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Dyson invests £5m in robot lab
Andra Keay
09 Feb 2014
Dyson, the engineering company best known for its bagless vacuum cleaners, is to invest £5m in a robotics lab at Imperial College, London.The research will focus on vision systems that can help ...
Becky Stern on conductive fiber, thread, and fabric available from Adafruit
John Payne
09 Feb 2014
“Learn about all the different types of conductive textiles available at Adafruit! Becky Stern provides a guided tour.” http://www.adafruit.comJohn Payne's insight:Just think of your ...
u-blox 3D Automotive Dead Reckoning | YouTube
John Payne
08 Feb 2014
From u-blox.com: “3-Dimensional Automotive Dead Reckoning (“3D ADR”) aids traditional GPS/GNSS navigation via intelligent algorithms based on distance, direction and elevation change...
Lockheed Martin successfully tests autonomous convoy | Popular Science
John Payne
07 Feb 2014
“Last month, the United States Army’s Tank-Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) and Lockheed Martin … [sent] a convoy of robot vehicles through rural and...
Who Is SCHAFT, the Robot Company Bought by Google and Winner of the DRC by IEEE Spectrum
Ioannis K. Erripis
06 Feb 2014
Here's everything we know about this secretive robotics startupSee on spectrum.ieee.org...
Pentagon Opens DARPA Data to Public
Andra Keay
05 Feb 2014
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, funds a lot of important computer science research, much of which has remained hidden away from public view - until now.See on www.pcmag.com...
Man gets first prosthetic hand that can feel
Andra Keay
05 Feb 2014
Nine years ago, Dennis Aabo Sørensen, of Denmark, lost his left arm in a fireworks accident and had to have it amputated. Now, for the first time, a bionic hand has restored his ability to feel again...
First flight trials of Taranis aircraft – News stories – GOV.UK
Ioannis K. Erripis
05 Feb 2014
MOD and BAE Systems have revealed that the Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle surpassed all expectations during its first flight trials.Ioannis K. Erripis's insight:(This is the official press releas...
Flying Donkey
Andra Keay
04 Feb 2014
The Robot Launch Pad's insight:Creating a new transport infrastructure for Africa - going where no roads go.See on www.flyingdonkey.org...
As automakers tap smartphone technology, concerns grow about use of drivers’ data | Washington Post
CIS Blog
04 Feb 2014
"“As with cellphones, what private companies do with that data and what government does with that data can be pretty shocking. People are vaguely aware of it, but most people don’t seem to care in...
Thymio II robot creates beautiful light paintings | IEEE Spectrum
Sabine Hauert
03 Feb 2014
Thymio II is a simple robot with simple programming, but it can create amazingly beautiful long-exposure light paintingsSee on spectrum.ieee.org...
Google’s robotic investments: an overview | Gizmodo
John Payne
01 Feb 2014
“Google can't stop buying robotics companies. In the past two months, eight of the 12 companies the search giant has acquired have "robotics" in their name or descriptions.”See on gizmodo....
Architecture + robotics = buildings that move
John Payne
01 Feb 2014
The UCLA has a graduate-level program focused on teaching architects how to design intelligent robotic buildings. These buildings would be able to change their configuration to adapt to their owners' ...
Should a robot decide when to kill? | The Verge
John Payne
01 Feb 2014
“Mark Gubrud, a former nanophysicist and frumpy professor sort, fit right in with the geeky crowd. But unlike other spectators, Gubrud wasn’t there to cheer the robots on. He was there to ...
Dassault and BAE Systems welcome Anglo-French UCAV pact – 1/31/2014 – Flight Global
Ioannis K. Erripis
31 Jan 2014
BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation have welcomed the launch by the UK and France of a joint two-year £120 million ($198 million) feasibility study into a future unmanned combat air vehi...
Drone can perch and walk like a bird | New Scientist
Andra Keay
30 Jan 2014
A drone with kestrel-like legs can swoop and perch on a telephone wire or fence where it will then rest, spying on passers-by. You have been warnedSee on www.newscientist.com...
APRICOT project develops fish filleting robot | Gizmag
John Payne
29 Jan 2014
“The APRICOT project has now developed a new robot that automates the process by using x-ray technology to locate the pin-bones in the fish and then quickly and precisely trim them away using wa...
Lakemaid Beer tests drone delivery to ice fishermen
John Payne
29 Jan 2014
Lakemaid Beer is testing drone delivery of its beer to its ice fishing customers on frozen lakes in Minnesota and Wisconsin.See on www.shoppingblog.com...
The new bot on the block | O’Reilly Radar
John Payne
28 Jan 2014
Fukushima changed robotics. More precisely, it changed the way the Japanese view robotics. And given the historic preeminence of the Japanese in robotic technology, that shift is resonating through......
Robot soldiers are coming! | DNews
John Payne
28 Jan 2014
“The United States Army is considering lowering brigades from 4,000 soldiers to around 3,000 soldiers, replacing these men and women with robots and other unmanned vehicles.”John Payne's i...
Hardware crowdfunding platform Dragon Innovation offers $100K to projects that raise $1M | TechCrunch
John Payne
27 Jan 2014
Dragon Innovation, a hardware consultancy business and crowdfunding platform, is offering $100,000 in seed funding to all projects that launch on its platform, starting from this month ...
The driverless city | Project Syndicate
Hallie Siegel
27 Jan 2014
A recent paper by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s SMART Future Mobility team shows that the mobility demand of a city like Singapore – potentially host to the world’s first publicly-...
Google to buy artificial intelligence startup DeepMind | Re/code
John Payne
26 Jan 2014
“Google is shelling out $400 million to buy a secretive [London based] artificial intelligence company called DeepMind. Google confirmed the deal after Re/code inquired about it, but declined to...
Robogenesis by Daniel H. Wilson
John Payne
25 Jan 2014
“The stunningly creative, epic sequel to Wilson's blockbuster thriller and New York Times bestseller Robopocalypse” On Sale: June 10, 2014ISBN: 978-0-385-53709-4See on www.random...
Swarms of drones could be the next frontier in emergency response | NBC News
Sabine Hauert
25 Jan 2014
Robots that can buzz, whir, and clamber into some of the most dangerous crime scenes and disaster zones are coming to the aid of police...See on www.nbcnews.com...
3D photolithography using lasers | Gizmag
John Payne
24 Jan 2014
“Instead of melting filaments and depositing layers of plastic, the Pegasus touch uses pulsed 500 kHz ultraviolet lasers moving at 3,000 mm/sec to solidify curable photopolymer resin. As the obj...
University of Coimbra developing minesweeping robot | Gizmag
John Payne
24 Jan 2014
“A team from the Institute of Systems and Robotics at Portugal's University of Coimbra is developing a minesweeping robot to assist in the monumental task of clearing the millions of active land...
‘Unconscionable’ automation: beware the backlash | Ars Technica
John Payne
23 Jan 2014
“According to an anonymous submission on local news site Indybay, an unknown group of protesters targeted a Google engineer best known for helping to develop the company’s self-d...
Robots Can Now Teach Other Robots, Thanks To RoboEarth
Andra Keay
22 Jan 2014
Robots are now learning from each other even tasks that haven't been programmed--a sign that they could soon take on bigger jobs. A demo conducted...See on www.fastcoexist.com...
Marvin Minsky honored for lifetime achievements in artificial intelligence | MIT News
Sabine Hauert
22 Jan 2014
The MIT professor emeritus earns the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for his pioneering work and mentoring role in the field of artificial intelligence.See on web.mit.edu...
What’s hidden among the Internet of Things? | CBC Radio, The Current
Hallie Siegel
22 Jan 2014
Last week,Google bought Nest, a maker of smart thermostats and smoke detectors, for more than 3-Billion-dollars. Days before that, Google was found in violation of Canada's privacy laws. And its mov...
Rosetta awakes and prepares to chase comet | Science
John Payne
22 Jan 2014
“The European comet-chasing probe Rosetta is up and running again today after it successfully roused itself from a 2½-year sleep and signaled anxious controllers on the ground. The sp...
E-Whiskers: Berkeley researchers develop highly sensitive tactile sensors
John Payne
22 Jan 2014
Among their many potential applications is giving robots new abilities to “see” and “feel” their surrounding environment. “Whiskers are hair-like tactile sensors used by ...
Robots with “soul” | TED
Andra Keay
21 Jan 2014
What kind of robots does an animator / jazz musician / roboticist make? Playful, reactive, curious ones. Guy Hoffman shows demo film of his family of unusual robots -- including two musical bots that ...
PLEASED project working on “plant-borgs” to act as environmental biosensors | Gizmag
John Payne
21 Jan 2014
The EU-funded PLEASED project is aiming to develop plant cyborgs, or plant-borgs that would provide feedback on their environment, thereby acting as biose...See on www.gizmag.com...
FAA selects state for drone testing | Laughlin Nevada Times
CIS Blog
21 Jan 2014
"“Someday drones will be commonplace in U.S. skies and, before that happens, it’s imperative that Congress enact strong, nationwide privacy rules,” ACLU attorney Catherine Crump said in a statem...
