Bristol Robotics Lab

Assistive robots compete in Bristol

SPARC 26 Jun 2017

The Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) will host the first European- Commission funded European Robotics League (ERL) tournament for service robots to be held in the UK....

Finding the right morphology to simplify control for soft robotics

Martin Garrad 23 May 2017

The way animals move has yet to be matched by robotic systems. This is because biological systems exploit compliant mechanisms in ways their robotic cousins do not. However, recent advances in soft ro...

Sneak peek inside two Robotics Innovation Facilities (RIFs) in Europe

Kassie Perlongo 03 Mar 2017

Robotics Innovation Facilities, or RIFs, are robotic labs, financed via the ECHORD++ project by the European Commission. They offer access to high-tech robotic equipment and expertise at zero risk; us...

Open Bionics partners with NHS for feasibility study to develop hands for amputees

Kassie Perlongo 19 Jan 2017

Open Bionics is to be awarded to £100,000 through SBRI Healthcare, an NHS England initiative, as part of its new challenge to fund innovations that will support children living with disability and lo...

Survey: Evaluate ethics of health related privacy with care robots

Dieter Vanderelst and Jurgen Willems 12 Aug 2016

Future Socially Assistive Robots (SARs) should be safe, but patients also have a right to privacy, liberty and social contact. The survey investigates, in a hypothetical scenario, how Annie's SAR s...