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Two MOOCs for robotics enrolling now
Andra Keay
27 Dec 2014
Anyone can now enrol in two robotics MOOCs, “Introduction to Robotics“ and “Robotic Vision” from Peter Corke at QUT which will run in early 2015. Registration is free. Peter Corke is a profe...
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Robots for Roboticists
22 Dec 2014
We would like to welcome our newest Robohub contributor, David Kohanbash, whose blog - Robots for Roboticists - covers a broad range of technical topics that is sure to interest makers and practitio...
The important role of robotic gaming in STEM’s evolving landscape
Silas Adekunle
19 Dec 2014
The importance of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) in the future of the UK and US business and industry cannot be overstated. But before we can expect today’s generation to have a ...
20 great books to hook kids and teens on robotics
Hallie Siegel
18 Dec 2014
Kids love robots! And they love reading too. Ranging from preschool to teen, this selection of books includes fiction and nonfiction, activity books and maker manuals, all to help inspire the kids in ...
CompuGirls: Young women have role to play in technology field
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
16 Dec 2014
If one of the keys to building a future technology workforce is finding new ways to engage women and minorities in computer science, giving teenage girls an understanding of what the field is, and how...
ROS101: Creating a subscriber using GitHub
Clearpath Robotics
12 Dec 2014
By Martin Cote
We previously learned how to write a publisher node to move Husky randomly. BUT: what good is publishing all these messages if no one is there to read it? In this tutorial we’ll ...
Kidbotics review: Thymio II
Kidbotics
05 Dec 2014
This is Kidbotics, [tweetquote]a new educational robotics review series for kids who, like me, are just coming into the robotics scene.[/tweetquote] I am 12 years old, and these reviews are meant to g...
GraspIO – An easy way to build electronics using iPhone, iPad & Android
Grasp IO, Inc.
03 Dec 2014
GraspIO is part hardware and part software, and gives everyone an easy way to build electronics projects using smartphones and tablets. It’s the world’s first DIY electronics platform with easy-to...
Drone designers/builders compete in finals of ASME Student Design Competition
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
17 Nov 2014
Eighteen teams of young engineers-in-training competed for the right to call themselves world champion drone builders at the 22nd annual ASME Student Design Competition (SDC) finals today at the Inter...
Maker Club: Learn to code, design and build 3D printed robots!
Maker Club
10 Nov 2014
At Maker Club, we make 3D printed robotics projects that teach electronics, programming and CAD design. Every project is remote controlled using our Arduino-based bluetooth chip, the MakerConnect, and...
New educational robot helps kids learn coding through music
Vivek Mano
04 Nov 2014
Meet Wigl! Wigl is an interactive educational robot with a musical ear. We’ve launched our Indiegogo campaign for Wigl, the first musical robot buddy for kids. Wigl is controlled by musical notes th...
Opensource 3D printed “Poppy” humanoid enables experimentation in robot design
Hallie Siegel
28 Oct 2014
Funded by the European Research Council (ERC), Poppy is a 3D printed open source humanoid designed by the Inria's Flowers lab, a French research facility that creates computer and robotic models as t...
OpenStreetMap support in Gazebo
Open Source Robotics Foundation
22 Oct 2014
During her internship as part of the Gnome Outreach Program for Women, Tashwin Khurana developed a tool for downloading data from the OpenStreetMap database to produce a corresponding world file fo...
ROSCon 2014 videos and slides available
Open Source Robotics Foundation
20 Oct 2014
We’re happy to announce that videos and speakers’ slides from ROSCon 2014 have been posted....
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Engaging Girls in Robotics, with Hannah and Rachael Tipperman, Ross Mead and Elizabeth Croft
AJung Moon
17 Oct 2014
Earlier this year, the Robots Podcast team came across a story about two 17 year old twin sisters who started their own robotics outreach group. The story about the Tipperman sisters got us curious. W...
ScratchDuino DIY magnetic robotics kit on Kickstarter
Andrey Smirnov
02 Oct 2014
ScratchDuino is a highly customizable, simple and interactive open source robots construction kit based on Arduino. Magnetic mounted parts make the ScratchDuino easy to assemble, and can be programmed...
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Stiquito, with James Conrad
Audrow Nash
08 Aug 2014
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews James Conrad, professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, about the history of the autonomous walking robot, Stiquito....
ShanghAI Lectures: Barbara Webb “AI – Artificial Insects”
Nathan Labhart
07 Aug 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-12-08
In this guest lecture, Barbara Webb from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, talks about using robots to model biology, human and insect brains, a...
Edison: A low cost robotics platform
Brenton O’Brien
03 Aug 2014
Edison is a programmable and LEGO-compatible robot that is tackling the high cost of entry level robotics; it has recently launched on Kickstarter, and is available for just $39 AUD ($37 USD) and le...
ShanghAI Lectures: Thierry Bücheler “Latest Insights on Human Collective Intelligence”
Nathan Labhart
24 Jul 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-24
In this guest lecture, Thierry Bücheler from the AI Lab, University of Zurich, Switzerland, talks about collective intelligence, quality and critica...
ShanghAI Lectures: Fumiya Iida “Soft robotics approach toward artificial ontogenetic development”
Nathan Labhart
17 Jul 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-17
Artificial ontogenetic development has been nicely demonstrated by many computer simulation studies in the past. There are, however, still a number o...
TiddlyBot gives Raspberry Pi robot powers
Harry Gee
04 Jul 2014
The TiddlyBot, which just launched on Kickstarter, has been developed to help young people have fun and learn about robotics and programming. After running a Code Club and workshops using Raspberry P...
ROS 101: Drive a Grizzly!
Clearpath Robotics
03 Jul 2014
So you have had a taste of driving a virtual Husky in our previous tutorial, but now want to try something a little bigger? How about 2000 lbs bigger?...
Tweet to drive a robot!
Clearpath Robotics
13 Jun 2014
Happy Birthday!! Clearpath is officially 5 years old and what better way to celebrate than let all of our fans drive a robot. No matter where you are in the world, you can experience what it’s like ...
Arduino-powered balancing robot for education, hacking and fun
Chris Hakim
23 May 2014
Lil’Bot is an Arduino Uno compatible balancing robot designed as a low-cost teaching vehicle and experimentation platform. Just like an Arduino board, it takes various shields for added functionalit...
Mirobot: An open source WiFi robot for kids
Ben Pirt
14 May 2014
Mirobot is a robotics kit that's designed to get kids more interested in technology, engineering and programming. Children solder and build it themselves, and then can use a drag-and-drop programming...
CloudSim-Ed: A robotics MOOC prototype
Open Source Robotics Foundation
30 Apr 2014
CloudSim-Ed from OSRF.
During her Gnome Outreach Program for Women internship with OSRF, Ana Marian Pedro worked on CloudSim-Ed a prototype for a massive open online robotics course built with Goog...
Make it smart; make it here!
Frank Tobe
28 Apr 2014
Make it smart and make it here! These are the rallying words heard around the world regarding keeping jobs in-country and manufacturing smarter, more efficiently, and less costly....
The People’s Bot: Robotic telepresence for the public good
Kate Darling
26 Apr 2014
Have you ever wanted to attend a conference that was too far away, expensive, or sold out? Whether you're a penniless researcher, interested youth, or a group of elderly people who want to live in oth...
The latest in ultra-affordable robots: AFRON competition announces winners
Hallie Siegel
28 Mar 2014
MIT's printable robot wins first place in Hardware category.
In 2012, the African Robotics Network (AFRON) challenged the robotics community to design a $10 educational robot that could inspire kids ...
Six weeks to build a robot: A FIRST photo essay
Lynn Urbina
26 Mar 2014
This photo essay documents the Girls of Steel as they built their newest robot for the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) division. Teams are given the parameters of the game and have just six weeks t...
ROS 101: Drive a Husky!
Clearpath Robotics
21 Mar 2014
In the previous ROS 101 post, we showed how easy it is to get ROS going inside a virtual machine, publish topics and subscribe to them. If you haven’t had a chance to check the out all the previous...
ShanghAI Lectures: Shuhei Miyashita “Tribolon: Scalable Self-Assembling Robots”
Nathan Labhart
06 Mar 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-02
Self-assembly is of crucial importance in the biological realm at all scales. This talk introduces a series of self-assembling robots developed in ou...
EVE: An ultimate frisbee playing robot
Lynn Urbina
28 Feb 2014
Being a member of FIRST Team 3504, The Girls of Steel, has been an amazing experience: I have built robots with my teammates, gone to international competitions, and have had great time. We recently ...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 6 – Soft Robotics and Bioinspiration II
Fabio Bonsignorio
24 Feb 2014
Lecture 6 - Soft Robotics and Bioinspiration II
In this second lecture hosted by the Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Matteo Cianchetti builds on the previous lecture to talk about building soft actuato...
150th Episode Special, with Dario Floreano
Podcast team
21 Feb 2014
Link to audio file (26:55)
Did you know that Robohub started right here, with the podcast? This is our 150th podcast episode, and to celebrate we brought together the original team to reenact our ver...
