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Robot Talk Episode 103 – Keenan Wyrobek
Robot Talk
20 Dec 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Keenan Wyrobek from Zipline about drones for delivering life-saving medicine to remote locations.
Robot Talk Episode 102 – Isabella Fiorello
Robot Talk
13 Dec 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Isabella Fiorello from the University of Freiburg about bioinspired living materials for soft robotics.
Robot Talk Episode 101 – Christos Bergeles
Robot Talk
06 Dec 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Christos Bergeles from King's College London about micro-surgical robots to deliver therapies deep inside the body.
Robot Talk Episode 100 – Mini Rai
Robot Talk
29 Nov 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Mini Rai from Orbit Rise about orbital and planetary robots.
Robot Talk Episode 99 – Joe Wolfel
Robot Talk
22 Nov 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Joe Wolfel from Terradepth about autonomous submersible robots for collecting ocean data.
Robot Talk Episode 98 – Gabriella Pizzuto
Robot Talk
15 Nov 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Gabriella Pizzuto from the University of Liverpool about intelligent robotic manipulators for laboratory automation.
Online hands-on science communication training – sign up here!
AIhub
13 Nov 2024
Find out how to communicate about your work with experts from Robohub, AIhub, and IEEE Spectrum.
Robot Talk Episode 97 – Pratap Tokekar
Robot Talk
08 Nov 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Pratap Tokekar from the University of Maryland about how teams of robots with different capabilities can work together.
Robot Talk Episode 96 – Maria Elena Giannaccini
Robot Talk
01 Nov 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Maria Elena Giannaccini from the University of Aberdeen about soft and bioinspired robotics for healthcare and beyond.
Robot Talk Episode 95 – Jonathan Walker
Robot Talk
25 Oct 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Jonathan Walker from Innovate UK about translating robotics research into the commercial sector.
Robot Talk Episode 94 – Esyin Chew
Robot Talk
18 Oct 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Esyin Chew from Cardiff Metropolitan University about service and social humanoid robots in healthcare and education.
Robot Talk Episode 93 – Matt Beane
Robot Talk
11 Oct 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Matt Beane from the University of California, Santa Barbara about how humans can learn to work with intelligent machines.
Robot Talk Episode 92 – Gisela Reyes-Cruz
Robot Talk
04 Oct 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Gisela Reyes-Cruz from the University of Nottingham about how humans interact with, trust and accept robots.
Robot Talk Episode 91 – John Leonard
Robot Talk
27 Sep 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to John Leonard from Massachusetts Institute of Technology about autonomous navigation for underwater vehicles and self-driving cars.
Interview with Jerry Tan: Service robot development for education
Andrea Rafai
18 Sep 2024
We find out about the Jupiter2 platform and how it can be used in educational settings.
#RoboCup2024 – daily digest: 21 July
AIhub and Lucy Smith
21 Jul 2024
In the last of our digests, we report on the closing day of competitions in Eindhoven.
#RoboCup2024 – daily digest: 20 July
AIhub and Lucy Smith
20 Jul 2024
In the second of our daily round-ups, we bring you a taste of the action from Eindhoven.
#RoboCup2024 – daily digest: 19 July
AIhub and Lucy Smith
19 Jul 2024
Welcome to the first of our daily round-ups from RoboCup2024 in Eindhoven.
Robot Talk Episode 90 – Robotically Augmented People
Robot Talk
21 Jun 2024
In this special live recording at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Claire chatted to Milia Helena Hasbani, Benjamin Metcalfe, and Dani Clode about robotic prosthetics and human augmentation.
Robot Talk Episode 89 – Simone Schuerle
Robot Talk
14 Jun 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Simone Schuerle from ETH Zürich all about microrobots, medicine and science.
Robot Talk Episode 88 – Lord Ara Darzi
Robot Talk
07 Jun 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Lord Ara Darzi from Imperial College London all about robotic surgery - past, present and future.
Robot Talk Episode 87 – Isabelle Ormerod
Robot Talk
31 May 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Isabelle Ormerod from the University of Bristol all about human-centred design and women in robotics.
Robot Talk Episode 86 – Mario Di Castro
Robot Talk
24 May 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Mario Di Castro from CERN all about robotic inspection and maintenance in hazardous environments.
Congratulations to the #ICRA2024 best paper winners
AIhub
20 May 2024
The winners and finalists in the different categories have been announced.
Robot Talk Episode 85 – Margarita Chli
Robot Talk
17 May 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Margarita Chli from the University of Cyprus all about vision, navigation, and small aerial drones.
What’s coming up at #ICRA2024?
AIhub
10 May 2024
Find out what's on the programme at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation.
Octopus inspires new suction mechanism for robots
University of Bristol
18 Apr 2024
Suction cup grasping a stone - Image credit: Tianqi Yue
The team, based at Bristol Robotics Laboratory, studied the structures of octopus biological suckers, which have superb adaptive s...
Open Robotics Launches the Open Source Robotics Alliance
Open Source Robotics Foundation
18 Mar 2024
The Open Source Robotics Foundation (OSRF) is pleased to announce the creation of the Open Source Robotics Alliance (OSRA), a new initiative to strengthen the governance of our open-source robotics so...
Robot Talk Episode 77 – Patricia Shaw
Robot Talk
18 Mar 2024
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Patricia Shaw from Aberystwyth University all about home assistance robots, and robot learning and development.
Robot Talk Episode 64 – Rav Chunilal
Robot Talk
31 Dec 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Rav Chunilal from Sellafield all about robotics and AI for nuclear decommissioning.
AI holidays 2023
AIhub and Lucy Smith
31 Dec 2023
Thanks to those that sent and suggested AI and robotics-themed holiday videos, images, and stories. Here’s a sample to get you into the spirit this season....
Faced with dwindling bee colonies, scientists are arming queens with robots and smart hives
The Conversation
31 Dec 2023
By Farshad Arvin, Martin Stefanec, and Tomas Krajnik
Be it the news or the dwindling number of creatures hitting your windscreens, it will not have evaded you that the insect world in bad shape.
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Robot Talk Episode 63 – Ayse Kucukyilmaz
Robot Talk
31 Dec 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Ayse Kucukyilmaz from the University of Nottingham about collaboration, conflict and failure in human-robot interactions.
Interview with Dautzenberg Roman: #IROS2023 Best Paper Award on Mobile Manipulation sponsored by OMRON Sinic X Corp.
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
19 Nov 2023
The award-winning author describe their work on an aerial robot which can exert large forces onto walls.
Robot Talk Episode 62 – Jorvon Moss
Robot Talk
17 Nov 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Jorvon (Odd-Jayy) Moss from Digikey about making robots at home, and robot design and aesthetics.
California is the robotics capital of the world
Silicon Valley Robotics
12 Nov 2023
In California, robotics technology is a small fish in a much bigger technology pond, and that tends to conceal how important Californian companies are to the robotics revolution.
Robot Talk Episode 61 – Masoumeh Mansouri
Robot Talk
10 Nov 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Masoumeh (Iran) Mansouri from the University of Birmingham about culturally sensitive robots and planning in complex environments.
The 5 levels of Sustainable Robotics
Andra Keay
08 Nov 2023
Robots can solve the UN SDGs and not just via the application area.
Using language to give robots a better grasp of an open-ended world
MIT News
06 Nov 2023
By blending 2D images with foundation models to build 3D feature fields, a new MIT method helps robots understand and manipulate nearby objects with open-ended language prompts.
Robot Talk Episode 60 – Carl Strathearn
Robot Talk
03 Nov 2023
In the latest episode of the Robot Talk podcast, Claire chatted to Carl Strathearn from Edinburgh Napier University about humanoid robots, realistic robot faces and speech.
AAAI Fall Symposium: Patrícia Alves-Oliveira on human-robot interaction design
AIhub and Lucy Smith
31 Oct 2023
We summarise the first keynote from the symposium on artificial intelligence for human-robot interaction.
Robots for deep-sea recovery missions in sci-fi and reality
Robin Murphy
30 Oct 2023
A science fiction/science fact review of Three Miles Down by Harry Turtledove, the fictionalized version of the Hughes Glomar Explorer expedition 50 years before the OceanGate Titan tragedy.
Do humans get lazier when robots help with tasks?
Frontiers Journals & Blog
29 Oct 2023
Humans carrying out quality assurance tasks spotted fewer errors when they had been told that robots had already checked a piece, suggesting they relied on the robots and paid less attention to the work.
