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ROBO-STOX® introduces European Robotics and Automation Index

Frank Tobe 06 Nov 2014

ROBO-STOX® licenses their proprietary index to ETF Securities to provide European investors with highly diversified access to a new age of growth in robotics and automation....

£1.25M advanced drone lab gets the go ahead

Ben Fisher 06 Nov 2014

Imperial College London today announced it is to develop the UK's most advanced aerial robotics laboratory. The drone lab to be known as The Brahman Vasudevan Aerial Robotics lab will be two stories a...

A computer vision system for mining artistic influence

Ahmed Elgammal, Kana Abe and Babak Saleh 06 Nov 2014

When we look at an image we not only recognize object categories and scene category, but we can also infer various aesthetic, cultural and historical aspects. For example, an expert (or even an averag...

Amazon Picking Challenge

Joe Romano 05 Nov 2014

In September 2014 Amazon announced the Amazon Picking Challenge, a new robot manipulation contest as part of the ICRA robot challenges. The idea was to take a difficult problem from the warehouse orde...

It’s all about fun: Robot startups at Pioneers Festival 2014

Torsten Andre 05 Nov 2014

The Pionners Festival took place again this year at the Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria, bringing together startups and investors from all over the world to talk about entrepreneurship and future t...

New educational robot helps kids learn coding through music

Vivek Mano 04 Nov 2014

Meet Wigl! Wigl is an interactive educational robot with a musical ear. We’ve launched our Indiegogo campaign for Wigl, the first musical robot buddy for kids. Wigl is controlled by musical notes th...

“Chappie” movie to explore human reaction to AI, machine learning

Hallie Siegel 04 Nov 2014

A new action/sci-fi thriller by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) is due in theatres March 6, 2015. Starring Sharlto Copley, Hugh Jackman, Dev Patel, and Sigourney Weaver, Chappie follows an exper...

Robohub Digest October 2014: Google news, space shakeups, 3D printing and Japan’s robot revolution

Jana Witt and Hallie Siegel 03 Nov 2014

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

New soft ‘antagonistic’ actuator enables robots to fold

NCCR Robotics 03 Nov 2014

Traditionally, many key robot components (including sensors and actuators) are rigid, and this makes it difficult for researchers and industry to make them truly compliant with their surroundings. It...

Nestlé 1st big buyer of Softbank’s Pepper robot

Frank Tobe 03 Nov 2014

Earlier this year Softbank announced the launch of Pepper, a robot created specifically for SoftBank and the Japanese market. Last week Nestlé announced that it will use Pepper to sell its Nescafé ...

Google news: Rubin leaves; Pichai promoted to #2; and Google invests in Magic Leap

Frank Tobe 31 Oct 2014

Andy Rubin leaves Google; Sundar Pichai promoted to #2 man at Google; and Google invests in $542 million B funding for Magic Leap....

Robotics then and now: Interview with Peter Corke

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS) 31 Oct 2014

In this interview, Peter Corke gives us a retrospective on the differences between the field of robotics now and when he just started his career 30 years ago, pointing out what strikes him as the most...

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Nylon Fishing Line Actuator, with Geoff Spinks

Ron Vanderkley 31 Oct 2014

In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Professor Geoffrey Spink from Wollogong University about his team’s work on artificial muscles....

First TRADR EU FP7 Joint Exercise (TJEx)

Zoe Fragoulopoulou 30 Oct 2014

ALCOR Lab members describe their experience. From September 23rd to October 2nd the first TRADR Joint Exercise (TJEx) took place at the Tremora hospital (ex American hospital of Calambrone) near Pi...

Antares orb-3 accident

Ioannis K. Erripis 29 Oct 2014

A very unfortunate incident for NASA and the commercial orbital transportation services program took place yesterday. The Antares rocket that was about to send the Cygnus spacecraft on the ISS explode...

GridBot robot takes just 5 hrs to remove wood log stuck in high-pressure powerplant pipe

Frank Tobe 29 Oct 2014

Gridbots Technologies, a start-up located in Ahmedabad, India, has focused their efforts on providing the power industry, particularly nuclear power companies, defense organizations and space agenci...

Just launched: Fellow Robots’s OSHbot

Andra Keay 28 Oct 2014

Fellow Robots, in partnership with Lowes Hardware, today launched the OSHbot as a customer assistant robot at the Orchard Supply Hardware store in San Jose. Although the robot can only give informatio...

Opensource 3D printed “Poppy” humanoid enables experimentation in robot design

Hallie Siegel 28 Oct 2014

Funded by the European Research Council (ERC), Poppy is a 3D printed open source humanoid designed by the Inria's Flowers lab, a French research facility that creates computer and robotic models as t...

2013 IFR stats; RIA Q3 results for US set new records

Frank Tobe 27 Oct 2014

The International Federation of Robotics (IFR) recently released their annual statistical recap and four-year forecast for the robotics industry. The IFR produces two research books: one that covers�...

Google adds to DeepMind, acquiring 2 UK startups and partnering with Oxford U

Frank Tobe 27 Oct 2014

In January, 2014, Google acquired London-based DeepMind Technologies for $643 million. Now it is adding to that purchase with two more companies, ten new hires and a substantial contribution to Oxford...

Seegrid files for Chapter 11 protection

Frank Tobe 24 Oct 2014

Seegrid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this week. The bankruptcy judge authorized Seegrid to borrow from its lender and biggest shareholder, Giant Eagle, so that it could continu...

SMART begins live public robocar tests in Singapore today

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 23 Oct 2014

Robocar R&D is moving fast in Singapore, and this week, the National University of Singapore (NUS) announced they will be doing a live public demo of their autonomous golf carts over a course wi...

Medrobotics, Monsieur and Arago get funding

Frank Tobe 22 Oct 2014

Venture funding is continuing to flow. Three recent recipients: $20 million to Medrobotics, $2 million to Monsieur and $55 million to Arago AG....

Tesla’s auto lane-changing, Audi’s self-driving race car and other recent announcements

Brad Templeton, Robocars.com 22 Oct 2014

Tesla is certainly an important company to watch. As the first successful start-up car company in the USA, they are showing they know how to do things differently, taking advantage of the fact that th...

Drones For Good Award announces semi-finalists

Dronologista 21 Oct 2014

The semi-finalists of the UAE Drones For Good award have been announced. Here is a highlight of the international contenders; you can find the full list of semi-finalists on the UAE Drones For Good...

ROSCon 2014 videos and slides available

Open Source Robotics Foundation 20 Oct 2014

We’re happy to announce that videos and speakers’ slides from ROSCon 2014 have been posted....

KUKA acquires Swisslog for $357 million

Frank Tobe 20 Oct 2014

Late last month KUKA made a public offer to Swisslog shareholders to purchase their shares at 8.9% above the market price. Swisslog’s Board of Directors have recommended that the offer be accepted....

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