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2016 New York City Drone Film Festival winners

Robohub Editors 11 Mar 2016

The New York City Drone Film Festival's mission is to help progress the art of aerial cinematography using drones. The 2016 festival had a very successful sophomore year. Check out all the NYCDFF win...

Tickets for Cybathlon now on sale

NCCR Robotics 11 Mar 2016

On Saturday, 8 October 2016 ETH Zurich is organising the very first Cybathlon at the SWISS Arena in Kloten, Switzerland. Individuals with physical disabilities will compete side by side in six deman...

European Robotics: Creating new markets for SMEs

SPARC 09 Mar 2016

In this original ten-part series, we're putting the spotlight on European Robotics. You'll be hearing from experts about the latest robotics technology with the power to change the way we work, live, ...

Interview: The team behind the apple harvesting robot

Clearpath Robotics 08 Mar 2016

By: Chris Bogdon Amir Degani is an assistant professor at Technion Institute of Technology and Avi Kahnani is the CEO and Co-Founder of Israeli robotics start-up Fresh Fruits Robotics. Together, they...

Robohub Digest 02/16: AI breakthrough, redefining ‘driver’ in autonomous cars, and a robot city in Japan

Kassie Perlongo 07 Mar 2016

[tweetquote]A quick, hassle-free way to stay on top of robotics news[/tweetquote], our robotics digest is released on the first Monday of every month. Sign up to get it in your inbox....

The Drone Centre’s Weekly Roundup: 3/7/16

Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College 07 Mar 2016

2/29/16 – 3/6/16 At the Center for the Study of the Drone Iran has one of the most extensive military drone programs in the world. We’ve uncovered new evidence that the program’s capabilit...

SPARKED wins at New York City Drone Film Festival

ETH Zurich 07 Mar 2016

SPARKED: A Live Interaction Between Humans and Quadcopters won the 2016 New York City Drone Film Festival (NYCDFF) Featuring Drones category. NYCDFF is the world's first event exclusively dedicated ...

Testing the lifetime of human-machine interfaces in a few days

Fraunhofer IPA and Martin Haegele 07 Mar 2016

Thousands of repetitions in the space of just a few days: while manually impossible, this can be accomplished by a newly developed robot system from Fraunhofer IPA. Whether it’s a matter of pressing...

February fundings and acquisitions

Frank Tobe 02 Mar 2016

It's too early to tell whether the record-breaking pace of 2015 fundings for robotic startups and the number of acquisitions will carry over into 2016, nevertheless, here are the transactions that hap...

Talking Machines: AI safety and the legacy of Bletchley Park, with Nick Patterson

Talking Machines 29 Feb 2016

In episode four of season two, we talk about some of the major issues in AI safety, (and how they’re not really that different from the questions we ask whenever we create a new tool.) We take a lis...

Workshop robots controlled by touch

Horizon Magazine 29 Feb 2016

by Fintan Burke The era of robots that can be controlled by designers rather than engineers will enable Europe’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to compete more effectively against oft...

The Drone Centre’s Weekly Roundup: 2/29/16

Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College 29 Feb 2016

Volvo’s Robot-based Autonomous Refuse handling robot is controlled by a drone. (Image via the Verge) 2/22/16 – 2/28/16 At the Center for the Study of the Drone Three of the most techno...

New electrical film that is both solid and liquid

NCCR Robotics 29 Feb 2016

As soft robotics increases in both scope and popularity, it is becoming more and more vital that each element of the electrical circuits contained within are also soft and elastic and able to continue...

A new quadrupedal robot, the ANYmal

NCCR Robotics 25 Feb 2016

ANYmal is a quadrupedal robot designed for autonomous operation in difficult terrains. It is capable of running and climbing, and with its incorporated laser sensors and cameras, the robot can perce...

The Drone Centre’s Weekly Roundup: 2/22/16

Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College 22 Feb 2016

2/15/16 – 2/21/16 At the Center for the Study of the Drone In October, the White House announced that it will deploy a Predator drone unit to Cameroon. We have obtained the first photographic ...

Raffaello D’Andrea at TED2016: Novel flying machines and swarms of tiny flying robots

Robohub Editors 22 Feb 2016

Last week Raffaello D'Andrea, professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and founder of Verity Studios, demonstrated a whole series of novel flying machines live on stage at T...

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Automation and Employment, with Michael Osborne

Andrew Vaziri 20 Feb 2016

In this episode Andrew Vaziri speaks with Mike Osborne, Associate Professor in Machine Learning at the University of Oxford. They discuss how advancements in artificial intelligence may change the w...

SVR Case Studies: Fetch Robotics bringing warehouses to life

Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics 19 Feb 2016

Fetch Robotics builds robot systems for the logistics industry. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. Unveiled in April 2015, the Fetch Robotics system is comprised of ...

Enabling human-robot rescue teams

MIT News 18 Feb 2016

By Larry Hardesty, MIT CSAIL Autonomous robots performing a joint task send each other continual updates: “I’ve passed through a door and am turning 90 degrees right.” “After advancing 2 fe...

Talking Machines: Robotics and machine learning music videos, with Michael Littman

Talking Machines 17 Feb 2016

In episode three of season two, Ryan walks us through the Alpha Go results and answers a listeners' question about using Gaussian processes for classifications. Plus, we talk with Michael Littman of...

AAAI Video Competition winners

Sabine Hauert 16 Feb 2016

The AAAI Video Competition Award Ceremony took place yesterday at AAAI-16 in Phoenix, Arizona. The competition aims to spread the word about research and applications in AI through exciting educationa...

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/15/16

Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College 15 Feb 2016

2/1/16 – 2/7/16 At the Center for the Study of the Drone Last week, the Pentagon released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2017. The budget includes nearly $4 billion for drone-related proc...

ROSCon 2015 recap and videos – part 1

Open Source Robotics Foundation 13 Feb 2016

ROSCon is an annual conference focused on ROS, the Robot Operating System. Every year, hundreds of ROS developers of all skill levels and backgrounds, from industry to academia, come together to teach...

What’s new in robotics this week? Chameleon robot blends in with its surroundings

Emmet Cole and Robotiq Inc. 12 Feb 2016

Soft bots; record-breaking North American robot sales; robots saving refugees; chameleon robot blends in with its surroundings; Robot Law and more....

Drones recognise and follow forest trails in search of lost people

NCCR Robotics 10 Feb 2016

A team of Swiss researchers have taught drones to recognise and follow forest trails. This research unlocks applications of drones for search and rescue in wilderness....

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/8/16

Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College 08 Feb 2016

At the Center for the Study of the Drone Today, the Center for the Study of the Drone updated its database of companies and individuals that are allowed to fly drones commercially in U.S. airspace....

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