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Tamim Asfour’s Keynote talk – Learning humanoid manipulation from humans
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata and IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS)
25 Jan 2022
Tamim Asfour gives an overview of the developments in manipulation for robotic systems his lab has done by learning manipulation task models from human observations, and the challenges and open questions associated with this.
Amanda Prorok’s talk – Learning to Communicate in Multi-Agent Systems (with video)
Robotics Today
17 Apr 2021
In this technical talk, Amanda Prorok, Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology at Cambridge University, and a Fellow of Pembroke College, discusses her team's latest r...
Talking Robotics’ seminars of January – April 2021 (with videos and even a musical summary!)
Daniel Carrillo-Zapata and Talking Robotics
09 Apr 2021
Talking Robotics is a series of virtual seminars about Robotics and its interaction with other relevant fields, such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Design Research, Human-Robot Interact...
Chad Jenkins’ talk – That Ain’t Right: AI Mistakes and Black Lives (with video)
Robotics Today
16 Mar 2021
In this technical talk, Chad Jenkins from the University of Michigan posed the following question: "who will pay the cost for the likely mistakes and potential misuse of AI systems?" As he states, "we...
Adam Bry and Hayk Martiros’s talk – Skydio Autonomy: Research in Robust Visual Navigation and Real-Time 3D Reconstruction (with video)
Robotics Today
09 Mar 2021
In the last online technical talk, Adam Bry and Hayk Martiros from Skydio explained how their company tackles real-world issues when it comes to drone flying.
Abstract
Skydio is the leading US dr...
Carlotta Berry’s talk – Robotics Education to Robotics Research (with video)
Robotics Today
22 Dec 2020
A few days ago, Robotics Today hosted an online seminar with Professor Carlotta Berry from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. In her talk, Carlotta presented the multidisciplinary benefits of ro...
Nikolas Martelaro’s talk – Remote user research for human-robot interaction – with video
Talking Robotics
15 Dec 2020
On Friday the 11th of December, Nikolas Martelaro (Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute) gave an online seminar on ways robot design teams can do remote user...
Davide Scaramuzza’s seminar – Autonomous, agile micro drones: Perception, learning, and control (with video)
Robotics Today
24 Nov 2020
A few days ago, Robotics Today hosted an online seminar with Professor Davide Scaramuzza from the University of Zurich. The seminar was recorded, so you can watch it now in case you missed it....
Natalia Calvo’s talk – How children build a trust model of a social robot in the first encounter? – with video
Talking Robotics
24 Nov 2020
On Friday the 13th of November, Talking Robotics hosted an online talk with PhD student Natalia Calvo from Uppsala University in Sweden. Now you can watch the recorded seminar....
RSS 2020 – all the papers and videos!
Silicon Valley Robotics
18 Jul 2020
RSS 2020 was held virtually this year, from the RSS Pioneers Workshop on July 11 to the Paper Awards and Farewell on July 16. Many talks are now available online, including 103 accepted papers, each p...
Opportunities in DARPA SubT Challenge
Andra Keay
14 Jul 2020
Opportunities Still Available to Participate in the DARPA Subterranean (SubT) Challenge: Cave Circuit 2020 and Final Event 2021. Join us for an introduction of the DARPA Subterranean Challenge with Pr...
Open Problems for Robots in Surgery and Healthcare
Silicon Valley Robotics
15 May 2020
* Please register at:https://robotsinsurgeryandhealthcare.eventbrite.com
The COVID-19 pandemic is increasing global demand for robots that can assist in surgery and healthcare. This sympos...
From SLAM to Spatial AI
Silicon Valley Robotics
12 May 2020
You can watch this seminar here at 1PM EST (10AM PST) on May 15th.
Andrew Davison (Imperial College London)
Abstract: To enable the next generation of smart robots and devices which can truly ...
On the ethics of research in robotics, with Raja Chatila
In this video lecture, IEEE Fellow Raja Chatila shares his views on [tweetquote]why roboticists are duty-bound to educate the wider public on the state of advanced robotics[/tweetquote], and also t...
Aerial Manipulation: Lecture by Bruno Siciliano
In this video lecture, Bruno Siciliano from PRISMA Lab at the University of Naples, Italy, walks us through advances in aerial manipulation with reference to three projects funded through the Europe...
Complete force control in constrained under-actuated mechanical systems: Lecture by Francesco Nori
In this video lecture, Franceso Nori from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) walks us through the progress that's been made in humanoid robots in recent years. For example, the humanoids at ...
Surgical micro-robot swarms: Science fiction, or realistic prospect?
Alan Winfield
09 Mar 2015
Imagine a swarm of microscopic robots that we inject into the vascular system: the swarm swims to the source of the problem, then either delivers therapeutics or undertakes microsurgery directly.
T...
Developing trust in autonomous robots: Seminar with Michael Wagner
Robots for Roboticists
06 Mar 2015
I recently had the opportunity to hear a talk from a colleague that I have worked with many times over the years. The talk was all about how to build safe and robust systems - a critical topic that ...
ShanghAI Lectures: Inman Harvey “Metaphorical homunculi: we don’t really have little men inside our heads”
Nathan Labhart
11 Sep 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-12-15
In this guest lecture, Inman Harvey from the University of Sussex, UK, talks about Representation and its issues....
ShanghAI Lectures: Kevin Warwick “AI with biological brains”
Nathan Labhart
04 Sep 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-12-15
In this guest lecture, Kevin Warwick from the University of Reading, UK, talks about a closed-loop interface between a biological network and a robot, ...
ShanghAI Lectures: Tamas Haidegger “Humans-robots-humans: Who is operating who?”
Nathan Labhart
28 Aug 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-12-08
In this guest lecture, Tamás Haidegger from Budapest University of Technology and Economics in Hungary, talks about Computer-Integrated Surgery, giv...
ShanghAI Lectures: Rüdiger Dillmann “Programming by Demonstration”
Nathan Labhart
21 Aug 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-12-15
In this guest lecture, Rüdiger Dillmann from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, talks about paradigms for robot learning and the proper...
ShanghAI Lectures: Weidong Chen “Enhancing Autonomy and Safety of Assistive Robots”
Nathan Labhart
14 Aug 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-12-15
In this guest lecture, Weidong Chen from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China, talks about the design of assistive robots, especially a robotic whe...
ShanghAI Lectures: Barbara Webb “AI – Artificial Insects”
Nathan Labhart
07 Aug 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-12-08
In this guest lecture, Barbara Webb from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, talks about using robots to model biology, human and insect brains, a...
ShanghAI Lectures: Dustin Li “Embodied Development for an Autonomous Delivery Robot”
Nathan Labhart
31 Jul 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-12-01
In this guest lecture, Dustin Li from the Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xian, China, talks about the design of a robot that autonomously d...
ShanghAI Lectures: Thierry Bücheler “Latest Insights on Human Collective Intelligence”
Nathan Labhart
24 Jul 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-24
In this guest lecture, Thierry Bücheler from the AI Lab, University of Zurich, Switzerland, talks about collective intelligence, quality and critica...
ShanghAI Lectures: Fumiya Iida “Soft robotics approach toward artificial ontogenetic development”
Nathan Labhart
17 Jul 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-17
Artificial ontogenetic development has been nicely demonstrated by many computer simulation studies in the past. There are, however, still a number o...
ShanghAI Lectures: Josh Bongard “Morphological Change in Machines Accelerates the Evolution of Robust Behavior”
Nathan Labhart
10 Jul 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-17
In this guest lecture, Josh Bongard from the University of Vermont (USA) and co-author of How the body shapes the way we think (MIT Press), talks ab...
ShanghAI Lectures: Koh Hosoda “Musculoskeletal Humanoids”
Nathan Labhart
03 Jul 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-10
In this guest lecture, Koh Hosoda from Osaka University, Japan, talks about human and humanoid intelligence, movement, and bouncing, and introduces t...
ShanghAI Lectures: Barry Richards and Craig Turnbull “Robotics and Automation Applied to the Aircraft Industry”
Nathan Labhart
26 Jun 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-10
In this guest lecture, Craig Turnbull and Barry Richards from Electroimpact talk about robots in aircraft manufacturing....
ShanghAI Lectures: Olivier Michel “Webots: Fast prototyping and simulation of mobile robots”
Nathan Labhart
19 Jun 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-10
This presentation introduces Cyberbotics Ltd. with a little bit of history (where it came from), then it presents the Webots software that allows res...
ShanghAI Lectures: Fabio Bonsignorio “Embodied Finance: Embodying Disruptive Innovation in Embodied Cognitive Systems”
Nathan Labhart
12 Jun 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-11-03
In this guest lecture, Fabio Bonsignorio from University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain, talks about issues with innovation and robotic startup companie...
ShanghAI Lectures: Claude Patrick Siegenthaler “In Search of Embodied Intelligence in Markets”
Nathan Labhart
05 Jun 2014
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...
ShanghAI Lectures: Toshiyuki Nakagaki “How does an amoeba tackle a maze?”
Nathan Labhart
01 Jun 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-10-27
In this guest lecture, Toshiyuki Nakagaki from Future University Hakodate, Japan, talks about his experiments with true slime mold and its abilities ...
ShanghAI Lectures: Minoru Asada “Cognitive Developmental Robotics”
Nathan Labhart
22 May 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-10-20
In this guest lecture, Minoru Asada from Osaka University, Japan, talks about combining developmental psychology, neuroscience, and robotics into “...
30 years of AI with Rolf Pfeifer: A robotics legend delivers his farewell talk
Nathan Labhart
21 May 2014
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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