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    Food delivery drones. But is it a business?
    Food drone delivery ideas are taking off all over the place. But is it a business or just an advertizing stunt? Tacocopter was one of the first although still more of a theory than a practice. Stanfo...
    18 June 2013, by

    Robots: The “ables” of the next technology trend
    The report is out – there should be rejoicing up and down robot street! Why? Because one of the tech industry’s most respected analysts is being very bullish about robots as the next technology tr...
    11 June 2013, by

    New Robotics and new opportunities
    Here are the slides of my talk at the BARA Academic Forum for Robotics meeting Robotics: from innovation to service, on Monday 20 May 2013:...
    28 May 2013, by

    Could we experience the workings of our own brains?
    One of the oft quoted paradoxes of consciousness is that we are unable to observe or experience our own conscious minds at work; that we cannot be conscious of the workings of consciousness. I've alwa...
    08 May 2013, by

    The uncanny valet (or, Notes on the design of robot psychology)
    This article outlines the problems of today's phone and online help systems and offers solutions to conversational systems of tomorrow. The article is about the design of hearts and minds for robots, ...
    04 May 2013, by

    Intuitive Surgical, a manufacturer with almost no tangible assets?
    Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG) is a prime example of how robotics is similar to other IP intensive industries like software, biotech, and entertainment. In December my colleagues and I produced a...
    01 May 2013, by



    A crisis of expectations
    At the first UK Robot Ethics workshop on 25th March 2013, I offered — for discussion — the proposition that robotics is facing a Crisis of Expectations. And not for the first time. I argue that on...
    29 April 2013, by

    Robots and the economy: Red herrings, or canaries in a coal mine?
    Recent economic trends are perplexing. Corporate profits are up. Productivity is up. Jobs and pay for the average worker have crashed, and are recovering slower than in any other decade on record. ...
    13 April 2013, by

    Commercial opportunities to create more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs when FAA opens airspace to UAS
    AUVSI recently released a report titled The Economic Impact of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the United States. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) currently has heavy restrictions on...
    12 April 2013, by

    In agriculture robots replace job vacancies
    It used to be that it didn’t matter how grueling the work was, so long as it was safe enough that a worker could get through the day uninjured by being careful. If the boss paid cash at the end of t...
    12 April 2013, by

    Jobs for roboticists
    During my Master studies in computer science, I had the opportunity to spend a year at Carnegie Mellon University in the USA. Most of my classes there were about robotics, I got to participate in Robo...
    11 April 2013, by

    AFK (or, Robotic free speech, and what you can do to help)
    This article looks at how the robotics industry of today is following in the footsteps of the personal computer industry of yesterday, and why Natural Language Processing, like the Graphical User Inte...
    03 April 2013, by

    VLAB: Drones – The commercial era takes off, but breaking the law is going to blow-up in our faces
    Last Tuesday I had the pleasure of attending VLAB: Drones – The Commercial Era Takes Off at Stanford GSB. The event was truly fantastic and the panel was amazing. The moderator was Chris Anderson,...
    26 March 2013, by

    Military robots: No reason to freak out
    As a robotic warfare veteran, there are three common misperceptions about the use of robots in warfare that I’d like to address. Misperception #1: There is some sort of ethical quandary or challe...
    17 March 2013, by

    The inevitable conflict?
    Study the past if you would define the future. - Confucius War will always have a human element. Robots will be tools in future conflicts, just as they (and other technologies) have been in the past...
    14 March 2013, by

    Why isn’t my mother a mechanic?
    As a child, my mother had her own overalls. She grew up stripping engines and cleaning carburettors. She was the daughter of a mechanic and master builder. Then she became a librarian. As a child, ...
    08 March 2013, by

    So long, and thanks for all the bots!
    So, depending on who you ask, Willow Garage is shutting down, pursuing commercial interests, or changing direction. But things are not as dire as some may think: ROS is fine (the OSRF will support it)...
    12 February 2013, by

    euRathlon is go!
    I'm very excited to be leading a new project called euRathlon - which is short for European Robotics Athlon. Up until now the project has been under wraps, but now - finally - we can go public. I'll e...
    07 February 2013, by

    Activelink Power Loader gives HAL some competition, but who’s going to Fukushima?
    New Japanese exoskeleton pushing into HAL's (potential) marketshare We of the robot/technology nerd demo are well aware of the non-ironically, ironically named HAL (Hybrid Assistive Limb) exoskelet...
    22 January 2013, by

    Analysis: Robot learning in the cloud
    Cloud robotics, a shorthand for the idea of leveraging the Internet for robots, offers unprecedented opportunities for robot learning. Apart from using the World Wide Web for faster communication or f...
    21 January 2013, by

    CES gets robots all wrong
    In my opinion, the International Consumer Electronics Show used robots gratuitously, out of context and without benefit to robotics companies. It’s a category problem more than anything else and is ...
    15 January 2013, by

    Rethinking drones
    To have this discussion, there are a couple of things to keep in mind. One, "drone" is a wide-ranging term that technically means any remote-controlled vehicle. Second, it's probably fair to say that ...
    15 January 2013, by

    Filling a need… or feeding a diversion
      Today's robotics industry could use some strategic guidance, particularly in the area of healthcare.   It is clear to me that the next big markets for robotics are: SMEs (robot...
    02 January 2013, by

    Robotics year in review: Top 10 stories of 2012
    The past year was a watershed moment for robotics. From defense to exploration, startups to legislation, we saw products, laws, and investments that have shifted robotics out of the lab and into our l...
    26 December 2012, by

    Robot know thyself
    How can we measure self-awareness in artificial systems?...
    27 June 2012, by

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