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Mayfield Robotics to introduce enhanced interactions with Kuri
Kuri
07 Mar 2017
It’s been about 8 weeks since we first introduced Kuri to the world at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and we’re incredibly, amazingly, stupendously happy to keep hearing from people ab...
Leg over wheels: Ghost robotics’ Minitaur proves legged capabilities over difficult terrain
Alex Kirkpatrick
07 Mar 2017
Ghost Robotics—a leader in fast and lightweight direct-drive legged robots—announced recently that its Minitaur model has been updated with advanced reactive behaviors for navigating grass, rock, ...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 3/6/17
February 27, 2017 – March 5, 2017
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
We spoke to The Daily Beast to help make sense of ISIL’s growing use of armed consumer drones in the conflict in Sy...
Mind control: Correcting robot mistakes using EEG brain signals
CSAIL MIT
06 Mar 2017
For robots to do what we want, they need to understand us. Too often, this means having to meet them halfway: teaching them the intricacies of human language, for example, or giving them explicit comm...
Robohub Digest 02/17: Asilomar AI principles, robot tax, drone art and Super Bowl LI
Alex Kirkpatrick and Jana Witt
06 Mar 2017
A quick, hassle-free way to stay on top of robotics news, our robotics digest is released on the first Monday of every month. Sign up to get it in your inbox....
By 2030, will traffic jams be a thing of the past?
Catharina Elmsäter-Svärd
03 Mar 2017
Imagine a future where self-driving cars, trains and buses are all seamlessly connected through an app, where traffic jams are a thing of the past and redundant car parks have been turned into green s...
Yves Behar designs a security robot for Cobalt Robotics
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
02 Mar 2017
Cobalt Robotics has launched their stylish security robot. The robot was designed by Yves Behar and as a fabric covered robot, it’s putting a new spin on soft robotics! Behar’s goal was to creat...
Bristol professors to play role in creating robots for dangerous nuclear sites
UWE Bristol
01 Mar 2017
The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is part of a consortium which has received a £4.6 million grant to build a new generation of robots for use in nuclear sites. The funding from the ...
3D-printed houses and cars on the horizon as manufacturing goes large
Horizon Magazine
01 Mar 2017
Housebuilders and makers of car parts in a few decades time may need nothing more than a large robotic arm, some raw ingredients and a programmable design, thanks to the next-generation of 3D printing...
Shakey is first robot to receive IEEE Milestone award
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
28 Feb 2017
Shakey the Robot, the world’s first mobile, intelligent robot, developed at SRI International between 1966-1972, was the first robot to be honored with a prestigious IEEE Milestone in Electrical En...
Boston Dynamics’ newest robot: Introducing Handle
Kassie Perlongo
28 Feb 2017
Handle is a research robot standing 6.5 ft tall, travels at 9 mph and jumps 4 feet vertically. It uses electric power to operate both electric and hydraulic actuators, with a range of about 15 miles o...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/27/17
February 20, 2017 – February 26, 2017
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Dronescapes is a collection of vibrant, mystical paintings of drones by Australian artist Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fo...
Insect-inspired mechanical resilience for multicopters
NCCR Robotics
27 Feb 2017
Over recent years the explosion in popularity of drones, both professionally and for amateur use, has inspired researchers to consider how to make flying robots as safe and robust as possible. Previou...
Robust bipedal Cassie to transform robot mobility
Kassie Perlongo
24 Feb 2017
Cassie is an advanced legged mobility robot. Created by Oregon State University spin-off, Agility Robotics, Cassie's engineering team has big plans for this robot to assist rescuers in disaster relief...
Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE: Semi-finalists set sail on a journey to illuminate the ocean
Jyotika Virmani
22 Feb 2017
We have just taken another momentous step in the journey to unveil the hidden wonders of our own planet!
Since the launch of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE at the American Geophysical Union Fall ...
Drones for good 2.0: How WeRobotics is redefining the use of unmanned systems in developing countries
Waypoint
22 Feb 2017
Robotics undoubtedly has the potential to improve lives in the developing world. However, with limited budgets and expertise on the ground, putting this technology in place is no small task. Step forw...
Ocado evaluating robotic manipulation for online shopping orders
Graham Deacon
21 Feb 2017
Ocado, the world’s largest online-only supermarket, has been evaluating the feasibility of robotic picking and packing of shopping orders in its highly-automated warehouses through the SoMa project,...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/20/17
February 13, 2017 – February 19, 2017
News
Telecommunications firm Verizon has acquired Skyward, a drone operations management company. Skyward develops software for drone operators to manage ...
Putting data in the hands of doctors
MIT News
17 Feb 2017
Computer scientist Regina Barzilay is working with MIT students and medical doctors in an ambitious bid to revolutionize cancer care. She is relying on a tool largely unrecognized in the oncology wor...
Discovering optimal strategies for fast robotic walking and climbing
NCCR Robotics
17 Feb 2017
Chances are that you’ve never given much thought to how insects walk, or what combination of leg movements–or gaits–is most stable or fastest, but, if like a group of scientists from Ramdya, Flo...
Switzerland invites international startups to disrupt key industries
Robohub Editors
16 Feb 2017
Kickstart Accelerator, one of Europe’s largest multi-corporate, zero-equity technology accelerators and an initiative of digitalswitzerland, has today announced that applications are open to inte...
NAIST OpenHand M2S released
Felix von Drigalski
16 Feb 2017
The NAIST OpenHand M2S was developed by a team of students as part of the school’s annual CICP project (read the blog post about it here), in which students can propose and organize their own resear...
Quest for Roboethics: An interview with Prof. Rafael Capurro
Yueh-Hsuan Weng
14 Feb 2017
In this interview, we invited Prof. Rafael Capurro to share his insights on past, current, and future trends in robot ethics....
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/13/17
February 6, 2017 – February 12, 2017
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
Loitering munitions are a proliferating class of drones that double as precision attack weapons. These systems, wh...
Researchers add a splash of human intuition to planning algorithms
CSAIL MIT
09 Feb 2017
Every other year, the International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling hosts a competition in which computer systems designed by conference participants try to find the best solution to a...
Technical challenges in machine ethics
Yueh-Hsuan Weng
08 Feb 2017
Machine ethics offers an alternative solution for artificial intelligence (AI) safety governance. In order to mitigate risks in human-robot interactions, robots will have to comply with humanity’s e...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/6/17
January 30, 2017 – February 5, 2017
News
Israel has reportedly eased export restrictions on military drones in order to boost the competitiveness of Israeli companies. According to an unnamed...
Robohub Digest 01/17: New year, new perspectives and forecasts for the year ahead in AI, machine learning and robotics
Alex Kirkpatrick and Kassie Perlongo
06 Feb 2017
A quick, hassle-free way to stay on top of robotics news, our robotics digest is released on the first Monday of every month. Sign up to get it in your inbox....
Transparent, gel-based robots can catch and release live fish
MIT News
02 Feb 2017
Engineers at MIT have fabricated transparent, gel-based robots that move when water is pumped in and out of them. The bots can perform a number of fast, forceful tasks, including kicking a ball underw...
Wearable AI that can detect the tone of a conversation
CSAIL MIT
01 Feb 2017
It’s a fact of nature that a single conversation can be interpreted in very different ways. For people with anxiety or conditions like Asperger’s, this can make social situations extremely stressf...
Call for startups at Automate
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
01 Feb 2017
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) has announced a call for startup companies in robotics, machine vision and motion control for its Automate Launch Pad Competition. The competition will be...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/30/17
January 23, 2017 – January 29, 2017
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
A growing number of countries around the world are developing or acquiring unmanned aircraft systems. Today, the Ce...
When being a woman in robotics gives you the edge
Andra Keay
31 Jan 2017
Robotics isn’t gender neutral, it’s gender blind. And that means that there are a lot of hidden opportunities for savvy investors and entrepreneurs. One of the first robotics companies I followed ...
Soft exosuit economies: Understanding the costs of lightening the load
Wyss Institute
30 Jan 2017
Last year, Harvard’s soft exosuit team provided first proof-of-concept results showing that its wearable robot could lower energy expenditure in healthy people walking with a load on their back. Mad...
The Digger Foundation competing for a $1million prize
The Digger Foundation
30 Jan 2017
The DOME Project of the Digger Foundation has been shortlisted as finalist of the
prestigious Robotics Award for Good taking place in Dubai in February 2017, where
a $1million price will be awarded ...
Robotic Functions Validations: Interview with Jussi Aaltonen
Luís Lopes
27 Jan 2017
The UNEXMIN (Underwater Explorer for Flooded Mines) project is almost one year old. After a busy first year of work, UNEXMIN is on-schedule to deliver the first mechanical UX-1 prototype. Jussi Aalton...
