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U of Washington Tech Policy Lab answers the question: What is a robot?

Frank Tobe 06 Jun 2016

What is a robot? There are business, legal, insurance and safety considerations which make that definition important and the Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington gave it a try with an inter...

Mining and nuclear decommissioning: Robots in dangerous and dirty areas

SPARC 03 Jun 2016

Workers have long confronted dangerous and dirty jobs. They’ve had to dig to the bottom of mines, or put themselves in harm's way to decommission ageing nuclear sites. It’s time to make these jobs...

Antenna separation: How close can you go?

Robots for Roboticists 03 Jun 2016

When building a new robot mechanical engineers always ask me: how close can different antennas be to one another? It is not uncommon to try squeezing 5+ antennas on a single robot (GPS, GPS2 for headi...

Beyond Asimov: how to plan for ethical robots

Benjamin Kuipers 02 Jun 2016

As robots become integrated into society more widely, we need to be sure they’ll behave well among us. In 1942, science fiction writer Isaac Asimov attempted to lay out a philosophical and moral fra...

Book Review: ‘Peer Reviews in Software, A Practical Guide,’ by Karl Wiegers

Robots for Roboticists 01 Jun 2016

I have been part of many software teams where we desired to do code reviews. In most of those cases the code reviews did not take place, or were pointless and a waste of time. So the question is: how ...

#ICRA2016 photo essay

Ioannis K. Erripis 30 May 2016

A small photo essay from this year’s ICRA in Stockholm featuring photos from the exhibition hall. At the end, you can watch a video with all the companies, their robots and systems. (All phot...

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) livestream today

Robohub Editors 30 May 2016

For the very first time, the 6th International Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Meeting Series will offer free remote attendance, via live-stream. Livestream will be available today, Monday 30 May,...

‘Robot kindergarten’ trains droids of the future

University of British Columbia 27 May 2016

Less than 100 years from now, robots will be friendly, useful participants in our homes and workplaces, predicts UBC mechanical engineering professor and robotics expert Elizabeth Croft. We will be li...

Robots can help reduce 35% of work days lost to injury

Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc. 27 May 2016

What's the biggest benefit for using collaborative robots? It's not better efficiency. It's not the extra hours the robot can work in a shift. It's not even having improved consistency across your pr...

Why businesses must get ready for the era of robotic things

Jeffrey Walker 27 May 2016

We’ve entered a period of epic technological transformation that is impacting society in ways that are leaving even veteran tech observers speechless. In some ways, it might seem like 1998 all over ...

In automation we trust: senior thesis project examines concept of over-trusting robotic systems

Harvard SEAS 26 May 2016

By Adam Zewe Hollywood is to be believed, there are two kinds of robots, the friendly and helpful BB-8s, and the sinister and deadly T-1000s. Few would suggest that “Star Wars: the Force Awakens�...

Robotics narratives: Here, there, and everywhere

UW-Madison Science Narratives 25 May 2016

UW-Madison Science Narratives and partners have joined together to create a 5-month video and audio adventure, exploring the work of Dr Bilge Mutlu and colleagues as they craft robots from a human per...

Developing cost-effective, capable, surgical robots with a sense of “touch”

Peter Feuilherade 24 May 2016

This article was first published on IEC e-tech. Robotic‑assisted surgery involves a surgeon using a computer‑assisted electro‑mechanical device to carry out complex and technically demanding...

Building a startup ecosystem for robotics in Europe

SPARC 20 May 2016

It’s an exciting time to have a startup in robotics. The European startup ecosystem is improving year-after-year and provides networking, mentoring and funding opportunities. The aim is to build a v...

Bringing robots to retail: Interview with Fellow Robots CEO and co-founder, Marco Mascorro

Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics 19 May 2016

Robotics today is a fast growing industry with applications in myriad markets, including retail, transportation, manufacturing, and even as personal assistants. Fellow Robots is at the forefront of re...

Making an autonomous robotic ecosystem: Hortum Machina B

William Victor Camilleri and Danilo Sampaio 13 May 2016

Largely architecture is understood as static. Buildings do not conform to nature, its environment and nor to human beings. We, as architects, feel the need to integrate plants in buildings to the poi...

#ICRA16 duckies and robots video: Mini-micro robots

Robohub Editors 13 May 2016

The robotics community have created a series of video tributes that showcase some of the contributions to ICRA, the largest conference in the field of robotics and automation. The final video feat...

Robohub roundtable: Robotics and space exploration

Kassie Perlongo 11 May 2016

Every few weeks, Robohub will post a roundtable chat and discuss an engaging topic relating to robotics. In this edition, we looked at how can robotics can be part of space exploration. Privatisation ...

MIT student robots battle it out, revolutionary-style

MIT News 07 May 2016

by Jennifer Chu On Thursday evening, just before nightfall, a revolution was afoot at MIT. The battleground was set, the munitions were stocked, the targets were marked, and the soldiers were … r...

SVR Case Studies: OATV investing in early stage service robotics

Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics 05 May 2016

OATV, or O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures, is a seed stage investment firm based in San Francisco with a track record of backing robotics startups in emerging areas. As well as investing in Fetch Robotic...

#ICRA16 duckies and robots: a poetic tribute

Robohub Editors 04 May 2016

ICRA is the largest conference on Robotics and Automation. This year, the robotics community reflected on the strong and natural relationship between robots and rubber duckies. This is the result: ...

White House launches public workshops on AI issues

Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics 04 May 2016

The White House today 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 i...

Robohub roundtable: Why is it so difficult to define ‘robot’?

Kassie Perlongo 29 Apr 2016

Put on your thinking caps. Every few weeks, Robohub will conduct a roundtable discussion. In this edition, we discuss the challenges and limitations in defining the word ‘robot’. We strongly encou...

Robotics narratives: If I only had a brain

UW-Madison Science Narratives 27 Apr 2016

How to benefit from the robotic skill shortage

Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc. 22 Apr 2016

Robotics is going to be one of the biggest job creators in modern history. But are there enough qualified people to fill those jobs? As various sectors announce skill shortages, we looked at how robot...

4 reasons why Industry 4.0 will leave AGVs behind

Clearpath Robotics 22 Apr 2016

By Paula de Villavicencio Technology has been in development for the last decade and has now come to fruition in the form of self-driving vehicles. These vehicles are driving into industrial cente...

Self-driving cars, meet rubber duckies

MIT News 21 Apr 2016

MIT has offered courses on everything from pirate training to “street-fighting math,” but a new robotics class is truly one for the birds....

Root: A robot to empower the next generation of coders

Wyss Institute 18 Apr 2016

Computing is currently the fastest growing segment in the STEM fields, yet education in this area has lagged behind technological progress and demand. In early 2016, President Barack Obama unveiled hi...

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