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    Book Review: Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, by Lentin Joseph
    Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming is a good book that will help you learn ROS and take advantage of some of the powerful nodes (programs) that are out there. The book covers both a 7 DOF robot ar...
    21 March 2016, by

    ‘Moon Shot’ nine-part documentary series available on YouTube
    The nine-part documentary web series about the Google Lunar XPRIZE that first launched on Google Play is now available YouTube....
    18 March 2016, by

    Robotics narratives: Birth of the bots
    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...
    15 March 2016, by

    Google DeepMind challenge match: Lee Sedol vs AlphaGo
    Update: The final match was played on Tuesday, 15 March, with AlphaGo winning over Lee Sedol 4-1! Watch all the livestream matches below....
    14 March 2016, by

    Applying direct transcription methods to robot motion planning
    When you walk across a room or down a path, your brain is making thousands of decisions on how best to move. For example, how best to use your weight, scanning for any obstacles or uneven surfaces, ...
    08 March 2016, by

    WeRobot 2015 Keynote: The future of robotics, with R2D2 maker Tony Dyson
    UPDATED 4 Mar: We're sad to report that Professor Tony Dyson, who built the original Star Wars R2-D2 droid, has died. We’re reposting this excellent video of his keynote at WeRobot to highlight his...
    04 March 2016, by



    3 types of robot singularities and how to avoid them
    If you are interested in science, "singularity" probably makes you think of a black hole. Black holes are popular in the media right now since the LIGO lab in America proved the existence of gravitat...
    02 March 2016, by and

    Creating a synthetic “second skin” with soft pneumatic actuators
    Soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) are an up and coming solution to the contradictory design criteria that many robotic systems have – high torque/force often means greater weight and volume, which is ...
    17 February 2016, by

    Robotic assistants: Science meets fiction, with Carme Torras
    In this video lecture Carme Torras, Research Professor at the Spanish Scientific Research Council (CSIC) looks at the process of working on assistive robots employed as helpers to disabled or elderly...
    11 February 2016, by

    Understanding joint impedance with a knee exoskeleton
    When designing exoskeletons for rehabilitation of patients after spinal cord injury or stroke, a constant concern is creating them to be as natural as possible to best enable user training to rebuild ...
    09 February 2016, by

    Meet the drone that already delivers your packages, Kiva robot teardown
    There’s been a lot of talk about package delivery via flying drones. While this is an interesting vision of the future, current economics make this an unlikely substitute for base-load ground delive...
    01 February 2016, by

    A brief history of robotic force torque sensors
    Force torque sensors are now ubiquitous in robotics, but where did they come from? What series of inventions and discoveries happened for robot force sensors to arrive where they are today? It turns...
    28 January 2016, by and

    How to fine tune your robot’s payload, and why
    Payload, grip force, weight, and reach are all data that are used to describe and differentiate robots from each other. Payload is mostly used to determine the weight that the robot can carry through ...
    20 January 2016, by and

    Mastering ROS for robotics programming
    A new book by Lentin Joseph, Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, discusses advanced concepts in robotics and how to implement them using ROS. Readers will learn how to build models of complex ...
    19 January 2016, by

    Watch this service robot predict your organizing preferences
    How many of us have envisioned intelligent robots operating and assisting us in our homes with everyday tasks? Different users typically have varying preferences and expectations when it comes to tas...
    18 January 2016, by

    How to design a robotics experiment
    The ability to design good scientific experiments is a key skill for any robotic researcher. Without a grasp of experimental design, even the best technological developments may never succeed in being...
    08 January 2016, by and

    Create a ROS sensor plugin for Gazebo
    There are magnificent tutorials about how to create plugins for Gazebo in the GazeboSim webpage. There are even some tutorials about how to create plugins for Gazebo + ROS, which show that there are...
    07 January 2016, by

    10 essential skills for roboticists
    What Type of Person Works in Robotics? Roboticists are a combination of opposites. As specialists, we are skilled in the fine details of our respective specialisms. As generalists, we are able to se...
    07 January 2016, by and

    The Year of CoCoRo Video #52/52: Final Demonstration
    In our final video we demonstrate the entire CoCoRo system communicating and interacting together, including: the base station, a "relay-chain" swarm, and a search swarm on the ground....
    05 January 2016, by

    The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars
    Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can’t completely avoid accidents altogether. ...
    30 December 2015, by

    Using drones in wine making
    In 2014, viticulturist William Metz was granted a fellowship by the Villa d’Este Wine Symposium to spend a full year evaluating the potential applications of drones in wine making — a project t...
    28 December 2015, by

    The Year of CoCoRo Video #51/52: Big Vision
    Our penultimate video features the initial "Big Vision" trailer we produced at the beginning of this project. The video showcases the basic components of the robotic system we targeted (surface st...
    22 December 2015, by

    Evaluating what’s easy and what’s hard to automate in your workshop
    If you haven’t already introduced a robot into your workshop, or if you are in the process of introducing such a device, you may be wondering … what is the best place to start? What is easy and wh...
    17 December 2015, by and

    Configuring multiple USB devices: An alternative to udev
    Every time I need to add multiple USB devices to a computer I get nervous and dread the architecture. The problem is that when a computer boots it automatically brings up USB devices in whatever order...
    16 December 2015, by

    Scaling up underwater swarmbot research from tabletop ‘aquarium’ to the Venice Lagoon (CoCoRo Video #50/52)
    Our underwater swarm research started in a few cubic centimeters of water with some naked electronics on a table. Over the next three and a half years, our swarm increased by a factor of 40, and ...
    15 December 2015, by

    How many axes does my robot need?
    Anyone who has been in robotics long enough is eventually tasked with figuring out how many axes they will need for their robot. Most robots have somewhere between three and seven axes, but how d...
    09 December 2015, by and

    How to get started (and progress) in robotics: A quick guide for teens and adults
    I get many questions from people about how I think kids and adults should get started in robotics, how they should progress, and what they should buy, to learn about robotics. This is a quick guide t...
    09 December 2015, by

    The Year of CoCoRo Video #49/52: Base stations
    During the past year we have shown many swarm algorithms in various experiments. The spotlight was always on the Lily and the Jeff robots. However, there is now another star in the team and this tr...
    08 December 2015, by

    Simple robots, complex behaviors: A control systems perspective on Braitenberg Vehicles
    In this lecture series, controls expert Brian Douglas walks you through key concepts in control system theory. Focused on making control theory accessible and intuitive, this series is for anyone who ...
    03 December 2015, by

    The Year of CoCoRo Video #48/52: Workshops
    Most of the videos from The Year of CoCoRo were shot during workshops we held throughout the project. These workshops, which were usually focussed on one or several specific demonstrators, were wha...
    01 December 2015, by

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