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My (autonomous) car, my safety: Results from our reader poll

Open Roboethics Initiative 30 Jun 2014

You are travelling along a single lane mountain road in an autonomous car that is approaching a narrow tunnel. You are the only passenger of the car....

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Computer-Assisted Surgery, with Karol Miller

Ron Vanderkley 27 Jun 2014

In this episode Ron Vanderkley speaks to Prof. Karol Miller, Director of the Intelligent Systems for Medicine Lab at the University of Western Australia, about medical robotics and how doctors and pat...

DARPA announces new challenges, teams, and research goals for the DRC’s finale in June 2015

Ransom Mowris 27 Jun 2014

Teams of roboticists from around the globe will convene in Los Angeles for the third and final round of the DARPA Robotics Challenge on June 5th and 6th, 2015. For this phase, DARPA will be cutting ...

On Pepper, Aldebaran and emotional robotics: Interview with Bruno Maisonnier

Mark Stephen Meadows 24 Jun 2014

Bruno Maisonnier at TedExConcorde. Photo credit: Rodrigo SEPÚLVEDA SCHULZ. Last week I dropped by Aldebaran’s studio to get a glimpse of Pepper in action, and was pretty excited about this robot. ...

Why social robots will change your life

Cynthia Breazeal and Jibo 24 Jun 2014

It is a fantastic time for technology. We live in a more connected world, and compared to even a few decades ago, we have vastly improved access to information and content, and have dramatically expan...

Reader poll: How would you like to interface with your autonomous car?

Open Roboethics Initiative 24 Jun 2014

We interact with gadgets and devices everyday … some have blinking lights, some play sounds, and some can even decipher our voice commands. When it comes to interfacing with a device as exciting an...

If death by autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die? Reader poll results

Open Roboethics Initiative 23 Jun 2014

Image credit: Craig Berry Life and death decisions make interesting thought experiments. When you throw an autonomous car into the mix, things get even more interesting....

Noonee: The chairless Chair

NCCR Robotics 20 Jun 2014

Noonee® is a new Start Up company coming out of research in robotics in Switzerland. Aimed at solving healthcare problems within the manufacturing industry, noonee adopts a Chairless Chair® approac...

Reader poll: If a death by an autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die?

Open Roboethics Initiative 10 Jun 2014

Image source: Karora via Wikipedia. There may be times when an accident or a death is unavoidable while an autonomous car is controlling the wheel. What should an autonomous car do when such ...

Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed? Results from our reader poll

Open Roboethics Initiative 09 Jun 2014

Our previous poll, which asked (among other questions) whether kids should be allowed to ride in autonomous vehicles by themselves, revealed that responsibility is a key issue for most people. Are we ...

Robot selfies, and the road to self-recognition

Oliver Bendel 09 Jun 2014

People take selfies with smartphones and digital cameras (or even with flying robots), and share them on social media, blogs, microblogs and image platforms for social purposes, and though selfies m...

ROS meets precision agriculture at Blue River Technology

Open Source Robotics Foundation 05 Jun 2014

If you were to design the worst possible environment for software engineering, the cramped jump seat of a John Deere tractor would be a contender. The sound and vibration of the engine makes conversat...

ShanghAI Lectures: Claude Patrick Siegenthaler “In Search of Embodied Intelligence in Markets”

Nathan Labhart 05 Jun 2014

Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-03 In this guest lecture, Claude Patrick Siegenthaler from Switzerland gives a brief introduction to economics and markets and relates them to intellige...

How do self-driving cars work?

Shima Rayej 03 Jun 2014

Nissan’s autonomous car prototype - 2013, photo:Nissan Global Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, recently announced that the car manufacturer will produce self-driving cars within three years. Nissan has announ...

EU launches world’s largest civilian robotics programme – 240,000 new jobs expected

the European Commission 03 Jun 2014

The European Commission and 180 companies and research organisations (under the umbrella of euRobotics) have launched the world’s largest civilian research and innovation programme in robotics....

Reader Poll: Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed?

Open Roboethics Initiative 27 May 2014

We conducted two polls last month in collaboration with the Open Roboethics initiative to get a sense of what people think about autonomous cars. Our polls started some interesting discussions arou...

Kids with wheels: Should the unlicensed be allowed to ‘drive’ autonomous cars?

Open Roboethics Initiative 26 May 2014

Share your opinion and take our next reader poll: Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed?Reader poll results: Earlier this month, when we asked people about your general thoughts on autonomous c...

New video shows range and versatility of professional service robots

Robohub Editors 23 May 2014

A new video promoting this year's AUTOMATICA event in Munich offers an excellent primer in the state of professional service robotics in Europe. Check out the video here:...

30 years of AI with Rolf Pfeifer: A robotics legend delivers his farewell talk

Nathan Labhart 21 May 2014

Source: University of Zurich Mediadesk Watch Rolf Pfeifer’s farewell lecture at the University of Zurich, broadcasting live on Robohub Friday May 23, 2014 (18:00–19:30 CEST/16:00–17:30 UTC). ...

Robot Launch Finals

Andra Keay and Robohub Editors 20 May 2014

Watch the live stream from the 2014 Robot Launch Finals, starting today May 20 at 10AM Pacific. From over 60 entries from all around the world, our judges have narrowed it down to six finalists: DoBo...

Extreme-environment robotics under development at Keio University

DigInfo TV 20 May 2014

At Keio University in Japan, the Ishigami Laboratory, in the Faculty of Science and Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, is investigating robotic mobility systems. The main mission of thi...

Robot Launch 2014 Finals May 20 – Vote now for People’s Choice

Andra Keay 14 May 2014

Today we announce the six finalists from Robot Launch who will be presenting their pitches online live to a panel of expert judges on Tuesday May 20 at 10am PDT. Join us then to see who takes home the...

Reader poll: Should the unlicensed be allowed to ‘drive’ an autonomous car?

Open Roboethics Initiative 13 May 2014

Image from Wikimedia Commons Two weeks ago we published our first reader poll in collaboration with the Open Roboethics initiative in order to find out more about what people think about autono...

What do people think about autonomous cars? Results from our reader poll

Open Roboethics Initiative 12 May 2014

What do people think are the main advantages of owning an autonomous car? Do people think autonomous cars should be easily identifiable? How much money are people willing to pay for an autonomous car ...

Robot Launch 2014 – Robohub People’s Choice round three

Andra Keay 07 May 2014

For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for the "People's Choice" startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we're going to publish 10 videos from our Top 30 and during our live...

Robot Launch 2014: Robohub People’s Choice Round Two

Andra Keay 30 Apr 2014

For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for the "People's Choice" startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we're going to publish 10 videos from our Top 30, and during our liv...

What should a robot do? Designing robots that know right from wrong

AJung Moon and Footnote 29 Apr 2014

A large robot comes out of an office mailroom carrying a package marked “Urgent” to deliver to the boss upstairs. After navigating down the hall at maximum speed, it discovers someone is already w...

Reader poll: What do you think about autonomous cars?

Open Roboethics Initiative 29 Apr 2014

Today we drive our cars. In the future they’ll do the driving. Autonomous cars are no longer a far-off futuristic dream, but something that we can expect to see on the road within the next dec...

EuRoC Info Day is just around the corner

Bruno Siciliano 28 Apr 2014

The European Robotics Challenge (EuRoC) Info Day will take place on May 5, 2014 at the Fraunhofer IPA auditorium in Stuttgart, Germany. Interested participants will have the opportunity to present t...

Show us your AI – AAAI Video Competition

Sabine Hauert 27 Apr 2014

Update The submission deadline has been extended to May 4. Submit your AI and robotics videos for a chance to be featured on Robohub and win a Shakey Award at the AAAI Video Competition....

Robot Launch 2014 – Robohub People’s Choice Round One

Andra Keay 23 Apr 2014

ROBOTS: From imagination to market

Sabine Hauert 17 Apr 2014

UPDATE Video and live tweets! Join us for a full day seminar and networking event at MIT on April 17 called "ROBOTS: From Imagination to Market". Starting with an introduction to robots in science fic...

Robot Launch 2014: First round favorites

Andra Keay 16 Apr 2014

We had a some amazing entries in Robot Launch 2014 across a wide range of fields, and not all of our favorites made it through to the Top 30. So we’d like to share some highlights of the First Round...

€ 7M EuRoC competition opens call to ignite EU manufacturing industry

Hallie Siegel 02 Apr 2014

The call for Europe's newest robotics competition opened yesterday when a consortium of leading robotics and research institutions from across the EU announced the launch of the European Robotics Chal...

Last days to enter Robot Launch 2014

Andra Keay 26 Mar 2014

Robot Launch 2014 is the first global online startup competition for robotics, and as the deadline for first round entrants approaches (11pm PDT on March 30) we're excited to see just where in the w...

Introducing the Cybathlon

NCCR Robotics 24 Mar 2014

As we have been enjoying amazing scenes from Sochi, Russia where disabled athletes have been completing in the winter Paralympics, researchers in Switzerland have been considering a new route for athl...

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