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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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ShanghAI Lectures: Yukie Nagai “What should robots learn from caregiver-infant interaction?”
Nathan Labhart
15 May 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-10-20
In this guest lecture, Yukie Nagai from Osaka University, Japan, talks about teaching infants and robots, attention, and scaffolding....
ShanghAI Lectures: Alan Spreckley “Robotic Automation in Manufacturing”
Nathan Labhart
08 May 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2011-10-13
This talks provides a summary of the current and future market places, key application areas, history of robotics and future trends....
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 10 – Future Trends
Fabio Bonsignorio
28 Apr 2014
This week we publish the tenth and last of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition on Robohub. We have been releasing a new lecture from this series on Monday for several weeks and this is the last one....
ShanghAI Lectures: Simon Grand “Building Intelligent Companies: Enterpreneurial Management and Design Principles”
Nathan Labhart
24 Apr 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-11-18
In this guest lecture, Simon Grand from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, talks about building intelligent companies....
ShanghAI Lectures: Verena Hafner “Interactive Robotics”
Nathan Labhart
17 Apr 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-11-18
Sensorimotor interaction between an agent and its environment seems to be the key ingredient to develop intelligent behaviour. In this talk, the impo...
ShanghAI Lectures: Patrick van der Smagt “Biomimetic Robotics”
Nathan Labhart
10 Apr 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-10-21
In this guest presentation, Patrick van der Smagt talks about biomimetic approaches to robot control, kinematics, grasping, and ways to use the human...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 9 – Towards a theory of intelligence
Fabio Bonsignorio
07 Apr 2014
Lecture 9: Towards a theory of intelligence
This lecture, which I hosted at the the University Carlos III (Madrid, Spain), suggests principles and design guidelines for the development of embodied ...
ShanghAI Lectures: Rafael Núñez “Where mathematics comes from’”
Nathan Labhart
03 Apr 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-16
In this guest lecture, Rafael Núñez from the University of California, San Diego, USA, talks about Mathematics as a paradox for embodiment and cog...
ShanghAI Lectures: Nikolaos Mavridis “Robots, language, and social networks”
Nathan Labhart
27 Mar 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-16
The lecture starts with a short introduction to the Interactive Robots and Media Lab and the United Arab Emirates. Then, it continues by exploring so...
ShanghAI Lectures: Louis-Philippe Demers “Embodiment and robotic arts”
Nathan Labhart
21 Mar 2014
The Blind Robot by Louis-Philippe Demers is a reference to the works of Merleau-Ponty and his example of the body extension of the blind man’s cane, where the cane not only senses the world but also...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 8-II – Education and Industry Session
Fabio Bonsignorio
18 Mar 2014
Lecture 8-II: Education and Industry Session
This lecture hosted by Prof. Samia Nefti-Meziani from the University of Salford, Manchester, UK, is about higher education and industrial impact of the ...
ShanghAI Lectures: Tamim Asfour “Robots think with their hands”
Nathan Labhart
13 Mar 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-16
The design of cognitive situated robots able to learn to operate in the real world and to interact and communicate with humans, must model and reflec...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 8-I – Ontogenetic development: From locomotion to cognition
Fabio Bonsignorio
10 Mar 2014
Lecture 8-I: Ontogenetic development: From locomotion to cognition
In this lecture, hosted at the University Carlos III of Madrid in Spain, I show how it is possible to ground ‘understanding...
