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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
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Seek and destroy: Microrobotic probes test out immune system defenses
Simone Schürle
06 Feb 2017
Robotics, by definition, has been a discipline to aid other fields, such as manufacturing and space exploration. Over the past decade, it has become increasingly important in life sciences; a field th...
Why artificial intelligence could be key to future-proofing the grid
Valentin Robu
03 Feb 2017
A recent Conversation piece pointed out that the British electricity mix in 2016 was the cleanest in 60 years, with record capacity from renewable energy, mainly from wind and solar power. But one pro...
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...
Building character AI through machine learning
Brad Knox
01 Feb 2017
Modern character AI could be better.
I’m unaware of any NPCs or electronic toy characters that can sustain an illusion of life over more than an hour. They suffer from predictability, simplicity, a...
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...
Artificial intelligence and ethics: Who does the thinking?
Alex Kirkpatrick
27 Jan 2017
On the 15th November 2016, the IEEE’s AI and Ethics Summit posed the question: “Who does the thinking?” In a series of key-note speeches and lively panel discussions, leading technologists, leg...
Spy robots in the wild: K-Rock meets his bigger cousin
NCCR Robotics
26 Jan 2017
Tune in and watch Spy in the Wild on BBC 1 on Thursday 26 January at 20:00 GMT to see NCCR Robotics’ newest robot in action....
Drone shows: Creative potential and best practices
Drone shows, such as the ones shown above, are a new and rapidly evolving sector of the entertainment industry....
Robotics, artificial intelligence, connected devices in ‘Forbes 30 under 30’
Kassie Perlongo
24 Jan 2017
Forbes “30 under 30″ list celebrates the achievements of 30 game changers in 20 different industries -- 600 in total -- of the brightest young entrepreneurs and innovators who are challenging conv...
Understanding social robotics
Thosha Moodley
24 Jan 2017
Pepper, Jibo and Milo make up the first generation of social robots, leading what promises to be a cohort with diverse capabilities and future applications. But what are social robots and what should...
Data Civilizer system links data scattered across files for easy querying
MIT News
24 Jan 2017
The age of big data has seen a host of new techniques for analyzing large data sets. But before any of those techniques can be applied, the target data has to be aggregated, organized, and cleaned up....
A3 Business Forum: Our takeaways
Robotiq Inc.
23 Jan 2017
by Karine Simard
A few insights from the 2016 A3 Business Forum. As always, a short and sweet event packed with insightful speakers, attendees and A3’s tried-and-true event success recipe. Here...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/23/17
January 16, 2017 – January 22, 2017
News
Two suspected U.S. drone strikes in Yemen killed at least three members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. According to local officials, both strike...
Combining automation and mobility to create a smarter world
MIT News
20 Jan 2017
By: Catherine Marguerite | Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology
Daniela Rus loves Singapore. As the MIT professor sits down in her Frank Gehry-designed office in Cambridge, Massachus...
Responsive and Responsible Leadership given prominance at #WEF17 World Economic Forum
Alex Kirkpatrick
20 Jan 2017
The population of the scenic ski-resort Davos, nestled in the Swiss Alps, swelled by nearly +3,000 people between the 17th and 20th of January. World leaders, academics, business tycoons, press and in...
Open Bionics partners with NHS for feasibility study to develop hands for amputees
Kassie Perlongo
19 Jan 2017
Open Bionics is to be awarded to £100,000 through SBRI Healthcare, an NHS England initiative, as part of its new challenge to fund innovations that will support children living with disability and lo...
How is Robohub doing? Take our annual reader survey
Kassie Perlongo
18 Jan 2017
It's time to get your feedback about how we are doing at Robohub. What do you love reading? What would you change? [tweetquote]Take Robohub's reader survey to get your voice heard and earn a chance t...
A Pepper-warm reception at Decos
Thosha Moodley
18 Jan 2017
Like some angular alien architecture, Decos' futuristic development lab appears freshly landed in a martian lanscape. Underneath the sharp geometry and vectors, inside, the highly innovative company...
Catalia Health uses social robots to improve health outcomes
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
17 Jan 2017
Catalia Health is leading the surge in social robotics, with Mabu, their patient care management system. Catalia Health likes to be seen primarily as a health company that utilizes robots, rather th...
EU needs to take the lead on regulating robots and artificial intelligence, MEPs suggest
Robohub Editors
16 Jan 2017
EU rules for the fast-evolving field of robotics, for example, compliance with ethical standards and liability for accidents involving driverless cars, should be put forward by the EU Commission, urge...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/16/17
January 9, 2017 – January 15, 2017
News
Popular French hobby drone maker Parrot laid off 290 out of 840 workers after posting growing losses in recent months. Parrot lost $27.8 million in the ...
#IROS2016 in pictures
MeiXing Dong and Audrow Nash
15 Jan 2017
The 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) took place in October, in Daejeon, Korea. IROS is an annual robotics conference that seeks to "explore the fronti...
#CES2017 in pictures
Kassie Perlongo
13 Jan 2017
CES 2017 has come and gone. As a first-timer in attendance, I couldn't help but marvel at the featured robots and all robotics related gadgets, toys, start-ups, wearables, and AI coming to market. I'l...
Brian Cox presents Science Matters: Machine learning and artificial intelligence
Robohub Editors
11 Jan 2017
We're beginning to see more and more jobs being performed by machines, even creative tasks like writing music or painting can now be carried out by a computer.
But how and when will machines be abl...
MIT Media Lab to participate in $27 million initiative on AI ethics and governance
MIT News
10 Jan 2017
The MIT Media Lab and the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University will serve as the founding anchor institutions for a new initiative aimed at bridging the gap between the ...
Implantable microrobots: Manufacturing intricate biocompatible micromachines
Columbia Engineering
10 Jan 2017
A team of researchers led by Biomedical Engineering Professor Sam Sia at Columbia Engineering has developed a way to manufacture microscale machines from biomaterials that can safely be implanted in t...
Robot Life Survey
What might the first western explorer have thought upon encountering whales, flamingos and iguanas? What would have they thought of these strange near-fantastical creatures?
What is it like for 21s...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 01/09/17
January 2, 2017 – January 8, 2017
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
We are delighted to announce that we are collaborating with the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan on ...
A report on the ELS Workshop 2016
The Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects of Social Robots in Healthcare and Education Workshop (also called ELS Workshop) was held in Yokohama the 14th Nov 2016 during the JSAI-isAI Conference. The works...
