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Robocar roundup: Google accidents, Baidu cars, startups and more
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
11 Jun 2015
Here’s a roundup of news stories in the field of robocars....
The social car: Simplifying autonomous action with Thing Theory
Sally Applin and Michael Fischer
10 Jun 2015
Automating vehicles simplifies operation for humans but also increases complexity. In order to negotiate a safe journey within a crowded transportation system, cars must communicate messages not only...
Soft robotics for adaptive building facades
ETH Zurich
09 Jun 2015
By Arno Schlüter
Today, building envelopes tend to be static and unable to adapt to changing conditions. Now, for the first time, an adaptable façade has been used for the newly inaugurated House o...
Google to release monthly driving reports
Adriana Hamacher
09 Jun 2015
Google has started publicly disclosing details of accidents involving its self-driving cars....
Robotic assistive devices for independent living
Kavita Krishnaswamy and Tim Oates
08 Jun 2015
Autonomy is the soul of independent daily living, and a variety of assistive devices already exist to help people with severe physical disabilities achieve this. But many of them are designed to be us...
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 6/8/15
The House and Senate have released proposed Pentagon budget bills that differ in drone spending from Obama’s proposed budget in several key points. We analyzed these differences to glean how they re...
Live video and tweets from the #DARPADRC Finals
Robohub Editors
05 Jun 2015
Livestream video and tweets on the ground in Pomona, California and the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals.
[tweetquote]Robohub's Andra Keay @svrobo is onsite at the DRC Finals to keep you post...
DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals begin
Frank Tobe
05 Jun 2015
The DARPA Robotic Challenge Finals at the Pomona Fairgrounds is a far bigger event than I imagined. Four sets like this one plus a stage, a grandstand full of people and an exposition hall with 80+ ex...
On stage at the DRC: While organizers create a disaster zone, competitors go for comedy
DARPA Robotics Challenge
04 Jun 2015
The DRC is all about pushing robotics technology forward. It’s all about creating a community devoted to innovation. And as it comes down to the finale on Friday and Saturday, it will also be about ...
‘Tailsitter’ flying robot hovers and recovers easily thanks to new algorithm
Robin Ritz
04 Jun 2015
In August 2014 Google [x] announced that they had been secretly developing a drone delivery program to rival Amazon's Prime Air. Called Project Wing, the system was based on a mechanically simple "t...
Robots and manufacturing: Facts and figures from the Wall Street Journal
Frank Tobe
04 Jun 2015
A special Wall Street Journal report called Meet the New Robots: Manufacturing, Unleashing Innovation appeared in its own section in the Wall Street Journal this week. Lots of good facts, figures an...
Talking Machines: The economic impact of machine learning, with Baidu’s Andrew Ng
Talking Machines
04 Jun 2015
In episode twelve we talk with Andrew Ng, Chief Scientist at Baidu, about how speech recognition is going to explode the way we use mobile devices and his approach to working on the problem....
Thymio goes wireless!
Robohub Editors
04 Jun 2015
Thymio is a playful robot designed to help children discover programming, motors, light and motion sensors, and ultimately, logical and inventive thinking - right out of the box. Earlier versions...
Field and service robotics: The rubber meets the road at FSR in Toronto this June
Tim Barfoot
03 Jun 2015
While there has been a lot of recent attention in the media surrounding self-driving cars and drones, the field and service robotics community has been quietly toiling away for much longer. Later this...
DARPA’s Robotics Challenge: A pocket-sized guide to the finals
Adriana Hamacher
03 Jun 2015
DARPA's latest Challenge reaches its climax on 6 June 2015, when 25 finalists compete for $3.5m of prize money in what’s possibly the most anticipated robotic contest ever. Since its inception in 20...
Move-in day for the DRC Finals
DARPA Robotics Challenge
02 Jun 2015
Traveling from dozens of locations around the world, the teams competing in the DARPA Robotics Challenge have begun unloading their precious cargo into their respective working bays inside the caverno...
Amazon challenges robotics’ hot topic: Perception
Frank Tobe
02 Jun 2015
Capturing and processing camera and sensor data and recognizing various shapes to determine a set of robotic actions is conceptually easy. Yet Amazon challenged the industry to do a selecting and pick...
Robohub Digest 05/15: Jibo’s new CEO, $ for drones, and TU Berlin picks its way to the top
Adriana Hamacher and Hallie Siegel
01 Jun 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....
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 6/1/15
At the Center for the Study of the Drone
On May 20, the U.S. government released 103 documents seized during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden in 2011. The documents, which have been translated ...
Transport Canada proposes amendments to sUAV regulations
Diana Marina Cooper
01 Jun 2015
On May 28th, Transport Canada released a Notice of Proposed Amendment (NPA) outlining proposed changes to the regulatory framework governing small UAVs. If adopted, the changes would take effect in 20...
Corindus Vascular Robotics goes public
Frank Tobe
01 Jun 2015
Corindus Vascular Robotics raised $42 million last week by offering 11 million shares at $3.80 and going public on the NYSE MKT exchange, a special market for small-cap growth companies....
The Year of the CoCoRo Video #22/52: Aggregation magnets
Thomas Schmickl
01 Jun 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
#RobotLaunch global startup competition 2015 – Deadline extended to July 12
Andra Keay
31 May 2015
CALL FOR STARTUPS OPENS JUNE 1st 2015 (6am PST) - Silicon Valley Robotics and Robohub are looking for robotics startups with innovative technologies and strong business models, so show us your protot...
#ICRA15 photo essay
Ioannis K. Erripis
31 May 2015
A small photo essay from the exhibition hall of ICRA 2015. (All photos by Ioannis Erripis @ Robohub.)...
#ICRA15 videos of plenaries and keynotes
Robohub Editors
29 May 2015
[updated] Have a look below for the videos of plenary talks and keynotes at ICRA 2015. You can also use this youtube playlist. We'll be uploading new videos as they arrive....
Team RBO from Berlin wins Amazon Picking Challenge convincingly
Andra Keay
29 May 2015
The Amazon Picking Challenge is over and two things stood out. One: how many different arm gripper solutions were possible; and two: just how difficult the challenge still is. The gap between the top...
Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator announces first startups
Andra Keay
28 May 2015
The new Techstar powered Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator announced their first intake of 10 startups today. Startups receive $120k funding and participate in a 16 week program in San Diego where they ha...
Residential robotic vacuum cleaner market poised for stellar growth
Vipassa Kakroo
28 May 2015
Although robotic vacuum cleaners have been on the market for over a decade now, it is only recently that they have started to become pervasive. Innovations in technology have allowed manufacturers to ...
Intuitive Surgical offers funding for technology research: Deadline June 5
Andra Keay
28 May 2015
Intuitive Surgical offers funding for technology research grants for projects in 2016. Researchers at non-profit institutions world wide can apply. LOIs can be submitted until June 5....
The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 5/25/15
“Good Kill,” an IFC Films production, explores the use of drones by the U.S. military and issues related to remote participation in war. We sat down with actor Ethan Hawke and director Andrew Nicc...
Live stream #ICRA15 – Plenary video and tweets from Seattle
Robohub Editors
26 May 2015
ICRA is the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society's flagship conference and a premier international forum for robotics researchers to present their work. The 2015 conference is taking place 26-30 May, ...
The Year of the CoCoRo Video #21/52: Jeff docking Livorno
Thomas Schmickl
25 May 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
Talking Machines: Neil Lawrence on privacy in the age of machine learning
Talking Machines
22 May 2015
In episode eleven we chat with Neil Lawrence from the University of Sheffield. We talk about the problems of privacy in the age of machine learning, and the responsibilities that come with using mach...
iPetCompanion lets you play with your pets via telepresence
Michael Savoie
22 May 2015
iPetCompanion have developed telepresence technology that allows you to manipulate toys so you can play with your pets while you're away. The team has installed the system in hospitals and animal sh...
The Year of the CoCoRo Video #20/52: Autonomous docking with Jeff robots
Thomas Schmickl
22 May 2015
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo ...
