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Grizzly on the Mars Emulation Terrain at NCFRN
by Ryan Gariepy
I recently spent over a week in Montreal talking with – and learning from – the Canadian field robotics community, first at the Computer and Robot Vision (CRV) conference and t...
09 July 2014, by
Clearpath Robotics
The next big things in robotics
Last week I attended the launch event for a new NESTA publication called Our work here is done: Visions of a Robot Economy....
08 July 2014, by
Alan Winfield
Reader poll: How should an autonomous car optimize crashes?
Photo by Roland Dobbins, Wikimedia
A couple of months ago Dr. Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, wrote an article on autonomous...
08 July 2014, by
Open Roboethics Initiative
How do you want to interface with your autonomous car? Poll results
Those of you who watched the 80’s TV series “Knight Rider” might remember the dialogue between Michael Knight and its super-car, KITT. Some of you might be more familiar with scenes between “J...
07 July 2014, by
Open Roboethics Initiative
The next era of conversational technology
In 1922, the Elmwood Button Co. commercialized a toy that could respond to voice commands. The toy, called Radio Rex, was a dog made of celluloid that would leap out of its house when you called its n...
04 July 2014, by
Roberto Pieraccini and Jibo
Top 10 take-aways from AUTOMATICA 2014
When you see a slick robot - say for instance the new Aldebaran Pepper robot - you can easily be distracted by the design, the gestures, the interaction, the cuteness. But AUTOMATI...
02 July 2014, by
Frank Tobe
My (autonomous) car, my safety: Results from our reader poll
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....
30 June 2014, by
Open Roboethics Initiative
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Computer-Assisted Surgery, with Karol Miller
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...
27 June 2014, by
Ron Vanderkley
DARPA announces new challenges, teams, and research goals for the DRC’s finale in June 2015
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 ...
27 June 2014, by
Ransom Mowris
On Pepper, Aldebaran and emotional robotics: Interview with Bruno Maisonnier
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. ...
24 June 2014, by
Mark Stephen Meadows
Why social robots will change your life
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...
24 June 2014, by
Cynthia Breazeal and Jibo
Reader poll: How would you like to interface with your autonomous car?
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...
24 June 2014, by
Open Roboethics Initiative
If death by autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die? Reader poll results
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....
23 June 2014, by
Open Roboethics Initiative
Noonee: The chairless Chair
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...
20 June 2014, by
NCCR Robotics
Reader poll: If a death by an autonomous car is unavoidable, who should die?
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 ...
10 June 2014, by
Open Roboethics Initiative
Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed? Results from our reader poll
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 ...
09 June 2014, by
Open Roboethics Initiative
Robot selfies, and the road to self-recognition
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...
09 June 2014, by
Oliver Bendel
ROS meets precision agriculture at Blue River Technology
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...
05 June 2014, by
Open Source Robotics Foundation
ShanghAI Lectures: Claude Patrick Siegenthaler “In Search of Embodied Intelligence in Markets”
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...
05 June 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
How do self-driving cars work?
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...
03 June 2014, by
Shima Rayej
EU launches world’s largest civilian robotics programme – 240,000 new jobs expected
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....
03 June 2014, by
the European Commission
Reader Poll: Should autonomous cars be allowed to speed?
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...
27 May 2014, by
Open Roboethics Initiative
Kids with wheels: Should the unlicensed be allowed to ‘drive’ autonomous cars?
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...
26 May 2014, by
Open Roboethics Initiative
New video shows range and versatility of professional service robots
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:...
23 May 2014, by
Robohub Editors
30 years of AI with Rolf Pfeifer: A robotics legend delivers his farewell talk
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).
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21 May 2014, by
Nathan Labhart
Robot Launch Finals
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...
20 May 2014, by
Andra Keay and Robohub Editors
Extreme-environment robotics under development at Keio University
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...
20 May 2014, by
DigInfo TV
Robot Launch 2014 Finals May 20 – Vote now for People’s Choice
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...
14 May 2014, by
Andra Keay
Reader poll: Should the unlicensed be allowed to ‘drive’ an autonomous car?
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...
13 May 2014, by
Open Roboethics Initiative
What do people think about autonomous cars? Results from our reader poll
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 ...
12 May 2014, by
Open Roboethics Initiative
