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    Evaluating the effectiveness of robot behaviors in human-robot interactions
    This post is part of our ongoing efforts to make the latest papers in robotics accessible to a general audience. Robots that interact with everyday users may need a combination of speech, gaze, and...
    26 November 2014, by

    The CORAL group: Interview with Joydeep Biswas and Brian Coltin
    Our newest video interview features PhD student Joydeep Biswas, who works with Dr. Manuela Veloso’s CORAL research group, and scientist Brian Coltin, who is at NASA's Ames Intelligent Research g...
    26 November 2014, by

    Nate the Robot takes on eldercare!
    Robot advances in eldercare....
    14 November 2014, by

    Would you trust a robot to take care of your grandpa?
    One of the driving forces of social, interactive robotics is the issue of impending labour shortage, which is projected to be one of the major and inevitable consequences of the ageing population phe...
    11 November 2014, by

    The Future Starts Here: Robots, Botox, and Google Glass
    [tweetquote]Why do we fall in love with some technologies, while others creep us out?[/tweetquote] Unravelling this mystery leads Ken Goldberg and Tiffany Shlain to vampires, zombies, and Sigmund Freu...
    10 November 2014, by and

    “Chappie” movie to explore human reaction to AI, machine learning
    A new action/sci-fi thriller by Neill Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) is due in theatres March 6, 2015. Starring Sharlto Copley, Hugh Jackman, Dev Patel, and Sigourney Weaver, Chappie follows an exper...
    04 November 2014, by



    Designing Jibo: Subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful
    [tweetquote]What is a social robot supposed to look like?[/tweetquote] We have asked ourselves this question many times during the last year. HUGE design was fortunate enough to be partnered with th...
    24 October 2014, by and

    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

    Nursing Grandma with a robot
    [tweetquote]All this talk about being replaced by robots is getting old.[/tweetquote]...
    13 October 2014, by

    Registration now open for Cybathlon 2016
    Full registration for the Cybathlon, a sporting event for disabled athletes using robotic assistive technologies is now open. The event will take place in Zurich, Switzerland on 8th October 2016....
    09 October 2014, by

    Safety concerns for collaborative robots
    At a daylong workshop on Collaborative Robots by the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), two main themes were expressed: worker safety and almost universal expectation for rapid deployment of colla...
    03 October 2014, by

    Reader poll: How much control should a bathing robot have?
    http://youtu.be/0ac2qwStrdo A few years ago, researchers at the University of British Columbia (AJung Moon, Peter Danielson and Mike Van der Loos) studied the public acceptance of a number of diff...
    01 October 2014, by

    Poll shows bots seen more as appliance than companion, but still good for whole family
    Primary reasons for considering to purchase a robot for the home Why would you want to buy a robot for your home? When we asked our readers this question, the majority (75%) said that they’d wa...
    29 September 2014, by

    Attaining “embodiment” in brain-machine interface technologies: gTec’s Christoph Guger
    Link to audio file (26:36), or listen on iTunes In this interview TechEmergence talks to Dr. Christoph Guger, founder of gTec, a company that focuses on creating devices and parts for the field of...
    23 September 2014, by

    New quadrocopter video points to a future for flying machines in entertainment
    We've seen robots on stage before: Humanoids have been featured in theater productions in Switzerland, Austria, and Japan, and industrial robots have played parts in dance performances and other stage...
    22 September 2014, by

    Automata: The new “sci-fi” blockbuster set to put robot ethics under a spotlight
    A major new sci-fi movie, Automata, promises to not only provide a feast for the eyes (see below for a clip from the film), but an overdue opportunity to spotlight some of the ethical dilemmas arising...
    19 September 2014, by

    Open Brain-Computer Interface: An Interview with Conor Russomanno
    Brain-computer interfacing (BCI) is a rapidly growing field that offers huge potential for many applications, such as medical grade BCIs to help people with sensory-motor disabilities. Currently, a nu...
    08 September 2014, by and

    How brain signals could control a variety of devices: BrainGate’s Beata Jarosiewicz
    Link to audio file (23:28), or  listen on iTunes In this interview, TechEmergence talks to Dr. Beata Jarosiewicz from Brown's BrainGate project about the science of making sense of the brain's inner...
    03 September 2014, by and

    CSAIL study finds that human subjects prefer when robots give the orders | MIT News
    http://youtu.be/GJ0Pmk_UDY4   New research coming out of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) suggests that letting robots have control over human tasks in manufac...
    28 August 2014, by

    Planning robot motions that humans can relate to
    This post is part of our ongoing efforts to make the latest papers in robotics accessible to a general audience. Imagine a scenario where a robot and a human are collaborating side by side to perfo...
    28 August 2014, by

    Reader poll: How do you feel about “Swarms of Autonomous Cars”?
    A few of days ago, WIRED and Robohub covered a story about “Largest Swarm of Robots” and how self-organizing algorithms can be used by robots to form certain shapes. This inspired us to see wha...
    19 August 2014, by

    New sci-fi short “Robot” seeks crowdfunding
    'Robot' is a short film directed by up and coming West Australian director Zenon Samuels. Set in a post-apocalyptic future, Robot explores the relationship an isolated war veteran has with a mysteriou...
    11 August 2014, by

    Targeting a robotic brain capable of thoughtful communication
    The Hagiwara Lab in the Department of Information and Computer Science of Keio University's Faculty of Science and Technology is trying to realize a robotic brain that can carry on a conversation, or ...
    11 August 2014, by

    Reader poll: Should an autonomous car be able to drive w/o a human passenger?
    A couple of months ago, we asked our readers whether three different unlicensed groups of individuals should be able to ride in autonomous cars alone. The individuals were: a child under the legal dr...
    05 August 2014, by

    Readers split on whether they will miss driving their non-autonomous car
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-MGQqaY3eo Driving has become an integral component of our daily lives, especially in developed countries. Cars are not just a means for us to get from point A to p...
    04 August 2014, by

    Mind of life: An excerpt from Daniel Wilson’s new sci-fi novel, Robogenesis
    This excerpt is from my novel Robogenesis, in which humankind is trying to put together the pieces of a shattered civilization after a war between men and machines. In the aftermath of the robopocalyp...
    29 July 2014, by

    Could Jibo developer Cynthia Breazeal be the Steve Wozniak of robots? | Ryan Calo
    VideoBill Gates once predicted we would have a robot in every home to go with our personal computer. James Temple of is calling Jibo—a new personal robot to be sold commercially in 2015—&l...
    23 July 2014, by

    When fully autonomous cars are the norm, will you miss driving?
    A few weeks ago, one of our readers, Javier Lopez, submitted a number of questions to the ORi team. He brought up many interesting points, and we won’t attempt to cover them all in one poll. But on...
    22 July 2014, by

    Autonomous car poll: Participants choose random chance over informed decision
    Given a choice between crashing into a motorcyclist wearing a helmet vs. a motorcyclist who isn’t wearing one, which one should an autonomous car be programmed to crash into? What about the choice b...
    21 July 2014, by

    JIBO: A game changing social robot
    JIBO, a 2013 Boston startup, launched an IndieGoGo campaign last week and is off to a rousing start, lots of favorable press, and, as of the time of this writing, has raised more than $700,000 over th...
    20 July 2014, by

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