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European robot network helps nurses and home builders
Four knowledge institutes across Europe - the Danish Technological Institute (DTI, DK), Fraunhofer IPA (DE), Tecnalia (ES) and the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC, UK) - teamed up to offer highly...
10 September 2018, by
Thilo Zimmermann
ep.
268
podcast
Robotarium: A Robotics Lab Accessible to All, with Magnus Egerstedt
In this episode, Audrow Nash interview Magnus Egerstedt, Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, about a way for anyone interested in swarm robotics to test their ideas on hardware, called...
02 September 2018, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
267
podcast
Robotic Weeding and Harvesting, with Chris McCool and Chris Lehnert
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Chris McCool and Chris Lehnert about different projects that relate to agriculture at the Queensland University of Technology. McCool speaks about a large r...
19 August 2018, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
266
podcast
Towards using Micro and Nano Robots in the Human Body, with Peer Fischer
In this episode, Marwa ElDiwiny interview Peer Fisher, a Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Stuttgart and the Director of the Micro Nano and Molecular Systems Lab at the Max Planck I...
06 August 2018, by
Marwa ElDiwiny
Launch of ROBOTT-NET’s pilot projects
Irabia, Linak and Nissan have along with Trumpf, Maser, Piccolo, Weibel and Air Liquide been selected to team up on a real-world case study. Over the next 18 months ROBOTT-NET will take these eight vo...
24 July 2018, by
Thilo Zimmermann
Innovative programming software used to generate robot welding programs
Since programming is an extremely time-consuming business, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are often forced to manage without robots. Researchers from Fraunhofer IPA have therefore developed ...
16 July 2018, by
Thilo Zimmermann
ep.
264
podcast
Bio-inspired Soft Robots for Healthcare, with Yong-Lae Park
In this episode, Marwa Mohammed Alaa Eldean Eldiwiny interviews Yong-Lae Park, Associate Professor at Seoul National University in South Korea, about the bio-inspired design and manufacture of soft...
08 July 2018, by
Marwa ElDiwiny
ep.
263
podcast
ICRA 2018 Exhibition, with Juxi Leitner, Nicholas Panitz, Ben Wilson and James Brett
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Juxi Leitner, a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at QUT; and Nicholas Panitz, Ben Wilson, and James Brett, from CSIRO.
Leitner speaks about the Amazon Pickin...
23 June 2018, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
262
podcast
Cassie, a Bipedal Robot for Research and Development, with Jonathan W. Hurst
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Jonathan W. Hurst, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State University and CTO and co-founder of Agility Robotics, about legged locomotion,...
08 June 2018, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
260
podcast
Hyundai’s Exoskeletons, with Sangin Park
In this interview, Audrow Nash speaks with Sangin Park, Senior Research Engineer at Hyundai, about exoskeletons. Park describes three exoskeleton prototypes: one for helping workers reduce back pain, ...
14 May 2018, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
258
podcast
DART: Noise injection for robust imitation learning, with Michael Laskey
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Michael Laskey, PhD student at UC Berkeley, about a method for robust imitation learning, called DART. Laskey discusses how DART relates to previous imitation...
14 April 2018, by
Audrow Nash
Five projects make the first cut and receive a ROBOTT-NET pilot
It all started with 166 companies spread across 12 European countries appling for a “golden ticket” to ROBOTT-NET’s Voucher Program. 64 companies received a voucher and highly specialized consul...
11 April 2018, by
Thilo Zimmermann
ep.
257
podcast
Learning Robot Objectives from Physical Human Interaction, with Andrea Bajcsy and Dylan P. Losey
In this interview, Audrow speaks with Andrea Bajcsy and Dylan P. Losey about a method that allows robots to infer a human’s objective through physical interaction. They discuss their approach, the c...
31 March 2018, by
Audrow Nash
European digital innovation hub strengthens robotics development
Digital innovation hubs are vital to create innovative solutions and employment. ROBOTT-NET is an example of a digital innovation hub, where four leading Research Technology Organizations (RTOs) in Eu...
30 March 2018, by
Thilo Zimmermann
ep.
256
podcast
Socially Assistive Robots, with Maja Matarić
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Maja Matarić, a professor at the University of Southern California and the Chief Science Officer of Embodied, about socially assistive robotics. Socially ass...
19 March 2018, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
255
podcast
Learning about Legged Locomotion from Birds, with Monica Daley
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Monica Daley about learning from birds about legged locomotion. To do this, Daley analyzes the gaits of guineafowl in various experiments to understand the mec...
04 March 2018, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
251
podcast
Open Source Prosthetic Leg, with Elliott Rouse
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Elliott Rouse, Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, about an open-source prosthetic leg—that is a robotic knee and ankle. Rouse’s goal is to p...
06 January 2018, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
250
podcast
Learning Prosthesis Control Parameters, with Helen Huang
In this interview, Audrow Nash interviews Helen Huang, Joint Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State, about a method of tuning powered lower limb prosthes...
24 December 2017, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
249
podcast
ICRA 2017 Company Showcase, with Howard Michel, Li Bingbing, Xianbao Chen and Lester Teh Chee Onn
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews several companies at the International Conference for Robotics and Automation (ICRA). ICRA is the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society’s biggest conference an...
10 December 2017, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
248
podcast
Semi-active Prostheses, with Peter Adamczyk
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Peter Adamczyk, Assistant Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, on semi-active foot and ankle prostheses. The difference is that active below-knee p...
24 November 2017, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
247
podcast
ANYmal: A Ruggedized Quadrupedal Robot, with Marco Hutter
In this interview, Audrow Nash interviews Marco Hutter, Assistant Professor for Robotic Systems at ETH Zürich, about a quadrupedal robot designed for autonomous operation in challenging environments,...
11 November 2017, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
246
podcast
Smart Swarms, with Vijay Kumar
In this episode, Jack Rasiel interviews Vijay Kumar, Professor and Dean of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Kumar discusses the guiding ideas behind his research on micro unmanned aeri...
28 October 2017, by
Jack Rasiel
ep.
245
podcast
High-Performance Autonomous Vehicles, with Chris Gerdes
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Chris Gerdes, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University, about designing high-performance autonomous vehicles. The idea is to make vehicles sa...
14 October 2017, by
Audrow Nash
ep.
244
podcast
Robot Pediatric Coach, with Ayanna Howard
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Ayanna Howard, Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, about her work to help children with the movement disorder cerebral palsy. Howard discusses ho...
30 September 2017, by
Audrow Nash
Energy, enthusiasm and spirit of cooperation: Award winners of ERL Emergency Robots 2017 announced
The European Robotics League (ERL) announced the winners of ERL Emergency Robots 2017 major tournament, during the awards ceremony held on Saturday, 23rd September at Giardini Pro Patria, in Piombino,...
29 September 2017, by
SPARC
ep.
243
podcast
Disney Robotics, with Katsu Yamane
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Katsu Yamane, Senior Research Scientist at Disney, about robotics in Disney. Yamane discusses Disney’s history with robots, how Disney currently uses Robots, ...
17 September 2017, by
Audrow Nash
Robot-driven device improves crouch gait in children with cerebral palsy
In the U.S., 3.6 out of 1000 school-aged children are diagnosed with cerebral palsy (CP). Their symptoms include abnormal gait patterns which results in joint degeneration over time. Slow walking spee...
27 July 2017, by
Columbia Engineering
Reshaping computer-aided design
Almost every object we use is developed with computer-aided design (CAD). Ironically, while CAD programs are good for creating designs, using them is actually very difficult and time-consuming if you...
24 July 2017, by
MIT News
ep.
238
podcast
Midwest Speech and Language Days 2017 Posters, with Michael White, Dmitriy Dligach and Denis Newman-Griffiths
In this episode, MeiXing Dong conducts interviews at the 2017 Midwest Speech and Language Days workshop in Chicago. She talks with Michael White of Ohio State University about question interpretation ...
08 July 2017, by
MeiXing Dong
Drones that drive
Being able to both walk and take flight is typical in nature - many birds, insects and other animals can do both. If we could program robots with similar versatility, it would open up many possibiliti...
27 June 2017, by
CSAIL MIT
