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    Giving robots a sense of touch
    Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact...
    05 June 2017, by

    VENTURER driverless car project publishes results of first trials
    VENTURER is the first Connected and Autonomous Vehicle project to start in the UK. The results of VENTURER preliminary trials show that the handover process is a safety critical issue in the developme...
    05 June 2017, by

    The Uncanny Valley of human-robot interactions
    The device named “Spark” flew high above the man on stage with his hands waving in the direction of the flying object. In a demonstration of DJI’s newest drone, the audience marveled at the Cok...
    02 June 2017, by

    Wearable system helps visually impaired users navigate
    Computer scientists have been working for decades on automatic navigation systems to aid the visually impaired, but it’s been difficult to come up with anything as reliable and easy to use as the wh...
    02 June 2017, by

    Researcher to develop bio-inspired ‘smart’ knee for prosthetics
    A researcher at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) is developing a bio-inspired ‘smart’ knee joint for prosthetic lower limbs. Dr Appolinaire Etoundi, based at Bristol Robotics La...
    01 June 2017, by

    Artificial intelligence: Europe needs a “human in command approach,” says EESC
    The EU must pursue a policy that ensures the development, deployment and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe in favor, and not conducive to the detriment, acts of society and social welfare,...
    01 June 2017, by



    Livestream: Committee to take stance in the European debate on artificial intelligence
    Today, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is going to debate its stance in the European discussion on AI and will express conflicting views on certain issues, especially on the questi...
    31 May 2017, by

    Faster, more nimble drones on the horizon
    There’s a limit to how fast autonomous vehicles can fly while safely avoiding obstacles. That’s because the cameras used on today’s drones can only process images so fast, frame by individual fr...
    31 May 2017, by

    Talking machines: Graphons and “inferencing”
    In episode two of season three Neil takes us through the basics on dropout, we chat about the definition of inference (It's more about context than you think!) and hear an interview with Jennifer Chay...
    30 May 2017, by

    How a challenging aerial environment sparked a business opportunity
    We develop the fastest, smallest and lightest distance sensors for advanced robotics in challenging environments. These sensors are born from a fruitful collaboration with CERN while developing flying...
    30 May 2017, by

    Live coverage of #ICRA2017
    The next edition of IEEE 2017 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) is in Singapore! The event kicked off on Monday 29 May and is running until 3 June. ICRA is one of the leadin...
    30 May 2017, by

    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 5/29/17
    May 22, 2017 – May 28, 2017 News A U.S. drone strike reportedly killed three members of the Pakistani Taliban. According to the Associated Press, the strike targeted a compound in Khost provi...
    30 May 2017, by

    Xponential 2017 in images
    The Xponential 2017 national conference was held May 8-11 by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) in the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Texas. The even...
    25 May 2017, by

    SoftBank invests $5 billion into Didi Chuxing and $4 billion more in Nvidia
    SoftBank, the giant telecom company, is venturing out into the world of robotics and transportation services. DealStreet Asia said that SoftBank is trying to transform itself into the 'Berkshire Hatha...
    24 May 2017, by

    The sunny side of the roboconomy in the Middle East
    The Middle East and North Africa's youthful, fast-urbanizing population are perfectly placed to embrace technology and reap the rewards of the Fourth Industrial Revolution....
    24 May 2017, by

    Dutch start-up launches next generation mapping drone
    Drone company Atmos UAV has launched Marlyn, a lightweight drone which flies automatically, effortlessly and at high wind speeds. One of the first customers that signed up is Skeye, Europe’s leadin...
    23 May 2017, by

    What has twenty years of RoboCup taught us?
    In 1985, a twenty-two year old Garry Kasparov became the youngest World Chess Champion. Twelve years later, he was defeated by the only player capable of challenging the grandmaster, IBM’s Deep Blu...
    23 May 2017, by

    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 5/22/17
    News A U.S. Court of Appeals has struck down the Federal Aviation Administration’s drone registration requirement for recreational operators. The federal court ruled that the registration system ...
    22 May 2017, by

    Robots on drilling platforms: Austrian-German consortium wins international competition
    Last week taurob, together with research partner TU Darmstadt, was announced the winner of the ARGOS Challenge, powered by Oil & Gas giant Total S.A. In a three-year competition, five internati...
    22 May 2017, by

    2017 Robot Art Competition winners announced
    A record number of teams submitted beautiful robot-created artwork for the second year of this 5-year worldwide competition. In total, there were 38 teams from 10 countries who submitted 200 differen...
    19 May 2017, by

    The Force was strong in this robot competition
    Thursday night, dozens of robots designed and built by undergraduates in a mechanical engineering class endured hours of intense, boisterous, and often jubilant competition as they scrambled to rack u...
    18 May 2017, by

    Kids celebrate robotics at RoboFes 2017
    Robo Done, the robotic academy franchise for kids from Osaka, Japan, celebrated Japan’s Day of the Children on the 5th of May at their annual event, Robot Festival 2017 or RoboFes. The event welcome...
    17 May 2017, by

    On the future of human-centered robotics
    Science and technology are essential tools for innovation, and to reap their full potential, we also need to articulate and solve the many aspects of today’s global issues that are rooted in the pol...
    16 May 2017, by

    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup 5/15/17
    Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 5 (EODMU5) Platoon 142 recover an unmanned underwater vehicle onto a Coastal Riverine Group 1 Detachment Guam MK VI patrol boat in the Pacif...
    16 May 2017, by

    Drones land back to Earth at Xponential 2017
    JD Claridge’s story epitomizes the current state of the drone industry. Claridge, founder of xCraft, is best known for being the first contestant on Shark Tank to receive money from all the Shark...
    15 May 2017, by

    Launch of the Chairless Chair announced
    Last month, Swiss start-up and NCCR Robotics and ETH Zurich spin-off noonee, announced the start of series production and sales launch of their Chairless Chair. The company was founded in 2014 and sin...
    12 May 2017, by

    Growing healthy resilient biological tissues on humanoid robots
    Musculoskeletal robots may one day assist the growth of replacement tissue grafts for transplant patients....
    12 May 2017, by

    Teaching robots to teach other robots
    Most robots are programmed using one of two methods: learning from demonstration, in which they watch a task being done and then replicate it, or via motion-planning techniques like optimization or sa...
    10 May 2017, by

    Making 3-D printing as simple as printing on paper
    If you haven’t used a 3-D printer yet, you may be surprised to learn that it isn’t fully automated the way your office’s inkjet is....
    08 May 2017, by

    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup 5/8/17
    May 1, 2017 – May 7, 2017 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News The European Aviation Safety Association has propo...
    08 May 2017, by

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