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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".
The art of making robots – #ICRA2022 Day 2 interviews and video digest
David Garzón Ramos
25 May 2022
In day 2 at the IEEE International Conference on Automation and Robotics (ICRA), I met Bryan Webb, President of Clearpath, and Carlos Vivas, Business Manager of PAL Robotics, and I asked them about their thoughts on the art of making robots.
#ICRA2022, the great robotics scicommer – Day 1 video digest
David Garzón Ramos
24 May 2022
Here I bring you some of the highlights in video of day 1 at the IEEE International Conference on Automation and Robotics (ICRA).
Dan O’Mara: Turning Robotics Education on its Head | Sense Think Act Podcast #19
Audrow Nash and Sense Think Act Podcast
24 May 2022
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Dan O'Mara, who is the founder and COO of Circuit Launch and Mechlabs. Circuit Launch is a space for hardware entrepreneurs to work in Oakland, California, and M...
The IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) kicks off with the largest in-person participation and number of represented count
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) and Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
24 May 2022
This is the first time the ICRA community is reunited after the pandemic, resulting in record breaking attendance with over 7,000 registrations and 95 countries represented.
New imaging method makes tiny robots visible in the body
ETH Zurich
20 May 2022
Microrobots have the potential to revolutionize medicine. Researchers at the Max Planck ETH Centre for Learning Systems have now developed an imaging technique that for the first time recognises cell-sized microrobots individually and at high resolution in a living organism.
Unable to attend #ICRA2022 for accessibility issues? Or just curious to see robots?
Silicon Valley Robotics
17 May 2022
There are many things that can make it difficult to attend an in person conference in the United States and so the ICRA Organizing Committee, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and OhmniLabs would like to help you attend ICRA virtually.
Designing societally beneficial Reinforcement Learning (RL) systems
BAIR Blog
15 May 2022
In this post, we aim to illustrate the different modalities harms can take when augmented with the temporal axis of RL. To combat these novel societal risks, we also propose a new kind of documentation for dynamic Machine Learning systems which aims to assess and monitor these risks both before and after deployment.
Innovative ‘smart socks’ could help millions living with dementia
University of Bristol
13 May 2022
‘Smart socks’ that track rising distress in the wearer could improve the wellbeing of millions of people with dementia, non-verbal autism and other conditions that affect communication.
Swiss Robotics Day showcases innovations and collaborations between academia and industry
NCCR Robotics
10 May 2022
The 2021 Swiss Robotics Day marked the beginning of NCCR Robotics’s final year. The project, launched in 2010, is on track to meet all its scientific goals in the three areas of wearable, rescue and educational robotics, while continuing to focus on supporting spin-offs, advancing robotics education and improving equality of opportunities for all robotics researchers.
Afreez Gan: Open Source Robot Dog, Kickstarter, and Home Robots | Sense Think Act Podcast #18
Audrow Nash and Sense Think Act Podcast
08 May 2022
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Afreez Gan, who is the founder and CEO of MangDang; MangDang is a Chinese startup that makes Minipupper, an open source robot dog that uses the Robot Operating S...
GelBot – A new 3D printing method to tackle sustainability in soft robots
Doctoral students have built a system to 3D print a biodegradable gel into complex shapes. They have printed finger-like robots that use intricate sensor networks to sense their own deformation and also objects in their surroundings.
RIMA, the European robotics network for Inspection and Maintenance
RI4EU
04 May 2022
RIMA project aims at bringing together Digital Innovation Hubs and Facilitators operating under a common network that allow them to join forces and competences in promoting Inspection and Maintenance (I&M) robotics in Europe.
How to compete with robots
EPFL
01 May 2022
Swiss roboticists and economists from EPFL and University of Lausanne developed a method for estimating the probability of jobs being automated by future intelligent robots and suggesting career transitions with lower risks and minimal retraining effort.
An easier way to teach robots new skills
MIT News
29 Apr 2022
Researchers have developed a technique that enables a robot to learn a new pick-and-place task with only a handful of human demonstrations.
