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Air, land, and sea: ERL Emergency Robots competition dates announced
Marta Palau Franco
15 Nov 2016
The European Robotics League (ERL) is pleased to announce the dates for the major tournament of the ERL Emergency Robots competition. The 2017 challenge will be held in Piombino, Italy, from 15-23 Sep...
Robots at your service and empowering healthy ageing at #ERW2016
Robohub Editors
07 Nov 2016
European Robotics Week 2016 (#ERW2016) is kicking off 18-22 November in Amsterdam. The central event 'Robots at your Service' is about focussing on robotic technologies to help ageing populations l...
#DARS16 live coverage and video trailer: From robot swarms to origami modules
Sabine Hauert
07 Nov 2016
The 13th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS) in London this week brings together the very best working in multi-robot systems....
RoboBusiness 2016: Our takeaways
Samuel Bouchard and Robotiq Inc.
20 Oct 2016
We’re back from our yearly sync with the robotics industry happening at RoboBusiness. As usual, there were great talks and great people to meet. To be honest, I felt less frenzy this year than in th...
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ICRA 2016: Landmine Detection Challenge, with Edson Prestes
Audrow Nash
16 Oct 2016
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Edson Prestes, Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and an organizer of the Humanitarian Robotics and Automation Technology Challenge (HRATC) 20...
European Robotics League posts first major tournament results
Marta Palau Franco
11 Aug 2016
The European Robotics League (ERL) is a European-based common framework for robotics competitions in the fields of Industrial Robots (ERL Industrial Robots), Service Robots (ERL Service Robots) and Em...
ROSCon 2015 recap and videos – Part 5
Open Source Robotics Foundation
09 Aug 2016
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...
AUTOMATICA 2016: Digitalization, collaboration and service robotics
Frank Tobe
26 Jul 2016
AUTOMATICA 2016, held in June in Munich at the massive Messe tradefair facility, is a gigantic show focused on automation, mechatronics, robotics and emerging technologies as they relate to the in...
ROSCon 2015 recap and videos – part 4
Open Source Robotics Foundation
21 Jul 2016
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...
ROSCon 2015 recap and videos – part 3
Open Source Robotics Foundation
14 Jul 2016
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...
Live coverage: Robocup 2016
Robohub Editors
30 Jun 2016
Robocup 2016 kicks off today in Leipzig, Germany. The event brings together 3,500 participants from 45 countries and regions competing in 17 disciplines....
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ICRA 2016 Exhibition (Part 2 of 2), with Greg Burman, Dave Rollinson, Tony Prescott and Xavier Carpentier
Audrow Nash
25 Jun 2016
This is the second of two episodes where Audrow Nash interviews several companies at the International Conference for Robotics and Automation (ICRA). ICRA is the IEEE Robotics and Automation Societyâ€...
Overview: Are the sceptics right? Limits and potentials of deep learning in robotics
John McCormac
23 Jun 2016
John McCormac discusses his takeaways from the RSS 2016 Workshop ‘Are the Sceptics Right? Limits and Potentials of Deep Learning in Robotics' and highlights interesting themes and topics from the d...
National Robotics Initiative celebrates five-year anniversary
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
08 Jun 2016
The Congressional Robotics Caucus will host an expo on Thursday, June 9Â in Washington, D.C. to promote the progress and promise of collaborative robotics (co-robot) research.
The event will mark t...
Livestream conference: Artificial Intelligence for Social Good
Robohub Editors
06 Jun 2016
The White House announced a series of public workshops on artificial intelligence (AI) and the creation of an interagency working group to learn more about the benefits and risks of artificial intelli...
Winning team story: The ups and downs of building a drilling robot for the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge
Felix von Drigalski and Airbus Group
01 Jun 2016
Felix von Drigalski, leader for Team NAIST, tells us about their robot design, unforeseen challenges, and working together to find a solution to prepare for the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge at ICRA in S...
#ICRA2016 photo essay
Ioannis K. Erripis
30 May 2016
A small photo essay from this year’s ICRA in Stockholm featuring photos from the exhibition hall. At the end, you can watch a video with all the companies, their robots and systems. (All phot...
Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) livestream today
Robohub Editors
30 May 2016
For the very first time, the 6th International Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Meeting Series will offer free remote attendance, via live-stream.
Livestream will be available today, Monday 30 May,...
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INNOROBO 2015 Showcase, with RB 3D, BALYO, Kawada Robotics, Partnering Robotics, and IRT Jules Verne
Audrow Nash
29 May 2016
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews several companies at last year’s INNOROBO, a conference that showcases innovation in robotics....
Photos from the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge
Ioannis K. Erripis
25 May 2016
Robohub covered the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge that took place during #ICRA16 in Stockholm. Below, you can see an extensive photo gallery as part of our coverage. Check it out!...
Airbus Shopfloor Challenge overview – with video
Airbus Group
24 May 2016
https://youtu.be/FUmx7c8P-gs
3… 2… 1… drill! Who would have thought that drilling could be so exciting. At the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge last week in Stockholm, 7 teams from around the world...
Seven teams from around the world go head-to-head in the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge
Robohub Editors
17 May 2016
Seven teams from around the world go head-to-head in the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge in Stockholm. The challenge is one of the main highlights at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation...
Live coverage of #ICRA16
Robohub Editors
16 May 2016
The next edition of IEEE 2016 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), is kicking off in Stockholm, Sweden. This 5-day event, from 16-21 May, is one of the leading international f...
#ICRA16 duckies and robots video: Mini-micro robots
Robohub Editors
13 May 2016
The robotics community have created a series of video tributes that showcase some of the contributions to ICRA, the largest conference in the field of robotics and automation.
The final video feat...
#ICRA16 duckies and robots video: Incredible machines
Robohub Editors
12 May 2016
The robotics community have created a series of video tributes that showcase some of the contributions to ICRA, the largest conference in the field of robotics and automation. Episode three features 3...
Is Viv the one assistant to rule all robots?
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
11 May 2016
Viv is an AI personal assistant launched at TechCrunch Disrupt NY. It promises to radically simplify our interface with everything. Viv is everything that Siri cofounders -- Dag Kittlaus and Adam Che...
#ICRA16 duckies and robots video: Daily life activities
Robohub Editors
10 May 2016
The robotics community have created a series of video tributes that showcase some of the contributions to ICRA, the largest conference in the field of robotics and automation. Episode two features ro...
#ICRA16 duckies and robots video: Flying machines
Robohub Editors
09 May 2016
The robotics community have created a series of video tributes that showcase some of the contributions to ICRA, the largest conference in the field of robotics and automation. Episode one features fly...
Live streaming with #CHI2016
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
09 May 2016
ACM CHI the premier Human-Computer Interaction conference is being held at San Jose ‘in the heart of Silicon Valley’ May 7 - 12.  There are panels and papers on robotics, and about the next gen...
Two upcoming robotics events you should consider attending
Frank Tobe
06 May 2016
May and June offer two important trade shows and conferences for professional and personal service robotics: Innorobo, held in Paris May 24-26 and AUTOMATICA, held June 21-24 in Munich....
#ICRA16 duckies and robots: a poetic tribute
Robohub Editors
04 May 2016
ICRA is the largest conference on Robotics and Automation. This year, the robotics community reflected on the strong and natural relationship between robots and rubber duckies. This is the result:
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Call for euRathlon/TRADR Summer School 2016 on heterogeneity in robotic systems
Marta Palau Franco
04 May 2016
The University of Oulu will host a summer school on heterogeneity in Robotic Systems this August in Oulu, Finland, where the latest advances and developments in the field of European research within t...
White House launches public workshops on AI issues
Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics
04 May 2016
The White House today announced a series of public workshops on artificial intelligence (AI) and the creation of an interagency working group to learn more about the benefits and risks of artificial i...
FIRST hosts 20,000 students in world’s largest robotics competition
Frank Tobe
03 May 2016
More than 20,000 students from around the globe traveled to St. Louis to compete in the annual FIRST® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Championship. The 4-day event endedÂ...
IdeaHub, ABB recruiting innovators for 2nd round robotics accelerator programme
Simon Blair and IdeaHub / Venturebright
02 May 2016
Innovation platform, The IdeaHub, is once again recruiting robotics and software innovators worldwide to take on the challenge of improving the way we work and interact with the next generation of ind...
Mobile robots fight against deadly legacies of war
Alaa Khamis
28 Apr 2016
Landmines are one of the most lethal weapons in modern warfare. In the military, they are considered the perfect soldier: Ever courageous, never sleeps, never misses. The simplicity and cost-effect...
