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RoboBees take to the sky – and now the sea

Wyss Institute 24 Oct 2015

By Leah Burrows | SEAS Communications Engineers have been trying to design functional aerial-aquatic vehicles for decades with little success. The biggest challenge is conflicting design requirem...

Robots in Depth: Grishin Robotics’ Valery Komissarova on getting funding

Per Sjöborg and Robots in Depth 23 Oct 2015

Robots in Depth is a new video series featuring interviews with researchers, entrepreneurs, VC investors, and policy makers in robotics, hosted by Per Sjöborg. In this interview, Valery Komissarova ...

What’s new in robotics this week? A robot with digital hormones

Emmet Cole and Robotiq Inc. 23 Oct 2015

Why robots with "hormones" are a good thing; the return of the uncanny valley; robots falling over (intelligently); drone regulation; South Korea-Samsung investment in robot factories; and more....

Dyson releases 360 Eye in Japan for ~$1200, files legal proceedings against Bosch for VW-like cheating

Hallie Siegel 22 Oct 2015

News Brief: Dyson released its 360-Eye in Japan today -- for about $1200 USD -- and has also filed legal proceedings against Bosch, alleging that their longstanding rival is cheating EU energy eff...

Key takeaways from #ICRW2015 International Collaborative Robots Workshop

Samuel Bouchard and Robotiq Inc. 22 Oct 2015

Everybody agrees that 'collaborative' refers to an application, not a robot type. Everyone agrees that there are four types of human-robot collaboration in manufacturing. But in the end, what people...

Artificial whisker reveals source of harbor seal’s uncanny prey-sensing ability

MIT News 22 Oct 2015

by Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office Harbor seals have an amazingly fine-tuned sense for detecting prey, as marine biologists have noted for years. Even when blindfolded, trained seals are able to ch...

Stanford’s self-driving Delorean goes drifting for Back to the Future Day

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 21 Oct 2015

Last night, I attended Stanford’s unveiling of their newest research vehicle for self-driving. An old Delorean has been heavily modified in order to perform drifting experiments - where you let the ...

Final days to register for $1m UAE competition

Adriana Hamacher 19 Oct 2015

The first UAE Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Awards for Good aim to encourage research and development to meet challenges in the health, education and social services sectors. But less than two w...

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 10/19/15

Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College 19 Oct 2015

At the Center for the Study of the Drone While drones and targeted killing have received almost no attention so far in the presidential elections, it is an issue in which the next commander-in-chie...

Strategic acquisitions and long-term R&D investments abound

Frank Tobe 19 Oct 2015

We have reported 37 equity fundings and 25 acquisitions so far this year. It's not just the car companies searching for talent and innovation in their new Silicon Valley centers. Israel, Russia, China...

What’s new in robotics this week? China’s had a telescope on the moon the past 2 years

Emmet Cole and Robotiq Inc. 16 Oct 2015

Why humans interact better with robots that have imperfections; China reveals its lunar robot telescope; Walking-rolling robot; Capital last obstacle to sustainable asteroid mining, and more....

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The Open Academic Robot Kit, with Raymond Sheh

Ron Vanderkley 16 Oct 2015

Transcript below. In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Raymond Sheh, who is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computing at Curtin University and head of the Intelligent Robots Group....

Tesla sends highway cruise update to recent Model S owners

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 16 Oct 2015

Though it's been anticipated for a few months now, Tesla announced yesterday the release of their highway cruise update for Model S cars from the last year....

Robo Wunderkind: A robot anyone can build

Rustem Akishbekov 16 Oct 2015

Robo Wunderkind is a buildable and programmable robot, designed to teach children the basics of robotics and coding through a unique modular design and intuitive app. It has been specifically engineer...

CyPhy Works and Righthand Robotics get funded

Frank Tobe 15 Oct 2015

[tweetquote]The varied world of robotics appears to be in favor with venture capitalists.[/tweetquote] CyPhy Works just got $22 million to scale up building UAVs for the consumer market, and Righthand...

#ShowUsYourAI – AAAI Video Competition – Deadline extended to October 23!

Sabine Hauert 15 Oct 2015

Submit your video to the AAAI Video Competition for a chance to win one of the several Shakey Awards. We'll be voting for the People's Choice Award right here on Robohub. Last year's videos were viewe...

Autonomous underwater system for monitoring health of Venice Lagoon demos at #EXPO2015

Thomas Schmickl 15 Oct 2015

Monitoring the ocean for pollution, ecology and climate change effects is a costly and elaborate task, especially in a complex area like Venice, with its lagoon, its many channels, cable and pipe...

Tweets from #ICRW2015 International Collaborative Robotics Workshop 2015

Robohub Editors 15 Oct 2015

The Robotic Industry Association's International Collaborative Robotics Workshop is on today in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Check out tweets from the event....

Robots in Depth: OSRF’s Tully Foote on open source, ROS, and standardization

Per Sjöborg and Robots in Depth 14 Oct 2015

Robocar news roundup: Google’s hire, BMW/Mercedes carsharing, Apple clues, and more

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 14 Oct 2015

View image | gettyimages.com During a very busy September of travel, I let a number of important stories fall through the cracks. The volume of mainstream press articles on Robocars is immense. Mos...

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 10/12/15

Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College 14 Oct 2015

At the Center for the Study of the Drone The MQ-9 Reaper is perhaps the most famous military drone in history. While many will immediately recognize its distinctive shape, few outside the Pentagon ...

In-situ Fabricator: An autonomous construction robot

NCCR Digital Fabrication (DFAB) 09 Oct 2015

Digital fabrication enables the seamless combination of digital design with physical construction processes. To fully exploit this emerging technology within architecture, robotic fabrication must be ...

Talking Machines: Treating cancer clusters, with Quaid Morris

Talking Machines 09 Oct 2015

In episode twenty one we talk with Quaid Morris of the University of Toronto, who is using machine learning to find a better way to treat cancers. ...

Volvo says it will accept “full liability” when its cars are operating autonomously

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 08 Oct 2015

In a statement released yesterday, Volvo said it would accept full liability whenever one of its cars is in autonomous mode....

Courtship of the drone fireflies: A short movie with flying robots and lights

Adrien Briod 08 Oct 2015

Drones, lights and nature combine in Drone Courtship, a short movie about a magical encounter between two flying robots set in a forest of centennial trees. A collaboration between Atelier D. Schlae...

Rock Print: A zero-waste 3D-printed structure made only of rock and thread

Marianne Lucien and ETH Zurich 07 Oct 2015

Inspired to take 3D printing technology to new heights, ETH Zurich and MIT researchers create "Rock Print" -- a full-scale architectural installation on display at the Chicago Architecture Biennial u...

Robots in Depth: Melonee Wise on building robots, and robot companies

Per Sjöborg and Robots in Depth 06 Oct 2015

Robohub Digest 09/15: Big brands, and cozying up to robots

Jana Witt and Hallie Siegel 05 Oct 2015

[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. ...

Air and ground robot collaborate to map and safely navigate unknown, changing terrain

Autonomous Systems Lab and Péter Fankhauser 05 Oct 2015

This video shows how a robot team can work together to map and navigate toward a goal in an unknown terrain that may change over time. Using an onboard monocular camera, a flying robot first scouts th...

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 10/5/15

Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College 05 Oct 2015

At the Center for the Study of the Drone Unmanned aircraft have already revolutionized war and commerce, but now a new breed of ultra-high-altitude aircraft capable of remaining airborne for extens...

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