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ELROB 2016: Europe’s toughest & longest-running field robotics event is turning 10
Frank E. Schneider
01 Dec 2015
Robotic competitions have sprung up like mushrooms. Beside the obvious ones like EURATHLON, RoboCross, DARPA and MBZIRC, there are hundreds of smaller contests all over the world. Some of them are ac...
Robots at #ERW2015: From imagination to market
Adriana Hamacher
27 Nov 2015
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Bridging the gap between cutting-edge research in academia and the vibrant robotics startup ecosystem is no easy task. This Wednesday in the UK city of Bristol, a free public event titled ...
Major debate on robots & society sets scene for #ERW2015 European Robotics Week
Adriana Hamacher
26 Nov 2015
A mouthwatering array of over 750 events has been taking place throughout Europe this week as the continent celebrates Robotics Week 2015. The festivities began with an eye-opening debate on "Robots a...
Robot Race to Hawaii Contest
Ricardo Téllez
24 Nov 2015
The Robot Race to Hawaii is a robotics contest where participants program a humanoid Nao robot to run a 10-meter race in the shortest time possible. The whole competition is run in a Webots simula...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #47/52: Underwater robots swarm at CEBIT consumer electronics show
Thomas Schmickl
24 Nov 2015
In March 2014, we exhibited CoCoRo in Hannover, Germany at the CEBIT -- Europe's largest consumer electronics fair. At first we thought we might be out of place and that our exhibit would be overshad...
New video shows bionic athletes rehearsing for upcoming Cybathlon competition
NCCR Robotics
19 Nov 2015
In 21 countries across the globe, hundreds of people are preparing for Cybathlon 2016, where cutting edge robotic assistive technologies will help people with disabilities to compete in a series of ra...
European Robotics Week #ERW2015: 600+ events focusing on robots & society
euRobotics AISBL
19 Nov 2015
Over 600 events across the region will look at how robots will impact the way European citizens work, live and learn, as part of the 2015 European Robotics Week (#ERW2015), running 23-29 November....
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ICRA 2015 Company Showcase, with Jens Hurley, Michael Ferguson, Simon DiMaio, François Boucher and Andrew Lewis
Audrow Nash
14 Nov 2015
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In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews several companies from the International Conferences on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) showcase. The companies span the following applicatio...
Join the debate on robots & society during #ERW2015
Sabine Hauert
13 Nov 2015
What are your questions about "Robots and Society"?
During the European Robotics Week 2015 (ERW2015), Europeans will explore how robots may impact the way we work, live, and learn through over 400...
Echoes of the DRC at Humanoids 2015
Ricardo Téllez
13 Nov 2015
Last week, the Humanoids 2015 conference was held in Seoul, Korea. It's the first event to focus on humanoid robots since the Darpa Robotics Challenge (DRC) earlier this year and, in fact, the locati...
DARPA takes its Robotics Fast Track program on a West Coast tour, Nov. 17-19
Open Source Robotics Foundation
12 Nov 2015
The Open Source Robotics Foundation is joining DARPA and Tandem National Security Innovations on the road to spread the word about DARPA’s Robotics Fast Track Program. We’re proud to support the o...
Pittsburgh’s Robot Film Festival: Preview
Heather Knight
06 Nov 2015
The fifth Annual Robot Film Festival takes place in Pittsburgh on Saturday, 7 November 2015, at Row House Cinema. Pittsburgh loves robots so much that I like to think of it as a little island of Japa...
15 official world records set by robots
Robotiq Inc. and Alex Owen-Hill
05 Nov 2015
Robots have been getting their names in the record books. Whether it's taking the first pictures on the moon or observing the deepest volcanic eruption, robots are setting Guinness World Records alon...
R2T2, a collaborative rescue action at the crossroads between education, robotics and space exploration LIVE STREAM
Francesco Mondala
04 Nov 2015
The scenario of a rescue after a disaster on Mars could be in the movie « The Martian ». But during this collaborative rescue action everything, except Mars, is real: remote controlled robots, commu...
Blueberry picking robot could win $250,000 prize
Silicon Valley Robotics
29 Oct 2015
Here’s an interesting robotics challenge – a coalition of blueberry farmers are offering a $250,000 prize for automation solutions that improve blueberry picking. The deadline for entries in the c...
Lots of great events lined up for EU Robotics Week #ERW15
Sabine Hauert
26 Oct 2015
The European Robotics Week, organised by euRobotics AISBL and taking place Nov 23-29 2015, brings together hundreds of robotics events across Europe. Over the past five years, the event has attracted ...
Final days to register for $1m UAE competition
Adriana Hamacher
19 Oct 2015
The first UAE Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Awards for Good aim to encourage research and development to meet challenges in the health, education and social services sectors. But less than two w...
Robo Wunderkind: A robot anyone can build
Rustem Akishbekov
16 Oct 2015
Robo Wunderkind is a buildable and programmable robot, designed to teach children the basics of robotics and coding through a unique modular design and intuitive app. It has been specifically engineer...
#ShowUsYourAI – AAAI Video Competition – Deadline extended to October 23!
Sabine Hauert
15 Oct 2015
Submit your video to the AAAI Video Competition for a chance to win one of the several Shakey Awards. We'll be voting for the People's Choice Award right here on Robohub. Last year's videos were viewe...
Tweets from #ICRW2015 International Collaborative Robotics Workshop 2015
Robohub Editors
15 Oct 2015
The Robotic Industry Association's International Collaborative Robotics Workshop is on today in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Check out tweets from the event....
Key take-aways from the DroneApps Forum
Markus Waibel
02 Oct 2015
The first DroneApps Forum in Lausanne, Switzerland, recently assembled 150 drone professionals from Europe, the US, Japan, and Australia for a two-day exchange of ideas. What set the event apart was ...
ROSCon Livestream Oct. 3-4
Open Source Robotics Foundation
02 Oct 2015
This year’s ROSCon is nearly upon us and we will be livestreaming presentations free of charge, courtesy of Qualcomm, beginning 9:00 a.m. CEST, 2015, 12:00 a.m. PDT or 3:00 a.m. EDT on October 3, 2...
euRathlon 2015 announces Grand Challenge winners
Marta Palau Franco
29 Sep 2015
Inspired by the 2011 Fukushima accident, the euRathlon competition is the first outdoor competition where teams of land, sea and air robots must cooperate in a realistic disaster-response scenario. F...
Live tweets and pictures from #IROS2015
Sabine Hauert
29 Sep 2015
The 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) is taking place this week in Hamburg, Germany....
Day Four at euRathlon 2015: Video recap
Marta Palau Franco
25 Sep 2015
Weather conditions challenged the teams participating on the second day of euRathlon 2015 two-domain sub-challenges. The morning started with the remaining team that had yet to participate in the la...
Day Three at euRathlon 2015: Video recap
Marta Palau Franco
24 Sep 2015
The first day of euRathlon 2015 two-domain sub-challenges started with the land and air (L+A) combined scenario, followed in the afternoon by the sea and land (S+L), where robots had to search for mis...
#RoboBusiness Day 1: Computing to change from transaction processing to cognition processing
Frank Tobe
24 Sep 2015
"Cognitive computing will be to computing what transaction processing is today.” So said IBM's Robert High in his keynote talk at RoboBusiness yesterday. In less than 10 years the volume of our bu...
Meet the winners of #RobotLaunch2015
Andra Keay and Hallie Siegel
23 Sep 2015
From smart forklifts and web-based simulation interfaces, to assistive walking devices, robotic companions -- even one for your pet! -- the range of mature robotics that made it to the 2015 Robot Laun...
Day Two at euRathlon 2015: Video recap
Marta Palau Franco
23 Sep 2015
Inspired by the 2011 Fukushima accident, euRathlon is a civilian outdoor robotics competition focused on realistic cooperative disaster response scenarios. On the second day of single-domain trials, t...
Day One at euRathlon 2015: Video recap
Marta Palau Franco
21 Sep 2015
Inspired by the 2011 Fukushima accident, euRathlon is a civilian outdoor robotics competition focused on realistic cooperative disaster response scenarios. euRathlon 2015 takes place in the area surro...
Live tweets from #RobotLaunch2015 Finals
Hallie Siegel
18 Sep 2015
The Robot Launch 2015 Finals are on! Follow the event live on twitter #RobotLaunch2015. ...
#eurathlon2015 tests robotic air/land/sea systems in realistic emergency response scenarios
Marta Palau Franco
16 Sep 2015
On March 11, 2011, a tsunami and earthquake struck Fukushima Dai-ichi energy plant causing a major disaster. Since then emergency services have deployed robots to inspect the area and collect data. So...
Tweets from #DroneApps
Robohub Editors
14 Sep 2015
DroneApps is a two-day forum for executives in charge of planning and leading the commercial use of drones in companies looking to increase productivity, reduce risks and conquer new markets, taking ...
First champion crowned for FPV drone racing UK nationals
David Stock
09 Sep 2015
James Bowles has been crowned UK champion following the first UK FPV drone racing national event organised by the British FPV drone racing association. The event was held at RAF Barkston Heath near G...
Robotics and AI prominent in MIT’s annual 35 Innovators Under 35
Adriana Hamacher
02 Sep 2015
The MIT Technology Review’s annual list of 35 Innovators Under 35 aims to illustrate the most important emerging technologies of the moment. Released this August, the 2015 list features a number of...
#RobotLaunch2015 Finals announced, plus final round of Readers Pick
Andra Keay
02 Sep 2015
The Robot Launch competition finals will be held on Friday Sept 18 when a selection of great startups will pitch live to an investor panel. Are Robohub readers on the same wavelength as our expert pa...
