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Chess, Jeopardy and now… Ping Pong? Kuka robot goes up against table tennis champion Timo Boll
Frank Tobe and Ioannis K. Erripis
11 Mar 2014
Timo Boll & Agilus robot Photo credit: KUKA
[UPDATE] - KUKA just published the well-advertised video of the table tennis match of top athlete Timo Boll and one of its fastest robots, the KUKA KR ...
Proletarian robots getting cheaper to exploit
Frank Tobe
06 Mar 2014
After laughing uncomfortably at the headline from The Moscow Times reporting about the recent Skolkovo Robotics Conference, I parsed through the wording and found the intended meaning. But that proces...
Robots in a box win LAUNCHedu at SxSW
Andra Keay
06 Mar 2014
Elad Inbar's RobotsLAB BOX was unanimously declared the winner of LAUNCHedu at SxSW. In it's third year, the LAUNCHedu conference is held in Austin TX ahead of SxSW. LAUNCHedu focusses on bringing t...
Loving your #startup to death
Andra Keay
05 Mar 2014
The world may be a harsh critic, but most good ideas die because they are given too much love. If you've got a startup or project, you're probably loving it to death right now, and your friends and fa...
Wise birds enter Robot Launch 2014 early
Andra Keay
26 Feb 2014
We were really excited to see so many entries in the first days of Robot Launch 2014. What most people don’t realize is that you can enter the startup competition immediately but still keep updatin...
2nd International Skolkovo Robotics Conference coming March 1-2 in Moscow
Frank Tobe
10 Feb 2014
By Susan and Mike McFarlane, RobotGuide. Edited by Frank Tobe, The Robot Report.
Created in 2010, Technopark "Skolkovo" provides innovative companies participating in the project to support the ...
Flying Donkey Challenge
Andra Keay
05 Feb 2014
Sadly, the Flying Donkey Challenge was put on hold indefinitely. See details here.
Will we see flying donkeys racing around Mount Kenya with 20 kilo payloads in 2020? The dream of lifting Africa w...
7 consumer robots to look out for from CES 2014
Shima Rayej
11 Jan 2014
This year’s CES in Las Vegas showcased some of the latest technologies from both established and up-and-coming robotics companies. Drones, telepresence robots, automated cleaning devices and enter...
Eureka! There are academic startups at CES 2014
Andra Keay
09 Jan 2014
Eureka Park at International CES 2014 is the zone for innovation, for startups and for spinoffs from university and grant funded research. Eureka Park is sponsored by Indiegogo and by the National Sci...
DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials live broadcast
Ioannis K. Erripis
20 Dec 2013
The time has come for the robots competing on the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) to make their first public appearance. The trials for the final 2014 event will take place on December 20-21, 2013 and ...
The 400lb CHIMP in the room: CMU’s Tartan Rescue Team prepares for the DRC
Shima Rayej
17 Dec 2013
Carnegie Mellon University’s Tartan Rescue Team has completed assembly of its 400 pound 5-foot-2 inch tall simian-like robot that will compete in the first annual DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) in H...
Russia looks inward and outward at Moscow’s 2013 Open Innovations Forum
Hallie Siegel
17 Dec 2013
I was invited last month to moderate a panel discussion on the “Robotics Renaissance” at the 2013 Open Innovations Forum in Moscow. The brainchild of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, the Fo...
The DARPA Robotics Challenge, with Paul Oh
Sabine Hauert
13 Dec 2013
Link to audio file (40:39)In this episode, Sabine Hauert interviews Paul Oh, the Director of the Drexel Autonomous Systems Lab at Drexel University. His team, spanning 10 universities, is competing in...
Startup Series #5: Rodney Brooks, Steve Cousins & Pioneers Festival
Andra Keay
10 Dec 2013
Robolution panel at the Pioneers Festival in Vienna.
It’s not every day you get to ask pioneering robot startup founders about their journey. The Robolution panel at the Pioneers Festival in Vien...
iRobot, 3D Systems and Makerbot recognized at Economist’s 2013 Innovation Awards
Hallie Siegel
09 Dec 2013
Earlier this week, the Economist held its Innovation Awards in London. In the "No Boundaries" category — created for technology-based products or services that don't fit neatly into the usual catego...
In case you missed the Uncanny Valley session at IROS
Hallie Siegel
20 Nov 2013
Many of us from the Robohub team were at the landmark Uncanny Valley session at IROS this year - it turned out to be one of those wish-I'd-been-there events for anyone unlucky enough to have missed it...
We the Geeks: Whitehouse hangouts celebrate robots, maker culture and more
Robohub Editors
15 Nov 2013
Last spring the Whitehouse launched We the Geeks, a series of Google Hangouts meant to highlight the future of American science, technology, and innovation. The latest hangout, playfully titled Don't...
Is this the right time for robotic startups?
Torsten Andre
14 Nov 2013
Last month the Pioneers Festival took place in the Imperial Palace, Vienna, Austria. According to its website, the festival is Europe's premium event for entrepreneurship and future technologies. Star...
What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?
RBI Editors
13 Nov 2013
Photo credit: Taichi on Wikimedia Commons.
Robohub team members just returned from an exciting trip to Tokyo, where we attended the 2013 IROS conference and the concurrent iREX robot expo. With so ma...
Lynne Parker on “What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?”
Lynne Parker
13 Nov 2013
I found the plenary speeches at IROS to be especially interesting. Marc Raibert gave an entertaining talk on the robots being developed at Boston Dynamics. It's encouraging to see that robots are beco...
Frank Tobe on “What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?”
Frank Tobe
13 Nov 2013
Two images remain in my mind from IROS 2013 last week in Tokyo. The respect for Professor Emeritus Mori and his charting of the uncanny valley in relation to robotics, and the need for a Watson-type s...
Andra Keay on “What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?”
Andra Keay
13 Nov 2013
For me, the highlight of IROS was the Uncanny Valley special session, although the sheer size of the IROS conference and the parallel iRex industrial and service robot expo also gave much food for tho...
IROS2013 is not just funny robot videos
Andra Keay
04 Nov 2013
If the latest funny videos of robots falling over is all you hear about IROS2013, it's understandable. This is the 26th year of IROS, the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Sy...
Live Coverage of IROS Workshop on Science Communication
Sabine Hauert
04 Nov 2013
Don't miss our live coverage on "Understanding Robotics and Public Opinion: Best Practices in Public Science Communication and Online Dissemination" at the IROS conference in Tokyo. LIVE NOW No...
Robotics Expo 2013, Moscow
Frank Tobe
02 Nov 2013
The bleak autumn Moscow day didn’t seem to have dampened the enthusiasm of the crowds of people making the journey to the 2013 Moscow Robotics (and advanced technologies) Expo http://robot-ex.ru/en...
RoboBusiness: Day Two
Robert Morris
26 Oct 2013
On a rare overcast day in San Jose, RoboBusiness got down to business with keynotes and the general exhibition in full swing. The morning held keynote speakers, breakouts in the afternoon, and then ...
RoboBusiness: Day one in the heart of Silicon Valley
Robert Morris
24 Oct 2013
RoboBusiness started Wednesday, with mostly panels, although Robohub's very own Andra Keay spiced things up quite a bit with a "Pitchfire" event showcasing robotics start-ups. Two themes were very m...
Pioneers kickstarts the start-up scene with a hands-on celebration of innovation
Hallie Siegel
17 Oct 2013
Andreas Tschas (far left) and Juergen Furian (far right) present a cheque to the 2012 Startup Challenge winner Poikos (centre). Photo credit: Heisenberg Media.
When founders Andreas Tschas and Juerge...
Call for participation: RoCKIn Camp 2014
Robohub Editors
16 Oct 2013
RoCKIn Camp 2014
Sapienza University of Rome
Via Ariosto 25, Rome, Italy
January 26th-30th, 2014
Deadline for intention to participate: October 20th, 2013
Application deadline: November20th, 2...
Robotics heavyweights keep it entertaining at 2013 Northeast Robotics Colloquium
Richard Moore and Kirstin Hagelskjær Petersen
09 Oct 2013
Prof. Conor Walsh (left) and Dr. Panagiotis Polygerinos (right) discuss a soft robotic glove designed for hand rehabilitation. Photo credit: Kirstin Hagelskjær Petersen.
The 2nd annual Northeast Ro...
Maker Faire European Edition kicks off in Rome
Robohub Editors
02 Oct 2013
Europe's first Maker Faire will be held in Rome's Palazzo dei Congressi from October 3-6. Billing itself as a "four-day, family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness," Make...
Robohub turns one!
Hallie Siegel
01 Oct 2013
Anniversaries have a way of inspiring even the most cynical of us to ask ourselves big existential questions: "Why are we here?", "What do we stand for?" and "What's the meaning of all this anyway?" S...
Winners of the euRathlon 2013 land robotics competition announced!
Marta Palau Franco
30 Sep 2013
Robot TeodorPrime of team FKIE opening the suitcase that contains explosive material.
Photo credits: euRathlon.
euRathlon is an outdoor robotics competition where teams test the intelligence and aut...
euRathlon 2013 land robotics competition – Day Four recap
Marta Palau Franco
29 Sep 2013
The autonomous robot MuCAR-3 from team MuCAR (University of the Bundeswehr Munich) arrives. Photo credits: Aaron Boardley.
Clouds, mist and rain accompanied the fourth day of euRathlon 2013 civilian ...
euRathlon 2013 land robotics competition – Day Three recap
Marta Palau Franco
27 Sep 2013
UAV pilot demostration carried out by CATEC during the euRathlon 2013 workshop. Photo credits: Aaron Boardley.
The sun was shining again on the third day of euRathlon 2013 outdoor robotics competitio...
There are mobile robots and then there’s KUKA’s MOBILE robot
Frank Tobe
26 Sep 2013
... At the recent Hannover Messe trade fair, KUKA displayed their concept mobile robot showing how it could work a huge turbine blade.
... The device consisted of a KUKA omnimove mobile platform, a K...
