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Could we make a moral machine?
Alan Winfield
02 Mar 2016
Could we make a moral machine? A robot capable of choosing or moderating its actions on the basis of ethical rules?
This was how I opened my IdeasLab talk at the World Economic Forum 2016. Th...
3 types of robot singularities and how to avoid them
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
02 Mar 2016
If you are interested in science, "singularity" probably makes you think of a black hole. Black holes are popular in the media right now since the LIGO lab in America proved the existence of gravitat...
Workshop robots controlled by touch
Horizon Magazine
29 Feb 2016
by Fintan Burke
The era of robots that can be controlled by designers rather than engineers will enable Europe’s small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to compete more effectively against oft...
New electrical film that is both solid and liquid
NCCR Robotics
29 Feb 2016
As soft robotics increases in both scope and popularity, it is becoming more and more vital that each element of the electrical circuits contained within are also soft and elastic and able to continue...
A new quadrupedal robot, the ANYmal
NCCR Robotics
25 Feb 2016
ANYmal is a quadrupedal robot designed for autonomous operation in difficult terrains. It is capable of running and climbing, and with its incorporated laser sensors and cameras, the robot can perce...
Raffaello D’Andrea at TED2016: Novel flying machines and swarms of tiny flying robots
Robohub Editors
22 Feb 2016
Last week Raffaello D'Andrea, professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) and founder of Verity Studios, demonstrated a whole series of novel flying machines live on stage at T...
Enabling human-robot rescue teams
MIT News
18 Feb 2016
By Larry Hardesty, MIT CSAIL
Autonomous robots performing a joint task send each other continual updates: “I’ve passed through a door and am turning 90 degrees right.” “After advancing 2 fe...
Creating a synthetic “second skin” with soft pneumatic actuators
NCCR Robotics
17 Feb 2016
Soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) are an up and coming solution to the contradictory design criteria that many robotic systems have – high torque/force often means greater weight and volume, which is ...
ROSCon 2015 recap and videos – part 1
Open Source Robotics Foundation
13 Feb 2016
ROSCon is an annual conference focused on ROS, the Robot Operating System. Every year, hundreds of ROS developers of all skill levels and backgrounds, from industry to academia, come together to teach...
What’s new in robotics this week? Chameleon robot blends in with its surroundings
Emmet Cole and Robotiq Inc.
12 Feb 2016
Soft bots; record-breaking North American robot sales; robots saving refugees; chameleon robot blends in with its surroundings; Robot Law and more....
Drones recognise and follow forest trails in search of lost people
NCCR Robotics
10 Feb 2016
A team of Swiss researchers have taught drones to recognise and follow forest trails. This research unlocks applications of drones for search and rescue in wilderness....
Understanding joint impedance with a knee exoskeleton
NCCR Robotics
09 Feb 2016
When designing exoskeletons for rehabilitation of patients after spinal cord injury or stroke, a constant concern is creating them to be as natural as possible to best enable user training to rebuild ...
Vote for your favourite AI video – AAAI Video Competition People’s Choice Award
Sabine Hauert
01 Feb 2016
You get to decide the winner of the People’s Choice Award for the AI Video Competition 2016!...
Talking Machines: Gaussian processes and OpenAI, with IIya Sutskever
Talking Machines
29 Jan 2016
In episode two of season two Ryan introduces us to Gaussian processes, we take a listener question on K-means. Plus, we talk with Ilya Sutskever the director of research for OpenAI. (For more from Ily...
Talking Machines: Real human actions and Women in Machine Learning (WiML), with Jenn Wortman Vaughan
Talking Machines
28 Jan 2016
In episode one of season two, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Women in Machine Learning (WiML) with its co-founder -- and our guest host for this episode -- Hanna Wallach of Microsoft Research....
Towards building brain-like cognition and control for robots
Florian Röhrbein and Florian Walter
27 Jan 2016
The idea of connecting brain-inspired models of computation to robots is probably as old as the discipline of robotics itself; as far back as 1950, neurophysiologist William Grey Walter had already co...
Robotics, AI and automation in “Forbes 30 under 30”
Hallie Siegel
26 Jan 2016
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Forbes has once again expanded their "30 under 30" list this year to celebrate the achievements of the up and coming; the main list now covers 20 different sectors, and an inaugural E...
Motion-planning algorithms allow drones to make hairpin turns in a simulated “forest”
CSAIL MIT
19 Jan 2016
Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL
Getting drones to fly around without hitting things is no small task. Obstacle-detection and motion-planning are two of computer science’s trickiest challenges, because...
Horizon 2020 earmarks € 98M for new wave of european robotics
Sabine Hauert
19 Jan 2016
The EU is co-funding 21 new projects in robotics totalling € 98.7 million spread over 2-5 years....
Watch this service robot predict your organizing preferences
Nichola Abdo
18 Jan 2016
How many of us have envisioned intelligent robots operating and assisting us in our homes with everyday tasks? Different users typically have varying preferences and expectations when it comes to tas...
Toyota Research gets Kuffner, and Google gets Brondmo
Frank Tobe
18 Jan 2016
At a press conference last week at CES, Toyota, led by Gill Pratt of DARPA fame and now CEO of Toyota Research Institute (TRI), informed the world what Toyota intended to do with it's billion dollar...
Flying robots, with Dario Floreano (Part two)
Last month we caught up with Dario Floreano, the head of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. Here we continue our discussion,...
Survey on your experience with robotics competitions
Mahmoud AbdelAziz
14 Jan 2016
From Grand Challenges such as the recent DRC, to STEM events such as FIRST, to startup pitches such as Robot Launch, competitions have been used to push the state of the art in the field, inspire the ...
Soft spot for soft robots? Register for the 2016 Soft Robotics Competition
Harvard SEAS
11 Jan 2016
By Adam Zewe | SEAS
If you have a soft spot for robotics, this competition is right up your alley. With separate tracks for academic researchers, college students, and high school students, the...
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Microrobots for Harvesting Crystals, with Simone Schürle
Audrow Nash
09 Jan 2016
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In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Simone Schürle, advisor and co-founder of MagnebotiX, about using small robots to harvest crystals. These crystals can be used to infer at...
How friendly is your AI? It depends on the rewards
Two years after the small London-based startup DeepMind published their pioneering work on “Playing Atari with Deep Reinforcement Learning”, they have become one of the leaders in the chase for Ar...
How to design a robotics experiment
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
08 Jan 2016
The ability to design good scientific experiments is a key skill for any robotic researcher. Without a grasp of experimental design, even the best technological developments may never succeed in being...
New insect-inspired vision strategy could hasten development of mini-drones
Guido de Croon
07 Jan 2016
New research published today in the Journal of Bioinspiration and Biomimetics by the Micro Air Vehicle laboratory of TU Delft shows that an insect-inspired vision strategy can help indoor flying drone...
IoT may be 2016’s hot new trend, but in industrial robotics it’s been around for a decade
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
06 Jan 2016
As everyone starts to look for "the big technology trends of 2016", it seems that one technology is overshadowing all others - the Internet of Things. We take a look at why robotics is actually ahead ...
Computer model matches humans at predicting how objects move
CSAIL MIT
06 Jan 2016
By Adam Conner-Simons
We humans take for granted our remarkable ability to predict things that happen around us. For example, consider Rube Goldberg machines: One of the reasons we enjoy them is b...
The Year of CoCoRo Video #52/52: Final Demonstration
Thomas Schmickl
05 Jan 2016
In our final video we demonstrate the entire CoCoRo system communicating and interacting together, including: the base station, a "relay-chain" swarm, and a search swarm on the ground....
This flying machine uses ducted fans for propulsion and control
Michael Muehlebach
05 Jan 2016
The Flying Platform is a new flying machine developed at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zurich. Its purpose is to study the use of electric ducted fans as control and propulsion ...
Telepresence, or tele-existence? 4 devices seeking to break down barriers to remote presence
Michael Savoie
29 Dec 2015
This telepresence series wouldn't be complete without covering the fringe territory of the unique and unusual. These robots push the boundaries of telepresence to push social engagement and cross i...
7 reasons why robotics companies should be using simulators
Ricardo Téllez
28 Dec 2015
During my long experience at Pal Robotics developing humanoid robots, I learned just how much a good simulator can help speed up the development and maintenance processes of robot building. To my su...
Registration now open for #ICRA16’s Airbus Shopfloor Challenge
Airbus Group
23 Dec 2015
The Airbus Shopfloor Challenge invites robotics teams from around the world to create innovative robotic solutions for a real-life manufacturing challenge, and compete live at the IEEE 2016 Internatio...
Flying robots, with Dario Floreano (Part 1)
As head of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, Dario Floreano knows a thing or two about flying robots. In the first segment...
