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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...
Biological Agriculture for Roboticists, Part 6
John Payne
30 May 2016
In a previous installment, I said that identifying weeds based on what's left standing after a patch of ground has been grazed won't control low-growing plants, using goatheads as an example. To begin...
Pushing Back Deserts through Aerial Seeding
John Payne
28 May 2016
Source — License — Photo unmodified from original.Start with a seed ball, containing seeds of one or more drought tolerant plants. Next assemble some feathers or vanes, rather like those found on ...
How to hire women
Silicon Valley Robotics and Andra Keay
18 Apr 2016
It’s super hard to find skilled people willing to work for robotics companies in Silicon Valley. Even though robotics is awesome and going to change the world. Because big companies with big payche...
National Robotics Week 2016
Robohub Editors
06 Apr 2016
Happy National Robotics Week! This week robot-related activities, events, and talks are happening all across the US. Are you attending any events near you? ...
April Fools’ Day hijinks with robots
Robohub Editors
01 Apr 2016
Lots of companies have been promoting hilarious robot news pranks. Here are a few that caught our eye. What are some of your favourites?...
Drones to help farmers with weed control
Horizon Magazine
01 Apr 2016
by Fintan Burke
The last place you might expect to find drones and rovers is checking up on a corn field, but they could soon join tractors and ploughs on a farmer’s list of must-have agricultura...
Robotics has its first unicorn – small SF startup Cruise Automation
Andra Keay
18 Mar 2016
Forget about Google and Boston Dynamics. This week the real news is that GM acquired small San Francisco based startup Cruise Automation for the rumored sum of more than $1B US, according to Fortune....
European Robotics Week #ERW2015 recap and videos
euRobotics AISBL
14 Dec 2015
With over 750 events across Europe, this year’s edition of the European Robotics Week broke all records. Throughout the week, Europeans were invited to visit laboratories, join debates, build and pr...
DARPA takes its Robotics Fast Track program on a West Coast tour, Nov. 17-19
Open Source Robotics Foundation
12 Nov 2015
The Open Source Robotics Foundation is joining DARPA and Tandem National Security Innovations on the road to spread the word about DARPA’s Robotics Fast Track Program. We’re proud to support the o...
Emotionally literate tech to help treat autism
Horizon Magazine and Sophie Hebden
06 Nov 2015
Few could deny the power of computer games and avatars to entertain us and perhaps even educate us. But now researchers are turning to internet and robotic technologies to develop new ways of helping ...
Dobot’s robot arm: Industrial precision at low cost
Dobot
23 Sep 2015
Unsatisfied by the low cost, low precision and poor functionality desktop robotic arms on the market, a group of six hardcore robot makers decided to quit their high-paying industry jobs, and build th...
Robot Launch 2015 – Robohub Readers’ Pick round three
Andra Keay
26 Aug 2015
For the past two weeks, Robohub readers have been voting for the "Readers' Pick" startup from the Robot Launch competition. This week we publish the final 10 videos from our Top 30. During our live f...
Robot Launch 2015 – Robohub Readers’ Pick round two
Andra Keay
19 Aug 2015
This month, Robohub readers can vote for the "Readers' Pick" startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we're publishing 10 videos from our Top 30. Our ultimate Robohub Readers’ Favorite...
Robot Launch 2015 – Robohub Readers’ Pick round one
Andra Keay
12 Aug 2015
For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for their "Readers' Pick" startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we'll be publishing 10 videos from our Top 30. Our ultimate Robohub ...
A conversation with Jerry Kaplan, Martin Ford and John Markoff
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
27 Jul 2015
Renowned technology commentators and authors John Markoff, Jerry Kaplan and Martin Ford entranced the audience with their perspectives on robotics, automation, AI and the impact on society. The even...
#RobotLaunch has great prizes for startups, but you can’t win if you don’t enter
Andra Keay
18 Jun 2015
Robot Launch 2015 is bringing together a great pool of prizes and services for robot startups. All startups in the semis or finals are eligible for awards as we search for offers such as “Crowd Pl...
Fetch and SRI show that useful humanoids are on the horizon
Andra Keay
17 Jun 2015
*updated* SoftBank today announced a $236 million investment into their robotics division by Alibaba and FoxConn for marketing and distribution, including Pepper and Fetch robots. Fetch Robotics has j...
#RobotLaunch global startup competition 2015 – Deadline extended to July 12
Andra Keay
31 May 2015
CALL FOR STARTUPS OPENS JUNE 1st 2015 (6am PST) - Silicon Valley Robotics and Robohub are looking for robotics startups with innovative technologies and strong business models, so show us your protot...
Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator announces first startups
Andra Keay
28 May 2015
The new Techstar powered Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator announced their first intake of 10 startups today. Startups receive $120k funding and participate in a 16 week program in San Diego where they ha...
Two MOOCs for robotics enrolling now
Andra Keay
27 Dec 2014
Anyone can now enrol in two robotics MOOCs, “Introduction to Robotics“ and “Robotic Vision” from Peter Corke at QUT which will run in early 2015. Registration is free. Peter Corke is a profe...
#ShowUsYourAI – AAAI Video Competition – Deadline Oct 15
Sabine Hauert
26 Sep 2014
Submit your video to the AAAI Video Competition for a chance to win one of the several Shakey Awards. This year we'll be voting for the People's Choice Award right here on Robohub. The submission dead...
Who goes where? Simulated robot boats self-organize to defend against attacks
Autonomous Robots Blog
16 Sep 2014
This post is part of our ongoing efforts to make the latest papers in robotics accessible to a general audience.
Individual robots have accomplished many impressive feats. However, certain tasks are ...
Drone Social Innovation Award Winners
Andra Keay
15 Sep 2014
The first winners of the inaugural "Drone Social Innovation Award" are a landmine detection project and a project providing aid to disaster victims in the Philippines. The two drone projects were sele...
Planning robot motions that humans can relate to
Autonomous Robots Blog
28 Aug 2014
This post is part of our ongoing efforts to make the latest papers in robotics accessible to a general audience.
Imagine a scenario where a robot and a human are collaborating side by side to perfo...
Coordinated UAV docking
Autonomous Robots Blog
18 Aug 2014
This post is part of our ongoing efforts to make the latest papers in robotics accessible to a general audience.
Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can be both safe and maneuverable, but their s...
Grasping with robots – which object is in reach?
Autonomous Robots Blog
17 Aug 2014
This post is part of our ongoing efforts to make the latest papers in robotics accessible to a general audience.
Imagine a robot reaching for a mug on the table, only to realize that it is too far,...
Watch the videos from the AI Video Competition
Sabine Hauert
01 Aug 2014
A large crowd of experts in artificial intelligence gathered around the AAAI Video Competition Award Ceremony before catching their flights, or enjoying one last night in Québec City. The competition...
Science, startups and industry at RSS2014 (Part 2)
Andra Keay
15 Jul 2014
The 10th annual Robotics Science and Systems conference (RSS14) is on at the University of California, Berkeley, July 12 to 16, and we are picking up where we left off yesterday on our coverage of t...
Science and startups at RSS2014 in Berkeley (Part 1)
Andra Keay
14 Jul 2014
The 10th annual Robotics Science and Systems conference is on at the University of California, Berkeley, July 12 to 16. From a small start, the conference now has over 800 attendees, with 28 differe...
Startup Series #6: MIT Entreprise Forum VLAB
Andra Keay
09 Jul 2014
The VLAB Collaborative Robots forum on Thursday May 29 was a masterclass for robot startups. For 90 minutes at the Knight Management Center at Stanford, we heard all about the business of robotics fro...
UK Robotics Mission on Silicon Valley tour
Andra Keay
24 Jun 2014
The UK Robotics Mission landed in the USA this week. Backed by the Techonology Strategy Board and UK Trade & Investment, the tour covers more than 20 events in San Diego, Silicon Valley and San ...
Grasping objects in a way that is suitable for manipulation
Autonomous Robots Blog
19 Jun 2014
This post is part of our ongoing efforts to make the latest papers in robotics accessible to a general audience.
Robots are expected to manipulate a large variety of objects from our everyday lives...
New robot hand, with OSRF electronics and ROS support
Open Source Robotics Foundation
03 Jun 2014
The RightHand Robotics ReFlex hand.
This week at ICRA in Hong Kong, RightHand Robotics is announcing their new ReFlex hand. Built on over a decade of research in the Harvard Biorobotics Lab and the Y...
Multimodal interaction at AWE2014 with HIT Lab NZ
Andra Keay
02 Jun 2014
The Augmented World Expo (AWE) was on at Santa Clara Convention Center from May 27-29. The conference, organized by Ori Inbar and Tish Shute, has grown rapidly in recent years as augmented reality tec...
Grasping unknown objects
Autonomous Robots Blog
06 May 2014
This post is part of our ongoing efforts to make the latest papers in robotics accessible to a general audience.
To manipulate objects, robots are often required to estimate their position and orie...
