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Spotlights on Three Exhibitors from CVPR 2022
Abate De Mey
01 Sep 2022
Short interview spotlights with three inspiring startups that exhibited at CVPR2022.
Robot therapy pets get a starring role in Lightyear and in real Life
Robin Murphy
28 Aug 2022
Roboticists are working on real-world versions of Sox, a robot companion in Lightyear, to play therapeutic roles.
Robot helps reveal how ants pass on knowledge
University of Bristol
24 Aug 2022
Scientists have developed a small robot to understand how ants teach one another.
Using reinforcement learning for control of direct ink writing
Institute of Science and Technology Austria and AIhub
20 Aug 2022
Improving the printing technique of viscous materials using reinforcement learning and numerical simulation.
Debrief: The Reddit Robotics Showcase 2022
reddit
18 Aug 2022
Once again the global robotics community rallied to provide a unique opportunity for amateurs and hobbyists to share their robotics projects alongside academics and industry professionals.
New programmable materials can sense their own movements
MIT News
16 Aug 2022
Engineers 3D print materials with networks of sensors directly incorporated.
Robochop makes garden trimming a snip
Horizon Magazine
09 Aug 2022
Automation and computer-aided designs are seeding the future of home gardens. With the onset of designer gardens as a service and rose-pruning robots, weekends spent toiling in the garden will be more productive and personalised.
Two hands are better than one
Tess Meier
01 Aug 2022
The HOPE hand is a hand orthosis with powered extension to better serve individuals who need assistance opening their hand, to provide them with improved capabilities to perform activities of daily living, and to help them re-gain their independence.
#ICRA2022 awards finalists and winners
In this post we bring you all the paper awards finalists and winners presented during the 2022 edition of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).
r/Robotics Showcase: An event for members of all ages and abilities to share and discuss their passion for robotics
reddit
28 Jul 2022
This post shows the proceedings for the 2nd annual Reddit Robotics Showcase. The primary purpose of this event is to showcase the multitude of projects underway in the r/Robotics Reddit community.
Q&A: Warehouse robots that feel by sight
MIT News
27 Jul 2022
More than a decade ago, Ted Adelson set out to create tactile sensors for robots that would give them a sense of touch. The result? A handheld imaging system powerful enough to visualize the raised print on a dollar bill.
Cooperative cargo transportation by a swarm of molecular machines
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
23 Jul 2022
Researchers showed it is possible to collectively transport molecular cargo by a swarm of artificial molecular robots responding to light.
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Underwater Human-Robot Interaction #ICRA2022, with Michael Fulton
Abate De Mey
22 Jul 2022
Michael Fulton describes his unique robot-to-human communication system using exaggerated body language.
Emergency-response drones to save lives in the digital skies
Horizon Magazine
20 Jul 2022
Uncrewed aircraft responding to fire and medical emergencies will be used to save lives - if digitalised air-traffic control can help them navigate safely in the skies over Europe.
Bees’ ‘waggle dance’ may revolutionize how robots talk to each other in disaster zones
Frontiers Journals & Blog
18 Jul 2022
A recent study presents a simple technique whereby robots view and interpret each other’s movements or a gesture from a human to communicate a geographical location.
Why do Policy Gradient Methods work so well in Cooperative MARL? Evidence from Policy Representation
BAIR Blog
16 Jul 2022
Some recent empirical studies demonstrate that with proper input representation and hyper-parameter tuning, multi-agent PG can achieve surprisingly strong performance compared to off-policy VD methods.
RoboCup2022 underway – where to find the livestream action
Lucy Smith
14 Jul 2022
Find out how and where you can catch up on the action from RoboCup.
Exhibitors from ICRA 2022
Abate De Mey
11 Jul 2022
We give a spotlight to four exhibitors from ICRA 2022: Tangram Vision, FLX Solutions, Exyn Technologies, and Pollen Robotics. Each speak to the value their companies bring to robotics and give live demos.
Robot sales surge in Europe, Asia and the Americas
International Federation of Robotics (IFR)
10 Jul 2022
Sales of industrial robots have reached a strong recovery: A new record of 486,800 units were shipped globally – an increase of 27% compared to the previous year.
Robotic lightning bugs take flight
MIT News
07 Jul 2022
Inspired by fireflies, researchers create insect-scale robots that can emit light when they fly, which enables motion tracking and communication.
Dan Mantz: Growing Interest in STEM, Soft Skills, and Labor Shortages | Sense Think Act Podcast #21
Audrow Nash and Sense Think Act Podcast
05 Jul 2022
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Dan Mantz, who is the CEO of the Robotics Education and Competition (REC) Foundation. The REC Foundation is a nonprofit that works with VEX Robotics to build int...
#ICRA2022 networking events
Ahalya Ravendran
04 Jul 2022
This year at ICRA there were great number of opportunities to involve and engage as well including networking events.
ROS Awards 2022 results
Ricardo Téllez
02 Jul 2022
The intention of these awards is to express recognition for contributions to the ROS community and the development of the ROS-based robot industry, and to help those contributions gain awareness.
The one-wheel Cubli
ETH Zurich and Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
30 Jun 2022
Researchers Matthias Hofer, Michael Muehlebach and Raffaello D’Andrea have developed the one-wheel Cubli, a three-dimensional pendulum system that can balance on its pivot using a single reaction wheel. How is it possible to stabilize the two tilt angles of the system with only a single reaction wheel?
At the forefront of building with biology
MIT News
28 Jun 2022
Raman is, as she puts it, “a mechanical engineer through and through.” Today, Ritu Raman leads the Raman Lab and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Hot Robotics Symposium celebrates UK success
NNUF Hot Robotics
25 Jun 2022
An internationally leading robotics initiative that enables academia and industry to find innovative solutions to real world challenges, celebrated its success with a Hot Robotics Symposium hosted across three UK regions last week.
Researchers release open-source photorealistic simulator for autonomous driving
MIT News
22 Jun 2022
MIT scientists unveil the first open-source simulation engine capable of constructing realistic environments for deployable training and testing of autonomous vehicles.
Maria Telleria: Construction Robots and Working with Unions | Sense Think Act Podcast #20
Audrow Nash and Sense Think Act Podcast
21 Jun 2022
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Maria Telleria, who is a co-founder and the CTO of Canvas. Canvas makes a drywall finishing robot and is based in the Bay Area. In this interview, Maria talks ab...
Coffee with a Researcher (#ICRA2022)
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata and Ahalya Ravendran
20 Jun 2022
As part of her role as one of the IEEE ICRA 2022 Science Communication Awardees, Avie Ravendran sat down virtually with a few researchers from academia and industry attending the conference.
Seeing the robots at #ICRA2022 through the eyes of a robot
Silicon Valley Robotics
17 Jun 2022
Accessbility@ICRA2022 and OhmniLabs provided three OhmniBots for the conference, allowing students, faculty and interested industry members to attend the expo and poster sessions.
Robots could help reaching UN goals of sustainable development
International Federation of Robotics (IFR)
12 Jun 2022
The use of robots plays an important role in reaching the sustainable development goals set out by the United Nations (17 SDGs). The International Federation of Robotics identified 13 SDGs, where robots help to create a better planet.
#ICRA2022 Competitions
Ahalya Ravendran
11 Jun 2022
ICRA 2022 had 10 major competitions organized throughout the conference week. In this article, let’s take a quick look at what challenges in robotics were addressed via the organized competitions.
After a few years apart, IEEE #ICRA2022 reunited the robotics community again
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) and Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
03 Jun 2022
ICRA 2022 brought together the world’s top researchers and companies to share ideas and advances in the fields of robotics and automation. Nearly 8,000 participants from academia and industry, including 4700 in person, from a total of 97 countries, joined the largest conference in robotics.
Robotics people – #ICRA2022 Day 5 big wrap-up
David Garzón Ramos
29 May 2022
Before starting the conference, I believed that what would interest me the most would be the state-of-the-art robots that are showcased during the conference. However, I quickly understood that the best part about participating in a robotics venue with nearly eight thousand attendees is, with no doubt, the robotics people.
Robots that act collectively: when, and how? – #ICRA2022 Day 4 interview with K. Petersen, M. A. Olivares Mendez, and T. Kaiser (+ video digest)
David Garzón Ramos
28 May 2022
In day 4 at the IEEE International Conference on Automation and Robotics (ICRA), I met three researchers that are working to advance collective robotics.
Connecting robots and people – #ICRA2022 Day 3 interview with Kate Ladenheim (+ video digest)
David Garzón Ramos
26 May 2022
In day 3 at the IEEE International Conference on Automation and Robotics (ICRA), I met a presenter in ICRA 2022´s Robotics and Art exhibition "Expressive and Meditative Machines for Imaging New Futures With Technology".
