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Robots in Depth with Daniel Lofaro
Robots in Depth
02 Jan 2018
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with Daniel Lofaro, Assistant Professor at George Mason University specialising in humanoid robots....
Robots in Depth with Craig Schlenoff
Robots in Depth
27 Dec 2017
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with Craig Schlenoff, Group Leader of the Cognition and Collaboration Systems Group and the Acting Group Leader of the Sensing and Perception Sy...
Robots in Depth with Mel Torrie
Robots in Depth
13 Dec 2017
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with Mel Torrie, founder and CEO of ASI, Autonomous Solutions Inc. Mel talks about how ASI develops a diversified portfolio of vehicle automatio...
Talking Machines: The pace of change and the public view of machine learning, with Peter Donnelly
Talking Machines
19 Oct 2017
In episode ten of season three we talk about the rate of change (prompted by Tim Harford), take a listener question about the power of kernels, and talk with Peter Donnelly in his capacity with the Ro...
Udacity Robotics video series: Interview with Felipe Chavez from Kiwi
Robohub Editors
13 Oct 2017
Mike Salem from Udacity's Robotics Nanodegree is hosting a series of interviews with professional roboticists as part of their free online material....
Udacity Robotics video series: Interview with Chris Anderson from 3D Robotics
Robohub Editors
23 Sep 2017
Mike Salem from Udacity's Robotics Nanodegree is hosting a series of interviews with professional roboticists as part of their free online material....
Udacity Robotics video series: Interview with Cory Kidd from Catalia Health
Robohub Editors
02 Sep 2017
Mike Salem from Udacity's Robotics Nanodegree is hosting a series of interviews with professional roboticists as part of their free online material....
Udacity Robotics video series: Interview with Jillian Ogle from Let’s Robot
Robohub Editors
25 Aug 2017
Mike Salem from Udacity's Robotics Nanodegree is hosting a series of interviews with professional roboticists as part of their free online material....
New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: ILIAD
SPARC
18 Aug 2017
In 2016, the European Union co-funded 17 new robotics projects from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for research and innovation....
Talking Machines: The church of Bayes and collecting data, with Katherine Heller
Talking Machines
11 Aug 2017
In episode six of season three we chat about the difference between frequentists and Bayesians, take a listener question about techniques for panel data, and have an interview with Katherine Heller of...
Udacity Robotics video series: Interview with Lewis Anderson from Traptic
Robohub Editors
11 Aug 2017
Mike Salem from Udacity's Robotics Nanodegree is hosting a series of interviews with professional roboticists as part of their free online material....
New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: HEPHAESTUS
SPARC
20 Jul 2017
In 2016, the European Union co-funded 17 new robotics projects from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for research and innovation. 16 of these resulted from the robotics work programme, and 1 proje...
New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: CYBERLEGs++
SPARC
09 Jul 2017
In 2016, the European Union co-funded 17 new robotics projects from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for research and innovation. 16 of these resulted from the robotics work programme, and 1 proje...
Udacity Robotics video series: Interview with Nick Kohut from Dash Robotics
Robohub Editors
06 Jul 2017
Mike Salem from Udacity's Robotics Nanodegree is hosting a series of interviews with professional roboticists as part of their free online material....
Dr Nathan Griffiths: Driverless cars? How the road to the future will be driven by machine learning
The Royal Society and Will Kay
01 May 2017
Over the past few weeks, we’ve blogged about how machine learning is transforming research, nuclear decommissioning, and astronomy. Building on our “Ask the Experts” panel discussion on driverle...
Dr Rustam Stolkin and robots that learn: Nuclear robotics meets machine learning
The Royal Society and Susannah Odell
27 Apr 2017
How can we create robots that can carry out important tasks in dangerous environments? Machine learning is supporting advances in the field of robotics. To find out more, we talked to Dr Rustam Stolki...
By 2030, will traffic jams be a thing of the past?
Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd
03 Mar 2017
Imagine a future where self-driving cars, trains and buses are all seamlessly connected through an app, where traffic jams are a thing of the past and redundant car parks have been turned into green s...
Drones for good 2.0: How WeRobotics is redefining the use of unmanned systems in developing countries
Waypoint
22 Feb 2017
Robotics undoubtedly has the potential to improve lives in the developing world. However, with limited budgets and expertise on the ground, putting this technology in place is no small task. Step forw...
Quest for Roboethics: An interview with Prof. Rafael Capurro
Yueh-Hsuan Weng
14 Feb 2017
In this interview, we invited Prof. Rafael Capurro to share his insights on past, current, and future trends in robot ethics....
Technical challenges in machine ethics
Yueh-Hsuan Weng
08 Feb 2017
Machine ethics offers an alternative solution for artificial intelligence (AI) safety governance. In order to mitigate risks in human-robot interactions, robots will have to comply with humanity’s e...
Robotic Functions Validations: Interview with Jussi Aaltonen
Luís Lopes
27 Jan 2017
The UNEXMIN (Underwater Explorer for Flooded Mines) project is almost one year old. After a busy first year of work, UNEXMIN is on-schedule to deliver the first mechanical UX-1 prototype. Jussi Aalton...
Catalia Health uses social robots to improve health outcomes
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
17 Jan 2017
Catalia Health is leading the surge in social robotics, with Mabu, their patient care management system. Catalia Health likes to be seen primarily as a health company that utilizes robots, rather th...
How do we regulate robo-morality?
Yueh-Hsuan Weng
15 Dec 2016
In April 2016, British Standards Institution (BSI) published the world’s first ethical standard for the design, production, sale, and usage of social robots. “BS 8611: 2016 Robots and robotic devi...
‘It’s a reminder we are making a difference in the world’: Girls of Steel follow up
Theresa Richards and Andra Keay
14 Dec 2016
The Girls of Steel – a competitive FIRST team in Pittsburg, PA – is on a mission to engage more young women into engineering. Over the last few years, we’ve heard what it’s like to be part of ...
One being for two origins: A new perspective on roboethics
Yueh-Hsuan Weng
08 Dec 2016
The concept One Being for Two Origins, from the teachings of Buddha, considers the unification of technology, nature, and human beings. It emerges from the theory of the three aspects: The values of t...
When robots become art: Interview with Yi-Wei Keng
Yueh-Hsuan Weng
29 Nov 2016
How can robotics help to enhance the development of the modern arts? Japan’s famous playwright, stage director Oriza Hirata and leading roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro launched the “Robot Theater Proj...
In motion: Video transmission by mobile drones
Christian Bettstetter
07 Oct 2016
Raheeb Muzaffar, an information technology specialist, has developed an application-layer framework that improves the transmission of videos between moving drones and mobile devices located at ground ...
Meet the pilots preparing for Cybathlon: Claudia Breidbach
NCCR Robotics
08 Sep 2016
Claudia Breidbach is pilot with Touch Bionics in the Powered Arm Prosthesis Race. When Claudia isn't preparing for the Cybathlon, she can be found competing with her skydiving team, KARMA....
Surveying flooded mines with UNEXMIN: Interview with Norbert Zajzon
Luís Lopes
01 Sep 2016
The UNEXMIN project (Underwater Explorer for Flooded Mines) started February 2016. It is an EU-funded project, from the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. Luís Lopes, from the La Palma...
Interview: International Ground Vehicle Ground Competition (IGVC) winner on “Bigfoot 2” Husky UGV
Clearpath Robotics
08 Aug 2016
By: Chris Bogdon
The International Ground Vehicle Ground Competition (IGVC) is an annual event that brings together teams of college students from all over the globe to compete in an autonomous gro...
A European perspective on robot law: Interview with Mady Delvaux-Stehres
Yueh-Hsuan Weng
15 Jul 2016
10 years after the release of the EURON Roboethics Roadmap and we are witnessing a technology revolution. In the last 10 years, we've seen: Google’s self-driving car, Amazon’s KIVA system, drone...
Performing rescue missions with drone networks: Interview with Samira Hayat
Christian Bettstetter
13 Apr 2016
Samira Hayat is following her calling: She has been a member of the Mobile Systems research team at the Department of Networked and Embedded Systems since 2012. Before that, she studied in Trento. Ma...
Interview: Billion dollar brain with Professor Alois Knoll
Robotics and Automation News
23 Mar 2016
By: Abdul Montaqim
Professor Knoll, one of the most influential roboticists in Europe, is currently the co-ordinator of the European Clearing House for Open Robotics Development (Echord), and one of...
Talking Machines: Machine learning in healthcare and the AlphaGo matches
Talking Machines
14 Mar 2016
In episode five of season two, Ryan walks us through variational inference. We put some listener questions about Go and how to play it to Andy Okun, president of the American Go Association (who is in...
Interview: The team behind the apple harvesting robot
Clearpath Robotics
08 Mar 2016
By: Chris Bogdon
Amir Degani is an assistant professor at Technion Institute of Technology and Avi Kahnani is the CEO and Co-Founder of Israeli robotics start-up Fresh Fruits Robotics. Together, they...
Talking Machines: Robotics and machine learning music videos, with Michael Littman
Talking Machines
17 Feb 2016
In episode three of season two, Ryan walks us through the Alpha Go results and answers a listeners' question about using Gaussian processes for classifications. Plus, we talk with Michael Littman of...
