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iRobot starts VC shop | Tech Crunch
Andra Keay
25 Jan 2015
Robot domination may have just taken another step forward. Just as venture capital investments in robotics are beginning to take off, the granddaddy of..
Source: techcrunch.com
iRobot is not the...
Collaboration, connectivity, convergence: 2015 and beyond | Robotics Online
John Payne
25 Jan 2015
“Blurred lines. One of the most transformative periods in the robotics industry is upon us. It will be a period of collaboration, connectivity and convergence that will catapult us into a world ...
The year ahead (and behind) in robotics | Popsci.com
John Payne
24 Jan 2015
“Some of the most exciting robotic and artificial intelligence (AI) projects that made news last year won't make an impact for years, or possibly decades. That's how robot-spotting goes. To foll...
John Leonard : Mapping, localization, and self-driving vehicles | CMU RI Seminar
John Payne
24 Jan 2015
“This talk [discusses] the critical role of mapping and localization in the development of self-driving vehicles. After a discussion of some of the recent amazing progress and open technical cha...
LIDAR Lite module | SparkFun
John Payne
23 Jan 2015
“This is the LIDAR Lite, a compact high performance optical distance measurement sensor from PulsedLight. The LIDAR Lite is ideal when used in drone, robot, or unmanned vehicle situations where ...
Training a robot via human feedback | MIT Media Lab
John Payne
23 Jan 2015
“In this MIT Media Lab "Labcast" we describe work by Postdoctoral Researcher Brad Knox to allow even technically unskilled users to train our robots. The system, called TAMER, allows users to gi...
HoloLens: Microsoft’s Holographic Goggles | WIRED
Hallie Siegel
22 Jan 2015
In several months, Microsoft will unveil its most ambitious undertaking in years, a head-mounted holographic computer called Project HoloLens. But at this point, even most people at Microsoft have nev...
Robotbase’s superset of TurtleBot, a Kickstarter project | IEEE Spectrum
John Payne
22 Jan 2015
“As always with Kickstarter, you’re buying into a dream, and the dream here is going to be a real challenge to fulfill. After talking with Duy, we’re optimistic about this proje...
It’s About Women Running Startups
Andra Keay
21 Jan 2015
Just before the holidays I had coffee with Anne, an ex MBA student running a fairly large product group at a search engine company, now out trying to raise money for her own startup. She had an int......
First in vivo use of micromotors to deliver medicine | ACS Nano
John Payne
21 Jan 2015
“Using zinc-based micromotors as a model, we demonstrate that the acid-driven propulsion in the stomach effectively enhances the binding and retention of the motors as well as of cargo payloads ...
Robotics 2015 from Robotics Online
Andra Keay
20 Jan 2015
"Blurred lines. One of the most transformative periods in the robotics industry is upon us. It will be a period of collaboration, connectivity and convergence that will catapult us into a world teemin...
WinSun builds 3D printed villa and apartment building | 3ders.org
John Payne
19 Jan 2015
Today, Jan 18, 2015, Shanghai WinSun Decoration Design Engineering Co announced that they have built the highest 3D printed building, a 6-storey residential house and the world's first 3D printed vill...
Rapere: An intercept drone to seek and destroy other drones | IEEE Spectrum
John Payne
17 Jan 2015
“As drones get cheaper to buy and easier to use, they’re also going to get more and more annoying. … For most people on the ground, there’s not a lot that we can do about...
Kanna Rajan : Advancing autonomous operations in the field from outer to inner space | CMU RI Seminar
John Payne
17 Jan 2015
“In this context [ocean observatories] robots will need to be contextually aware and respond rapidly to evolving phenomenon, especially in coastal waters due to the diversity of atmospheric, oce...
European Commission reveals details of proposed cuts to science | Science
Hallie Siegel
16 Jan 2015
A controversial plan to use research funds to pay for economic stimulusbecame more concrete this week, as European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled proposed legislation to implement t...
An open letter to everyone tricked into fearing AI | PopSci
John Payne
16 Jan 2015
“Forget about the risk that machines pose to us in the decades ahead. The more pertinent question, in 2015, is whether anyone is going to protect mankind from its willfully ignorant journalists....
What do consumers want? Better batteries, not wearables | Fortune
Hallie Siegel
15 Jan 2015
You wouldn’t guess it wandering the endless displays of gadgets here at the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show, but the top tech need on the mind of most Americans isn’t sharper televisions, smar...
Elon Musk donates $10M to keep AI beneficial | The Future of Life Institute
Hallie Siegel
15 Jan 2015
Elon Musk, creator of Tesla and SpaceX, has decided to donate $10M to the Future of Life Institute to run a global research program aimed at keeping AI beneficial to humanity.
There is now a broad ...
Vote for your favourite AI video – AAAI Video Competition People’s Choice Award
Sabine Hauert
15 Jan 2015
You get to decide the winner of the People's Choice Award for the AI Video Competition! Voting is simple, just give all your favourite videos a "thumbs up" on YouTube (thumbs appear when you play the ...
Voxel8 paves the way for 3D-printed electronics | Gizmag
John Payne
14 Jan 2015
“The 3D printers of today can produce objects that may be quite intricate in shape but, by and large, these objects are still made solely of "dumb" plastic. This may be about to change thanks to...
Can a robot baby curb loneliness among Japan’s senior citizens? | TechInAsia
Hallie Siegel
13 Jan 2015
SoftBank’s hotly-anticipated robot companion, Pepper, touted as being capable of recognizing and responding to human emotions, won’t go on sale at the telco’s retail outlets until next month. Bu...
Nissan and NASA team up for autonomous drive vehicle development | Gizmag
John Payne
13 Jan 2015
“… Japanese automaker Nissan has signed a pact with US space agency NASA to develop self-driving cars. The five-year agreement announced last week covers a partnership on research and dev...
NASA drops mini robots into volcano | Gizmag
John Payne
12 Jan 2015
NASA is dropping miniature robots down crevices inaccessible to humans as a way of extracting information about volcanoes on and off the Earth.Source: www.gizmag.comSee on Scoop.it - Cultibotics...
3D printing with integrated circuitry | Make
John Payne
10 Jan 2015
“The Voxel 8 is an FDM Printer with the ability to print circuits out of conductive filament, allowing for easy prototyping of complex machines.”Source: www.youtube.comSee on Scoop.it - Cu...
Voltera circuit board prototyping printer | Make
John Payne
10 Jan 2015
“Voltera is a circuit board rapid prototyping platform, allowing users to print durable, dual layer boards in a short amount of time with no additional curing required.”Source: www.youtube...
Drones are getting better faster than anyone expected | The Verge
John Payne
10 Jan 2015
“For the past few years, one of the most exciting class of gadgets on display at CES has been drones. But the basic rules of what a drone was, and what it did, were stable. They got cheaper, lig...
Drones at CES: Sense and avoid | The Verge
John Payne
10 Jan 2015
“Some help from the titans of the semiconductor industry has lead to critical breakthroughs in sense and avoid technology.”Source: www.youtube.comSee on Scoop.it - Cultibotics...
Disney/ETHZurich robot draws art in the sand | Phys.org
John Payne
09 Jan 2015
“Disney Research Zurich and ETH Zurich have come up with a robot artist capable of drawing giant sketches on the beach. Thanks to a team of mechanical and electrical engineers and industrial des...
The best projects at the IIT Bombay Tech Fest 2015 | DNA India
Hallie Siegel
07 Jan 2015
dna had a walk through the IIT Bombay Tech Fest 2015 and got a chance to be wowed by the projects on display. Here's some of the best we picked out for your reading pleasure.
Read more on dna...
DJI Drone Rodeo at CES | The Verge
John Payne
07 Jan 2015
“DJI folks were there to show off their newest unit, the Inspire One, but they also invited a bunch of industry partners to help them demonstrate some of the crazier things people are doing with...
Mobile Robotics (ROBO) a new MOOC starting this week
Andra Keay
07 Jan 2015
From the surface of Mars to your living room floor, mobile robots can be found in some surprising places. Together we’ll explore how and why.
Source: www.open2study.com
Another great robotics MO...
The Year in Robots – NYTimes.com
Andra Keay
07 Jan 2015
Source: mobile.nytimes.comGreat to be one of the article sources - and good to see some fresh new startups featured.See on Scoop.it - The Robot Times...
Robot looks like a fish to ride with marine life | Phys.org
Hallie Siegel
06 Jan 2015
Students at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich are working on a project that could deliver an ideal device for marine life filming, minus the turbulence and appearance that cou...
Know Before You Fly: FAA campaign to bring new UAV owners up to speed on rules | Gizmag
John Payne
06 Jan 2015
“If you were gifted a drone for Christmas, then the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has you in its sights. It may not be in the form of long-awaited laws for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs...
Lettuce on Mars: Growing greens on the Red Planet | Gizmag
John Payne
03 Jan 2015
“The greenhouse consists of an aircraft-grade aluminum case with a polycarbonate dome, which is curved to prevent to accumulation of dust in the event of a storm, blocks the hard UV radiation fr...
Artistic touch humanises Australia’s androids
Andra Keay
02 Jan 2015
Scientist Mari Velonaki uses her background in art to make "sociable" robots, for everyday use. Saffron Howden reports.Source: www.bbc.comNice - BBC is citing our Robohub "25 women to watch in ro...
