Bristol Robotics Lab

Assistive robots compete in Bristol

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....

26 June 2017, by SPARC

Finding the right morphology to simplify control for soft robotics

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...

23 May 2017, by Martin Garrad

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

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...

03 March 2017, by Kassie Perlongo

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

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...

19 January 2017, by Kassie Perlongo

Survey: Evaluate ethics of health related privacy with care robots

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...

12 August 2016, by Dieter Vanderelst and Jurgen Willems