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Robot Talk Episode 86 – Mario Di Castro
Robot Talk
24 May 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Mario Di Castro from CERN all about robotic inspection and maintenance in hazardous environments.
Congratulations to the #ICRA2024 best paper winners
AIhub
20 May 2024
The winners and finalists in the different categories have been announced.
Robot Talk Episode 85 – Margarita Chli
Robot Talk
17 May 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Margarita Chli from the University of Cyprus all about vision, navigation, and small aerial drones.
What’s coming up at #ICRA2024?
AIhub
10 May 2024
Find out what's on the programme at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
Octopus inspires new suction mechanism for robots
University of Bristol
18 Apr 2024
Suction cup grasping a stone - Image credit: Tianqi Yue
The team, based at Bristol Robotics Laboratory, studied the structures of octopus biological suckers, which have superb adaptive s...
Open Robotics Launches the Open Source Robotics Alliance
Open Source Robotics Foundation
18 Mar 2024
The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) is pleased to announce the creation of the Open Source Robotics Alliance (OSRA), a new initiative to strengthen the governance of our open-source robotics so...
Robot Talk Episode 77 – Patricia Shaw
Robot Talk
18 Mar 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Patricia Shaw from Aberystwyth University all about home assistance robots, and robot learning and development.
Robot Talk Episode 64 – Rav Chunilal
Robot Talk
31 Dec 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Rav Chunilal from Sellafield all about robotics and AI for nuclear decommissioning.
AI holidays 2023
AIhub and Lucy Smith
31 Dec 2023
Thanks to those that sent and suggested AI and robotics-themed holiday videos, images, and stories. Here’s a sample to get you into the spirit this season....
Faced with dwindling bee colonies, scientists are arming queens with robots and smart hives
The Conversation
31 Dec 2023
By Farshad Arvin, Martin Stefanec, and Tomas Krajnik
Be it the news or the dwindling number of creatures hitting your windscreens, it will not have evaded you that the insect world in bad shape.
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Robot Talk Episode 63 – Ayse Kucukyilmaz
Robot Talk
31 Dec 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Ayse Kucukyilmaz from the University of Nottingham about collaboration, conflict and failure in human-robot interactions.
Interview with Dautzenberg Roman: #IROS2023 Best Paper Award on Mobile Manipulation sponsored by OMRON Sinic X Corp.
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
19 Nov 2023
The award-winning author describe their work on an aerial robot which can exert large forces onto walls.
Robot Talk Episode 62 – Jorvon Moss
Robot Talk
17 Nov 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Jorvon (Odd-Jayy) Moss from Digikey about making robots at home, and robot design and aesthetics.
California is the robotics capital of the world
Silicon Valley Robotics
12 Nov 2023
In California, robotics technology is a small fish in a much bigger technology pond, and that tends to conceal how important Californian companies are to the robotics revolution.
Robot Talk Episode 61 – Masoumeh Mansouri
Robot Talk
10 Nov 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Masoumeh (Iran) Mansouri from the University of Birmingham about culturally sensitive robots and planning in complex environments.
The 5 levels of Sustainable Robotics
Andra Keay
08 Nov 2023
Robots can solve the UN SDGs and not just via the application area.
Using language to give robots a better grasp of an open-ended world
MIT News
06 Nov 2023
By blending 2D images with foundation models to build 3D feature fields, a new MIT method helps robots understand and manipulate nearby objects with open-ended language prompts.
Robot Talk Episode 60 – Carl Strathearn
Robot Talk
03 Nov 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Carl Strathearn from Edinburgh Napier University about humanoid robots, realistic robot faces and speech.
AAAI Fall Symposium: Patrícia Alves-Oliveira on human-robot interaction design
AIhub and Lucy Smith
31 Oct 2023
We summarise the first keynote from the symposium on artificial intelligence for human-robot interaction.
Robots for deep-sea recovery missions in sci-fi and reality
Robin Murphy
30 Oct 2023
A science fiction/science fact review of Three Miles Down by Harry Turtledove, the fictionalized version of the Hughes Glomar Explorer expedition 50 years before the OceanGate Titan tragedy.
Do humans get lazier when robots help with tasks?
Frontiers Journals & Blog
29 Oct 2023
Humans carrying out quality assurance tasks spotted fewer errors when they had been told that robots had already checked a piece, suggesting they relied on the robots and paid less attention to the work.
Robot Talk Episode 59 – Ffion Llewellyn
Robot Talk
27 Oct 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Ffion Llewellyn from Oshen about sea-faring robots and ocean sensing.
Code to Joy: Why Everyone Should Learn a Little Programming – Interview with Michael Littman
AIhub and Lucy Smith
26 Oct 2023
"A deeper knowledge of computing can be very empowering, and I wanted to bring that to a larger audience."
Robo-Insight #6
Shaunak Kapur
24 Oct 2023
In this sixth edition, we are excited to feature robot progress in medical assistance, prosthetics, robot flexibility, joint movement, work performance, AI design, and household cleanliness.
Goal representations for instruction following
BAIR Blog
22 Oct 2023
Natural language has the potential to be an easy-to-use interface for humans to specify arbitrary tasks, but it is difficult to train robots to follow language instructions.
Robot Talk Episode 58 – Lorenzo Jamone
Robot Talk
20 Oct 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Lorenzo Jamone from Queen Mary University of London all about robotic hands, dexterity, and the sense of touch.
New technique helps robots pack objects into a tight space
MIT News
17 Oct 2023
Researchers coaxed a family of generative AI models to work together to solve multistep robot manipulation problems.
Interview with Marek Šuppa: insights into RoboCupJunior
AIhub and Lucy Smith
16 Oct 2023
Find out about some of the latest developments in the league, and how this year's competition went.
Easing job jitters in the digital revolution
Horizon Magazine
15 Oct 2023
As new technologies reshape workplaces, EU research has come up with new ways to help companies and workers stay in control.
Robot Talk Episode 57 – Kate Devlin
Robot Talk
13 Oct 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Kate Devlin from King's College London about the social and ethical implications of robotics and AI.
#IROS2023 awards finalists and winners + IROS on Demand free for one year
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
12 Oct 2023
Here we bring you the papers that received an award this year at IROS in case you missed them.
The robots of #IROS2023
Silicon Valley Robotics
11 Oct 2023
The International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) not only showcased research but the latest commercialization in robotics, particularly robotics providers selling into robotics for research or as part of the hardware/software stack.
Finger-shaped sensor enables more dexterous robots
MIT News
08 Oct 2023
MIT engineers develop a long, curved touch sensor that could enable a robot to grasp and manipulate objects in multiple ways.
Robot Talk Episode 56 – Guillaume Doisy
Robot Talk
06 Oct 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Guillaume Doisy from Dexory all about autonomous warehouse robots, mobile robotics, and software.
50 women in robotics you need to know about 2023
Andra Keay and Women In Robotics
04 Oct 2023
Celebrating International Women in Robotics Day October 4th.
World Robotics 2023 report: Asia ahead of Europe and the Americas
International Federation of Robotics (IFR)
02 Oct 2023
The new World Robotics report recorded 553,052 industrial robot installations in factories around the world – a growth rate of 5% in 2022, year-on-year. By region, 73% of all newly deployed robots were installed in Asia, 15% in Europe and 10% in the Americas.
