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Real Roboticist focus series #5: Michelle Johnson (Robots That Matter)
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
05 Sep 2021
We're reaching the end of this focus series on IEEE/RSJ IROS 2020 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) original series Real Roboticist. This week you'll meet Michelle Johnson, ...
Plenary and Keynote talks focus series #5: Nikolaus Correll & Cynthia Breazeal
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
01 Sep 2021
As part of our series showcasing the plenary and keynote talks from the IEEE/RSJ IROS2020 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems), this week we bring you Nikolaus Correll (Associa...
What is the future of Agri-Food Robotics in the EU and beyond?
euRobotics AISBL and the European Commission
30 Aug 2021
By Kees Lokhorst, Project Coordinator of the agROBOfood project
During the last decades robots are transforming from simple machines to cognitive collaborators. The distance that has been covered i...
Real Roboticist focus series #4: Peter Corke (Learning)
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
29 Aug 2021
In this fourth release of our series dedicated to IEEE/RSJ IROS 2020 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) original series Real Roboticist, we bring you Peter Corke. He is a Dis...
2021 IEEE RAS Publications best paper awards
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
27 Aug 2021
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society has recently released the list of winners of their best paper awards. Below you can see the list and access the publications. Congratulations to all winners!
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Plenary and Keynote talks focus series #4: Steve LaValle & Sarah Bergbreiter
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
25 Aug 2021
In this new release of our series showcasing the plenary and keynote talks from the IEEE/RSJ IROS2020 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) you'll meet Steve LaValle (University...
Real Roboticist focus series #3: Radhika Nagpal (Enjoying the Ride)
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
22 Aug 2021
Today we continue with our series on IEEE/RSJ IROS 2020 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) original series Real Roboticist. This time you'll meet Radhika Nagpal, who is a Fre...
Fish fins are teaching us the secret to flexible robots and new shape-changing materials
The Conversation
20 Aug 2021
By Francois Barthelat
Flying fish use their fins both to swim and glide through the air. Smithsonian Institution/Flickr
The big idea
Segmented hinges in the long, thin bones of fish fins are...
Plenary and Keynote talks focus series #3: Anya Petrovskaya & I-Ming Chen
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
18 Aug 2021
In this new release of our series showcasing the plenary and keynote talks from the IEEE/RSJ IROS2020 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) you'll meet Dr. Anya Petrovskaya (Sta...
Swimming robot gives fresh insight into locomotion and neuroscience
NCCR Robotics
12 Aug 2021
Scientists at the Biorobotics Laboratory (BioRob) in EPFL’s School of Engineering are developing innovative robots in order to study locomotion in animals and, ultimately, gain a better understandin...
We used peanuts and a climbing wall to learn how squirrels judge their leaps so successfully – and how their skills could inspire more nimble robots
How do they stick their landings? Alex Turton via Getty ImagesTree squirrels are the Olympic divers of the rodent world, leaping gracefully among branches and structures high above the ground. And as ...
Real Roboticist focus series #2: Ruzena Bajczy (Foundations)
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
08 Aug 2021
Last Sunday we started another series on IEEE/RSJ IROS 2020 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) original series Real Roboticist. In this episode you'll meet Ruzena Bajczy, Pro...
Plenary and Keynote talks focus series #2: Frank Dellaert & Ashish Deshpande
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
04 Aug 2021
Last Wednesday we started this series of posts showcasing the plenary and keynote talks from the IEEE/RSJ IROS2020 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems). This is a great opportu...
A robotic cat can teach us how real animals move
Frontiers Journals & Blog
03 Aug 2021
By Mischa Dijkstra, Frontiers science writer / Toyoaki Tanikawa, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Osaka University
In the young discipline of robotics-inspired biology, robots replace experime...
Real Roboticist focus series #1: Davide Scaramuzza (Drones & Magic)
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
01 Aug 2021
Are you curious about the people behind the robots? The series 'Real Roboticist', produced by the 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), shows the people at t...
Plenary and Keynote talks focus series #1: Yukie Nagai & Danica Kragic
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
28 Jul 2021
Would you like to stay up to date with the latest robotics & AI research from top roboticists? The IEEE/RSJ IROS2020 (International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) recently released thei...
New algorithm flies drones faster than human racing pilots
NCCR Robotics
22 Jul 2021
To be useful, drones need to be quick. Because of their limited battery life they must complete whatever task they have – searching for survivors on a disaster site, inspecting a building, deliverin...
Sniffy Bug: a fully autonomous swarm of gas-seeking nano quadcopters in cluttered environments
Bart Duisterhof and Guido de Croon
15 Jul 2021
Tiny drones are ideal candidates for fully autonomous jobs that are too dangerous or time-consuming for humans. A commonly shared dream by engineers and fire & rescue services, would be to have swarms...
ITRI introduces AI-based high density shuttle rack system
Zachary Silver and Jonathan Peng
12 Jul 2021
The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in Taiwan has introduced the AI-Based High Density Shuttle Rack System (SRS). This smart storage system, which operates without manpower in thousand...
Bristol Robotics Lab Virtual Conference 2021 (with videos)
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
09 Jul 2021
The Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) hosted their first virtual conference last Wednesday, the 30th of June. With over 50 talks, the conference was a gathering of top robotics researchers, business l...
Face masks that can diagnose COVID-19
Wyss Institute
29 Jun 2021
By Lindsay Brownell
Most people associate the term “wearable” with a fitness tracker, smartwatch, or wireless earbuds. But what if cutting-edge biotechnology were integrated into your clothing,...
Learning for Caregiving Robots workshop at IEEE ICRA 2021
Zackory Erickson, Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee, Carme Torras, Yiannis Demiris, Charlie Kemp and Tomohiro Shibata
26 Jun 2021
The Learning for Caregiving Robots workshop at IEEE ICRA 2021 discussed how learning can enable robotic systems towards achieving consistently efficient and safe human assistance across activities of ...
Simulations, real robots, and bloopers from the DOTS competition: Powering emergency food distribution using swarms
Suet Lee and Sabine Hauert
24 Jun 2021
Results from the DOTS competition were released yesterday, after an intense month with teams from around the world designing new algorithms for robot swarms tasked with delivering emergency food parce...
Robot Swarms in the Real World workshop at IEEE ICRA 2021
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
17 Jun 2021
Siddharth Mayya (University of Pennsylvania), Gennaro Notomista (CNRS Rennes), Roderich Gross (The University of Sheffield) and Vijay Kumar (University of Pennsylvania) were the organisers of this IEE...
IEEE ICRA 2021 Awards (with videos and papers)
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata
15 Jun 2021
Did you have the chance to attend the 2021 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2021)? Here we bring you the papers that received an award this year in case you missed them. Congr...
Obstacles no problem for smart robots
Joost van de Loo
13 Jun 2021
Normally, students and scientists walk here, but today a drone is flying through a corridor on TU Delft Campus. Seemingly effortlessly, it whizzes past and between a variety of obstacles: rubbish bins...
A camera that knows exactly where it is
University of Bristol
09 Jun 2021
Knowing where you are on a map is one of the most useful pieces of information when navigating journeys. It allows you to plan where to go next and also tracks where you have been before. This is esse...
Expectations and perceptions of healthcare professionals for robot deployment in hospital environments during the COVID-19 pandemic
The recent outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome, caused by coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), also referred to as COVID-19, has spread globally in an unprecedented way. In response, the efforts ...
Engineers create a programmable fiber
MIT News
03 Jun 2021
By Becky Ham | MIT News correspondent
MIT researchers have created the first fiber with digital capabilities, able to sense, store, analyze, and infer activity after being sewn into a shirt.
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The new IIT’s “Robot Teleoperativo” (teleoperation robot)
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
01 Jun 2021
The Robot Teleoperativo is a new robotics result achieved at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia and combining the rugged locomotion of HyQReal robot with dexterous and powerful manipulation assured b...
Slender robotic finger senses buried items
MIT News
27 May 2021
By Daniel Ackerman
Over the years, robots have gotten quite good at identifying objects — as long as they’re out in the open.
Discerning buried items in granular material like sand is a ...
Meet the #NCCRWomen in robotics
NCCR Digital Fabrication (DFAB)
24 May 2021
Meet Maria Vittoria and Inés!
To celebrate Women’s Day 2021 and the 50th anniversary of women's right to vote in Switzerland, the Swiss NCCRs (National Centres of Competence in Research) wanted to...
Creating expressive robot swarms
Merihan Alhafnawi
23 May 2021
As robot swarms leave the lab and enter our daily lives, it is important that we find ways by which we can effectively communicate with robot swarms, especially ones that contain a high number of robo...
Helping drone swarms avoid obstacles without hitting each other
EPFL
20 May 2021
By Clara Marc
There is strength in numbers. That’s true not only for humans, but for drones too. By flying in a swarm, they can cover larger areas and collect a wider range of data, since each dr...
Robot stomachs: powering machines with garbage and pee
Oliver Mitchell
14 May 2021
The Seinfeld idiom, “worlds are colliding,” is probably the best description of work in the age of Corona. Pre-pandemic, it was easy to departmentalize one’s professional life from o...
Foldable, organic and easily broken down: Why DNA is the material of choice for nanorobots
Horizon Magazine
11 May 2021
By Anthony King
Doctors know that we need smarter medicines to target the bad guys only. One hope is that tiny robots on the scale of a billionth of a metre can come to the rescue, delivering drugs...
