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    Robohub Digest 07/17: World record breaking drones, bio-inspired ‘bots and roadblocks ahead for self-driving cars in Asia
    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....
    07 August 2017, by

    Smaller, smarter, softer robotic arm for endoscopic surgery
    By Leah Burrows, SEAS Communications Flexible endoscopes can snake through narrow passages to treat difficult to reach areas of the body. However, once they arrive at their target, these devices re...
    04 August 2017, by

    Automatic image retouching system
    The data captured by today’s digital cameras is often treated as the raw material of a final image. Before uploading pictures to social networking sites, even casual cellphone photographers might sp...
    03 August 2017, by

    Artificial skin could allow robots to feel like we do
    Artificial skin with post-human sensing capabilities, and a better understanding of skin tissue, could pave the way for robots that can feel, smart-transplants and even cyborgs....
    02 August 2017, by

    Amazon Robotics Challenge winners announced
    Sixteen teams from across the globe came to Nagoya, Japan to participate in the third annual Amazon Robotics Challenge. Amazon sponsors the event to strengthen ties between the industrial and academic...
    02 August 2017, by

    Talking Machines: Getting a start in ML and applied AI at Facebook, with Joaquin Quiñonero Candela
    In episode five of season three we compare and contrast AI and data science, take a listener question about getting started in machine learning, and listen to an interview with Joaquin Quiñonero Cand...
    01 August 2017, by



    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 7/31/17
    A U.S. Army soldier launches an RQ-11 Raven during an exercise in North Carolina on July 27. Credit: Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee/U.S. Air Force July 24, 2017 – July 30, 2017 If you would like to ...
    31 July 2017, by

    Somersault simulation for jumping robots
    In recent years engineers have been developing new technologies to enable robots and humans to move faster and jump higher. Soft, elastic materials store energy in these devices, which, if released ca...
    28 July 2017, by

    Robot-driven device improves crouch gait in children with cerebral palsy
    In the U.S., 3.6 out of 1000 school-aged children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP). Their symptoms include abnormal gait patterns which results in joint degeneration over time. Slow walking spee...
    27 July 2017, by

    Cocktail Bot 4.0
    The Cocktail Bot 4.0 consists of five robots with one high-level goal: Mix one more than 20 possible drink combination for you! But it isn’t as easy as it sounds. After the customer composed his dri...
    27 July 2017, by

    SMART trials self-driving wheelchair at hospital
    Singapore and MIT have been at the forefront of autonomous vehicle development. First, there were self-driving golf buggies. Then, an autonomous electric car. Now, leveraging similar technology, MIT a...
    26 July 2017, by

    Folding robots: No battery, no wires, no problem
    The traditional Japanese art of origami transforms a simple sheet of paper into complex, three-dimensional shapes through a very specific pattern of folds, creases, and crimps. Folding robots based on...
    26 July 2017, by

    Stanford researchers develop a new type of soft, growing robot
    By Taylor Kubota, Stanford News Service Imagine rescuers searching for people in the rubble of a collapsed building. Instead of digging through the debris by hand or having dogs sniff for signs of ...
    25 July 2017, by

    Reshaping computer-aided design
    Almost every object we use is developed with computer-aided design (CAD). Ironically, while CAD programs are good for creating designs, using them is actually very difficult and time-consuming if youâ...
    24 July 2017, by

    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 7/24/17
    July 17, 2017 – July 23, 2017 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan is reported...
    24 July 2017, by

    Multi-directional gravity assist harness helps rehabilitation
    When training to regain movement after stroke or spinal cord injury (SCI), patients must once again learn how to keep their balance during walking movements. Current clinical methods support the weigh...
    21 July 2017, by

    New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: HEPHAESTUS
    In 2016, the European Union co-funded 17 new robotics projects from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for research and innovation. 16 of these resulted from the robotics work programme, and 1 proje...
    20 July 2017, by

    Artificial intelligence suggests recipes based on food photos
    There are few things social media users love more than flooding their feeds with photos of food. Yet we seldom use these images for much more than a quick scroll on our cellphones. Researchers from MI...
    20 July 2017, by

    Robots to the rescue!
    This article was first published on the IEC e-tech website. Rapid advances in technology are revolutionizing the roles of aerial, terrestrial and maritime robotic systems in disaster relief, search...
    19 July 2017, by

    Bringing neural networks to cellphones
    In recent years, the best-performing artificial-intelligence systems — in areas such as autonomous driving, speech recognition, computer vision, and automatic translation — have come courtesy of s...
    19 July 2017, by

    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 7/17/17
    The South Korean Navy conducted shipboard flight tests for the TR-60 tilt-rotor UAV. Source: KARI July 10, 2017 – July 16, 2017 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox...
    18 July 2017, by

    IROS Workshop: Best practices in designing roadmaps for robotics innovation
    Join us at the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2017) for a full day workshop that will bring together international stakeholders in robotics to examine ...
    16 July 2017, by and

    Lakeside Research Days: Swarming in cyber physical systems
    An interdisciplinary workshop on self-organization and swarm intelligence in cyber physical systems was held at Lakeside Labs this week. Experts presented their work and discussed open issues in this ...
    16 July 2017, by

    Robohub Digest 06/17: Robots in health and medicine, wheeling and dealing in the world of autonomous vehicles, and lots of new tech in action
    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....
    14 July 2017, by

    Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence Conference: Live stream
    The Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence is convening their first annual conference, this Thursday and Friday, in Cambridge UK. The two days of conference will focus on topics that cut ...
    13 July 2017, by

    Miniaturizing the brain of a drone
    By Jennifer Chu In recent years, engineers have worked to shrink drone technology, building flying prototypes that are the size of a bumblebee and loaded with even tinier sensors and cameras. Thus fa...
    13 July 2017, by

    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 7/10/17
    The U.S. Army is developing a drone that moves like a flying squirrel. Credit: David McNally/U.S. Army News A U.S. drone strike in Somalia targeted members of al-Shabab. It is the second drone...
    11 July 2017, by

    Swarms of smart drones to revolutionise how we watch sports
    by Joe Dodgshun Drone innovators are transforming the way we watch events, from football matches and boat races to music festivals....
    11 July 2017, by

    Second edition of Springer Handbook of Robotics
    The Second Edition of the award-winning Springer Handbook of Robotics edited by Bruno Siciliano and Oussama Khatib has recently been published. The contents of the first edition have been restructured...
    09 July 2017, by

    New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: CYBERLEGs++
    In 2016, the European Union co-funded 17 new robotics projects from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for research and innovation. 16 of these resulted from the robotics work programme, and 1 proje...
    09 July 2017, by

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