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    Towards building brain-like cognition and control for robots
    The idea of connecting brain-inspired models of computation to robots is probably as old as the discipline of robotics itself; as far back as 1950, neurophysiologist William Grey Walter had already co...
    27 January 2016, by and

    Motion-planning algorithms allow drones to make hairpin turns in a simulated “forest”
    Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL Getting drones to fly around without hitting things is no small task. Obstacle-detection and motion-planning are two of computer science’s trickiest challenges, because...
    19 January 2016, by

    Horizon 2020 earmarks € 98M for new wave of european robotics
    The EU is co-funding 21 new projects in robotics totalling € 98.7 million spread over 2-5 years....
    19 January 2016, by

    Watch this service robot predict your organizing preferences
    How many of us have envisioned intelligent robots operating and assisting us in our homes with everyday tasks? Different users typically have varying preferences and expectations when it comes to tas...
    18 January 2016, by

    Flying robots, with Dario Floreano (Part two)
    Last month we caught up with Dario Floreano, the head of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. Here we continue our discussion,...
    15 January 2016, by and

    Survey on your experience with robotics competitions
    From Grand Challenges such as the recent DRC, to STEM events such as FIRST, to startup pitches such as Robot Launch, competitions have been used to push the state of the art in the field, inspire the ...
    14 January 2016, by



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    Microrobots for Harvesting Crystals, with Simone Schürle

    Transcript below. In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Simone Schürle, advisor and co-founder of MagnebotiX, about using small robots to harvest crystals. These crystals can be used to infer at...
    09 January 2016, by

    How friendly is your AI? It depends on the rewards
    Two years after the small London-based startup DeepMind published their pioneering work on “Playing Atari with Deep Reinforcement Learning”, they have become one of the leaders in the chase for Ar...
    08 January 2016, by , , , , and

    New insect-inspired vision strategy could hasten development of mini-drones
    New research published today in the Journal of Bioinspiration and Biomimetics by the Micro Air Vehicle laboratory of TU Delft shows that an insect-inspired vision strategy can help indoor flying drone...
    07 January 2016, by

    Computer model matches humans at predicting how objects move
    By Adam Conner-Simons We humans take for granted our remarkable ability to predict things that happen around us. For example, consider Rube Goldberg machines: One of the reasons we enjoy them is b...
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    The Year of CoCoRo Video #52/52: Final Demonstration
    In our final video we demonstrate the entire CoCoRo system communicating and interacting together, including: the base station, a "relay-chain" swarm, and a search swarm on the ground....
    05 January 2016, by

    This flying machine uses ducted fans for propulsion and control
    The Flying Platform is a new flying machine developed at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zurich. Its purpose is to study the use of electric ducted fans as control and propulsion ...
    05 January 2016, by

    Telepresence, or tele-existence? 4 devices seeking to break down barriers to remote presence
    This telepresence series wouldn't be complete without covering the fringe territory of the unique and unusual. These robots push the boundaries of telepresence to push social engagement and cross i...
    29 December 2015, by

    7 reasons why robotics companies should be using simulators
    During my long experience at Pal Robotics developing humanoid robots, I learned just how much a good simulator can help speed up the development and maintenance processes of robot building. To my su...
    28 December 2015, by

    Flying robots, with Dario Floreano (Part 1)
    As head of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, Dario Floreano knows a thing or two about flying robots. In the first segment...
    22 December 2015, by and

    The Year of CoCoRo Video #51/52: Big Vision
    Our penultimate video features the initial "Big Vision" trailer we produced at the beginning of this project. The video showcases the basic components of the robotic system we targeted (surface st...
    22 December 2015, by

    NSF and partners award $37M to advance nation’s co-robots
    Yesterday, the National Science Foundation (NSF) -- in partnership with the Department of Defense (DOD), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Aeronautics and Space Admi...
    18 December 2015, by

    Autonomous mobile additive manufacturing robot runs circles around traditional 3D printers
    By Adam Zewe | SEAS 3D printing is revolutionizing the way objects are created, from plastic toys to ceramic dental crowns. But the seemingly boundless possibilities of 3D printing technology have ...
    18 December 2015, by

    Scaling up underwater swarmbot research from tabletop ‘aquarium’ to the Venice Lagoon (CoCoRo Video #50/52)
    Our underwater swarm research started in a few cubic centimeters of water with some naked electronics on a table. Over the next three and a half years, our swarm increased by a factor of 40, and ...
    15 December 2015, by

    $150M in VC funding (2015) for businesses that use ROS
    Eight years ago, Morgan Quigley, Eric Berger and Andrew Ng published a paper that was not about ROS. It was about STAIR, the STanford Artificial Intelligence Robot, which used a library called Switchy...
    08 December 2015, by and

    The Year of CoCoRo Video #49/52: Base stations
    During the past year we have shown many swarm algorithms in various experiments. The spotlight was always on the Lily and the Jeff robots. However, there is now another star in the team and this tr...
    08 December 2015, by

    Simple robots, complex behaviors: A control systems perspective on Braitenberg Vehicles
    In this lecture series, controls expert Brian Douglas walks you through key concepts in control system theory. Focused on making control theory accessible and intuitive, this series is for anyone who ...
    03 December 2015, by

    Bioinspired robotics #3: Wearables, with Conor Walsh
    In the Disruptive Podcast series, Terrence McNally speaks directly with Wyss Institute researchers, exploring what motivates them and how they envision our future as might be impacted by their disrup...
    01 December 2015, by

    Body-enhancing exoskeletons could be stepping into industrial trials next year
    by Jon Cartwright Wearable technology uses electric motors and springs to augment the strength and balance of the human body. It has long been the subject of military research, but now engineers be...
    01 December 2015, by

    The Year of CoCoRo Video #48/52: Workshops
    Most of the videos from The Year of CoCoRo were shot during workshops we held throughout the project. These workshops, which were usually focussed on one or several specific demonstrators, were wha...
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    Marine Robotics Systems, with Stefan Williams

    Transcript below. In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Stefan Williams of the University of Sydney’s Australian Centre for Field Robotics, Marine Systems Group. They discuss the future of...
    30 November 2015, by

    Talking Machines: Probabilistic programming, with Ben Vigoda
    In episode twenty four we talk with Ben Vigoda about his work in probabilistic programming (everything from his thesis, to his new company)....
    26 November 2015, by

    How to calculate a robot’s forward kinematics in 5 easy steps
    Calculating the forward kinematics is often a vital first step to using a new robot in research. While there are some good tutorials available online, up until now there hasn't been a simple step-by-s...
    25 November 2015, by and

    NASA gives MIT a humanoid robot to develop software for future space missions
    By Adam Conner-Simons, MIT CSAIL NASA announced yesterday that MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is one of two university research groups nationwide that will...
    18 November 2015, by

    The Year of CoCoRo Video #46/52: JeffShoaling
    The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...
    17 November 2015, by

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