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    Learning for Collaboration, Not Competition, with Jakob Foerster

    Jakob Foerster, an Associate Professor at the University of Oxford, dives into his work on multi-agent reinforcement learning.
    25 January 2022, by

    The agricultural labor conundrum
    Instead of worrying so much about robots taking away jobs, maybe we should worry more about wages being too low for robots to even get a chance. Seasonal labor for harvesting agricultural products, p...
    09 August 2017, by

    Does the next industrial revolution spell the end of manufacturing jobs?
    By Jeff Morgan, Trinity College Dublin Robots have been taking our jobs since the 1960s. So why are politicians and business leaders only now becoming so worried about robots causing mass unemploym...
    25 July 2017, by

    Federal regulations pass next hurdle
    This week's news is preliminary, but a U.S. house committee panel passed some new federal regulations which suggest sweeping change in the US regulatory approach to robocars....
    21 July 2017, by

    IROS Workshop: Best practices in designing roadmaps for robotics innovation
    Join us at the 2017 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2017) for a full day workshop that will bring together international stakeholders in robotics to examine ...
    16 July 2017, by and

    Robohub Digest 06/17: Robots in health and medicine, wheeling and dealing in the world of autonomous vehicles, and lots of new tech in action
    A quick, hassle-free way to stay on top of robotics news, our robotics digest is released on the first Monday of every month. Sign up to get it in your inbox....
    14 July 2017, by



    Thought leadership in social sector robotics
    WeRobotics Global has become a premier forum for social good robotics. The feedback featured below was unsolicited. On June 1, 2017, we convened our first, annual global event, bringing together 34...
    20 June 2017, by

    The Uncanny Valley of human-robot interactions
    The device named “Spark” flew high above the man on stage with his hands waving in the direction of the flying object. In a demonstration of DJI’s newest drone, the audience marveled at the Cok...
    02 June 2017, by

    Choreographing automated cars could save time, money and lives
    If you take humans out of the driving seat, could traffic jams, accidents and high fuel bills become a thing of the past? As cars become more automated and connected, attention is turning to how to be...
    15 March 2017, by

    Drones for good 2.0: How WeRobotics is redefining the use of unmanned systems in developing countries
    Robotics undoubtedly has the potential to improve lives in the developing world. However, with limited budgets and expertise on the ground, putting this technology in place is no small task. Step forw...
    22 February 2017, by

    The infrastructure of life part 2: Transparency
    Part 2: Autonomous Systems and Transparency In my previous post I argued that a wide range of AI and Autonomous Systems (from now on I will just use the term AS as shorthand for both) should be reg...
    03 February 2017, by

    Responsive and Responsible Leadership given prominance at #WEF17 World Economic Forum
    The population of the scenic ski-resort Davos, nestled in the Swiss Alps, swelled by nearly +3,000 people between the 17th and 20th of January. World leaders, academics, business tycoons, press and in...
    20 January 2017, by

    2016: the best year yet for funding robotics startups
    2016 was a busy and abundant year for seed, crowd, series A,B,C,D and VC funding of robotics-related startups. 128 companies got funded, some multiple times. $1.95 billion, 50% more than 2015 whic...
    02 January 2017, by

    Robots at your service: Empowering healthy aging at European Robotics Week, 2016
    The European Robotics Week in 2016 took place from 18 to 22 November in several countries including The Netherlands, Austria, Lithuania, Norway, Portugal, Serbia and many more. This event has been occ...
    08 December 2016, by

    When robots become art: Interview with Yi-Wei Keng
    How can robotics help to enhance the development of the modern arts? Japan’s famous playwright, stage director Oriza Hirata and leading roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro launched the “Robot Theater Proj...
    29 November 2016, by
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    ICRA 2016: Landmine Detection Challenge, with Edson Prestes

    In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Edson Prestes, Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and an organizer of the Humanitarian Robotics and Automation Technology Challenge (HRATC) 20...
    16 October 2016, by

    Robohub roundtable: Robotics and space exploration
    Every few weeks, Robohub will post a roundtable chat and discuss an engaging topic relating to robotics. In this edition, we looked at how can robotics can be part of space exploration. Privatisation ...
    11 May 2016, by

    The coming nightmare for the car industry
    I have often written on the challenge facing existing automakers in the world of robocars. They need to learn to completely switch their way of thinking in a world of mobility on demand, and not all o...
    11 May 2016, by

    Where should robots go when they retire?
    Most robots, when their creators are done with them, meet one of two fates. Either they’re stashed away, in some corner of a lab, closet or basement, or they’re cannibalized to make another robot....
    12 April 2016, by

    Google’s Go-playing AI system beat Korean grandmaster 4 out of 5 games
    Embed from Getty Images Machines have been beating humans for years in games and contests: chess, Scrabble, checkers, Jeopardy! and more recently, the Chinese board game Go. Google's AI machi...
    17 March 2016, by

    WeRobot 2015 Keynote: The future of robotics, with R2D2 maker Tony Dyson
    UPDATED 4 Mar: We're sad to report that Professor Tony Dyson, who built the original Star Wars R2-D2 droid, has died. We’re reposting this excellent video of his keynote at WeRobot to highlight his...
    04 March 2016, by

    How can we use drones in the humanitarian and health sector?
    Ever since I watched the exceptional 2013 TED talk by Raffaello D’Andrea on the athletic power of quadcopters I have been fascinated by the possibilities of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or, as t...
    04 March 2016, by

    NHTSA redefines “driver” of self-driving car
    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) took an important step towards interpreting safety standards in ways that could make self-driving cars a reality for the public: it said that...
    13 February 2016, by

    To err is human: raising the bar on AI
    Last week, media outlets reported about the latest 'sure sign' of an imminent robopocalypse. Google-backed DeepMind created an AI sophisticated enough to beat a human champion in the Chinese ...
    01 February 2016, by

    Two New Year’s resolutions for developers of automated vehicles
    In the spirit of the New Year, and especially in the wake of California's draft rules for the (theoretical) operation of automated motor vehicles, I offer two resolutions for any serious developer of ...
    12 January 2016, by

    Register your drone. It’s the law.
    The FAA has ruled that everyone who flies a drone must register. Since an estimated 700,000 drones are expected to be sold in the U.S. for the holiday gift-giving season, the registration process is s...
    16 December 2015, by

    New comprehensive report on the risks drones pose to aircraft
    With the holiday season approaching, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) estimates that up to one million new drones will be entering U.S. airspace, creating potentially dangerous situations for...
    14 December 2015, by

    Drone registration Task Force makes 11 key recommendations
    After the Task Force agreed that it was outside the scope of their objectives to debate or discuss the DOT Secretary’s decision to require registration, they undertook to develop and recommend a re...
    24 November 2015, by

    European Robotics Week #ERW2015: 600+ events focusing on robots & society
    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....
    19 November 2015, by

    Should cars be fully driverless? No, says MIT engineer and historian David Mindell
    by Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office If you follow technology news — or even if you don’t — you have probably heard that numerous companies have been trying to develop driverless cars for a de...
    15 October 2015, by

     
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