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Spy robots in the wild: K-Rock meets his bigger cousin
NCCR Robotics
26 Jan 2017
Tune in and watch Spy in the Wild on BBC 1 on Thursday 26 January at 20:00 GMT to see NCCR Robotics’ newest robot in action....
Factory move to U.S. creates jobs with help from robot workforce
Frank Tobe
25 Jan 2017
By investing $6 million in robots, Bicycle Corporation of America (BCA) was able to take back 10% of their manufacturing from China and place it into a new factory in Manning, South Carolina employin...
Robotics, artificial intelligence, connected devices in ‘Forbes 30 under 30’
Kassie Perlongo
24 Jan 2017
Forbes “30 under 30″ list celebrates the achievements of 30 game changers in 20 different industries -- 600 in total -- of the brightest young entrepreneurs and innovators who are challenging conv...
#CES2017 in pictures
Kassie Perlongo
13 Jan 2017
CES 2017 has come and gone. As a first-timer in attendance, I couldn't help but marvel at the featured robots and all robotics related gadgets, toys, start-ups, wearables, and AI coming to market. I'l...
Rethink Robotics raises another $18 million
Frank Tobe
12 Jan 2017
Rethink Robotics, the Boston-based maker of the Baxter and Sawyer robots founded by iRobot co-founder Rodney Brooks, raised an additional $18 million in an unfinished $33 million Series E round led ...
Five applications for craft beer robots
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
28 Dec 2016
What tasks in a craft brewery can you do with a collaborative robot? Here are five options to improve the efficiency, consistency and safety of manufacturing in the beverage industry....
White House report: Artificial intelligence, automation, and the economy
Robohub Editors
22 Dec 2016
The White House released a new report on the ways that artificial intelligence will transform the US economy over the coming years and decades....
Ingestible robots, glasses-free 3-D, and computers that explain themselves
CSAIL MIT
19 Dec 2016
Machines that predict the future, robots that patch wounds and wireless emotion-detectors are just a few of the exciting projects that came out of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence ...
Using a robotic dummy fish to study social behaviors
Elisa Donati and Stefano Mintchev
05 Dec 2016
Using ethorobotics, researchers from the BioRobotics Institute and the Zoology Institute of Bonn University published a novel 'dummy fish' to study the social behavior of weakly-electric fish Mormyru...
Craft breweries and robots
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
23 Nov 2016
Craft brewing could be the perfect industry for collaborative robots. But, does automation mean losing your artisan status? We find how craft breweries can use robotics to scale-up their business with...
The Ford factor: Mad scientists and corporate villains
Michael Szollosy
16 Nov 2016
Please note: The following article may contain spoilers up to Episode 5 of Westworld.
HBO’s Westworld (on Sky Atlantic here in the UK) is progressing nicely, though even now at five episodes in ...
New U.S. Robotics Roadmap calls for regulation, research and education
UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering
11 Nov 2016
A new U.S. Robotics Roadmap released Oct. 31 calls for better policy frameworks to safely integrate new technologies, such as self-driving cars and commercial drones, into everyday life. The document...
Driverless-vehicle options now include scooters
CSAIL MIT
10 Nov 2016
By: Larry Hardesty
At MIT’s 2016 Open House last spring, more than 100 visitors took rides on an autonomous mobility scooter in a trial of software designed by researchers from MIT’s Computer ...
What is good robot design?
Silicon Valley Robotics
08 Nov 2016
Let’s stop talking about bad robots and start talking about what makes a robot good....
Report examines China’s expansion into unmanned industrial, service, and military robotics systems
Robohub Editors
03 Nov 2016
In October, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission released a report, China’s Industrial and Military Robotics Development, prepared by the Defense Group, Inc. at the Commission’...
Art meets robotics in Patrick Tresset’s OPLINE Prize entry
Andra Keay
27 Oct 2016
The OPLINE Prize is the first online contemporary art award, where the audience vote for the winner out of 10 nominated artists. The winning artist receives 4,000 Euros and exhibitions. The winner al...
Electric motors expanding application and efficiency in robots, ships, cars, and microgrids
MIT News
25 Oct 2016
Electric motors have been around since Thomas Davenport built the first functional model in 1834, and they have played a growing part in our lives ever since. Today, they continue to replace diesel an...
Prepping a robot for its journey to Mars
MIT News
21 Oct 2016
Sarah Hensley is preparing an astronaut named Valkyrie for a mission to Mars. It is 6 feet tall, weighs 300 pounds, and is equipped with an extended chest cavity that makes it look distinctly female. ...
Meet RoboGabby: She’s on a mission to teach more girls about robotics
Kassie Perlongo
14 Oct 2016
Gabby has five goals to achieve this school year. The first goal sounds like any other young middle schooler: get straight As in her classes. Goal number two: get accepted into her school's robotics t...
3-D printed robots with shock-absorbing skins
CSAIL MIT
03 Oct 2016
Anyone who’s watched drone videos or an episode of BattleBots knows that robots can break - and often it’s because they don’t have the proper padding to protect themselves.
But this week rese...
Michigan’s automated driving bills
Bryant Walker Smith
26 Sep 2016
Michigan's Senate are reviewing several bills related to automated driving. SB995, 996, 997, and 998 are now out of committee, and SB 927 and 928 are not far behind. These bills seem to be a mixed bag...
Robot teams create supply chain to deliver energy to explorer robots
Micha Rappaport
22 Sep 2016
Mobile robots can be used in many applications, they are especially suited for environments that are unreachable or too dangerous for humans. In many cases, these environments have to be explored and ...
What artificial intelligence will look like in 2030
Leah Burrows and Harvard SEAS
16 Sep 2016
Artificial intelligence (AI) has already transformed our lives — from the autonomous cars on the roads to the robotic vacuums and smart thermostats in our homes. Over the next 15 years, AI technolog...
Cybathlon: A bionics competition for people with disabilities
Robert Riener
06 Sep 2016
Millions of people worldwide rely on orthotics, prosthetics, wheelchairs and other assistive devices to improve their quality of life. In the United States alone, there are more than 1.6 million peopl...
How we evolved a winning strategy for the RoboCup competition by imitating nature
Mikhail Prokopenko
01 Sep 2016
"In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.” This observation by the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre has been cited in multiple contexts, ranging from tactical p...
Law-abiding robots? What should the legal status of robots be?
Anders Sandberg
18 Jul 2016
News media are reporting that the EU is considering turning robots into electronic persons with rights and apparently industry spokespeople are concerned that Brussels’ overzealousness could hinder ...
MIT robot helps nurses schedule tasks on labor floor
CSAIL MIT
11 Jul 2016
Robot from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab suggests where to move patients and who should do C-sections....
Building better trust between humans and machines
MIT News
23 Jun 2016
MIT-SUTD researchers are creating improved interfaces to help machines and humans work together to complete tasks....
New partnership looks to strengthen European robot industry
Samuel Brøgger
22 Jun 2016
A new EU-funded, robot technology transfer partnership is looking to help manufacturing and robotics companies with robot consultancy, networking, and funding....
Robohub roundtable: Job loss through automation, Foxconn controversy
Robohub Editors
21 Jun 2016
Every few weeks, Robohub will post a roundtable chat and discuss an engaging topic relating to robotics. In this edition, we looked at the controversial job loss of 60K jobs by Foxconn. Is this substa...
Ingestible origami robot
MIT News
13 May 2016
By: Larry Hardesty
In experiments involving a simulation of the human esophagus and stomach, researchers at MIT, the University of Sheffield, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have demonstrated...
Why robots need to be able to say ‘No’
Matthias Scheutz
13 Apr 2016
Should you always do what other people tell you to do? Clearly not. Everyone knows that. So should future robots always obey our commands? At first glance, you might think they should, simply because ...
Can I trust my robot? And should my robot trust me?
Riccardo Bevilacqua
07 Apr 2016
If we are serious about long-term human presence in space, such as manned bases on the moon or Mars, we must figure out how to streamline human-robot interactions....
3-D printing hydraulically-powered robots, no assembly required
CSAIL MIT
06 Apr 2016
By Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL
One reason we don’t yet have robot personal assistants buzzing around doing our chores is because making them is hard. Assembling robots by hand is time-consuming, ...
Bioinspired robotics #3: Wearables, with Conor Walsh
Wyss Institute
01 Dec 2015
In the Disruptive Podcast series, Terrence McNally speaks directly with Wyss Institute researchers, exploring what motivates them and how they envision our future as might be impacted by their disrup...
Proletarian robots getting cheaper to exploit
Frank Tobe
06 Mar 2014
After laughing uncomfortably at the headline from The Moscow Times reporting about the recent Skolkovo Robotics Conference, I parsed through the wording and found the intended meaning. But that proces...
