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Open science: Preaching what I practice

Open science isn't one thing - it is a set of practices that range from making sure your papers are openly accessible (which is relatively easy), to open notebook science, which makes the process ope...
22 January 2015, by

iCub philosophy, history and recent results: Lecture by Giorgio Metta

In this lecture, Giorgio Metta describes the history and philosophy behind the iCub project, and presents some recent results....

ETH and University of Zurich launch Wyss Translational Center Zurich

ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich are founding a new translational research centre at the interface of medicine, science and engineering: the Wyss Translational Center Zurich. A USD 120 million ...
12 December 2014, by

Ground Drone Project: Urban mobile robot chassis

The Ground Drone Project wants to make a [tweetquote]low cost ground robot chassis for hobbyists and inventors that is capable of traversing challenging obstacles[/tweetquote]. The project’s origina...
13 November 2014, by

Video: Robotics at Skolkovo

See an overview of projects from the Skolkovo robotics cluster....
31 October 2014, by

Spark Aerial: Your aerial cinematography flight school

The proliferation of UAVs means that there is a growing number of UAV operators. Sometimes these operators have some experience, but in most of the cases they have none. To make things worse, nowadays...
28 August 2014, by



Drone Startups: Maps Made Easy

Aerial mapping can be quite time-consuming and expensive. Even if you are employing a UAV to do it, it might take hours for all the post-processing, time-stamp shifting and deleting blurred photos. An...
30 July 2014, by

Home Depot starts selling 3-D printers in stores | Bloomberg

Home Depot Inc. (HD), the world’s largest home-improvement chain, will start selling 3-D printers today in stores for the first time, pushing deeper into a market that was once the domain of enginee...
14 July 2014, by

FIRST 2014 photo essay: Girls of Steel back in St. Louis

The Girls of Steel are in the stands during the awards ceremonies at the Buckeye regional, and we’re waiting to see if our team will make it to the Championships. It has been a long build season; we...
19 June 2014, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Olivier Michel “Webots: Fast prototyping and simulation of mobile robots”

Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-10 This presentation introduces Cyberbotics Ltd. with a little bit of history (where it came from), then it presents the Webots software that allows res...
19 June 2014, by
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Russian robotics, with Roman Luchin and Andrew Gryaznov

In this episode, Sabine speaks with Andrew Gryaznov, co-founder of Cubic Robotics and Roman Luchin, CEO of CyberTech Labs, about robotics in Russia. They provide us with an inside view on robotics edu...
30 May 2014, by

The People’s Bot: Robotic telepresence for the public good

Have you ever wanted to attend a conference that was too far away, expensive, or sold out? Whether you're a penniless researcher, interested youth, or a group of elderly people who want to live in oth...
26 April 2014, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Nikolaos Mavridis “Robots, language, and social networks”

Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-16 The lecture starts with a short introduction to the Interactive Robots and Media Lab and the United Arab Emirates. Then, it continues by exploring so...
27 March 2014, by

ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 8-II – Education and Industry Session

Lecture 8-II: Education and Industry Session This lecture hosted by Prof. Samia Nefti-Meziani from the University of Salford, Manchester, UK, is about higher education and industrial impact of the ...
18 March 2014, by

Robots in a box win LAUNCHedu at SxSW

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...
06 March 2014, by

With 11,000 pre-orders, Play-i gets $8 million Series A

  It was just a few months ago that Play-i raised over $1.4 million on Kickstarter. With a heavy advertising buy during the holiday season they now have 11,000 pre-orders for their Bo and Yana...
05 March 2014, by

ROS 101: Intro to the Robot Operating System

Clearpath Robotics brings us a new tutorial series on ROS! Since we practically live in the Robot Operating System (ROS), we thought it was time to share some tips on how to get started with ROS. W...
29 January 2014, by

Watch Zero Robotics SPHERES Challenge live

NASA, MIT and DARPA will host the Fifth Annual Zero Robotics SPHERES Student Challenge today at 7:30am (EST). The event will take place at MIT's campus in Cambridge, Mass. where student teams from the...
17 January 2014, by

Michael McMaster talks robots, building and his new project

Michael McMaster and his latest creation - a life-sized Wall-E. If you’re a diehard Star Wars fan, or if you have a background in robotics, you might already know who Michael McMaster is. In the pa...
26 December 2013, by

Mapping in the Cloud

UPDATE: New video of a collaborative, cloud-based mapping experiment. Mapping is essential for mobile robots and a cornerstone of many more robotics applications that require a robot to interact with...
23 December 2013, by and

Cubli – A cube that can jump up, balance, and walk across your desk

2022 update: A new, one-wheeled version of the Cubli has been developed. The one-wheel Cubli is a three-dimensional pendulum system that can balance on its pivot using a single reaction wheel, as it i...
20 December 2013, by and

Still looking for last-minute holiday gifts? 15 ideas for robot fans (2013)

If you still have holiday shopping to do, these gift ideas from the Robohub team will be sure to please the robot fans in your life. From stocking stuffers to once-in-a-lifetime gifts, you can find so...
19 December 2013, by

ShanghAI Lectures: Shaohua Tan “Qualitative modeling and analysis”

Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-12 "It has increasingly been realized that some of the key characteristics underlying real-world complex dynamical systems (such as economical, financia...
28 November 2013, by

Pioneers kickstarts the start-up scene with a hands-on celebration of innovation

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...
17 October 2013, by

Robotics heavyweights keep it entertaining at 2013 Northeast Robotics Colloquium

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

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...
02 October 2013, by

Robohub turns one!

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...
01 October 2013, by

Students hope their ship inspection robot will significantly reduce dry-dock time for maritime transport industry, improve safety for inspectors

Students take a research tour with Damen ship repairs in Rotterdam. A team of students from ETH Zurich and ZHdK have developed a prototype for a robotic ship inspection unit that is capable of cond...
30 September 2013, by , and

Call for papers: IROS workshop on science communication

Understanding Robotics and Public Opinion: Best Practices in Public Science Communication and Online Dissemination IROS Workshop 2013 in Tokyo, Japan November 7, 9am – 12:30pm Submission deadl...
18 September 2013, by

Geek immersion: Campus Party London packs a ton of tech fun into five days

Campus Party events pride themselves in bringing together bright and like-minded people from all over the world, offering them an opportunity to hear from some of the greats in the worlds of the gamin...
11 September 2013, by







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