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    Building Social Robots: The Journey of Pleo
    Building a robot company is difficult, very difficult. It requires unwavering belief in yourself, in your idea, in your team and ultimately in your product. But it is also one of the most thrilling ex...
    11 July 2014, by and

    FAA Will Miss UAS/NAS Integration Deadline | UAS Vision
    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is in danger of missing a Congressionally mandated deadline for expanding the use of non military UAS in the US, according to a report that was conducted by t...
    03 July 2014, by

    How important is the FAA’s first commercial licence approval?
    On June 10th, the FAA issued a press release announcing their approval of the first commercial UAS flight over land. According to Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx, this represented an "important ...
    16 June 2014, by

    Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo recap
    "sUSB Expo 2014 showed signs of a maturing drone industry," said Antoine Martin of Unmanned Vehicle Systems Consulting. The sold-out 2nd annual sUSB Expo 2014, held in San Francisco earlier this ...
    29 May 2014, by

    Make it smart; make it here!
    Make it smart and make it here! These are the rallying words heard around the world regarding keeping jobs in-country and manufacturing smarter, more efficiently, and less costly....
    28 April 2014, by

    The practical path to driverless cars | The Atlantic Cities
    "Google has a lot of data from its fleet," says Bryant Walker Smith, resident fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, who's written about the legality of autonomous cars....
    01 April 2014, by



    The robots behind your Internet shopping addiction: How your wallet is driving retail automation
    When you're shopping for the best online deals you're probably not thinking much about the massive distribution network required to bring that pair of shoes to your doorstep. Is your quest for the bes...
    25 February 2014, by

    Human error as a cause of vehicle crashes
      Source: Wonderlane. Some ninety percent of motor vehicle crashes are caused at least in part by human error. This intuitive claim is a fine place to start discussions about the safety potenti...
    07 February 2014, by

    Robots, soldiers and cyborgs: The future of warfare
    Boston Dynamics' BigDog. When we imagine the future of warfare, we often envision a battlefield where humanoid robots and other machines fight alongside or in the place of human soldiers. From the dr...
    05 February 2014, by and

    A discussion on deploying drones for international development
    Last month, Deutsche Post DHL transported six kilograms of medicine from a pharmacy in Bonn, across the Rhine River, to its headquarters. This wouldn't have made international news, except that DHL a...
    16 January 2014, by

    Mission to Mars
    I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break!  As always, remember you can see more at Nate's Website....
    03 January 2014, by

    Amazon Prime Air: 5 Predictions About the Retailer’s Delivery Drones | TIME
    Assuming Amazon Prime Air eventually launches … there are a handful of predictions about the system itself and delivery-by-drone systems in general… Read more by Doug Aamoth on TIME.com...
    02 December 2013, by

    Frank Tobe on “What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?”
    Two images remain in my mind from IROS 2013 last week in Tokyo. The respect for Professor Emeritus Mori and his charting of the uncanny valley in relation to robotics, and the need for a Watson-type s...
    13 November 2013, by

    Andra Keay on “What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?”
    For me, the highlight of IROS was the Uncanny Valley special session, although the sheer size of the IROS conference and the parallel iRex industrial and service robot expo also gave much food for tho...
    13 November 2013, by

    DARC talks about the elephants in the room – freight planes and fighters
    It was fitting that Missy Cummings had the last word at the DARC drones and aerial robotics conference in NY. As an ex-TopGun navy pilot who saw drones taking over her job, she was the one to talk abo...
    23 October 2013, by

    Robotic cornucopia: Robohub focuses on the state-of-the-art and the future of agricultural robotics
    With an ever-increasing need to feed the world's hungry, the agricultural sector has long been an important boon to the field of robotics: the sector's widespread acceptance and use of automation tec...
    18 October 2013, by

    25 women in robotics you need to know about (2013)
    In celebration of Ada Lovelace Day, we've compiled a short list of some women in robotics that everyone should know about. There are so many many more that we're already looking forward to featuring t...
    15 October 2013, by , and

    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

    Call for papers: We Robot 2014
    We Robot 2014 - Conference on Legal and Policy Issues Relating to Robotics University of Miami Law School, Coral Gables, FL April 4-5, 2014 Submission/Registration Deadline: November 4, 2013...
    27 September 2013, by

    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

    AUVSI conference brings robots to drone debate epicenter
    AUVSI returned to D.C. for 2013. Amidst a climate of fiscal austerity and vibrant debates over the growing importance of unmanned vehicles in foreign policy and homeland security, the 2013 AUVSI Unma...
    23 August 2013, by

    The truth is no stranger than fiction when it comes to robots
    Killer robots, a problem as old as voodoo. Source: x-ray delta one. By Kathleen Richardson, University College London Robots represent the cutting edge in science. For decades we have been promis...
    21 August 2013, by

    Drone Journalism, with Matthew Schroyer

    Link to audio file (41:02)In this episode, we speak with Matthew Schroyer, founder of DroneJournalism.org, co-founder of Drones for Good, and developer of the “Drones for Schools” program which te...
    09 August 2013, by

    ISO to adopt nursing-care robot safety standards
    The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will compile global safety standards for nursing-care robots based on criteria provided by the Japanese government. Nursing care robots are des...
    31 July 2013, by

    Three ag robot companies featured in AP story
    ... In an Associated Press article by Gosia Wozniacka, using robots to sort, thin, harvest and handle fruits and vegetables were examined. ... Blue River Technology and their Lettuce Bot; Vision Ro...
    19 July 2013, by

    China takes long view in funding robotics, innovation
      With the rapid economic development of the last twenty years resulting in the accumulation of great wealth, China urgently feels the need to move from a manufacturing-driven economy to an innovati...
    17 July 2013, by

    3,400 healthcare jobs in the US required robotics experience and skills
    ... More than 3,400 healthcare jobs in the US required robotics experience and skills - a 32% gain year-over-year, according to WANTED Analytics....
    16 July 2013, by

    China now largest market for robots
    The China International Robot Show CIROS was held July 2-5 in Shanghai. 30,000 people were expected to attend and 56 companies exhibited. Although most of the exhibitors were Taiwanese, Japanese, Kore...
    12 July 2013, by

    We Robot Conference: 4. Social robot demo
    On April 8-9, Stanford Law School held the second annual robotics and law conference, We Robot. This year’s event focused on near-term policy issues in robotics and featured panels and papers by sch...
    21 May 2013, by

    We Robot Conference: The Ethical Robot License for open robotics
    On April 8-9, Stanford Law School held the second annual robotics and law conference, We Robot. This year’s event focused on near-term policy issues in robotics and featured panels and papers by sch...
    07 May 2013, by

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