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Robots in Depth with Walter Wohlkinger
Robots in Depth
07 Jun 2018
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with Walter Wohlkinger from Blue Danube Robotics about their Airskin, a safety sensor covering robots and machines....
Robots in Depth with Anouk Wipprecht
Robots in Depth
01 Jun 2018
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with Anouk Wipprecht, a Dutch FashionTech Designer who incorporates technology and robotics into fashion. She thinks that “Fashion lacks Micro...
Teaching chores to an artificial agent
MIT News
01 Jun 2018
By Adam Conner-Simons | Rachel Gordon
For many people, household chores are a dreaded, inescapable part of life that we often put off or do with little care. But what if a robot assistant could help ...
Surgical technique improves sensation, control of prosthetic limb
MIT News
01 Jun 2018
By Helen Knight
Humans can accurately sense the position, speed, and torque of their limbs, even with their eyes shut. This sense, known as proprioception, allows humans to precisely control their bo...
ANYbotics wins ICRA 2018 Robot Launch competition!
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
30 May 2018
ANYbotics led the way in the ICRA 2018 Robot Launch Startup Competition on May 22, 2018 at the Brisbane Conference Center in Australia. Although ANYbotics pitched last out of the 10 startups presentin...
Nearly 1000 research videos from #ICRA2018
Sabine Hauert
25 May 2018
The International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) is the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society’s flagship conference and is a premier international forum for robotics researchers to pres...
Fleet of autonomous boats could service some cities, reducing road traffic
MIT News
25 May 2018
By Rob Matheson
The future of transportation in waterway-rich cities such as Amsterdam, Bangkok, and Venice — where canals run alongside and under bustling streets and bridges — may include auton...
Making driverless cars change lanes more like human drivers do
MIT News
25 May 2018
By Larry Hardesty
In the field of self-driving cars, algorithms for controlling lane changes are an important topic of study. But most existing lane-change algorithms have one of two drawbacks: Eit...
Robots in Depth with Paul Ekas
Robots in Depth
20 May 2018
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with Paul Ekas about his EZGripper and how he designed it to be low cost, lightweight, robust and to offer reliable gripping of small and large ...
We want to end the de-industrialisation of Europe – Prof. Jürgen Rüttgers
Horizon Magazine
20 May 2018
by Rex Merrifield
He leads the High Level Group on Industrial Technologies, which on 24 April released a report called Re-finding industry – Defining Innovation to make recommendations on EU resear...
Researchers develop virtual-reality testing ground for drones
MIT News
20 May 2018
By Jennifer Chu
Training drones to fly fast, around even the simplest obstacles, is a crash-prone exercise that can have engineers repairing or replacing vehicles with frustrating regularity....
Albatross robot takes flight
MIT News
20 May 2018
By Jennifer Chu
MIT engineers have designed a robotic glider that can skim along the water’s surface, riding the wind like an albatross while also surfing the waves like a sailboat....
Robot transitions from soft to rigid
Wyss Institute
09 May 2018
By Leah Burrows
Even octopuses understand the importance of elbows. When these squishy, loose-limbed cephalopods need to make a precise movement — such as guiding food into their mouth — the musc...
Robots in Depth with Linda Thayer
Robots in Depth
07 May 2018
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with Linda Thayer about how to apply for, maintain and use patents....
Self-driving cars for country roads
MIT News
07 May 2018
By Adam Conner-Simons | Rachel Gordon
Uber's recent self-driving car fatality underscores the fact that the technology is still not ready for widespread adoption. The reality is that there aren’t m...
Magni and Misty – are these the droids we’ve been looking for?
Andra Keay
03 May 2018
Both are crowdfunding right now — Magni has only 1 week days to go and Misty has just launched today. Both robots come from pedigree robotics companies and both robots are top of the line in ...
Robots in Depth with Frank Tobe
Robots in Depth
26 Apr 2018
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with Frank Tobe about his experience covering robotics in The Robot Report and creating the index Robo-Stox....
ROBOTT-NET use case: Danfoss automated assembly line
Thilo Zimmermann
24 Apr 2018
Short delivery time, high flexibility and reduced costs for handling parts before assembly. These are the main goals that Danfoss Drives wanted to achieve by creating an automated assembly line. But w...
Robot Launch 2018 in full swing – like Tennibot!
Silicon Valley Robotics
24 Apr 2018
With the Robot Launch 2018 competition in full swing – deadline May 15 for entries wanting to compete on stage in Brisbane at ICRA 2018 – we thought it was time to look at last years’ Robot Laun...
Robots in Depth with David Johan
Robots in Depth
18 Apr 2018
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with David Johan, Co-Founder and CEO of Shape Robotics....
Drones as first responders
Oliver Mitchell
17 Apr 2018
In a basement of New York University in 2013, Dr. Sergei Lupashin wowed the room of one hundred leading technology enthusiasts with one of the first indoor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) demonstrations...
Westworld season 2
Michael Szollosy
17 Apr 2018
Great news here at Dreaming Robots as we’ve just been able to confirm with Sky Atlantic and NowTV that we will be live tweeting again each episode of the new series of HBO’s completely fan...
Five projects make the first cut and receive a ROBOTT-NET pilot
Thilo Zimmermann
11 Apr 2018
It all started with 166 companies spread across 12 European countries appling for a “golden ticket” to ROBOTT-NET’s Voucher Program. 64 companies received a voucher and highly specialized consul...
Artificial intelligence in action
MIT News
11 Apr 2018
By Meg Murphy
A person watching videos that show things opening — a door, a book, curtains, a blooming flower, a yawning dog — easily understands the same type of action is depicted in each clip....
Robots in Depth with Harsha Prahlad
Robots in Depth
04 Apr 2018
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with Harsha Prahlad, CoFounder and Chief Technology and Products Officer at Grabit Inc. Harsha talks about his novel gripper for soft goods manu...
Robots in Depth with Franziska Kirstein
Robots in Depth
30 Mar 2018
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with Franziska Kirstein, Human-Robot Interaction Expert and Project Manager at Blue Ocean Robotics, about her experience as a linguist working w...
Cheetah III robot preps for a role as a first responder
MIT News
30 Mar 2018
By Eric Brown
If you were to ask someone to name a new technology that emerged from MIT in the 21st century, there’s a good chance they would name the robotic cheetah. Developed by the MIT Departme...
European digital innovation hub strengthens robotics development
Thilo Zimmermann
30 Mar 2018
Digital innovation hubs are vital to create innovative solutions and employment. ROBOTT-NET is an example of a digital innovation hub, where four leading Research Technology Organizations (RTOs) in Eu...
Sherlock Drones – automated investigators tackle toxic crime scenes
Horizon Magazine
26 Mar 2018
by Anthony King
Crimes that involve chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear (CBRN) materials pose a deadly threat not just to the target of the attack but to innocent bystanders and police in...
Swarming drones could help fight Europe’s megafires
Horizon Magazine
21 Mar 2018
by Rob Coppinger
Swarms of firefighting drones could one day be deployed to tackle hugely destructive megafires that are becoming increasingly frequent in the Mediterranean region because of climat...
Robots in Depth with Justin Werfel
Robots in Depth
21 Mar 2018
In this episode of Robots in Depth, Per Sjöborg speaks with Justin Werfel, senior research scientist at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering....
Uber’s fatal crash
CIS Blog
21 Mar 2018
By Bryant Walker Smith
An automated vehicle in Uber’s fleet fatally struck a woman crossing a street in Arizona. A few points pending more information:...
European Robotics Forum 2018: Over 900 roboticists meet in Tampere, Finland
SPARC
14 Mar 2018
The European Robotics Forum 2018 (ERF2018), the most influential meeting of the robotics community in Europe, takes place in Tampere on 13-15 March 2018. ERF brings together over 900 leading scientist...
The autonomous “selfie drone”
MIT News
14 Mar 2018
By Rob Matheson
If you’re a rock climber, hiker, runner, dancer, or anyone who likes recording themselves while in motion, a personal drone companion can now do all the filming for you — complet...
Personalizing wearable devices
Wyss Institute
08 Mar 2018
By Leah Burrows
When it comes to soft, assistive devices — like the exosuit being designed by the Harvard Biodesign Lab — the wearer and the robot need to be in sync. But every human moves a bit ...
ML 2.0: Machine learning for many
MIT News
08 Mar 2018
Today, when an enterprise wants to use machine learning to solve a problem, they have to call in the cavalry. Even a simple problem requires multiple data scientists, machine learning experts, and dom...
