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    Robohub gets a fresh look
    If you visited Robohub this week, you may have spotted a big change: how this blog looks now! On Tuesday (coinciding with Ada Lovelace Day and our ‘50 women in robotics that you need to know about‘ by chance), Robohub got a massive modernisation on its look by our technical director Ioannis K. Erripis and his team.
    17 October 2021, by

    50 women in robotics you need to know about 2021
    It’s Ada Lovelace Day and once again we’re delighted to introduce you to “50 women in robotics you need to know about”! From the Afghanistan Girls Robotics Team to K.G.Engelhardt who in 1989 ...
    12 October 2021, by and

    Join the Women in Robotics Photo Challenge
    How can women feel as if they belong in robotics if we can't see any pictures of women building or programming robots? The Civil Rights Activist Marian Wright Edelson aptly said, "You can't be what yo...
    12 October 2021, by

    Sense Think Act Podcast: Melonee Wise
    In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Melonee Wise, former CEO of Fetch Robotics and current VP of Robotics Automation at Zebra Technologies. Melonee speaks about the origin of Fetch Robotics, her ...
    11 October 2021, by and

    Flying high-speed drones into the unknown with AI
    When it comes to exploring complex and unknown environments such as forests, buildings or caves, drones are hard to beat. They are fast, agile and small, and they can carry sensors and payloads virtua...
    08 October 2021, by

    Sense Think Act Podcast: Adrian Macneil
    In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Adrian Macneil, Co-founder and CEO of Foxglove. Foxglove makes Foxglove Studio, an open source visualization and debugging tool for robotics. Adrian speaks abou...
    05 October 2021, by and



    To swim like a tuna, robotic fish need to change how stiff their tails are in real time
    Researchers have been building robotic fish for years, but the performance has never approached the efficiency of real fish. Daniel Quinn, CC BY-NC By Daniel Quinn Underwater vehicles haven’t ...
    05 October 2021, by

    Sense Think Act Podcast: Dave Coleman
    In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Dave Coleman, Chief Executive Officer at PickNik Robotics. Dave speaks at a high level about what MoveIt is and what problems it helps roboticists solve, they t...
    02 October 2021, by and

    Team CERBERUS wins the DARPA Subterranean Challenge
    The DARPA Subterranean Challenge planned to develop novel approaches to rapidly map, explore and search underground environments in time-sensitive operations critical for the civilian and military dom...
    01 October 2021, by

    What can I do here? Learning new skills by imagining visual affordances
    How do humans become so skillful? Well, initially we are not, but from infancy, we discover and practice increasingly complex skills through self-supervised play. But this play is not random - the chi...
    27 September 2021, by

    Sense Think Act Podcast: Ryan Gariepy
    In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Ryan Gariepy, Chief Technology Officer of both Clearpath Robotics and OTTO Motors. Ryan speaks about the origin of Clearpath, how Clearpath focuses on making re...
    21 September 2021, by and

    Surgeons to reach prostate with robot
    Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men. Every year about 13,000 Dutch men are diagnosed with this disease. According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, about 1 in 10 men suffers from...
    21 September 2021, by

    ‘Black in Robotics’ special series
    Apart from the IEEE/RSJ IROS 2020 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) original series Real Roboticist that we have been featuring in the last weeks, another series of three v...
    13 September 2021, by

    Should a home robot follow what the mom says? Recap of what happened at RO-MAN Roboethics Competition
    On August 8th, 2021, a team of four graduate students from the University of Toronto presented their ethical design in the world’s first ever roboethics competition, the RO-MAN 2021 Roboethics to De...
    09 September 2021, by

    When humans play in competition with a humanoid robot, they delay their decisions when the robot looks at them
    Gaze is an extremely powerful and important signal during human-human communication and interaction, conveying intentions and informing about other’s decisions. What happens when a robot and a human...
    06 September 2021, by

    When mud is our greatest teacher
    On 25 March, a small RoboHouse team went out in the fields of Oldeberkoop in East Friesland with gas leak detector Waylon and mechanic Rob. They began by checking the calibration to prevent malfunctio...
    03 September 2021, by

    What is the future of Agri-Food Robotics in the EU and beyond?
    By Kees Lokhorst, Project Coordinator of the agROBOfood project During the last decades robots are transforming from simple machines to cognitive collaborators. The distance that has been covered i...
    30 August 2021, by and

    2021 IEEE RAS Publications best paper awards
    The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society has recently released the list of winners of their best paper awards. Below you can see the list and access the publications. Congratulations to all winners! ...
    27 August 2021, by

    Fish fins are teaching us the secret to flexible robots and new shape-changing materials
    By Francois Barthelat Flying fish use their fins both to swim and glide through the air. Smithsonian Institution/Flickr The big idea Segmented hinges in the long, thin bones of fish fins are...
    20 August 2021, by

    Three new helper robots at the Hsinchu National Taiwan University Hospital
    ADATA Technology has collaborated with researchers at Hsinchu National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) to introduce the C-Rob Autonomous Mobile Robots. These robots use Artificial Intelligence (AI) ...
    13 August 2021, by and

    Swimming robot gives fresh insight into locomotion and neuroscience
    Scientists at the Biorobotics Laboratory (BioRob) in EPFL’s School of Engineering are developing innovative robots in order to study locomotion in animals and, ultimately, gain a better understandin...
    12 August 2021, by

    RO-MAN Roboethics Competition: What is an ethical home robot to you?
    So what does it mean for a robot to act ethically within a home environment? Researchers have been thinking about this question from different perspectives for the past couple of decades. Some look at...
    10 August 2021, by

    We used peanuts and a climbing wall to learn how squirrels judge their leaps so successfully – and how their skills could inspire more nimble robots
    How do they stick their landings? Alex Turton via Getty ImagesTree squirrels are the Olympic divers of the rodent world, leaping gracefully among branches and structures high above the ground. And as ...
    10 August 2021, by , and

    Mobile robots revolutionize industry
    Robot mobility is booming worldwide: Unit sales of Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) in the logistics sector e.g. will increase by 31% between 2020 and 2023 annually. At the same time, the use of AMRs i...
    06 August 2021, by

    A robotic cat can teach us how real animals move
    By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer / Toyoaki Tanikawa, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University In the young discipline of robotics-inspired biology, robots replace experime...
    03 August 2021, by

    r/Robotics showcase
    The first Reddit Robotics Showcase will take place online this weekend (31st July - 1 August). Multitude of projects underway in the r/robotics reddit community will be showcased. There will be nearly...
    30 July 2021, by

    RO-MAN 2021 Roboethics Competition: Bringing ethical robots into the home
    In 1984, Heathkit presented HERO Jr. as the first robot that could be used in households to perform a variety of tasks, such as guarding people’s homes, setting reminders, and even playing games. Fo...
    23 July 2021, by

    New algorithm flies drones faster than human racing pilots
    To be useful, drones need to be quick. Because of their limited battery life they must complete whatever task they have – searching for survivors on a disaster site, inspecting a building, deliverin...
    22 July 2021, by

    What is the best simulation tool for robotics?
    What is the best simulation tool for robotics? This is a hard question to answer because many people (or their companies) specialize in one tool or another. Some simulators are better at one aspect of...
    20 July 2021, by

    Sniffy Bug: a fully autonomous swarm of gas-seeking nano quadcopters in cluttered environments
    Tiny drones are ideal candidates for fully autonomous jobs that are too dangerous or time-consuming for humans. A commonly shared dream by engineers and fire & rescue services, would be to have swarms...
    15 July 2021, by and

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