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ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Part 1 – Intelligence: Things can be seen differently

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...
13 January 2014, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Samia Nefti-Mezziani “Non-rational Particle Swarm Optimization”

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...
09 January 2014, by

Video: Panel discussion celebrating 10 years of the Mars Exploration Rover

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...
06 January 2014, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Christopher Lueg “Scaffolding & Embodiment: Perspectives in Human Computer Interaction”

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...
02 January 2014, by

Outreach activities: Making nanoparticle robots to ‘treat cancer’

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. ...
29 December 2013, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Weidong Chen “Modeling and Control of Mobile Robot Networks”

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...
27 December 2013, by



Michael McMaster talks robots, building and his new project

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...
26 December 2013, by

Taking your first steps in robotics with the Thymio II

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...
25 December 2013, by

Mapping in the Cloud

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...
23 December 2013, by and

Cubli – A cube that can jump up, balance, and walk across your desk

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...
20 December 2013, by and

ShanghAI Lectures: Eugen Elmiger “Drives for Intelligent Robots”

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 ...
19 December 2013, by

ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition: Live webcast on Thursday, 09:30 CET

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...
18 December 2013, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Josh Bongard “Resilient Machines”

Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-19 If the body plays a central role in intelligence, as a roboticist, how do we choose an appropriate body for our robot? Evolutionary robotics allows u...
12 December 2013, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Hisato Kobayashi “AI-ish approach for complicated robot control”

Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-12 If we try to describe any kinds of robot by mathematical models, they must be very complicated equations. Even, such robotic systems are categorized ...
05 December 2013, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Shaohua Tan “Qualitative modeling and analysis”

Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-12 "It has increasingly been realized that some of the key characteristics underlying real-world complex dynamical systems (such as economical, financia...
28 November 2013, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Koh Hosoda “Compliant Body as a Source of Intelligence”

Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-05 Animals and Humans utilize their compliance: muscular system and soft skin. The compliance plays an important role to exhibit intelligent behavior. T...
21 November 2013, by

ShanghAI Lectures: SAYA/Hiroshi Kobayashi “Hello, my name is SAYA”

Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-05 In this guest lecture, SAYA, the robotic teacher from Japan, introduces herself and talks about the Tokyo University of Science, where she was const...
14 November 2013, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Brian David Johnson “Brain Machines: Robots, Free Will and Science Fiction Prototypes”

Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-10-29 How can science fiction help prototype emerging science theory and experimentation? Expanding on the framework of consumer experience architecture, t...
08 November 2013, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Auke Ijspeert “Controlling the Locomotion of Robots Using Central Pattern Generator Models”

Animal locomotion control is in a large part based on central pattern generators (CPGs), which are neural networks capable of producing complex rhythmic patterns while being activated and modulated by...
01 November 2013, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Bernard Horan “Mixing real and virtual worlds in education”

Bernard Horan presents an overview of a trial undertaken at the University of Essex in the use of a mixed-reality teaching environment. The lecture includes a summary of the motivations for mixed real...
24 October 2013, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Lutz Jäncke “On the neuropsychology of avatars”

The ShanghAI lectures have brought us a treasure trove of guest lectures by experts in robotics. You can find the whole series from 2012 here. Now, we're bringing you the guest lectures you haven't ye...
17 October 2013, by

Breaking it down with the DanceBot: Getting started with electronics

The MP3 DanceBot is a little robot that dances to the beat of your music. It’s a project that began in the summer of 2011 to introduce students to the basics of electronics and robotics. Students le...
12 October 2013, by

Classroom robots: A great way to get young people started

"The Project" - David Peins' first classroom robot. “How did you get started in robotics?” is a question that people often ask when they meet me and I am surrounded by my robots. This past week...
02 October 2013, by

My pathway to robotics

My name is Jaidyn Edwards. I am eighteen years old and live in South Australia. For me, being interested in robotics was part of an evolutionary process built upon a few core interests I had as a chil...
25 September 2013, by

Making a WALL-E robot

http://youtu.be/7oVSaUWeKt0 We take you now to sunny, southern California, where a small group of enthusiasts has constructed a very realistic, Arduino-based replica of Pixar's WALL-E, entirely fro...
07 August 2013, by

FIRST 2013 photo essay: Girls of Steel in the trenches at the FRC championship finals

It’s the end of the competition, and we’ve worked hard to get here: the long nights in the machine shop, drawing 3D models, writing essays for awards and fixing our robot whenever it breaks down. ...
05 July 2013, by

Up and flying with the AR.Drone and ROS: Handling feedback

This is the third tutorial in the Up and flying with the AR.Drone and ROS series. In this tutorial we will: Learn about the AR.Drone's state feedback (and how it is handled by ROS) Learn a...
01 July 2013, by

Robotics Summer of Learning at CMU

This summer, students have the opportunity to learn how to program robots, design games, animate stories, and earn a chance to win over $10,000 in prizes and scholarships! The Robotics Summer of Learn...
06 June 2013, by

CoCoRo Impressions 2013

The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
29 May 2013, by

CoCoRo Target Detection 2013

The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
29 May 2013, by







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