In this post, we will take a quick look at different types of mobility types (ie. wheels, tracks) and h...
Where are the previous Robot Launch winners now?
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
21 Jul 2016
Catch up with past winners: CleverPet (2015), Preemadonna/Nailbot (2015 runner-up), and Leka (2014).
Will you be our next Robot Launch winner? There's 25 days left to register! You can register by...
Drive kinematics: Skid steer and mecanum (ROS twist included)
Robots for Roboticists
19 Jul 2016
I am often in need of the basic kinematic motion equations for skid steer vehicles. I have also recently been working with mecanum wheeled vehicles. The skid steer equations are fairly simple and easy...
How Industry 4.0 and Pokémon Go met halfway on the road to maximizing the IoT
Tyler Berryman and Robotiq Inc.
18 Jul 2016
You may be reloading this page trying to figure out if the title of this blog post got mixed up with something else. No, you read it correctly, I am going to outline similarities between Industry 4.0 ...
The obsession with creating ‘perfect female robots’: Should women be worried?
Julie Wosk
14 Jul 2016
Julie Wosk is the author of a provocative book that gives the history of female robots in movies, television, art, literature, and includes a chapter on robotics. My Fair Ladies: Female Robots, Andr...
ROSCon 2015 recap and videos – part 3
Open Source Robotics Foundation
14 Jul 2016
ROSCon is an annual conference focused on ROS, the Robot Operating System. Every year, hundreds of ROS developers of all skill levels and backgrounds, from industry to academia, come together to teach...
Are skintight suits the future of robotic exoskeletons?
Steve Davis
13 Jul 2016
Children with a rare neurological disease were recently given the chance to walk for the first time thanks to a new robotic exoskeleton. These devices – which are essentially robotic suits that give...
Teaching the teachers: Study focuses on how teachers perceive educational robots in classrooms
NCCR Robotics
13 Jul 2016
Despite phenomenal advances in the field of robotics in recent years and specifically the field of robots for use in the classroom, there is still a large shortfall in the number of teachers who activ...
Anki’s new Cozmo SDK turns toy robots into sophisticated research tools
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
12 Jul 2016
Anki’s new robot Cozmo (with free SDK) shows that this consumer robotics startup has got bigger plans than simply dominating the smart toy category. Founded in 2010 by Carnegie Mellon Robotics Insti...
Unity between human and social machines: What if we humans were anthrobots?
Robohub Editors
08 Jul 2016
Writer and philosopher Luis de Miranda studies cultural history of digital devices and automata, with his latest essay (in French) L’Art d’être libres au temps des automates (The Art of Being...
Robolliance focuses on autonomous robotics for security and survelliance
Kassie Perlongo
08 Jul 2016
Robolliance is a new forum for technology partners and industry experts. Sponsored by Sharp Electronics Corporation, the program is a place for partners and experts in "robotics, surveillance and sec...
RoboThespian gets its own YouTube channel
Kassie Perlongo
24 Jun 2016
The team behind RoboThespian, a life-sized humanoid robot designed for human interaction in a public environment, have launched a new YouTube channel: Robot's World. The robot is very much real an...
NASA Robonaut 2 simulation: Placing an ISS panel in The Construct
Ricardo Téllez
24 Jun 2016
By Miguel Angel
One of the most wanted robot simulations is a robot that can be used for anything. Robonaut is one like this. NASA kindly gave this simulation for public use and we thought here in ...
Overview: Are the sceptics right? Limits and potentials of deep learning in robotics
John McCormac
23 Jun 2016
John McCormac discusses his takeaways from the RSS 2016 Workshop ‘Are the Sceptics Right? Limits and Potentials of Deep Learning in Robotics' and highlights interesting themes and topics from the d...
Robohub roundtable: Job loss through automation, Foxconn controversy
Robohub Editors
21 Jun 2016
Every few weeks, Robohub will post a roundtable chat and discuss an engaging topic relating to robotics. In this edition, we looked at the controversial job loss of 60K jobs by Foxconn. Is this substa...
How to make a printed circuit board using a diode laser with a 3D printer
George Fomitchev
20 Jun 2016
3D-printers have opened endless possibilities for home production and rapid prototyping. You can easily create practically any model in a 3D-program and 3D print it. But until now, only a few people ...
Teaching robots the physics of sliding and pushing objects
Jiaji Zhou
16 Jun 2016
The Manipulation Lab at the CMU Robotics Institute proposes a computational model that relates an applied robot action to the resultant object motion. Their research won the Best Conference Paper Awar...
The human brain vs. the digital brain: A case for visual inspections
Robotiq Inc.
16 Jun 2016
by Audrey Boucher-Genesse
I was once at a conference on image processing and the speaker discussed the perception of color. He spoke about a conversation with a potential client who said, “well,...
Going the last mile with robots
Peter Feuilherade
14 Jun 2016
This article was first published on the IEC e‑tech website.
From robots delivering small packages in cities, to driverless trucks transporting bulk loads over long distances, advances in robotic ...
How might drone racing drive innovation?
Jack Langelaan
10 Jun 2016
Over the past 15 years, drones have progressed from laboratory demonstrations to widely available toys. Technological improvements have brought ever-smaller components required for flight stabilizatio...
Infographic: The making of a collaborative robot
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
10 Jun 2016
By: Nisha Cooch, NSF
This month marks the fifth anniversary of the National Robotics Initiative (NRI). The National Science Foundation (NSF) has been an active leader in the program since it was l...
Motivational posters with a clever robotics twist
Robohub Editors
09 Jun 2016
Today, the National Robotics Initiative is celebrating 5 years of multi-agency 'teamwork' to accelerate the development and use of robots that work beside, or cooperatively, with people. The last 50 ...
Livestream conference: Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
Robohub Editors
06 Jun 2016
The White House announced a series of public workshops on artificial intelligence (AI) and the creation of an interagency working group to learn more about the benefits and risks of artificial intelli...
