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    Island Forum 2014: Advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence
    The Singapore Ministry of Defence convened the sixth edition of the Island Forum in November 2014 to explore the emerging future of artificial intelligence and robotics, developments that could have e...
    06 January 2015, by and

    Robot Startup Series #7: Interview with Soft Robotics’ Carl Vause
    [tweetquote]Soft robotics is finally leaving the research lab and entering the real world. [/tweetquote] One of the companies leading the way is a Boston-based startup that is commercializing the inn...
    18 December 2014, by
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    Mobility Transformation Facility, with Edwin Olson

    NEW: Full transcript below. In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Edwin Olson, an Associate Professor at the University of Michigan, about the University’s 32-acre testing environment for auton...
    28 November 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

    Novel robots for gait and arm rehabilitation: Interview with Robert Riener
    In this pair of video lectures, Robert Riener presents his team's research efforts in the field of rehabilitation robotics, and describes the vision behind Cybathlon, the competition for robot-assist...
    07 November 2014, by

    A computer vision system for mining artistic influence
    When we look at an image we not only recognize object categories and scene category, but we can also infer various aesthetic, cultural and historical aspects. For example, an expert (or even an averag...
    06 November 2014, by , and



    Opensource 3D printed “Poppy” humanoid enables experimentation in robot design
    Funded by the European Research Council (ERC), Poppy is a 3D printed open source humanoid designed by the Inria's Flowers lab, a French research facility that creates computer and robotic models as t...
    28 October 2014, by

    SMART begins live public robocar tests in Singapore today
    Robocar R&D is moving fast in Singapore, and this week, the National University of Singapore (NUS) announced they will be doing a live public demo of their autonomous golf carts over a course wi...
    23 October 2014, by

    ROSCon 2014 videos and slides available
    We’re happy to announce that videos and speakers’ slides from ROSCon 2014 have been posted....
    20 October 2014, by

    What would you want your robot home to do for you?
    The devices that we interact with in our everyday lives are getting 'smarter': we wear smart watches, carry smart phones, and many of us are now living in smart homes that are equipped with intellige...
    14 October 2014, by

    UCSD investing in robotics
    At a one-day forum at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), Chancellor Pradeep Khosla did two unusual things: he spent most of the day at the Contextual Robotics Technologies International F...
    14 October 2014, by

    Self-driving car test sites
    Swarm communication and urban city driving are integral to the safe deployment of self-driving cars. Mercedes-Benz and a joint Michigan-based consortium are setting up secure test sites in California ...
    08 October 2014, by

    3D printed robotic prosthetic hand makes Intel finals
    Our [tweetquote] 3D-printed prosthetic hand project has made the global finals of Intel's Make it Wearable competition![/tweetquote] Open Bionics came out of the Open Hand Project, where we developed ...
    02 October 2014, by

    #ShowUsYourAI – AAAI Video Competition – Deadline Oct 15
    Submit your video to the AAAI Video Competition for a chance to win one of the several Shakey Awards. This year we'll be voting for the People's Choice Award right here on Robohub. The submission dead...
    26 September 2014, by

    Microsoft layoffs claims Robotics Research team over the weekend | Neowin
    Microsoft is in the middle of a massive restructuring right now, with around 18,000 employees being let go. And while most of those employees are redundant thanks to the Nokia purchase, it looks l...
    22 September 2014, by

    IROS 2014 Webcam: Research pitches from the interactive sessions (Part 2)
    More pitches from the interactive sessions at IROS. See also Part 1....
    20 September 2014, by

    IROS 2014 Webcam: Research pitches from the interactive sessions (Part 1)
    The 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014) is on in Chicago, and members of the robotics research community have descended on the Windy City. This year th...
    17 September 2014, by

    Reader poll: Will autonomous cars create more jobs than they displace?
    One of the most popular questions when it comes to discussing robotics is the jobs question. Will robots create more jobs, or replace them? Recently, we’ve seen a lot of discussions on the topic o...
    03 September 2014, by

    NASA 3D prints rocket injector, initial tests successful | NASA News
    Engineers just completed hot-fire testing with two 3-D printed rocket injectors. Certain features of the rocket components were designed to increase rocket engine performance. The injector mixed liqui...
    29 August 2014, by

    Google’s secret drone delivery program
    The Atlantic revealed the inside story of Google's two-year secret X-labs drone-delivery project in a detailed story by Alexis Madrigal. Project Wing, as the drone-delivery venture is called, has alre...
    29 August 2014, by

    New algorithm lets drones monitor their own health during long package-delivery missions | MIT News
    In the near future, the package that you ordered online may be deposited at your doorstep by a drone: Last December, online retailer Amazon announced plans to explore drone-based delivery, suggesting ...
    28 August 2014, by

    Finally somebody debunks the Pew Research Center’s “AI, Robotics, and the Future of Jobs” report
      Kudos to Erik Sofge, Boston-based reporter for Popular Science Magazine. His recent story, "Sex Bots, Robo-Maids, and other Sci-Fi Myths of the Coming Robot Economy," cleverly pokes holes wh...
    25 August 2014, by

    Inroads in perception
    Google's recent acquisition of Emu Messenger is just one of many items in recent news about improvements in perception and artificial intelligence (AI)....
    22 August 2014, by

    AI, robotics, and the future of jobs | Pew Research Center
    This report covers experts’ views about advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics, and their impact on jobs and employment. The vast majority of respondents to the 2014 Future of the ...
    11 August 2014, by
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    Stiquito, with James Conrad

    In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews James Conrad, professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, about the history of the autonomous walking robot, Stiquito....
    08 August 2014, by

    Mind-controlled robotic legs? It’s possible | The Telegraph
    A research group led by electrical and computer engineering expert Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal is working on a brain-machine interface that could enable users to control a pair of robotic legs with thei...
    07 August 2014, by

    Robocars love the draft | Automaton
    If you are willing to leave much of the driving in the hands of the guy behind the steering wheel, and all you want is to manage tight spacing for efficient drafting, then the solution to the problem ...
    05 August 2014, by

    When you can’t collect all the data you need, a new algorithm tells you which to target | MIT News
    Levine and How developed an algorithm that can efficiently calculate just how much information any node in the graph gives you about any other — what in information theory is called “mutual inform...
    01 August 2014, by

    Watch the videos from the AI Video Competition
    A large crowd of experts in artificial intelligence gathered around the AAAI Video Competition Award Ceremony before catching their flights, or enjoying one last night in Québec City. The competition...
    01 August 2014, by

    Science, startups and industry at RSS2014 (Part 2)
    The 10th annual Robotics Science and Systems conference (RSS14) is on at the University of California, Berkeley, July 12 to 16, and we are picking up where we left off yesterday on our coverage of t...
    15 July 2014, by

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