Robohub.org
c-Events
AgBot Robotic Seeding Challenge powered by $50K grant for Grizzly RUV
Clearpath Robotics
14 May 2015
By Rachel Gould
The 2016 agBOT Robotic Seeding Challenge challenges participants to build unmanned robotic equipment to plant, measure and track multiple crop seeds to improve farming efficiency...
IdeaHub, ABB launch new robotics accelerator programme
Simon Blair and IdeaHub / Venturebright
14 May 2015
The IdeaHub recently announced the launch of a robotics accelerator programme, run on behalf of ABB Robotics, to deliver solutions to some of the biggest issues facing robotics today and in the future...
Igniting a debate on legal, therapeutic and educational robotics
The benefits of assistive technologies are well known – reduced inefficiencies, low costs, available 24/7 and much more. But not so well known are the appropriate legal regulations that need to be ...
Robotic events gaining popularity
Frank Tobe
04 May 2015
2014 set new records for robotics of all types, industrial, field and service. 2015 is also setting records for attendance and number of exhibitors at robotics-related trade shows, contests and events...
sUSB Expo 2015 Livestream
Robohub Editors
29 Apr 2015
The sUSB is livestreaming from San Francisco, featuring top names in the unmanned and remote sensing field, including Patrick Egan, Chris Anderson, Whitney Brooks, Michael Drobac, and Andra Keay, a...
#ICRA15 video trailer: Preview the latest in robotics and AI
Sabine Hauert
23 Apr 2015
#ICRA15 just released a trailer featuring some of the highlights from the conference. It’s a nice sneak peak at the latest robots that will be presented in Seattle this May.
A must-watch!...
Live tweets from UN #CCWUN debate on lethal autonomous weapons
Robohub Editors
13 Apr 2015
Experts from all over the world are gathered at the United Nations in Geneva today to debate questions surrounding lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) for the Convention on Certain Conventiona...
Should robots make life/death decisions? UN to discuss lethal autonomous weapons next week
Open Roboethics Initiative
10 Apr 2015
Should robots be allowed to make life and death decisions? This will be the topic of heated debate at the United Nations (UN) Palais des Nations in Geneva next week (April 13-17th, 2015). As part of...
#WeRobot 2015 on now in Seattle
Robohub Editors
10 Apr 2015
The fourth annual We Robot conference on robotics, law and policy kicked off today in Seattle at the University of Washington School of Law. ...
Skolkovo conference seeks to jumpstart new areas of expertise for Russian robotics
Hallie Siegel
27 Mar 2015
Part startup/investor mixer, part public showcase, part industry/academic workshop, part hackathon, the Skolkovo International Robotics Conference has its sights on becoming the largest robotics gathe...
A bionic model is born
Open Bionics
17 Mar 2015
The personalisation of healthcare devices has been a growing trend in the maker-sphere. From gold-plated hearing aids, neon walking sticks, and sparkling blade prosthetics to 3D printed arm casts, peo...
#ERF2015 webcam: Horizon2020 project pitches part II
Adriana Hamacher and Robohub Editors
15 Mar 2015
The sixth edition of the European Robotics Forum brought together at least 600 scientists, companies, and robotics officials. We were there to capture pitches for the latest wave of robotics projects ...
Skolkovo International Robotics Conference: ‘A wheel of opportunity’
Skolkovo Robotics
13 Mar 2015
By David Nowak.
On March 20-22, the Hypercube will host Russia’s biggest robotics event, the Skolkovo International Robotics Conference....
#ERF2015 webcam: Horizon2020 project pitches Part I
Adriana Hamacher and Robohub Editors
13 Mar 2015
The sixth edition of the European Robotics Forum brought together at least 600 scientists, companies, and robotics officials. We were there to capture pitches for the latest wave of robotics projects ...
#ERF2015 in pictures
Robohub Editors
13 Mar 2015
ERF is the largest robotics networking event in Europe. Having launched this week in Vienna, this year's event has attracted over 600 attendees - a record number. Check out photos from the event belo...
‘Robots or jobs’ is key focus of #ERF2015
Adriana Hamacher
12 Mar 2015
The importance of allaying public fears that robots will create mass unemployment was the theme of the opening session at the 2015 European Robotics Forum (ERF), which kicked off in Vienna on Tuesday....
Live coverage of European Robotics Forum 2015
Robohub Editors
11 Mar 2015
The sixth edition of the European Robotics Forum is kicking off today in Vienna.
This 3-day event, from March 11-13, is a meeting point for at least 600 scientists, companies and robotics officials...
Livestream: Rodney Brooks, Abhinav Gupta, Andrew McAfee on AI and the rise of robots
Robohub Editors
27 Feb 2015
Livestream of the Council of Foreign Relations' Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Annual Lecture on Science and Technology starting 02/27/2015 at 12:45 EST....
Forget Singularity, let’s talk Multiplicity: Ken Goldberg on AI at the WEF
Audrow Nash
23 Feb 2015
Each January, the World Economic Forum's (WEF) annual meeting takes place in Davos, Switzerland. This event is one of the preeminent economic conferences in the world, and this year, there was a majo...
Empowering startups’ global reach
Catherine Simon
18 Feb 2015
Innorobo’s call for start-ups has just closed and 25 semi-finalists from around the world will now be reviewed by a jury of experts to select the five winners. The winners will pitch to investors...
Media is more excited about farm robots than exhibitors at World Ag Expo
Frank Tobe
17 Feb 2015
The 48th annual World Ag Expo, with over 1,400 exhibitors, finished up in Tulare, California last week with little exposure to robotic game changers. Their Top 10 New Products included just one robot...
Call for euRathlon 2015 air/land/sea challenge now open
Marta Palau Franco
13 Feb 2015
euRathlon is a new outdoor robotics competition that invites teams to test the intelligence and autonomy of their robots in realistic mock emergency-response scenarios inspired by the 2011 Fukushima ...
Robots for Humanity inspires
Andra Keay
12 Feb 2015
Henry Evans had a brain stem stroke in 2002 that left him quadriplegic. Since then he has turned to robotics to unlock his abilities. Robots For Humanity (R4H.org) is a project that chronicles Henry...
From sideshow to main event, drones are making their mark in entertainment
Hallie Siegel
12 Feb 2015
[tweetquote]What do you get when you cross hundreds of drones with an indoor football stadium equipped with GPS?[/tweetquote] Quite possibly the world's largest drone entertainment show the world has ...
UAE launches “Robotics for Good” competition on the heals of Drones for Good success
Hallie Siegel
10 Feb 2015
Today the UAE's new International Council on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (iCAIR) formally announced the AI & Robotics for Good award. The goal of the award is to encourage robotics inno...
Flyability wins $1M Drones for Good competition
NCCR Robotics
10 Feb 2015
Flyability, a spin off company from LIS, EPFL and NCCR Robotics, has won the $1M inaugural UAE Drones for Good competition with Gimball, the world’s first crash resilient drone....
Dean Kamen, Raffaello D’Andrea RIA to receive 2015 Engelberger Robotics Awards | RIA
Hallie Siegel
09 Feb 2015
The robotics industry’s highest honor, the Engelberger Robotics Award, will be presented to Dean Kamen and Raffaello D’Andrea at a special ceremony on Monday, March 23, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois...
Pick a place and learn about robotics
Frank Tobe
02 Feb 2015
24 robotics-related events dot the global map and offer you a range of interesting robotic conferences and trade shows. Pick a place and learn....
AAAI Video Competition winners
Sabine Hauert
29 Jan 2015
A large crowd of AAAI-15 goers, one of the main conferences in Artificial Intelligence, gathered at the AAAI Video Competition Award Ceremony today in Austin, Texas. The competition aims to spread the...
euRathlon Competition: A source of real data for robotics research
Marta Palau Franco
23 Jan 2015
euRathlon is an EU-funded project that aims to set the standard for research through robotics competitions. It not only provides opportunities to test advanced emergency response robots in very chall...
Robotics, AI in the spotlight at #WEF15 World Economic Forum
Hallie Siegel
21 Jan 2015
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos is on. [tweetquote]What are experts telling world leaders at WEF15 about robotics, AI and Big Data?[/tweetquote]...
Detroit Auto Show and more robocar news
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
19 Jan 2015
Robocar news continues after CES with announcements from the Detroit Auto Show (and a tiny amount from the TRB meeting.) Google doesn’t talk a lot about their car, so the address by Chris Urmson at...
A startup perspective on exhibiting at CES
Bill Culley, Empire Robotics
12 Jan 2015
Exhibiting at big events takes both time and money. [tweetquote]Is it worth it for a robotics startup to invest in big expos like CES?[/tweetquote] We asked Bill Culley of Empire Robotics - the comp...
CES 2015: The ‘amazing’ autonomous Mercedes
Paul Godsmark
12 Jan 2015
The unveiling of the long sleek Mercedes Benz F 015 at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES 2015) in Las Vegas was quite something. It was amazing. Mercedes told us that they have been developing autonom...
Robocars at CES: BMW
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
09 Jan 2015
Day 3 at CES started with a visit to BMW’s demo. They were mostly test driving new cars like the i3 and M series cars, but for a demo, they made the i3 deliver itself along a planned corridor. It wa...
Robocars at CES: Supervised traffic jam assist
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
08 Jan 2015
After a short day looking at robocars at CES, a more full day was full of the usual equipment — cameras, TVs, audio and the like and visits to several car booths....
