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    SpaceX nails landing on drone ship
    After several unsuccessful attempts, SpaceX finally made a perfect touchdown with its Falcon 9 rocket on the drone ship, aptly named: 'Of Course I Still Love You.'  A historic moment with the help...
    11 April 2016, by

    Robots grow up: Building the emotional machine
    From the sci-fi classic “Bladerunner” to the recent films “Her” and “Ex Machina,” pop culture is filled with stories demonstrating our simultaneous fascination with and fear of artificial ...
    29 March 2016, by and

    Robotics narratives: Birth of the bots
    UW-Madison Science Narratives and partners have joined together to create a 5-month video and audio adventure, exploring the work of Dr Bilge Mutlu and colleagues as they craft robots from a human per...
    15 March 2016, by

    Could we make a moral machine?
     Could we make a moral machine? A robot capable of choosing or moderating its actions on the basis of ethical rules? This was how I opened my IdeasLab talk at the World Economic Forum 2016. Th...
    02 March 2016, by

    3 types of robot singularities and how to avoid them
    If you are interested in science, "singularity" probably makes you think of a black hole. Black holes are popular in the media right now since the LIGO lab in America proved the existence of gravitat...
    02 March 2016, by and

    Workshop robots controlled by touch
    by Fintan Burke The era of robots that can be controlled by designers rather than engineers will enable Europe’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to compete more effectively against oft...
    29 February 2016, by



    ROSCon 2015 recap and videos – part 1
    ROSCon is an annual conference focused on ROS, the Robot Operating System. Every year, hundreds of ROS developers of all skill levels and backgrounds, from industry to academia, come together to teach...
    13 February 2016, by

    Drones recognise and follow forest trails in search of lost people
    A team of Swiss researchers have taught drones to recognise and follow forest trails. This research unlocks applications of drones for search and rescue in wilderness....
    10 February 2016, by

    Talking Machines: Real human actions and Women in Machine Learning (WiML), with Jenn Wortman Vaughan
    In episode one of season two, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Women in Machine Learning (WiML) with its co-founder -- and our guest host for this episode -- Hanna Wallach of Microsoft Research....
    28 January 2016, by

    Robotics, AI and automation in “Forbes 30 under 30”
    [clear] Forbes has once again expanded their "30 under 30" list this year to celebrate the achievements of the up and coming; the main list now covers 20 different sectors, and an inaugural E...
    26 January 2016, by

    Toyota Research gets Kuffner, and Google gets Brondmo
    At a press conference last week at CES, Toyota, led by Gill Pratt of DARPA fame and now CEO of Toyota Research Institute (TRI), informed the world what Toyota intended to do with it's billion dollar...
    18 January 2016, by

    Soft spot for soft robots? Register for the 2016 Soft Robotics Competition
    By Adam Zewe | SEAS If you have a soft spot for robotics, this competition is right up your alley. With separate tracks for academic researchers, college students, and high school students, the...
    11 January 2016, by

    How to design a robotics experiment
    The ability to design good scientific experiments is a key skill for any robotic researcher. Without a grasp of experimental design, even the best technological developments may never succeed in being...
    08 January 2016, by and

    IoT may be 2016’s hot new trend, but in industrial robotics it’s been around for a decade
    As everyone starts to look for "the big technology trends of 2016", it seems that one technology is overshadowing all others - the Internet of Things. We take a look at why robotics is actually ahead ...
    06 January 2016, by and

    Registration now open for #ICRA16’s Airbus Shopfloor Challenge
    The Airbus Shopfloor Challenge invites robotics teams from around the world to create innovative robotic solutions for a real-life manufacturing challenge, and compete live at the IEEE 2016 Internatio...
    23 December 2015, by

    New $7M XPRIZE competition seeks to usher in a new era of ocean exploration
    At a keynote address this week during the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, Peter Diamandis, chairman and CEO of XPRIZE, announced the launch of the $7M Shell Ocean Discover...
    17 December 2015, by

    From pencil and paper to hands-on making, a brief history of MIT’s legendary MechE 2.007
    Alissa Mallinson | Department of Mechanical Engineering It's hard to ignore the fact that a worldwide maker movement is well underway. Over the past 10 or so years, community Maker Faires have beco...
    16 December 2015, by

    Brown University wins inaugural Rethink Robotics Video Challenge
    As the worldwide leader in collaborative robotics research and education, Rethink Robotics is excited to announce the winner of the inaugural Rethink Robotics Video Challenge. Launched in the summer o...
    16 December 2015, by

    Father of robotics Joseph F. Engelberger dies at age 90
    Robotics Industry Association | Joseph F. Engelberger, an engineer and entrepreneur who pioneered the robotics field, died peacefully at his home this morning, December 1, 2015, in Newtown, Connecticu...
    01 December 2015, by

    ELROB 2016: Europe’s toughest & longest-running field robotics event is turning 10
    Robotic competitions have sprung up like mushrooms. Beside the obvious ones like EURATHLON, RoboCross, DARPA and MBZIRC, there are hundreds of smaller contests all over the world. Some of them are ac...
    01 December 2015, by

    Robots at #ERW2015: From imagination to market
    [clear] Bridging the gap between cutting-edge research in academia and the vibrant robotics startup ecosystem is no easy task. This Wednesday in the UK city of Bristol, a free public event titled ...
    27 November 2015, by

    On the ethics of research in robotics, with Raja Chatila
    In this video lecture, IEEE Fellow Raja Chatila shares his views on [tweetquote]why roboticists are duty-bound to educate the wider public on the state of advanced robotics[/tweetquote], and also t...
    25 November 2015, by

    The Year of CoCoRo Video #47/52: Underwater robots swarm at CEBIT consumer electronics show
    In March 2014, we exhibited CoCoRo in Hannover, Germany at the CEBIT -- Europe's largest consumer electronics fair. At first we thought we might be out of place and that our exhibit would be overshad...
    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

    Four classic movie robots that are no longer far fetched
    Cinemagoers have long been fascinated by fictional robots, but they're not usually realistic -- until now. Thanks to technological advancements, some of the classic movie robots are now a realistic p...
    18 November 2015, by and

    Echoes of the DRC at Humanoids 2015
    Last week, the Humanoids 2015 conference was held in Seoul, Korea. It's the first event to focus on humanoid robots since the Darpa Robotics Challenge (DRC) earlier this year and, in fact, the locati...
    13 November 2015, by

    Healthcare robotics for therapy, with Ayanna Howard
    In this short video lecture, Ayanna M. Howard, Motorola Foundation Professor and Associate Director of Research at the Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (Georgia Institute of Technology...
    27 October 2015, by

    Stanford’s self-driving Delorean goes drifting for Back to the Future Day
    Last night, I attended Stanford’s unveiling of their newest research vehicle for self-driving. An old Delorean has been heavily modified in order to perform drifting experiments - where you let the ...
    21 October 2015, by

    Final days to register for $1m UAE competition
    The first UAE Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Awards for Good aim to encourage research and development to meet challenges in the health, education and social services sectors. But less than two w...
    19 October 2015, by

    Courtship of the drone fireflies: A short movie with flying robots and lights
    Drones, lights and nature combine in Drone Courtship, a short movie about a magical encounter between two flying robots set in a forest of centennial trees. A collaboration between Atelier D. Schlae...
    08 October 2015, by

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