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Underwater Human-Robot Interaction #ICRA2022, with Michael Fulton

Abate De Mey 22 Jul 2022

Michael Fulton describes his unique robot-to-human communication system using exaggerated body language.

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Autonomous Flight Demo with CMU AirLab #ICRA2022, with Sebastian Scherer

Abate De Mey 24 May 2022

Sebastian Scherer from CMU's Airlab gives us a behind-the-scenes demo at ICRA of their Autonomous Flight Control AI. Their approach aims to cooperate with human pilots and act the way they would. h...

Robots that feel by seeing

Carlo Sferrazza 06 Mar 2021

While modern cameras provide machines with a very well-developed sense of vision, robots still lack such a comprehensive solution for their sense of touch. At ETH Zurich, in the group led by Prof. Raf...

ROBOTT-NET pilot project: Urban pest control

Thilo Zimmermann 21 Oct 2019

“Within the framework of the European project ROBOTT-NET we are developing software and robotic solutions for the prevention and control of rodents in enclosed spaces”, says Marco Lorenzo, Service...

SMART trials self-driving wheelchair at hospital

MIT News 26 Jul 2017

Singapore and MIT have been at the forefront of autonomous vehicle development. First, there were self-driving golf buggies. Then, an autonomous electric car. Now, leveraging similar technology, MIT a...

The Robot Academy: Lessons in inverse kinematics and robot motion

Peter Corke 30 Jun 2017

The Robot Academy is a new learning resource from Professor Peter Corke and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the team behind the award-winning Introduction to Robotics and Robotic Visio...

From drinking straws to robots

Harvard Gazette 16 Jun 2017

By Peter Reuell, Harvard Staff Writer At the beginning of the decade, George Whitesides helped rewrite the rules of what a machine could be with the development of biologically inspired “soft rob...

The Robot Academy: Lessons in image formation and 3D vision

Peter Corke 13 Jun 2017

The Robot Academy: An open online robotics education resource

Peter Corke 26 May 2017

Programming your NAO robot for human interaction

Philip English 09 May 2017

Today we are looking at how to program your NAO Robot for Human Interaction. Watch the video and follow the steps below to get interactive with your robot pal! [embed]https://youtu.be/fT8rNQEs-_w[/...

TrotBot take two: Galloping like a horse

Ben Vagle 04 May 2017

Hi, I’m Ben. I was a member of the team that developed a new walking mechanism, TrotBot, that we eventually scaled up to the size of a mini-van (you can read my original post here). Now, at DIYwalke...

UgCS photogrammetry technique for UAV land surveying missions

SPH Engineering 09 Mar 2017

UgCS is easy-to-use software for planning and flying UAV drone-survey missions. It supports almost any UAV platform, providing convenient tools for areal and linear surveys and enabling direct ...

Programming for robotics: Introduction to ROS

Péter Fankhauser 07 Mar 2017

This handy video-tutorial course gives an introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS), including many of the available tools that are commonly used in robotics. With the help of different example...

Leg over wheels: Ghost robotics’ Minitaur proves legged capabilities over difficult terrain

Alex Kirkpatrick 07 Mar 2017

Ghost Robotics—a leader in fast and lightweight direct-drive legged robots—announced recently that its Minitaur model has been updated with advanced reactive behaviors for navigating grass, rock, ...

Hard at work: A review of the Laevo Exoskeleton

Philip English 23 Feb 2017

Back pain is one of the leading causes of work absenteeism in the UK, with 8.8 million days lost to work-related muscoskeletal disorders per year. On average, each case causes 16 days of absenteeism, ...

Python programming your NAO robot

Philip English 09 Feb 2017

These videos aim to teach you how to begin programming your NAO with Python. The NAO can be programmed using several programming languages, including C++, MATLAB, JAVA, LabVIEW and Python. Instead of...

Artificial intelligence and ethics: Who does the thinking?

Alex Kirkpatrick 27 Jan 2017

On the 15th November 2016, the IEEE’s AI and Ethics Summit posed the question: “Who does the thinking?” In a series of key-note speeches and lively panel discussions, leading technologists, leg...

Responsive and Responsible Leadership given prominance at #WEF17 World Economic Forum

Alex Kirkpatrick 20 Jan 2017

The population of the scenic ski-resort Davos, nestled in the Swiss Alps, swelled by nearly +3,000 people between the 17th and 20th of January. World leaders, academics, business tycoons, press and in...

What is machine learning?

Oxford Sparks 16 Jan 2017

In this fascinating animation from Oxford Sparks, we take a look at how statistics and computer science can be used to make machines that learn for themselves, without being explicitly programmed....

Brian Cox presents Science Matters: Machine learning and artificial intelligence

Robohub Editors 11 Jan 2017

We're beginning to see more and more jobs being performed by machines, even creative tasks like writing music or painting can now be carried out by a computer. But how and when will machines be abl...

Call for holiday robot videos 2016

Robohub Editors 09 Dec 2016

That's right! You better not run, you better not hide, you better watch out for brand new robot holiday videos on Robohub! Drop your submissions down our chimney at editors@robohub.org and share the ...

Sticky business: Five adhesives tested for 3D printing

George Fomitchev 28 Oct 2016

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipPzi9J-M9w[/embed] We compared five adhesives for 3D printing applications on a Wanhao Duplicator i3. We’ll print a PLA (polylactide) cube, 1х1х1 cm in ...

In motion: Video transmission by mobile drones

Christian Bettstetter 07 Oct 2016

Raheeb Muzaffar, an information technology specialist, has developed an application-layer framework that improves the transmission of videos between moving drones and mobile devices located at ground ...

WeRobot 2015 Keynote: The future of robotics, with R2D2 maker Tony Dyson

Robohub Editors 04 Mar 2016

UPDATED 4 Mar: We're sad to report that Professor Tony Dyson, who built the original Star Wars R2-D2 droid, has died. We’re reposting this excellent video of his keynote at WeRobot to highlight his...

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...

The Year of CoCoRo Video #51/52: Big Vision

Thomas Schmickl 22 Dec 2015

Our penultimate video features the initial "Big Vision" trailer we produced at the beginning of this project. The video showcases the basic components of the robotic system we targeted (surface st...

Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 1

Robohub Editors 21 Dec 2015

Have a holiday robot video of your own that you’d like to share? Send your submissions to info [at] robohub.org!...

Brown University wins inaugural Rethink Robotics Video Challenge

Rethink Robotics 16 Dec 2015

As the worldwide leader in collaborative robotics research and education, Rethink Robotics is excited to announce the winner of the inaugural Rethink Robotics Video Challenge. Launched in the summer o...

Scaling up underwater swarmbot research from tabletop ‘aquarium’ to the Venice Lagoon (CoCoRo Video #50/52)

Thomas Schmickl 15 Dec 2015

Our underwater swarm research started in a few cubic centimeters of water with some naked electronics on a table. Over the next three and a half years, our swarm increased by a factor of 40, and ...

The Year of CoCoRo Video #49/52: Base stations

Thomas Schmickl 08 Dec 2015

During the past year we have shown many swarm algorithms in various experiments. The spotlight was always on the Lily and the Jeff robots. However, there is now another star in the team and this tr...

The Year of CoCoRo Video #48/52: Workshops

Thomas Schmickl 01 Dec 2015

Most of the videos from The Year of CoCoRo were shot during workshops we held throughout the project. These workshops, which were usually focussed on one or several specific demonstrators, were wha...

The Year of CoCoRo Video #47/52: Underwater robots swarm at CEBIT consumer electronics show

Thomas Schmickl 24 Nov 2015

In March 2014, we exhibited CoCoRo in Hannover, Germany at the CEBIT -- Europe's largest consumer electronics fair. At first we thought we might be out of place and that our exhibit would be overshad...

Drones light up the sky with animated letters & shapes in award-winning video

Hallie Siegel 20 Nov 2015

Check out this great little film by drone startup PRENAV, which took home the LOL WTF prize at the Flying Robot International Film Festival last night. According to Nathan Schuett, CEO of PRENAV, the...

New video shows bionic athletes rehearsing for upcoming Cybathlon competition

NCCR Robotics 19 Nov 2015

In 21 countries across the globe, hundreds of people are preparing for Cybathlon 2016, where cutting edge robotic assistive technologies will help people with disabilities to compete in a series of ra...

The Year of CoCoRo Video #46/52: JeffShoaling

Thomas Schmickl 17 Nov 2015

The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...

Four-legged robot that efficiently handles challenging terrain

ETH Zurich 30 Oct 2015

StarlETH is a multi-purpose legged transporter robot developed at ETH Zurich’s Autonomous Systems Lab. Combining versatility, speed, robustness, and efficiency, StarlETH walks, climbs, and runs over...