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Robots at your service: Empowering healthy aging at European Robotics Week, 2016

  08 Dec 2016
The European Robotics Week in 2016 took place from 18 to 22 November in several countries including The Netherlands, Austria, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Serbia and many more. This event has been occ...

One being for two origins: A new perspective on roboethics

  08 Dec 2016
The concept One Being for Two Origins, from the teachings of Buddha, considers the unification of technology, nature, and human beings. It emerges from the theory of the three aspects: The values of t...

Latest release of Multi-Annual Roadmap (MAR) for Horizon 2020 now online

  07 Dec 2016
Europe’s roadmap for robotics released its latest version on 2 December. The MAR is updated annually as priorities, technologies and strategic developments shape European research development and i...

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/5/16

The Weekly Drone Roundup is a newsletter from the Center for the Study of the Drone. It covers news, commentary, analysis and technology from the drone world....

Robohub Digest 11/16: Politics and robotics, US Robotics Roadmap, and European Robotics Week

and   05 Dec 2016
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Design, simulate and build a custom drone

  05 Dec 2016
This fall’s new FAA regulations have made drone flight easier than ever for both companies and consumers. But what if the drones out on the market aren’t exactly what you want? A new system fro...

How the brain recognizes faces

  01 Dec 2016
MIT researchers and their colleagues have developed a new computational model of the human brain’s face-recognition mechanism that seems to capture aspects of human neurology that previous models ha...

ViDi Systems wins the Robot Launch 2016 competition

  01 Dec 2016
Vidi Systems from Switzerland is the overall Grand Winner of the 2016 Robot Launch global startup competition, beating out many US contestants in a field that included sensors, artificial intelligenc...

Robohub is a top 10 brand in robotics

  01 Dec 2016
  Yesterday, Onalytica released a report "Robotics: Top 100 Influencers and their Brands" that analysed interactions between robotics influencers and brands on Twitter over a period of 90 ...

Commerce announces first artificial intelligence hearing today, livestream available

  30 Nov 2016
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness will convene a hearing today, 30 November, at 2:30 p.m. EST on “The Dawn of Artificial Intelligence....

Understanding the four types of AI, from reactive robots to self-aware beings

  30 Nov 2016
The common, and recurring, view of the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence research is that sentient and intelligent machines are just on the horizon. Machines understand verbal commands, ...

Giving thanks to Robohub on #GivingTuesday

  29 Nov 2016
Dear Readers, For #GivingTueday, we would like to ask you, our loyal readers, to consider donating to Robohub. From the beginning, our mission has been to help demystify robotics by hearing straight...

When robots become art: Interview with Yi-Wei Keng

  29 Nov 2016
How can robotics help to enhance the development of the modern arts? Japan’s famous playwright, stage director Oriza Hirata and leading roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro launched the “Robot Theater Proj...

Considering robot care, ethics & future tech at #ERW2016 European Robotics Week

  29 Nov 2016
What ethical issues do we face in providing robot care for the elderly? Is there better acceptance with the public? What should we be mindful of when designing human-robot interactions? At the #ERW...

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/28/16

The Weekly Drone Roundup is a newsletter from the Center for the Study of the Drone. It covers news, commentary, analysis and technology from the drone world....

Generating predictive videos using deep-learning

  28 Nov 2016
Living in a dynamic physical world, it’s easy to forget how effortlessly we understand our surroundings. With minimal thought, we can figure out how scenes change and objects interact. But what...

Who did Robohub reader’s vote for in Robot Launch 2016?

  24 Nov 2016
We're delighted to announce that UniExo is the winner of the "Robohub Reader's Pick" in the Robot Launch 2016 global startup competition. Are Robohub readers on the same wavelength as our panel of VC...

Emerging patchwork of regulation of UAS operations near critical infrastructure

  22 Nov 2016
Over the last couple of years, we have seen an increase in state regulation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). A recent report published by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) titled “...

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/21/16

November 14, 2016 – November 20, 2016 At the Center for the Study of the Drone In our ongoing effort to track drone deployments globally, we have made two new previously unreported discoveries...

Space for the masses as helium balloons and remote control planes reach through the stratosphere

  21 Nov 2016
Space will soon be within the grasp of everyday people, small countries, researchers or start-up companies thanks to a fleet of low-cost launch vehicles under development across Europe. From remote...

Keeping a robotic eye on pollution

  19 Nov 2016
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENcwT8mgDvg[/embed] By Ethan Bilby. Field robots and plane-based remote sensors can patrol the earth and the sky to monitor the gases that cause climate ch...

What’s New in Robotics This Week – Nov 18

  18 Nov 2016
Unrequited bot love; new drones rules; Jibo raises $13m; artificial skin for robots; cobots lend a helping arm; Japan's 1st robot bus trial; plant-bot hybrids and much more. Find out what's happening...

Robot Launch 2016 – Robohub Readers’ Pick round three

  17 Nov 2016
For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for their “Readers’ Pick” startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we’ll be publishing 10 videos. Our ultimate Robohub Readers...

Air, land, and sea: ERL Emergency Robots competition dates announced

  15 Nov 2016
The European Robotics League (ERL) is pleased to announce the dates for the major tournament of the ERL Emergency Robots competition. The 2017 challenge will be held in Piombino, Italy, from 15-23 Sep...

Eliminating cords with wireless ‘millimeter wave’ virtual reality headsets

  14 Nov 2016
One of the limits of today’s virtual reality (VR) headsets is that they have to be tethered to computers in order to process data well enough to deliver high-resolution visuals. But wearing an HDMI ...

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/14/16

November 7, 2016 – November 13, 2016 News President Obama has directed the Department of Defense to target the leadership of Jabhat al-Nusra, a Syria-based organization that has been linked t...

Care-O-bot 4 celebrates its premiere as a shopping assistant

  14 Nov 2016
In January 2015, Fraunhofer IPA presented a prototype of the “Care-O-bot 4” service robot. The charming helper is now proving its worth in the real world. “Paul” the robot has been greeting cu...

New U.S. Robotics Roadmap calls for regulation, research and education

A new U.S. Robotics Roadmap released Oct. 31 calls for better policy frameworks to safely integrate new technologies, such as self-driving cars and commercial drones, into everyday life. The document...

Artificial-intelligence system surfs web to improve its performance

  11 Nov 2016
Of the vast wealth of information unlocked by the Internet, most is plain text. The data necessary to answer myriad questions — about, say, the correlations between the industrial use of certain che...

Robot Launch 2016 – Robohub Readers’ Pick round two

  10 Nov 2016
For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for their “Readers’ Pick” startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we’ll be publishing 10 videos. Our ultimate Robohub Readers...

Driverless-vehicle options now include scooters

  10 Nov 2016
By: Larry Hardesty At MIT’s 2016 Open House last spring, more than 100 visitors took rides on an autonomous mobility scooter in a trial of software designed by researchers from MIT’s Computer ...

Students develop cheap 3D printing technique for soft robotics

  09 Nov 2016
By Jurjen Slump. Students of Delft University of Technology have developed a new add-on for a 3D printer that can cast silicones inside a 3D printed shell during the printing process. This new, and...

What is good robot design?

  08 Nov 2016
Let’s stop talking about bad robots and start talking about what makes a robot good....

Robots at your service and empowering healthy ageing at #ERW2016

  07 Nov 2016
European Robotics Week 2016 (#ERW2016) is kicking off 18-22 November in Amsterdam. The central event 'Robots at your Service' is about focussing on robotic technologies to help ageing populations l...

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/7/16

October 31, 2016 – November 6, 2016 News A U.S. drone strike in Syria killed Haydar Kirkan, a senior member of al-Qaeda and former aide to Osama bin Laden. According to a Pentagon spokesperson...

Robohub Digest 10/16: White House reports, Westworld, ESA space race and Robot Launch

and   07 Nov 2016
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