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#iREX2015 collaborative robots video roundup

Samuel Bouchard and Robotiq Inc. 04 Dec 2015

Several new collaborative robots were shown at the IREX show in Japan. Check out the video....

A helping hand for high-tech firms

Horizon Magazine 03 Dec 2015

by Jon Cartwright Joel Gibbard started out designing prosthetic hands in his bedroom out of sheet metal, but found himself drawn to 3D printing because of its universality and low cost. Now his co...

Father of robotics Joseph F. Engelberger dies at age 90

Silicon Valley Robotics 01 Dec 2015

Robotics Industry Association | Joseph F. Engelberger, an engineer and entrepreneur who pioneered the robotics field, died peacefully at his home this morning, December 1, 2015, in Newtown, Connecticu...

Bioinspired robotics #3: Wearables, with Conor Walsh

Wyss Institute 01 Dec 2015

In the Disruptive Podcast series, Terrence McNally speaks directly with Wyss Institute researchers, exploring what motivates them and how they envision our future as might be impacted by their disrup...

ELROB 2016: Europe’s toughest & longest-running field robotics event is turning 10

Frank E. Schneider 01 Dec 2015

Robotic competitions have sprung up like mushrooms. Beside the obvious ones like EURATHLON, RoboCross, DARPA and MBZIRC, there are hundreds of smaller contests all over the world. Some of them are ac...

Body-enhancing exoskeletons could be stepping into industrial trials next year

Horizon Magazine 01 Dec 2015

by Jon Cartwright Wearable technology uses electric motors and springs to augment the strength and balance of the human body. It has long been the subject of military research, but now engineers be...

Robotics fundings and acquisitions: October/November

Frank Tobe 30 Nov 2015

This October and November saw ten more fundings of robotic companies (47 so far in 2015), two more acquisitions (bringing the 2015 total to 27), and an important strategic partnership. Recaps below....

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/30/15

Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College 30 Nov 2015

At the Center for the Study of the Drone This fall season has been a busy one for the drone industry, and, for some a very lucrative one. The past few months have seen a spike in the sale of milita...

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Marine Robotics Systems, with Stefan Williams

Ron Vanderkley 30 Nov 2015

Transcript below. In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Stefan Williams of the University of Sydney’s Australian Centre for Field Robotics, Marine Systems Group. They discuss the future of...

What’s new in robotics this week? Researchers teach robots to disobey (for their own good)

Emmet Cole and Robotiq Inc. 27 Nov 2015

Researchers teaching robots to disobey human instructions; bug-zapping robot helps 8-year old; new drone regulations; robot tractors; and more....

Robots at #ERW2015: From imagination to market

Adriana Hamacher 27 Nov 2015

[clear] Bridging the gap between cutting-edge research in academia and the vibrant robotics startup ecosystem is no easy task. This Wednesday in the UK city of Bristol, a free public event titled ...

Major debate on robots & society sets scene for #ERW2015 European Robotics Week

Adriana Hamacher 26 Nov 2015

A mouthwatering array of over 750 events has been taking place throughout Europe this week as the continent celebrates Robotics Week 2015. The festivities began with an eye-opening debate on "Robots a...

Talking Machines: Probabilistic programming, with Ben Vigoda

Talking Machines 26 Nov 2015

In episode twenty four we talk with Ben Vigoda about his work in probabilistic programming (everything from his thesis, to his new company)....

Robot Race to Hawaii Contest

Ricardo Téllez 24 Nov 2015

The Robot Race to Hawaii is a robotics contest where participants program a humanoid Nao robot to run a 10-meter race in the shortest time possible. The whole competition is run in a Webots simula...

Drone registration Task Force makes 11 key recommendations

Frank Tobe 24 Nov 2015

After the Task Force agreed that it was outside the scope of their objectives to debate or discuss the DOT Secretary’s decision to require registration, they undertook to develop and recommend a re...

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/23/15

Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College 23 Nov 2015

News A task force established by the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration has recommended that new and existing drones be registered with the federal government. The...

No, a Google car was not ticketed for going too slow (and other robocar stories)

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 23 Nov 2015

Almost every newspaper in the world reported the story of how a motorcycle cop pulled over one of Google’s 3rd generation test cars, the 2-seaters, and many incorrectly reported that the car was gi...

‘Rise of the Robots’ receives Business Book of the Year award

Frank Tobe 23 Nov 2015

One of our choices for your summer reading -- Martin Ford's 'Rise of the Robots' -- won the Financial Times and McKinsey Business Book of the Year award at a ceremony held last week in New York. ...

More than 180,000 robotic vacuum cleaners sold on a single day

Frank Tobe 23 Nov 2015

On Singles Day 2015, a holiday for the Chinese singles and youth market, Ecovacs Robotics sold $47 million worth of robotic products. Ecovacs only has three robotic products: a line of vacuum cleaners...

What’s new in robotics this week? Empathy for robots

Emmet Cole and Robotiq Inc. 20 Nov 2015

Japanese researchers have found that humans empathize with robots; Zano mini drone Kickstarter shut down; police pull over Google car; and more. ...

Drones light up the sky with animated letters & shapes in award-winning video

Hallie Siegel 20 Nov 2015

Check out this great little film by drone startup PRENAV, which took home the LOL WTF prize at the Flying Robot International Film Festival last night. According to Nathan Schuett, CEO of PRENAV, the...

New video shows bionic athletes rehearsing for upcoming Cybathlon competition

NCCR Robotics 19 Nov 2015

In 21 countries across the globe, hundreds of people are preparing for Cybathlon 2016, where cutting edge robotic assistive technologies will help people with disabilities to compete in a series of ra...

European Robotics Week #ERW2015: 600+ events focusing on robots & society

euRobotics AISBL 19 Nov 2015

Over 600 events across the region will look at how robots will impact the way European citizens work, live and learn, as part of the 2015 European Robotics Week (#ERW2015), running 23-29 November....

Case study shows new roles for robots in today’s economy

Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics 18 Nov 2015

Robots are starting to move out of the factory and into more common use as a service industry, where they work alongside people in places that range from the warehouse to the supermarket. Along the w...

NASA gives MIT a humanoid robot to develop software for future space missions

MIT News 18 Nov 2015

By Adam Conner-Simons, MIT CSAIL NASA announced yesterday that MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is one of two university research groups nationwide that will...

Nailbot: A ‘nail art’ robot that inspires creativity

Casey Schulz and Pree Walia 17 Nov 2015

Launched last week on Indiegogo, the Nailbot prints instant custom art onto your fingernails from your phone. Behind the concept is a new kind of company -- a movement to inspire confidence in girls a...

“Shrinking bull’s-eye” algorithm speeds up complex modeling from days to hours

MIT News 17 Nov 2015

[clear] Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office To work with computational models is to work in a world of unknowns: Models that simulate complex physical processes — from Earth’s changing climate ...

Phiro is a smart robot that lets kids learn to code 5 different ways

Deepti Suchindran 16 Nov 2015

Just like reading, writing and arithmetic, problem solving and innovative thinking are essential 21st century skills our children need. Research shows that one of the most effective ways for kids to l...

What you need to know about underwater drones

Dan Gettinger 16 Nov 2015

Late last month, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus appointed Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley to become the first deputy assistant secretary of the Navy for unmanned systems, a position that was created in April...

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/16/15

Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College 16 Nov 2015

At the Center for the Study of the Drone By now, we are well-acquainted with drones that fly, crawl, and sail, but what about drones that plumb the depths of the ocean, scouring the seas ...

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