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ShanghAI Lectures: Verena Hafner “Interactive Robotics”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-11-18
Sensorimotor interaction between an agent and its environment seems to be the key ingredient to develop intelligent behaviour. In this talk, the impo...
17 April 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Patrick van der Smagt “Biomimetic Robotics”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-10-21
In this guest presentation, Patrick van der Smagt talks about biomimetic approaches to robot control, kinematics, grasping, and ways to use the human...
10 April 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
Transportation 2025 and beyond: Discussion with Rodney Slater
In this discussion moderated by Stanford's Bryant Walker Smith, the Honorable Rodney Slater talks about the opportunities, challenges and best pathways for successful transportation innovation and pol...
09 April 2014, by
CIS Blog
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 9 – Towards a theory of intelligence
Lecture 9: Towards a theory of intelligence
This lecture, which I hosted at the the University Carlos III (Madrid, Spain), suggests principles and design guidelines for the development of embodied ...
07 April 2014, by
Fabio Bonsignorio
We Robot 2014 livestream
Watch the live stream from the We Robot 2014 conference in Miami....
04 April 2014, by
Robohub Editors
ShanghAI Lectures: Rafael Núñez “Where mathematics comes from’”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-16
In this guest lecture, Rafael Núñez from the University of California, San Diego, USA, talks about Mathematics as a paradox for embodiment and cog...
03 April 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures: Nikolaos Mavridis “Robots, language, and social networks”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-16
The lecture starts with a short introduction to the Interactive Robots and Media Lab and the United Arab Emirates. Then, it continues by exploring so...
27 March 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
Six weeks to build a robot: A FIRST photo essay
This photo essay documents the Girls of Steel as they built their newest robot for the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) division. Teams are given the parameters of the game and have just six weeks t...
26 March 2014, by
Lynn Urbina
ROS 101: Drive a Husky!
In the previous ROS 101 post, we showed how easy it is to get ROS going inside a virtual machine, publish topics and subscribe to them. If you haven’t had a chance to check the out all the previous...
21 March 2014, by
Clearpath Robotics
ShanghAI Lectures: Louis-Philippe Demers “Embodiment and robotic arts”
The Blind Robot by Louis-Philippe Demers is a reference to the works of Merleau-Ponty and his example of the body extension of the blind man’s cane, where the cane not only senses the world but also...
21 March 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 8-II – Education and Industry Session
Lecture 8-II: Education and Industry Session
This lecture hosted by Prof. Samia Nefti-Meziani from the University of Salford, Manchester, UK, is about higher education and industrial impact of the ...
18 March 2014, by
Fabio Bonsignorio
ShanghAI Lectures: Tamim Asfour “Robots think with their hands”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-16
The design of cognitive situated robots able to learn to operate in the real world and to interact and communicate with humans, must model and reflec...
13 March 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 8-I – Ontogenetic development: From locomotion to cognition
Lecture 8-I: Ontogenetic development: From locomotion to cognition
In this lecture, hosted at the University Carlos III of Madrid in Spain, I show how it is possible to ground ‘understanding...
10 March 2014, by
Fabio Bonsignorio
ShanghAI Lectures: Shuhei Miyashita “Tribolon: Scalable Self-Assembling Robots”
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-02
Self-assembly is of crucial importance in the biological realm at all scales. This talk introduces a series of self-assembling robots developed in ou...
06 March 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 7 – Design principles of intelligent systems
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...
03 March 2014, by
Fabio Bonsignorio
EVE: An ultimate frisbee playing robot
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 ...
28 February 2014, by
Lynn Urbina
New book on disaster robotics
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....
25 February 2014, by
Robohub Editors
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 6 – Soft Robotics and Bioinspiration II
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...
24 February 2014, by
Fabio Bonsignorio
ShanghAI Lectures: Xiao’an Li “Action Skill Developmental Learning for Autonomous Soccer Robots”
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 ...
20 February 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 5 – Soft Robotics and Bioinspiration I
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...
17 February 2014, by
Fabio Bonsignorio
ShanghAI Lectures: Adrianne Wortzel “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”
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...
13 February 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 4 – Evolution: Cognition from scratch
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 ...
10 February 2014, by
Fabio Bonsignorio
ShanghAI Lectures: Hiroshi Yokoi “Future Trend”
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...
06 February 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ROS 101: A practical example
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...
05 February 2014, by
Clearpath Robotics
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 3: Cognition and embodiment
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...
03 February 2014, by
Fabio Bonsignorio
ShanghAI Lectures: Wenwei Yu “A Simulation Study on Reflexive Responses during Walking”
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...
30 January 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ROS 101: Intro to the Robot Operating System
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...
29 January 2014, by
Clearpath Robotics
ShanghAI Lectures: Sukhan Lee “Cognitive Recognition for Service Robots”
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,...
23 January 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Part 2: Embodied intelligence
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 ...
21 January 2014, by
Fabio Bonsignorio
ShanghAI Lectures: Alois Knoll, Mary Ellen Foster, Manuel Giuliani “Joint-Action Science and Technology”
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...
16 January 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
