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ShanghAI Lectures: Shuhei Miyashita “Tribolon: Scalable Self-Assembling Robots”
Nathan Labhart
06 Mar 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-02
Self-assembly is of crucial importance in the biological realm at all scales. This talk introduces a series of self-assembling robots developed in ou...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 7 – Design principles of intelligent systems
Fabio Bonsignorio
03 Mar 2014
This week we publish the seventh of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition on Robohub. You can learn more about the ShanghAI lectures here.
Lecture 7 - Design principles of intelligent systems
Thi...
ShanghAI Lectures: Serge Kernbach “Collective and Modular Robotics: Fundamentials and Frontiers”
Nathan Labhart
27 Feb 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-02
Collective systems play very important role on Earth, and we encounter them in all sizes, scales and forms; in biological and technological areas; in...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 6 – Soft Robotics and Bioinspiration II
Fabio Bonsignorio
24 Feb 2014
Lecture 6 - Soft Robotics and Bioinspiration II
In this second lecture hosted by the Scuola Superiore S. Anna, Matteo Cianchetti builds on the previous lecture to talk about building soft actuato...
ShanghAI Lectures: Xiao’an Li “Action Skill Developmental Learning for Autonomous Soccer Robots”
Nathan Labhart
20 Feb 2014
Robocub 2013 in Eindhoven.
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-17
In the past decade, soccer robots have been developed greatly, and some of the robot soccer games have been showing more ...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 5 – Soft Robotics and Bioinspiration I
Fabio Bonsignorio
17 Feb 2014
Lecture 5 - Soft Robotics and Bioinspiration I
Hosted by Prof. Cecilia Laschi from the Scuola Superiore S. Anna in Pisa, Italy, this ShanghAI episode puts together contrasting approaches to ‘emb...
ShanghAI Lectures: Adrianne Wortzel “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”
Nathan Labhart
13 Feb 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-17
This lecture discusses the relevance of embedding dramatic scenarios and expressive language into methodologies employed in the research and developm...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 4 – Evolution: Cognition from scratch
Fabio Bonsignorio
10 Feb 2014
This week we publish the fourth of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition on Robohub — we will release a new lecture from this series every Monday until the series is complete. Please use the comments ...
ShanghAI Lectures: Hiroshi Yokoi “Future Trend”
Nathan Labhart
06 Feb 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-17
In this guest lecture, Hiroshi Yokoi from University of Electro-Communication, Chofu, Japan, talks about prosthetic robot hands, EMG devices, bio-fee...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Lecture 3: Cognition and embodiment
Fabio Bonsignorio
03 Feb 2014
This week we publish the third of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition on Robohub — we will release a new lecture from this series every Monday until the series is complete. Please use the comments s...
ShanghAI Lectures: Wenwei Yu “A Simulation Study on Reflexive Responses during Walking”
Nathan Labhart
30 Jan 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-17
In this guest lecture, Wenwei Yu from Chiba University, Japan, introduces his approach to assistive technology and talks about (simulation) experime...
ShanghAI Lectures: Sukhan Lee “Cognitive Recognition for Service Robots”
Nathan Labhart
23 Jan 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-10
Recognition has been a subject of intense research interest to computer vision, AI, cognitive science, as well as robotics communities for, at least,...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Part 2: Embodied intelligence
Fabio Bonsignorio
21 Jan 2014
This week we publish the second of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition on Robohub — we will release a new lecture from this series every Monday until the series is complete. Please use the comments ...
ShanghAI Lectures: Alois Knoll, Mary Ellen Foster, Manuel Giuliani “Joint-Action Science and Technology”
Nathan Labhart
16 Jan 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-10
The success of the human species critically depends on our extraordinary ability to engage in joint action. Our perceptions, decisions and behaviour ar...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013, Part 1 – Intelligence: Things can be seen differently
Fabio Bonsignorio
13 Jan 2014
This week marks the launch of the ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition on Robohub — we will release a new lecture from this series every Monday until the series is complete. Please use the comments secti...
ShanghAI Lectures: Samia Nefti-Mezziani “Non-rational Particle Swarm Optimization”
Nathan Labhart
09 Jan 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-03
Among the evolutionary algorithms, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) represents an optimization method where individuals, called particles, collabora...
ShanghAI Lectures: Christopher Lueg “Scaffolding & Embodiment: Perspectives in Human Computer Interaction”
Nathan Labhart
02 Jan 2014
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-12-03
In this talk Professor Lueg will discuss how embodiment and scaffolding perspectives discussed in the ShanghAI Lectures on Natural and Artificial Int...
ShanghAI Lectures: Weidong Chen “Modeling and Control of Mobile Robot Networks”
Nathan Labhart
27 Dec 2013
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-26
Swarm intelligence of mobile robots is defined as a mobile robot network with only local interactions and finite sensing capabilities which can achieve...
ShanghAI Lectures: Eugen Elmiger “Drives for Intelligent Robots”
Nathan Labhart
19 Dec 2013
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-19
In this guest lecture, Eugen Elmiger from maxon motor ag, Sachseln, Switzerland, gives an overview of the precision motors his company produces, and ...
ShanghAI Lectures 2013 Edition: Live webcast on Thursday, 09:30 CET
Fabio Bonsignorio
18 Dec 2013
If you have been following the ShanghAI Lectures, you will not want to miss the live webcast of the final 2013 lecture this Thursday starting at 9:30 CET. Rolf Pfeifer (University of Zurich) will expl...
ShanghAI Lectures: Josh Bongard “Resilient Machines”
Nathan Labhart
12 Dec 2013
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-19
If the body plays a central role in intelligence, as a roboticist, how do we choose an appropriate body for our robot? Evolutionary robotics allows u...
ShanghAI Lectures: Hisato Kobayashi “AI-ish approach for complicated robot control”
Nathan Labhart
05 Dec 2013
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-12
If we try to describe any kinds of robot by mathematical models, they must be very complicated equations. Even, such robotic systems are categorized ...
ShanghAI Lectures: Shaohua Tan “Qualitative modeling and analysis”
Nathan Labhart
28 Nov 2013
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-12
"It has increasingly been realized that some of the key characteristics underlying real-world complex dynamical systems (such as economical, financia...
ShanghAI Lectures: Koh Hosoda “Compliant Body as a Source of Intelligence”
Nathan Labhart
21 Nov 2013
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-05
Animals and Humans utilize their compliance: muscular system and soft skin. The compliance plays an important role to exhibit intelligent behavior. T...
Ethical robots: Some technical and ethical challenges
Alan Winfield
19 Nov 2013
I've been talking about robot ethics for several years now, but that's mostly been about how we roboticists must be responsible and mindful of the societal impact of our creations. Two years ago I w...
ShanghAI Lectures: SAYA/Hiroshi Kobayashi “Hello, my name is SAYA”
Nathan Labhart
14 Nov 2013
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-11-05
In this guest lecture, SAYA, the robotic teacher from Japan, introduces herself and talks about the Tokyo University of Science, where she was const...
ShanghAI Lectures: Brian David Johnson “Brain Machines: Robots, Free Will and Science Fiction Prototypes”
Nathan Labhart
08 Nov 2013
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2009-10-29
How can science fiction help prototype emerging science theory and experimentation? Expanding on the framework of consumer experience architecture, t...
ShanghAI Lectures: Auke Ijspeert “Controlling the Locomotion of Robots Using Central Pattern Generator Models”
Nathan Labhart
01 Nov 2013
Animal locomotion control is in a large part based on central pattern generators (CPGs), which are neural networks capable of producing complex rhythmic patterns while being activated and modulated by...
ShanghAI Lectures: Bernard Horan “Mixing real and virtual worlds in education”
Nathan Labhart
24 Oct 2013
Bernard Horan presents an overview of a trial undertaken at the University of Essex in the use of a mixed-reality teaching environment. The lecture includes a summary of the motivations for mixed real...
ShanghAI Lectures: Lutz Jäncke “On the neuropsychology of avatars”
Nathan Labhart
17 Oct 2013
The ShanghAI lectures have brought us a treasure trove of guest lectures by experts in robotics. You can find the whole series from 2012 here. Now, we're bringing you the guest lectures you haven't ye...
ShanghAI Lectures: Weidong Chen “Modeling and control of mobile robotic networks”
Nathan Labhart
14 Aug 2013
Guest talk in the ShanghAI Lectures, 2010-12-16
Swarm intelligence of mobile robots is defined as a mobile robot network with only local interactions and finite sensing capabilities which however c...
Webinar with Dr. Pierre Dupont: Creating robotic technology for ultra-minimally invasive surgery
Robohub Editors
06 May 2013
Many surgeries today are performed as open, invasive procedures because surgeons lack the right tools. Our goal is to create the technology that will enable converting these open procedures to minima...
ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 10 “How the body shapes the way we think”
Nathan Labhart
06 May 2013
This concludes the ShanghAI Lecture series of 2012. After a wrap-up of the class, we announce the winners of the EmbedIT and NAO competitions and end with an outlook of the future of the ShanghAI Lect...
ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 9 “Ontogenetic development”
Nathan Labhart
25 Apr 2013
In the 9th part of the ShanghAI Lecture series, we look at ontogenetic development as Rolf Pfeifer talks about the path from locomotion to cognition. This is followed by two guest lectures: The first ...
ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 8 “Where is human memory?”
Nathan Labhart
16 Apr 2013
In this 8th part of the ShanghAI Lecture series, Rolf Pfeifer looks into differences between human and computer memory and shows several types of “memories”. In the first guest lecture, Vera Zabot...
ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 7 “Collective Intelligence: Cognition from interaction”
Nathan Labhart
06 Apr 2013
In the 7th part of the ShanghAI Lecture series, Rolf Pfeifer talks about collective intelligence. Examples include ants that find the shortest path to a food source, robots that clean up, and birds th...
