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    1000 local events expected during the European Robotics Week 2017
    The importance of robotics for Europe's regions will be the focus of a week-long celebration of robotics taking place around Europe on 17–27 November 2017. The European Robotics Week 2017 (ERW2017) ...
    06 November 2017, by

    Happy Halloween!
    Happy Halloween everyone! Here's a selection of this year's robot videos and tweets to get you in the mood....
    31 October 2017, by

    Can artificial intelligence learn to scare us?
    Just in time for Halloween, a research team from the MIT Media Lab’s Scalable Cooperation group has introduced Shelley: the world’s first artificial intelligence-human horror story collaborat...
    28 October 2017, by

    Congress’ automated driving bills are both more and less than they seem
    Bills being considered by Congress deserve our attention—but not our full attention. To wit: When it comes to safety-related regulation of automated driving, existing law is at least as important as...
    27 October 2017, by

    New RoboBee flies, dives, swims, and explodes out the of water
    By Leah Burrows We’ve seen RoboBees that can fly, stick to walls, and dive into water. Now, get ready for a hybrid RoboBee that can fly, dive into water, swim, propel itself back out of water, and ...
    27 October 2017, by

    Overview of the International Conference on Robot Ethics and Safety Standards – with survey on autonomous cars
    The International Conference on Robot Ethics and Safety Standards (ICRESS-2017) took place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 20th to 21st October 2017. Maria Isabel Aldinhas Ferreira and João Silva Sequeira ...
    26 October 2017, by



    Humanoids 2017 photo contest – vote here
    For the first time, Humanoids 2017 is hosting a photo contest. We received 39 photos from robotics laboratories and institutes all over the world, showing humanoids in serious or funny contexts....
    24 October 2017, by

    How to start with self-driving cars using ROS
    Self-driving cars are inevitable. In recent years, self-driving cars have become a priority for automotive companies. BMW, Bosch, Google, Baidu, Toyota, GE, Tesla, Ford, Uber and Volvo are investin...
    24 October 2017, by

    Join the Robohub community!
    As you know, Robohub is a non-profit dedicated to connecting the robotics community to the public. Over nearly a decade we’ve produced more than 200 podcasts and helped thousands of roboticists comm...
    24 October 2017, by

    Talking Machines: The pace of change and the public view of machine learning, with Peter Donnelly
    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...
    19 October 2017, by

    Shaping animal, vegetable and mineral
    By Leah Burrows Nature has a way of making complex shapes from a set of simple growth rules. The curve of a petal, the swoop of a branch, even the contours of our face are shaped by these processes. ...
    19 October 2017, by

    Robohub Podcast
    I am happy to announce that Robots Podcast will be renamed to "Robohub Podcast"....
    16 October 2017, by

    Udacity Robotics video series: Interview with Felipe Chavez from Kiwi
    Mike Salem from Udacity's Robotics Nanodegree is hosting a series of interviews with professional roboticists as part of their free online material....
    13 October 2017, by

    Teleoperating robots with virtual reality
    Certain industries have traditionally not had the luxury of telecommuting. Many manufacturing jobs, for example, require a physical presence to operate machinery....
    12 October 2017, by

    Why engineering schools globally need more creative women
    At McMaster University, 40 per cent of assistant professors in engineering are now women and the school is working hard to make the profession more equitable for women. (Shutterstock) ...
    12 October 2017, by

    Robotic bugs train insects to be helpers
    by Aisling Irwin Tiny mobile robots are learning to work with insects in the hope the creatures’ sensitive antennae and ability to squeeze into small spaces can be put to use serving humans....
    10 October 2017, by

    Aerial manipulator for contact inspection selected for innovation prize
    The European project AEROARMS is one of 10 innovations selected to compete for the Innovation Radar Prize in the "Industrial & Enabling Tech" category. AEROARMS is a European project that proposes to ...
    05 October 2017, by

    RoboBusiness 2017: What’s cooking in robotics?
    Mike Toscano, the former president of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, emphatically declared at the September RobotLab forum that “anyone who claims to know the futur...
    05 October 2017, by

    Energy, enthusiasm and spirit of cooperation: Award winners of ERL Emergency Robots 2017 announced
    The European Robotics League (ERL) announced the winners of ERL Emergency Robots 2017 major tournament, during the awards ceremony held on Saturday, 23rd September at Giardini Pro Patria, in Piombino,...
    29 September 2017, by

    The referees’ special awards ERL Emergency Robots 2017
    The European Robotics League (ERL) announced the winners of ERL Emergency Robots 2017 major tournament, during the awards ceremony held on Saturday, 23rd September at Giardini Pro Patria, in Piombino,...
    29 September 2017, by

    A language to design control algorithms for robot swarms
    Designing and representing control algorithms is challenging in swarm robotics, where the collective swarm performance depends on interactions between robots and with their environment. The currently ...
    28 September 2017, by

    “Superhero” robot wears different outfits for different tasks
    From butterflies that sprout wings to hermit crabs that switch their shells, many animals must adapt their exterior features in order to survive. While humans don’t undergo that kind of metamorphosi...
    27 September 2017, by

    #ERLEmergency2017 in tweets
    The ERL Emergency Robots 2017 (#ERLemergency2017) major tournament in Piombino, Italy, gathered 130 participants from 16 universities and companies from 8 European countries. Participating teams desig...
    27 September 2017, by

    Drones can almost see in the dark
    We want to share with you our recent breakthrough teaching drones to fly using an eye-inspired camera, which opens the door to them performing fast, agile maneuvers and flying in low-light environment...
    26 September 2017, by

    #IROS2017 Live Coverage
    The 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2017) is being held in Vancouver Canada this week. The theme of IROS 2017 is “Friendly People, Friendly Robots”. ...
    26 September 2017, by

    Udacity Robotics video series: Interview with Chris Anderson from 3D Robotics
    Mike Salem from Udacity's Robotics Nanodegree is hosting a series of interviews with professional roboticists as part of their free online material....
    23 September 2017, by

    Talking Machines: The long view and learning in person, with John Quinn
    In episode nine of season three we chat about the difference between models and algorithms, take a listener question about summer schools and learning in person as opposed to learning digitally, and w...
    23 September 2017, by

    Automatic code reuse
    by Larry Hardesty Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have developed a new system that allows programmers to transplant code from one program into a...
    20 September 2017, by

    Descartes revisited: Do robots think?
    This past week, a robotic first happened: ABB’s Yumi robot conducted the Lucca Philharmonic Orchestra in Pisa, Italy. The dual-armed robot overshadowed even his vocal collaborator, Italian tenor...
    20 September 2017, by

    A foldable cargo drone
    The field of drone delivery is currently a big topic in robotics. However, the reason that your internet shopping doesn’t yet arrive via drone is that current flying robots can prove a safety risk t...
    15 September 2017, by

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