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Brian Gerkey on “Is open source a good business model for robotics?”
Brian Gerkey
09 Oct 2013
The IT economy has powerfully demonstrated what happens when companies can leverage open source infrastructure when they build new products and services. A company like Google would never have come ...
Frank Tobe on “Is open source a good business model for robotics?”
Frank Tobe
09 Oct 2013
To be able to choose between proprietary software packages is to be able to choose your master. Freedom means not having a master. Freedom means not using proprietary software.
- Richard Stallman, o...
Robot startup resources: Pitching
Andra Keay
07 Oct 2013
You have a robot prototype or an idea. At some stage you want funding. Here are the two most useful resources for robot startups. Even if you are bootstrapping, using crowdfunding or friendly angels, ...
Don’t build robots, build robot systems
Alan Winfield
07 Oct 2013
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.
Why aren't there more intelligent mobile robots in real world applications? It's a good question, and one I'm often asked. The answer I give most often is tha...
Don’t blame technology for persistent unemployment | Slate
John Payne
06 Oct 2013
Posting on the Slate blog Future Tense, James Bessen takes issue with the notion that technology causes unemployment, illustrating his point by debunking a pair of frequently cited examples, textile w...
Co-robots really ARE a BIG thing
Frank Tobe
05 Oct 2013
UPDATED: October 6, 2013
Small and medium shops and factories (SMEs) are an untapped marketplace for robotics but direly in need of automation to remain competitive in this global economy. Two ne...
Happy Birthday Robohub!
Jim Haas
04 Oct 2013
As always, remember you can see more at Nate's Website....
Classroom robotics: Motivating independent learning and discovery
Sharon Marzouk
03 Oct 2013
Sharon Marzouk with a class of excited youngsters and their Thymio-based creations.
Sharon has found classroom robotics is an excellent motivator for independent learning and discovery: “The way I ...
Robohub turns one!
Hallie Siegel
01 Oct 2013
Anniversaries have a way of inspiring even the most cynical of us to ask ourselves big existential questions: "Why are we here?", "What do we stand for?" and "What's the meaning of all this anyway?" S...
A glimpse at our robotic future: 235 start-ups reviewed
Frank Tobe
27 Sep 2013
Robotic start-up companies range from the whimsical to the amazing, from futuristic to topical, and from hubs of robotic activity in Silicon Valley, Boston, New York City (a new hub) and Switzerland t...
Getting into the driver’s seat: Girls of Steel tell us how they got hooked on robotics
Mike Hamer and Lynn Urbina
26 Sep 2013
Girls of Steel at the 2013 FIRST Championships. Photo credit: Walt Urbina.
The Girls of Steel – a competitive FIRST team located in Pittsburg, PA – is on a mission to draw more young women into e...
My pathway to robotics
Jaidyn Edwards
25 Sep 2013
My name is Jaidyn Edwards. I am eighteen years old and live in South Australia. For me, being interested in robotics was part of an evolutionary process built upon a few core interests I had as a chil...
Drones for Schools
Matthew Schroyer
24 Sep 2013
To understand what the Drones for Schools program is, and how it came about, it helps to know a few things about my background. I didn't originally set out to be a STEM educator. I had some science ed...
Getting started in robotics, an educational concern
Claude Baumann
23 Sep 2013
I am profoundly convinced that if we are able to preserve the natural curiosity of early childhood in growing up individuals, without fail they will develop a durable attraction to science, technology...
The triangle of life: Evolving robots in real-time and real-space
Alan Winfield
20 Sep 2013
At the excellent European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL) a couple of weeks ago we presented a paper called The Triangle of Life: Evolving Robots in Real-time and Real-space (this links...
Matthew Schroyer on “What is the best way to get a robotics education today?”
Matthew Schroyer
16 Sep 2013
A quality learning experience centered on robotics is hard to find for many students who lack STEM resources through their own schools. Although new science standards hope to improve the situation, K-...
Terry Fong on “What do you look for when hiring a roboticist?”
Terry Fong
15 Sep 2013
We look for good people from all over the world who have had some formal education in robotics theory, particularly in the basics of kinematics, perception, and cognition. Many universities offer cour...
Mark Tilden on “What is the best way to get a robotics education today?”
Mark Tilden
15 Sep 2013
In the past, a robotics education started with any inspiration that filtered through the sparse media of the time. Imagine a dull illness during a bland winter, black and white TV on a fuzzy channel, ...
Theresa Richards on “What’s the best way to get a robotics education today?”
Theresa Richards
15 Sep 2013
At the high school or middle school level there is no single best way for students to get a robotics education: there are many ways, and each way reaches the students differently. The easiest way is f...
What is the best way to get a robotics education today? What do you look for when hiring?
RBI Editors
15 Sep 2013
After a (relatively) quiet August, Rohobub is gearing up again this September as everyone in the robotics community heads back to work and school.
This month, as part of our soon-to-launch focus se...
Jonathan Roberts on “What do you look for when hiring a roboticist?”
Jonathan Roberts
15 Sep 2013
We are looking for researchers who are highly motivated, and who are passionate about seeing the results of their research come to fruition and be used by industry or the public. They should have a de...
Nicola Tomatis on “What do you look for when hiring a roboticist?”
Nicola Tomatis
15 Sep 2013
When hiring at BlueBotics, we first assess the personal profile, soft competencies, and team compatibility. After that, we go into a deep technical assessment.
Today, the product sales with the ...
Little-known uses for robots
Frank Tobe
14 Sep 2013
Five little known uses for robots: (1) explosives handling by explosives manufacturers and also by armed forces that must dispose or handle them; (2) using lasers on robotic arms to strip paint from a...
Nate the Robot RH.13 – Firewalls: Saving Robot Marriages!
Jim Haas
13 Sep 2013
As always, remember you can see more at Nate's Website....
Adept Technologies: Ready to be acquired?
Frank Tobe
11 Sep 2013
Adept Technologies (NASDAQ:ADEP) has been in the financial news for months. First because of poor financial showings; then because of a management shakeup; and recently because the "turnaround plan" ...
FounderDating hardware edition
Andra Keay
28 Aug 2013
First crowdfunding, now startup services – hardware is eating the software world. FounderDating launched a hardware vertical on Wednesday, after seeing increasing demand from hardware entrepreneurs ...
Nate the Robot RH.12 – Well Played, Internet
Jim Haas
27 Aug 2013
As always, remember you can see more at Nate's Website....
Memories of Skyrim
Alan Winfield
26 Aug 2013
From time to time I like to visit Skyrim. I've been going there for about 2 years - completed the main quest a year or so ago, and since then go back to undertake a side quest or, more often that not,...
Interesting conclusions from Israeli study on robot adoption
Frank Tobe
24 Aug 2013
In a joint research study by Israel-based RoboLogics Ltd. and the Israeli Manufacturers Association, 72% of respondents considered that their processes were suitable for robotics automation. However, ...
Russian robotics companies
Frank Tobe
23 Aug 2013
Co-written with Susan McFarlane, robotguide, the guide to personal robots
Most Russian robotics companies are clustered in north-western Russia, i.e., in St. Petersburg and Moscow, which correspond...
The scourge of the RoboTroll is already upon us
Alan Winfield
22 Aug 2013
When a robot ethics working group met nearly three years ago one of the things we fretted about was privacy. We were concerned especially about personal companion robots. Whatever their purpose, be it...
The truth is no stranger than fiction when it comes to robots
The Conversation
21 Aug 2013
Killer robots, a problem as old as voodoo. Source: x-ray delta one.
By Kathleen Richardson, University College London
Robots represent the cutting edge in science. For decades we have been promis...
The right way to regulate drone privacy
Robert Morris
19 Aug 2013
On August 6th, I had the honor of testifying in front of the California State Assembly Public Safety Committee on regulation of drones, by the state of California. The committee is considering seve...
Do robots need heads?
RBI Editors
15 Aug 2013
Robots are machines and most people agree that they primarily serve a utilitarian purpose. So why do so many of them have heads? Here are some thoughts by AJung Moon, Mark Stephen Meadows, Travis Deyl...
David Robert on “Do robots need heads?”
David Robert
15 Aug 2013
As a robot animator I can attest to the fact that robots don't "need" heads to be treated as social entities. Research has shown that people will befriend a stick as long as it moves properly [1].
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AJung Moon on “Do robots need heads?”
AJung Moon
15 Aug 2013
Are you curious about what your future robotic assistants will look like?
My bet is that by the time you buy your very first robotic butler, it will have a friendly head on it that moves. In fact, ...
