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    RoboNet: A dataset for large-scale multi-robot learning
    By Sudeep Dasari This post is cross-listed at the SAIL Blog and the CMU ML blog. In the last decade, we’ve seen learning-based systems provide transformative solutions for a wide range of percep...
    07 December 2019, by

    How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies
    MIT researchers have invented a way to efficiently optimize the control and design of soft robots for target tasks, which has traditionally been a monumental undertaking in computation....
    07 December 2019, by

    #IROS2019 videos and exhibit floor – update
    The 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (#IROS2019) was held in Macau earlier this month. The theme this year was "robots connecting people"....
    21 November 2019, by

    Flexible yet sturdy robot is designed to “grow” like a plant
    In today’s factories and warehouses, it’s not uncommon to see robots whizzing about, shuttling items or tools from one station to another. For the most part, robots navigate pretty easily across o...
    21 November 2019, by

    Predicting people’s driving personalities
    Self-driving cars are coming. But for all their fancy sensors and intricate data-crunching abilities, even the most cutting-edge cars lack something that (almost) every 16-year-old with a learner’s ...
    21 November 2019, by

    #IROS2019 videos and exhibit floor
    The 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (#IROS2019) is being held in Macau this week. The theme this year is "robots connecting people"....
    06 November 2019, by



    RoboBee powered by soft muscles
    By Leah Burrows The sight of a RoboBee careening towards a wall or crashing into a glass box may have once triggered panic in the researchers in the Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory at the Harvard Jo...
    06 November 2019, by

    Look then listen: Pre-learning environment representations for data-efficient neural instruction following
    By David Gaddy When learning to follow natural language instructions, neural networks tend to be very data hungry – they require a huge number of examples pairing language with actions in order to ...
    06 November 2019, by

    Two-legged robot mimics human balance while running and jumping
    By Jennifer Chu Rescuing victims from a burning building, a chemical spill, or any disaster that is inaccessible to human responders could one day be a mission for resilient, adaptable robots. Imagin...
    06 November 2019, by

    Technique helps robots find the front door
    By Jennifer ChuIn the not too distant future, robots may be dispatched as last-mile delivery vehicles to drop your takeout order, package, or meal-kit subscription at your doorstep — if they can fin...
    06 November 2019, by

    A swarm of autonomous tiny flying robots
    By K.N. McGuire, C. De Wagter, K. Tuyls, H.J. Kappen, G.C.H.E. de Croon Greenhouses, search-and-rescue teams and warehouses are all looking for new methods to enable surveillance in a manner that i...
    04 November 2019, by

    #IROS2019 live coverage and IROS TV
    The 2019 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (#IROS2019) is being held in Macau this week. The theme this year is "robots connecting people"....
    04 November 2019, by

    Transience, Replication, and the Paradox of Social Robotics
    with Guy Hoffman Robotics Researcher, Cornell University An Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium, co-sponsored by the Center for New Music and Audio Technologies and CITRIS People and Robot...
    30 October 2019, by

    #SciRocChallenge announces winners of Smart Cities Robotic Competition
    The smart city of Milton Keynes hosted the first edition of the European Robotics League (ERL)- Smart Cities Robotic Challenge (SciRoc Challenge).  Ten European teams met in the shopping mall of Cent...
    21 October 2019, by

    Assembler robots make large structures from little pieces
    By David L. Chandler Today’s commercial aircraft are typically manufactured in sections, often in different locations — wings at one factory, fuselage sections at another, tail components somewhe...
    21 October 2019, by

    Robots help patients manage chronic illness at home
    By Zach Winn The Mabu robot, with its small yellow body and friendly expression, serves, literally, as the face of the care management startup Catalia Health. The most innovative part of the company...
    21 October 2019, by

    ROBOTT-NET pilot project: Urban pest control
    “Within the framework of the European project ROBOTT-NET we are developing software and robotic solutions for the prevention and control of rodents in enclosed spaces”, says Marco Lorenzo, Service...
    21 October 2019, by

    Functional RL with Keras and Tensorflow Eager
    By Eric Liang and Richard Liaw and Clement Gehring In this blog post, we explore a functional paradigm for implementing reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms. The paradigm will be that developers wr...
    21 October 2019, by

    30 women in robotics you need to know about – 2019
    From Mexican immigrant to MIT, from Girl Power in Latin America to robotics entrepreneurs in Africa and India, the 2019 annual “women in robotics you need to know about” list is here! We've featur...
    08 October 2019, by , , and

    A soft matter computer for soft robots
    Our work published recently in Science Robotics describes a new form of computer, ideally suited to controlling soft robots. Our Soft Matter Computer (SMC) is inspired by the way information is encode...
    03 October 2019, by

    Deep dynamics models for dexterous manipulation
    By Anusha Nagabandi Dexterous manipulation with multi-fingered hands is a grand challenge in robotics: the versatility of the human hand is as yet unrivaled by the capabilities of robotic systems...
    03 October 2019, by

    Complex lattices that change in response to stimuli open a range of applications in electronics, robotics, and medicine
    By Leah Burrows What would it take to transform a flat sheet into a human face? How would the sheet need to grow and shrink to form eyes that are concave into the face and a convex nose and chin th...
    03 October 2019, by

    Sample efficient evolutionary algorithm for analog circuit design
    By Kourosh Hakhamaneshi In this post, we share some recent promising results regarding the applications of Deep Learning in analog IC design. While this work targets a specific application, the propo...
    03 October 2019, by

    The DARPA SubT Challenge: A robot triathlon
    One of the biggest urban legends growing up in New York City were rumors about alligators living in the sewers. This myth even inspired a popular children’s book called “The Great Escape: ...
    03 October 2019, by

    Day three at #SciRocChallenge: drone delivery of medical supplies
    The European Robotics League (ERL) presents the SciRoc Challenge, a new robotics competition on smart cities that occurs every two years in a European city. Funded by the European Commission’s Horiz...
    01 October 2019, by

    Day two at #SciRocChallenge: robot manipulation in human environments
    The ERL Smart Cities Robotics Challenge 2019 takes place from 17-21st September in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. Funded by the European Commission under the SciRoc Horizon 2020 project, this new chal...
    25 September 2019, by

    Day one at #ScirocChallenge: social robots and humans meet in a shopping mall
    The ERL Smart Cities Robotics Challenge (SciRoc Challenge) includes five different episodes around the topic of smart shopping. Ten teams from five different countries have travelled to Milton Keynes,...
    19 September 2019, by

    #SciRocChallenge tests robots in a realistic smart shopping environment
    The city of Milton Keynes hosts from the 17th to the 21st of September the European Robotics League - Smart Cities Robotics Challenge (SciRoc Challenge). For the first time, international researchers ...
    18 September 2019, by

    Catalia Health and Pfizer collaborate on robots for healthcare
    New robot platform improves patient experience using AI to help patients navigate barriers and health care challenges SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Catalia Health and Pfizer tod...
    17 September 2019, by

    A gentle grip on gelatinous creatures
    Jellyfish are about 95% water, making them some of the most diaphanous, delicate animals on the planet. But the remaining 5% of them have yielded important scientific discoveries, like green fluoresce...
    16 September 2019, by

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