IROS2013

Micro-robotics and medicine: Interview with Toshio Fukuda

Hallie Siegel 07 Jan 2014

An international leader in the field of robotics and automation, Toshio Fukuda is best known for his pioneering work on micro robotics systems — including microsensors and micro actuators — a...

What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?

RBI Editors 13 Nov 2013

Photo credit: Taichi on Wikimedia Commons. Robohub team members just returned from an exciting trip to Tokyo, where we attended the 2013 IROS conference and the concurrent iREX robot expo. With so ma...

Lynne Parker on “What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?”

Lynne Parker 13 Nov 2013

I found the plenary speeches at IROS to be especially interesting. Marc Raibert gave an entertaining talk on the robots being developed at Boston Dynamics. It's encouraging to see that robots are beco...

Frank Tobe on “What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?”

Frank Tobe 13 Nov 2013

Two images remain in my mind from IROS 2013 last week in Tokyo. The respect for Professor Emeritus Mori and his charting of the uncanny valley in relation to robotics, and the need for a Watson-type s...

Andra Keay on “What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?”

Andra Keay 13 Nov 2013

For me, the highlight of IROS was the Uncanny Valley special session, although the sheer size of the IROS conference and the parallel iRex industrial and service robot expo also gave much food for tho...

IROS2013 is not just funny robot videos

Andra Keay 04 Nov 2013

If the latest funny videos of robots falling over is all you hear about IROS2013, it's understandable. This is the 26th year of IROS, the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Sy...

Live Coverage of IROS Workshop on Science Communication

Sabine Hauert 04 Nov 2013

Don't miss our live coverage on "Understanding Robotics and Public Opinion: Best Practices in Public Science Communication and Online Dissemination" at the IROS conference in Tokyo. LIVE NOW No...