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    2016 June

    Live coverage: Robocup 2016

    30 June 2016, by
    Man dies while driven by Tesla Autopilot

    30 June 2016, by
    June fundings, acquisitions and failures

    30 June 2016, by
    How template matching works in robot vision

    30 June 2016, by and
    What’s happening in robotics? Five trends to watch

    29 June 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 6/27/16

    29 June 2016, by
    ICRA 2016 Exhibition (Part 2 of 2)

    25 June 2016, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? Limiting cuteness in robot design

    24 June 2016, by and
    RoboThespian gets its own YouTube channel

    24 June 2016, by
    NASA Robonaut 2 simulation: Placing an ISS panel in The Construct

    24 June 2016, by
    Boston Dynamics made a new robot: SpotMini

    23 June 2016, by
    Boston Dynamics made a giraffe robot

    23 June 2016, by
    Lighting the way to deep machine learning

    23 June 2016, by
    Overview: Are the sceptics right? Limits and potentials of deep learning in robotics

    23 June 2016, by
    Building better trust between humans and machines

    23 June 2016, by
    Forget Doomsday AI—Google Is Worried about Housekeeping Bots Gone Bad

    22 June 2016, by
    Bespoke processor gives robot movement a speed boost

    22 June 2016, by
    Drone deliveries: Canada Post looks to the future of mail

    22 June 2016, by
    Lines Dividing Rich And Poor Captured With Drones

    22 June 2016, by
    New partnership looks to strengthen European robot industry

    22 June 2016, by
    Industrial robot sales for 2015 set new record, despite troubles in China

    22 June 2016, by
    Next Big Future: Toyota will spend a billion dollars on a five year project to make mainstream affordable helper robots for the elderly

    21 June 2016, by
    Airobotics raises $28.5M to pursue autonomous drone platforms for heavy industry

    21 June 2016, by
    Business is waking up to the idea of deep learning

    21 June 2016, by
    Elon Musk’s open source OpenAI: We’re working on a robot for your household chores | ZDNet

    21 June 2016, by
    Europe’s robots to become ‘electronic persons’ under draft plan

    21 June 2016, by
    Robohub roundtable: Job loss through automation, Foxconn controversy

    21 June 2016, by
    FAA announcement for sUAS met with industry excitement

    21 June 2016, by
    Teaching machines to predict the future

    21 June 2016, by
    Meet Synthia, the virtual driving school for autonomous cars

    20 June 2016, by
    Talking Machines: Fantasizing cats and data numbers, with Iain Murray

    20 June 2016, by
    How to make a printed circuit board using a diode laser with a 3D printer

    20 June 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 6/20/16

    20 June 2016, by
    A Powerful Yet Tiny Engine Inches Closer to Powering EVs and Drones

    20 June 2016, by
    The most staggering part about Amazon’s upcoming drone delivery service

    20 June 2016, by
    Japan’s Global Robotics Equity Fund Popular with Older Investors

    20 June 2016, by
    Electric-car hopeful Faraday Future wants to test autonomous cars in Michigan

    19 June 2016, by
    Patients greeted by robot at Belgian hospital

    19 June 2016, by
    Man seeking robot: One inventor’s quest to cure loneliness

    19 June 2016, by
    Amazon is just beginning to use robots in its warehouses and they’re already making a huge difference

    17 June 2016, by
    Deep Learning Isn’t a Dangerous Magic Genie. It’s Just Math

    17 June 2016, by
    The robots are not taking over – the economy continues to generate more jobs

    17 June 2016, by
    Designing simple, cheap cars of the future

    17 June 2016, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? First commercial 3D printer in space is up and running

    17 June 2016, by and
    Robot called Amelia to do the job of human council workers for the first time 

    16 June 2016, by
    Russian ‘runaway robot’ causes traffic jam – BBC News

    16 June 2016, by
    The future of robotics – MoneyWeek

    16 June 2016, by
    China’s Midea Unwraps Offer for Robot-Maker Kuka

    16 June 2016, by
    This is the dark side of China’s growing robotics sector

    16 June 2016, by
    Teaching robots the physics of sliding and pushing objects

    16 June 2016, by
    The human brain vs. the digital brain: A case for visual inspections

    16 June 2016, by
    Using soft robots for artificial muscles

    15 June 2016, by
    Caring for robots: How assistive robotics may change our homes

    15 June 2016, by
    Small UAV turbojet engine developed in Japan

    14 June 2016, by
    Oakton Community College students take 2nd in NASA robotics competition

    14 June 2016, by
    These are the weirdest interactions a ‘robot whisperer’ has seen between humans and bots

    14 June 2016, by
    The Social Robot Revolution

    14 June 2016, by
    Wal-Mart Experimenting With Robotic Shopping Cart for Stores

    14 June 2016, by
    Meet Betty of Milton Keynes, Britain’s first robotic office manager 

    14 June 2016, by
    Robotic microscope locks on to wiggly worm’s brain

    14 June 2016, by
    Do driverless cars mean I’ll never need to take my driving test? | Hannah Jane Parkinson

    14 June 2016, by
    Unmanned combat robots beginning to appear

    14 June 2016, by
    Going the last mile with robots

    14 June 2016, by
    Berlin and Brussels wary of Chinese robotics bid – FT.com

    13 June 2016, by
    Social Robots Are Just as Prevalent in Europe as They are in Japan

    13 June 2016, by
    Airbus’ New 3D Printed Plane | iHLS Israel Homeland Security

    13 June 2016, by
    Chinese investors keep buying international robotics companies

    13 June 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 6/13/16

    13 June 2016, by
    Research projects study automated orchard management – Fruit Growers News

    13 June 2016, by
    Amazon’s robot army fuels expansion

    13 June 2016, by
    Movie written by algorithm turns out to be hilarious and intense

    13 June 2016, by
    MIT’s AI passes Turing Test for sound

    13 June 2016, by
    Robots Are Invading Malls (and Sidewalks) Near You

    12 June 2016, by
    Robot workers are showing up in malls, hotels, and parking lots

    12 June 2016, by
    ICRA 2016 Exhibition (Part 1 of 2)

    12 June 2016, by
    How might drone racing drive innovation?

    10 June 2016, by
    Letting policymakers handle the trolley problem

    10 June 2016, by
    Infographic: The making of a collaborative robot

    10 June 2016, by
    Xiaomi challenges DJI with a low-cost drone

    9 June 2016, by
    Driverless car insurance has arrived – Driverless Cars – Adrian Flux

    9 June 2016, by
    Come on, Let’s Give the Robots Hands Already

    9 June 2016, by
    Next Big Future: World’s first child-exoskeleton for spinal muscular atrophy

    9 June 2016, by
    First Surgical Robot from Secretive Startup Auris Cleared for Use

    9 June 2016, by
    Siemens has an army of spider robots that work as a team to complete tasks

    9 June 2016, by
    Passenger-carrying drone gets symbolic approval for test flights in Nevada

    9 June 2016, by
    Motivational posters with a clever robotics twist

    9 June 2016, by
    Robohub Digest 05/16: Prepping for AI, automating trucks, and summer robotic competitions

    8 June 2016, by
    National Robotics Initiative celebrates five-year anniversary

    8 June 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 6/6/16

    8 June 2016, by
    Medtronic expects revenue from surgical robot in fiscal 2019

    8 June 2016, by
    Robotic librarian finds lost books, won’t tell you to shush

    8 June 2016, by
    How much can customers test robocars?

    7 June 2016, by
    Big data, the cloud — FANUC and Kuka?

    7 June 2016, by
    There’s now a robot that can check your bags at Geneva airport

    7 June 2016, by
    Plan to Turn Asteroids Into Spaceships Could Spur Off-Earth Mining

    6 June 2016, by
    Livestream conference: Artificial Intelligence for Social Good

    6 June 2016, by
    Artificial Intelligence Is Far From Matching Humans, Panel Says

    6 June 2016, by
    Talking Machines: Spark and ICML, with Sinead Williamson

    6 June 2016, by
    Russian developer collaborates with Facebook, Google to make ‘machines see’ – The Economic Times

    6 June 2016, by
    Mazor Robotics inks deal with Medtronic

    6 June 2016, by
    How Robots Are Impacting Education in Europe – Robotics Trends

    6 June 2016, by
    U of Washington Tech Policy Lab answers the question: What is a robot?

    6 June 2016, by
    The robot uprising has begun and it’s about to change your life

    5 June 2016, by
    Robots add real value when working with humans, not replacing them

    3 June 2016, by
    People Underestimate the Power of DJI’s SDK – Here’s Why You Shouldn’t – sUAS News

    3 June 2016, by
    Robots add real value when working with humans, not replacing them

    3 June 2016, by
    Mining and nuclear decommissioning: Robots in dangerous and dirty areas

    3 June 2016, by
    Watch: Polish Police’s New Bomb Disposal Robots

    3 June 2016, by
    Antenna separation: How close can you go?

    3 June 2016, by
    Stanford’s ‘Jackrabbot’ robot will attempt to learn the arcane and unspoken rules of pedestrians

    3 June 2016, by
    Beyond Asimov: how to plan for ethical robots

    2 June 2016, by
    Google’s Magenta project just wrote its first piece of music, and thankfully it’s not great

    2 June 2016, by
    Asus Zenbo Attempts to Convince Us That We Need a $600 Home Robot

    2 June 2016, by
    These Australian Researchers are Working on Robot Cowboys

    2 June 2016, by
    Toyota Could Be the Buyer for Google’s Robotic Dog

    2 June 2016, by
    Emergency Room: Mumbai hospitals turn to robotic surgeries, but high costs a deterrent

    2 June 2016, by
    What is a CRO and will your business soon need one?

    2 June 2016, by
    An alternative to specific regulations for robocars: A liability doubling

    2 June 2016, by
    Meet Zenbo, the Asus robot that costs no more than a smartphone

    2 June 2016, by
    Soft-bodied robots: Actuators inspired by muscle

    1 June 2016, by
    Toyota is the top bidder for robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics

    1 June 2016, by
    May fundings, acquisitions and IPOs

    1 June 2016, by
    What to Do When a Robot Is the Guilty Party

    1 June 2016, by
    Winning team story: The ups and downs of building a drilling robot for the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge

    1 June 2016, by and
    Robocar news around the globe: Tesla crash, Declaration of Amsterdam, and automaker services

    1 June 2016, by
    Meet A Real Man Of Steel

    1 June 2016, by
    Book Review: ‘Peer Reviews in Software, A Practical Guide,’ by Karl Wiegers

    1 June 2016, by



    2016 May

    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 5/30/16

    31 May 2016, by
    Advanced Robotics Manufacturing Institute in planning for USA

    31 May 2016, by and
    JumpRoACH Is a Robotic Bug That Leaps and Flips Just Like an Insect

    31 May 2016, by
    #ICRA2016 photo essay

    30 May 2016, by
    How is Pepper, SoftBank’s emotional robot, doing?

    30 May 2016, by
    Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) livestream today

    30 May 2016, by
    Biological Agriculture for Roboticists, Part 6

    30 May 2016, by
    INNOROBO 2015 Showcase

    29 May 2016, by
    Pushing Back Deserts through Aerial Seeding

    28 May 2016, by
    Why chatbots should be more like R2D2 than C3PO, and other lessons for Silicon Valley’s hottest trend

    28 May 2016, by
    ‘Only Humans Need Apply’ by Thomas Davenport and Julia Kirby – FT.com

    27 May 2016, by
    Xiaomi’s new drone is as cheap as its smartphone

    27 May 2016, by
    Foxconn replaces ‘60,000 factory workers with robots’ – BBC News

    27 May 2016, by
    ‘Robot kindergarten’ trains droids of the future

    27 May 2016, by
    Robots can help reduce 35% of work days lost to injury

    27 May 2016, by and
    EmTech Digital 2016

    27 May 2016, by
    Why businesses must get ready for the era of robotic things

    27 May 2016, by
    Self-driving truck acts like an animal

    27 May 2016, by
    University Students Launched A Rocket With Completely 3D-Printed Engine

    27 May 2016, by
    In automation we trust: senior thesis project examines concept of over-trusting robotic systems

    26 May 2016, by
    Airborne tech is coming to the rescue

    25 May 2016, by
    Official Opening of NEST at Empa: NCCR Displays Research On Site | dfab

    25 May 2016, by
    World’s First 3-D Printed Motorbike Unveiled Recently

    25 May 2016, by
    Robotics narratives: Here, there, and everywhere

    25 May 2016, by
    Adidas to launch robot-made shoes in 2017 – Times of India

    25 May 2016, by
    Photos from the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge

    25 May 2016, by
    EU’s Horizon 2020 has funded $179 million in robotics PPPs

    25 May 2016, by
    NASA’s Valkyrie robots set the table for human life on Mars | Fox News

    24 May 2016, by
    Airbus Shopfloor Challenge overview – with video

    24 May 2016, by
    Talking Machines: Computational learning theory and machine learning for understanding cells, with Aviv Regev

    24 May 2016, by
    Developing cost-effective, capable, surgical robots with a sense of “touch”

    24 May 2016, by
    Using static electricity, RoboBees cling to surfaces

    24 May 2016, by
    The Pittsburgh Steelers Are Practicing With Football Robots

    24 May 2016, by
    How M2M technology spawned the internet of things

    23 May 2016, by
    This is the robot that will shepherd and keep livestock healthy

    23 May 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 5/23/16

    23 May 2016, by
    Robot bees open the lid on hive behaviour

    23 May 2016, by
    Autonomous exploration planning using aerial robots

    23 May 2016, by and
    Robo-bee: miniature robot perches like an insect – BBC News

    21 May 2016, by
    Ladybird

    21 May 2016, by
    Building a startup ecosystem for robotics in Europe

    20 May 2016, by
    World’s Tiniest Engines Could Power Micro Robots : DNews

    20 May 2016, by
    How Seattle is poised to be an epicenter for machine learning and artificial intelligence

    20 May 2016, by
    Collaboration with ReWalk Robotics to develop wearable exosuits for patients with limited mobility

    19 May 2016, by
    France is deploying anti-drone technology to protect football fans at Euro 2016

    19 May 2016, by
    Uber shows off its first self-driving car

    19 May 2016, by
    Bringing robots to retail: Interview with Fellow Robots CEO and co-founder, Marco Mascorro

    19 May 2016, by and
    Pepper robot gets first Android SDK…and it’s finally coming to America

    19 May 2016, by
    Google I/O is calling all Android robot programmers

    19 May 2016, by
    Chinese Midea makes $2.5 billion bid for up to 49% of KUKA

    19 May 2016, by
    Want to Buy a Self-Driving Car? Big-Rig Trucks May Come First

    18 May 2016, by
    Self-driving trucks are coming — what will that mean?

    18 May 2016, by
    Otto offers retro-fit driverless lorries – BBC News

    17 May 2016, by
    Autonomous-Driving Venture Targets Heavy Trucks

    17 May 2016, by
    MIT, Lockheed Martin launch long-term research collaboration

    17 May 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 5/16/16

    17 May 2016, by
    Seven teams from around the world go head-to-head in the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge

    17 May 2016, by
    Live coverage of #ICRA16

    16 May 2016, by
    Fish and ships: artificial lily pads and mussels monitor Europe’s waters

    16 May 2016, by
    These 5 Robotics Startups Are Changing The Way Work Gets Done

    16 May 2016, by
    The Robot Revolution in Caregiving

    16 May 2016, by
    Hyundai shows off its wearable robot Iron Man prototype suit | News | Geek.com

    14 May 2016, by
    Natural History Museum showcases African robotics

    14 May 2016, by
    Ingestible origami robot

    13 May 2016, by
    Researchers built an artificial hand so agile and graceful, it’s lifelike

    13 May 2016, by
    Making an autonomous robotic ecosystem: Hortum Machina B

    13 May 2016, by and
    Protecting European wine: Vinbot rover optimises harvest and quality

    13 May 2016, by
    #ICRA16 duckies and robots video: Mini-micro robots

    13 May 2016, by
    Are autonomous robots your next surgeons?

    12 May 2016, by
    Paradigm shift: from Siri to Viv

    12 May 2016, by
    Jibo and Bandai Namco Partnership

    12 May 2016, by
    #ICRA16 duckies and robots video: Incredible machines

    12 May 2016, by
    Robohub roundtable: Robotics and space exploration

    11 May 2016, by
    ‘CardBoardiZer’ allows users to create robotic models in minutes – Purdue University

    11 May 2016, by
    London Science Museum wants to rebuild the UK’s first robot

    11 May 2016, by
    Would You Be Fooled By An A.I. Teaching Assistant?

    11 May 2016, by
    The coming nightmare for the car industry

    11 May 2016, by
    Nature inspires new generation of robot brains

    11 May 2016, by
    Is Viv the one assistant to rule all robots?

    11 May 2016, by and
    #ICRA16 duckies and robots video: Daily life activities

    10 May 2016, by
    I am FRANKA: German collaborative robot can build itself

    10 May 2016, by and
    Review: Neato BotVac Connected

    10 May 2016, by
    Visiting with local hobbyists on DC Drone Day

    10 May 2016, by
    Bipedal robot conquers uneven ground

    9 May 2016, by
    Watch an insanely dexterous robot perform precision tasks

    9 May 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 5/9/16

    9 May 2016, by
    #ICRA16 duckies and robots video: Flying machines

    9 May 2016, by
    Talking Machines: Sparse Coding and MADBITS, with Clement Farabet

    9 May 2016, by
    Live streaming with #CHI2016

    9 May 2016, by and
    Someone Taught Alexa To Summon The Tesla Model S

    8 May 2016, by
    Someone Taught Alexa To Summon The Tesla Model S

    8 May 2016, by
    MIT student robots battle it out, revolutionary-style

    7 May 2016, by
    Two upcoming robotics events you should consider attending

    6 May 2016, by
    Siri’s creators say they’ve made something better that will take care of everything for you

    5 May 2016, by
    Siri’s creators say they’ve made something better that will take care of everything for you

    5 May 2016, by
    The virtual assistant arms race is set to explode

    5 May 2016, by
    The virtual assistant arms race is set to explode

    5 May 2016, by
    Google develops a Chrysler minivan

    5 May 2016, by
    Drone Ballet Turns Mount Fuji Into Cyberpunk Lightscape

    5 May 2016, by
    This Drone Just Seeded A Rain Cloud In The Desert

    5 May 2016, by
    SVR Case Studies: OATV investing in early stage service robotics

    5 May 2016, by and
    Farming with robots

    4 May 2016, by
    FAA Administrator Makes Two Major Drone Announcements – sUAS News

    4 May 2016, by
    When robots become team players – The Boston Globe

    4 May 2016, by
    Famed Robotics Expert Yoky Matsuoka Heads to Apple

    4 May 2016, by
    Robots: Friend or foe

    4 May 2016, by
    #ICRA16 duckies and robots: a poetic tribute

    4 May 2016, by
    Call for euRathlon/TRADR Summer School 2016 on heterogeneity in robotic systems

    4 May 2016, by
    White House launches public workshops on AI issues

    4 May 2016, by and
    Siemens Created Spider Bots That 3D Print

    3 May 2016, by
    Rise of the robots is sparking an investment boom ​ – FT.com

    3 May 2016, by
    The Monospinner: world’s mechanically simplest controllable flying machine

    3 May 2016, by , and
    Robohub Digest 04/16: FAA reauthorization, drone ships and US National Robotics Week

    3 May 2016, by and
    How drones could deliver better health

    3 May 2016, by
    School’s in session — Nvidia’s driverless system learns by watching

    3 May 2016, by
    FIRST hosts 20,000 students in world’s largest robotics competition

    3 May 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 5/2/16

    3 May 2016, by
    Octopus points to the future for keyhole surgery

    2 May 2016, by
    April fundings, acquisitions and IPOs

    2 May 2016, by
    IdeaHub, ABB recruiting innovators for 2nd round robotics accelerator programme

    2 May 2016, by and
    Evolutionary Approaches for Flying Robots

    1 May 2016, by



    2016 April

    Robohub roundtable: Why is it so difficult to define ‘robot’?

    29 April 2016, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? SpaceX sending Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018

    29 April 2016, by and
    The Great Barrier Reef’s Best Hope Is a Killer Robot

    29 April 2016, by
    Farmers Reap New Tools From Their Own High-Tech Tinkering

    29 April 2016, by
    This humanoid robot diver is a submersible avatar | Fox News

    29 April 2016, by
    Tim Peake to control machine on Earth from International Space Station – BBC News

    29 April 2016, by
    Mobile robots fight against deadly legacies of war

    28 April 2016, by
    MIT CSAIL’s 6-foot-tall NASA humanoid robot has landed

    28 April 2016, by
    Where’s Susi? Airborne orangutan tracking with python and react.js

    27 April 2016, by
    Showcasing New Zealand AgTech: Bringing automation and robotics to the farm

    27 April 2016, by and
    Google, Ford, and Uber just created a giant lobbying group for self-driving cars

    27 April 2016, by
    Stanford wind tunnel for birds could lead to more stable drones

    27 April 2016, by
    This One-Eyed Robot Is Your Own Personal Minion, And It Makes Video Calls

    27 April 2016, by
    The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automate millions of jobs

    27 April 2016, by
    Robotics narratives: If I only had a brain

    27 April 2016, by
    Cable-driven parallel robots: Motion simulation in a new dimension

    27 April 2016, by , and
    10 strategies for bringing agricultural expertise to robotics startups

    26 April 2016, by and
    Stakeholders likely to be disrupted by the changeover to self-driving vehicles

    26 April 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 4/25/16

    25 April 2016, by
    Global and iRobot floor cleaning market

    25 April 2016, by
    China’s growing robot industry turns to acquisitions

    25 April 2016, by
    A robotic fish to save the seas

    23 April 2016, by
    Robotic consensus

    22 April 2016, by
    Talking Machines: Remembering David MacKay

    22 April 2016, by
    How to benefit from the robotic skill shortage

    22 April 2016, by and
    4 reasons why Industry 4.0 will leave AGVs behind

    22 April 2016, by
    SRI International spins off robotics project as Superflex, aiming at human augmentation

    21 April 2016, by
    What to expect from autonomous cars

    21 April 2016, by
    Big day for robotics: 3 fundings and a merger acquisition

    21 April 2016, by
    Self-driving cars, meet rubber duckies

    21 April 2016, by
    Should robots be gendered?

    20 April 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 4/18/16

    19 April 2016, by
    GM’s purchase of Cruise fuels interest in self-driving car kits

    19 April 2016, by
    How would a robocar handle an oncoming tsunami?

    19 April 2016, by
    How to hire women

    18 April 2016, by and
    Root: A robot to empower the next generation of coders

    18 April 2016, by
    Industrial robot sales for 2015 set a new record

    18 April 2016, by
    Drone Shots of Earthquake Aftermath • Geospatial Information Authority of Japan

    17 April 2016, by
    Mecha Monsters

    17 April 2016, by
    comma.ai’s neural network car and new technology in robocars

    15 April 2016, by
    Grishin Robotics launches new $100M hardware fund

    15 April 2016, by
    Will the Tesla Model 3 Be the First Truly Self-Driving Car? – The New Yorker

    14 April 2016, by
    Drone racing goes mainstream as ESPN inks broadcast deal

    14 April 2016, by
    Robots could get ‘touchy’ with self-powered smart skin

    14 April 2016, by
    Autonomous truck platoons travel across Europe

    14 April 2016, by
    Collaborative robots and breaking down evolving risk assessment

    14 April 2016, by and
    Intel’s new hardware kits make it easier to build robots and drones

    14 April 2016, by
    Filling the void left by Kiva Systems’ 2012 acquisition by Amazon

    14 April 2016, by
    New startup accelerator looks to enable smart and connected machines

    14 April 2016, by
    Drone Lighting Brings Out the Desert’s Otherworldly Side

    13 April 2016, by
    Why robots need to be able to say ‘No’

    13 April 2016, by
    Performing rescue missions with drone networks: Interview with Samira Hayat

    13 April 2016, by
    Lawmakers seek to ensure FAA bill won’t preempt local drone laws

    13 April 2016, by
    Grishin Robotics Raises $100M Fund to Pursue Trillion-Dollar Opportunity

    12 April 2016, by
    Microbots can clean up polluted water

    12 April 2016, by
    Celebrating robot makers and enthusiasts at the 7th Annual Silicon Valley Robot Block Party

    12 April 2016, by and
    Crewless ‘drone ships’ will be sailing the seas by 2020

    12 April 2016, by
    Hitachi Develops Robot Assistant to Locate People Needing Help

    12 April 2016, by
    Where should robots go when they retire?

    12 April 2016, by
    Robust and transparent governance is key to building trust in driverless cars

    12 April 2016, by
    Considering the future of law and robotics: We Robot 2016 video recap

    11 April 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 4/11/16

    11 April 2016, by
    SpaceX nails landing on drone ship

    11 April 2016, by
    Autodesk looks to future of 3D printing with Project Escher

    10 April 2016, by
    Alphabet’s secretive Schaft Inc. shows off new bipedal robot in Tokyo

    9 April 2016, by
    AI, deep learning and 3D printing produce ‘The Next Rembrandt’

    8 April 2016, by
    When Is the Singularity? Probably Not in Your Lifetime

    8 April 2016, by
    Talking Machines: Machine learning and society, with Neil Lawrence

    8 April 2016, by
    Is drone racing the sport of the future? – FT.com

    8 April 2016, by
    South San Francisco-based Dispatch raises $2 million – Silicon Valley Business Journal

    7 April 2016, by
    Today DARPA Christens Its Robotic Submarine Hunting Ship

    7 April 2016, by
    Robots that may help you in your silver age

    7 April 2016, by
    Can I trust my robot? And should my robot trust me?

    7 April 2016, by
    The super-secret, life-saving, flying robot

    6 April 2016, by
    Facebook’s AI Is Now Automatically Writing Photo Captions

    6 April 2016, by
    National Robotics Week 2016

    6 April 2016, by
    3-D printing hydraulically-powered robots, no assembly required

    6 April 2016, by
    This Drone Dodges Swords

    6 April 2016, by
    Celebrating National Robotics Week at Robot Garden

    6 April 2016, by and
    How drones can improve scientific research in the field

    5 April 2016, by
    15 robot portraits taken with an 1880s camera

    5 April 2016, by
    Salesforce acquires MetaMind

    5 April 2016, by
    Smart Digital Factory Lab showcasing Industry 4.0

    5 April 2016, by and
    California’s new minimum wage expected to boost Bay Area automation firms

    4 April 2016, by
    47 reports dissect and examine the robot industry

    4 April 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 4/4/16

    4 April 2016, by
    March fundings, acquisitions, IPOs and failures

    4 April 2016, by
    Drone plane startup nabs funds from Paul Allen, Jerry Yang

    4 April 2016, by
    Facebook taps artificial intelligence for users with disabilities

    4 April 2016, by
    Robohub Digest 03/16: Robotics’ first unicorn, AlphaGo success, and Tay and Google Car failures

    4 April 2016, by and
    Sweep: a low cost LiDAR sensor for smart consumer products

    4 April 2016, by
    Japan’s first 5-axis hybrid 3D printer

    4 April 2016, by
    Hadrian Bricklaying Robot

    2 April 2016, by
    April Fools’ Day hijinks with robots

    1 April 2016, by
    Drones will never be the same:  Today TerrAvion introduces the M-UAV

    1 April 2016, by
    Teach your dog to code with robots!

    1 April 2016, by
    Wireless localizer could mean safer drones and password-free WiFi

    1 April 2016, by
    #ERF2016 webcam: Horizon2020 project pitches

    1 April 2016, by
    Summer Of 2016 – First Autonomous Cars In London

    1 April 2016, by
    Hacker reveals $40 attack to steal Police drones from 2km away

    1 April 2016, by
    Drones to help farmers with weed control

    1 April 2016, by



    2016 March

    Gestures improve communication – even with robots

    31 March 2016, by
    iRobot’s $199 floor mopper designed for Chinese markets

    31 March 2016, by
    Morphing Metal Could Create Shapeshifting Robots : DNews

    31 March 2016, by
    Rakuten will test drone delivery on golf course after investing in Japanese drone firm

    31 March 2016, by
    Drones deliver sterile insects to tackle disease in Ethiopia

    31 March 2016, by
    RoboRace: This is what an autonomous racing car looks like (Wired UK)

    31 March 2016, by
    SVR Case Studies: Adept’s versatile mobile service platform

    30 March 2016, by
    Robotics narratives: Look alive

    30 March 2016, by
    3D Robotics undergoing layoffs and other challenges

    29 March 2016, by
    Robots grow up: Building the emotional machine

    29 March 2016, by and
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 3/28/16

    29 March 2016, by
    Talking Machines: Software and statistics for machine learning, with Rob Tibshirani

    27 March 2016, by
    Phone-based laser rangefinder works outdoors

    27 March 2016, by
    Stop talking about bringing jobs back from China

    27 March 2016, by
    Startup bringing driverless taxi service to Singapore

    27 March 2016, by
    Calculating why we should make a lot more robocars

    24 March 2016, by
    Weekly smiles from the queen of useless robots

    24 March 2016, by
    Why making robots is still hard

    23 March 2016, by
    Interview: Billion dollar brain with Professor Alois Knoll

    23 March 2016, by
    ROSCon 2015 recap and videos – part 2

    23 March 2016, by
    What Is a Robot?

    23 March 2016, by
    Robotics narratives: Your move, robot

    22 March 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 3/21/16

    22 March 2016, by
    Google puts Boston Dynamics up for sale

    22 March 2016, by
    Focus on innovation, skills, and regulation at #ERF2016 panel discussion

    22 March 2016, by
    Book Review: Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, by Lentin Joseph

    21 March 2016, by
    Satellite Assembly in Space

    19 March 2016, by
    Harvest Automation stumbles with warehouse robot

    19 March 2016, by
    Technology Invades Hospitality Industry: Domino Delivery Droid, Hilton Robot, Ritz-Carlton Mystique – Forbes

    18 March 2016, by
    Domino’s Is Launching A Self-Driving Pizza Delivery Robot. No Really

    18 March 2016, by
    Live coverage of #ERF2016

    18 March 2016, by
    ‘Moon Shot’ nine-part documentary series available on YouTube

    18 March 2016, by
    Locus Robotics brings this Amazon solution to small retailers | ZDNet

    18 March 2016, by
    5 innovation challenges in materials transport

    18 March 2016, by
    Watson Developer Challenge: Conversational Applications

    18 March 2016, by
    Robotics has its first unicorn – small SF startup Cruise Automation

    18 March 2016, by
    Bots and Beer party lets humans, robots network

    18 March 2016, by
    Google Puts Boston Dynamics Up for Sale in Robotics Retreat

    17 March 2016, by
    26 of the most powerful female engineers in 2016

    17 March 2016, by
    Google’s Go-playing AI system beat Korean grandmaster 4 out of 5 games

    17 March 2016, by
    Survey shows public attitude towards robotics generally positive, but evokes mixed feelings

    17 March 2016, by
    Report: Analysis of U.S. drone exemptions 2014-2015

    16 March 2016, by
    SVR Case Studies: Hardware may be hard, but strategic investing can make it smart

    15 March 2016, by
    Robotics narratives: Birth of the bots

    15 March 2016, by
    What the past of robotics law says about its future

    15 March 2016, by and
    iRobot’s new mopping robot Braava jet will clean your grimy bathroom – Boston Business Journal

    15 March 2016, by
    Teenager From U.K. Wins World Drone Racing Competition In Dubai

    15 March 2016, by
    This Robot Has Real Muscles That Let It ‘Walk’ Towards The Light

    15 March 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 3/14/16

    14 March 2016, by
    3 times humans have sued their robot impostors — and won

    14 March 2016, by
    Agilic and PiBot

    14 March 2016, by
    Indego joins Ekso with FDA exoskeleton approvals

    14 March 2016, by
    Google DeepMind challenge match: Lee Sedol vs AlphaGo

    14 March 2016, by
    Talking Machines: Machine learning in healthcare and the AlphaGo matches

    14 March 2016, by
    Replacing public transit at night for Uber and Lyft

    12 March 2016, by
    2016 New York City Drone Film Festival winners

    11 March 2016, by
    Tickets for Cybathlon now on sale

    11 March 2016, by
    IBM Watson now powers a Hilton hotel robot concierge

    9 March 2016, by
    Toshiba’s robot is designed to be more human-like – BBC News

    9 March 2016, by
    European Robotics: Creating new markets for SMEs

    9 March 2016, by
    When Your Boss Is an Uber Algorithm

    9 March 2016, by
    Government reveals plans to test driverless lorries on UK roads

    9 March 2016, by
    Amputee Feels Texture with a Bionic Fingertip

    9 March 2016, by
    American law needs a reboot when it comes to robots

    9 March 2016, by
    Google AI begins battle with humanity’s best Go player tonight

    8 March 2016, by
    Interview: The team behind the apple harvesting robot

    8 March 2016, by
    Applying direct transcription methods to robot motion planning

    8 March 2016, by
    Collaborative robots are broadening their marketplaces

    8 March 2016, by
    Robohub Digest 02/16: AI breakthrough, redefining ‘driver’ in autonomous cars, and a robot city in Japan

    7 March 2016, by
    The Drone Centre’s Weekly Roundup: 3/7/16

    7 March 2016, by
    SPARKED wins at New York City Drone Film Festival

    7 March 2016, by
    Testing the lifetime of human-machine interfaces in a few days

    7 March 2016, by and
    Why smart investors are finally paying attention to hardware | Local Motors

    5 March 2016, by
    WeRobot 2015 Keynote: The future of robotics, with R2D2 maker Tony Dyson

    4 March 2016, by
    Star Wars: R2-D2 original builder Tony Dyson dies – BBC News

    4 March 2016, by
    How can we use drones in the humanitarian and health sector?

    4 March 2016, by
    Why Google’s crash is a good thing

    4 March 2016, by
    J.J. Abrams Helps Launch New Doc Series to Land Robot on Moon

    3 March 2016, by
    What the Past of Robotics Law Says About Its Future

    3 March 2016, by
    Growth of robotics in emerging markets captures fund investors’ imaginations – FT.com

    3 March 2016, by
    SVR Case Studies: Lessons for robotics from enterprise computing

    3 March 2016, by and
    Telepresence has come a long way, where do we go from here?

    3 March 2016, by
    A Plan in Case Robots Take the Jobs: Give Everyone a Paycheck

    2 March 2016, by
    February fundings and acquisitions

    2 March 2016, by
    Could we make a moral machine?

    2 March 2016, by
    3 types of robot singularities and how to avoid them

    2 March 2016, by and
    In Emergencies, Should You Trust a Robot?

    1 March 2016, by



    2016 February

    Talking Machines: AI safety and the legacy of Bletchley Park, with Nick Patterson

    29 February 2016, by
    Workshop robots controlled by touch

    29 February 2016, by
    The Drone Centre’s Weekly Roundup: 2/29/16

    29 February 2016, by
    New electrical film that is both solid and liquid

    29 February 2016, by
    The Multi-Billion Dollar Robotics Market Is About to Boom

    25 February 2016, by
    Will automation make us happier? – live chat

    25 February 2016, by
    How real is that Atlas robot video?

    25 February 2016, by
    A new quadrupedal robot, the ANYmal

    25 February 2016, by
    Watch Google’s Humanoid Robot Learn The World Is A Harsh Place

    24 February 2016, by
    White House economic report looks to robotics for the future

    23 February 2016, by and
    The Drone Centre’s Weekly Roundup: 2/22/16

    22 February 2016, by
    Raffaello D’Andrea at TED2016: Novel flying machines and swarms of tiny flying robots

    22 February 2016, by
    Automation and Employment

    20 February 2016, by
    Automation may mean a post-work society but we shouldn’t be afraid

    19 February 2016, by
    The last job on Earth: imagining a fully automated world – video

    19 February 2016, by
    SVR Case Studies: Fetch Robotics bringing warehouses to life

    19 February 2016, by and
    Review Board Rules Health Insurance Must Cover Robotic Exoskeletons

    18 February 2016, by
    Enabling human-robot rescue teams

    18 February 2016, by
    Talking Machines: Robotics and machine learning music videos, with Michael Littman

    17 February 2016, by
    Man vs. Machine: Which Makes Better Hires?

    17 February 2016, by
    Creating a synthetic “second skin” with soft pneumatic actuators

    17 February 2016, by
    Maybe robots won’t kill us if they read ‘good’ books – Futurity

    16 February 2016, by
    AAAI Video Competition winners

    16 February 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/15/16

    15 February 2016, by
    ROSCon 2015 recap and videos – part 1

    13 February 2016, by
    NHTSA redefines “driver” of self-driving car

    13 February 2016, by
    First look at 2015 statistics on industrial robots from the IFR report

    13 February 2016, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? Chameleon robot blends in with its surroundings

    12 February 2016, by and
    Robotic assistants: Science meets fiction, with Carme Torras

    11 February 2016, by
    540 little robots and 29 drones celebrate Chinese New Year

    10 February 2016, by
    ‘Roach robot’ can squeeze through tiniest spaces – Futurity

    10 February 2016, by
    GM and Lyft Are Teaming Up to Build a Network of Self-Driving Cars

    10 February 2016, by
    This Is The Cover Of A New Book On Robot Law

    10 February 2016, by
    Forbes Welcome

    10 February 2016, by
    This Is The Cover Of A New Book On Robot Law

    10 February 2016, by
    Drones recognise and follow forest trails in search of lost people

    10 February 2016, by
    Understanding joint impedance with a knee exoskeleton

    9 February 2016, by
    Could shallow underpasses be express tunnels for small robocars?

    9 February 2016, by
    Robot golfer hits hole-in-one

    8 February 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/8/16

    8 February 2016, by
    Mind Meld – Zoe McCarthy

    7 February 2016, by
    The Airbus Shopfloor Challenge

    6 February 2016, by
    This $40,000 Robotic Exoskeleton Lets the Paralyzed Walk

    6 February 2016, by
    Watch A Robot Sink A Hole-In-One

    6 February 2016, by
    Robotic Fingers with a Gentle Touch

    5 February 2016, by
    iRobot sells off defense & security division

    4 February 2016, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? U.S. Army showcases driverless technology

    4 February 2016, by and
    Older adults worry ‘robot butlers’ will take over – Futurity

    3 February 2016, by
    Fellow Robots Partners with Nihon Unisys, Ltd. in Japan to Introduce Retail Robot NAVII in Yamada Denki for a Proof of Concept

    3 February 2016, by
    2016 funding and acquisition spree continues

    3 February 2016, by
    Konica Minolta Completes Installation of Savioke Hotel Delivery Robot

    3 February 2016, by
    Robohub Digest 01/16: €100 million for European robotics, CES and WEF 2016, passing of AI pioneer Marvin Minsky

    1 February 2016, by and
    2016 RAS Award Recipients Announced – IEEE Robotics and Automation Society

    1 February 2016, by
    To err is human: raising the bar on AI

    1 February 2016, by
    Vote for your favourite AI video – AAAI Video Competition People’s Choice Award

    1 February 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/1/16

    1 February 2016, by
    Meet the drone that already delivers your packages, Kiva robot teardown

    1 February 2016, by



    2016 January

    Talking Machines: Gaussian processes and OpenAI, with IIya Sutskever

    29 January 2016, by
    Turning the lens on robotics reporting: An interview with New York Times technology reporter John Markoff

    28 January 2016, by
    A brief history of robotic force torque sensors

    28 January 2016, by and
    Talking Machines: Real human actions and Women in Machine Learning (WiML), with Jenn Wortman Vaughan

    28 January 2016, by
    The world’s first robot-run farm will harvest 30,000 heads of lettuce daily | Tech Insider

    27 January 2016, by
    Towards building brain-like cognition and control for robots

    27 January 2016, by and
    Fourth Industrial Revolution main theme at #WEF16 World Economic Forum

    26 January 2016, by
    Robotics, AI and automation in “Forbes 30 under 30”

    26 January 2016, by
    How Zano Raised Millions on Kickstarter and Left Most Backers with Nothing — Kickstarter

    26 January 2016, by
    Kurzweil Interviews Minsky: Is the Singularity Near?

    26 January 2016, by
    There’s a good reason why the next generation of robots will look like animals

    26 January 2016, by
    Meet the Drone That Already Delivers Your Packages — Bolt Blog

    26 January 2016, by
    AI Pioneer Marvin Minsky dies at 88 | New York Times

    26 January 2016, by
    Personalizing telepresence in service robots

    26 January 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/25/16

    25 January 2016, by
    Rising Media acquires RoboUniverse and Inside 3D Printing shows

    25 January 2016, by
    Blue Origin makes historic second landing using the same rocket | Gizmag

    25 January 2016, by
    200th Episode Special

    22 January 2016, by
    The inevitability of the global march toward self-driving vehicles

    22 January 2016, by
    IBM, Intel describe experiential future for human-machine interaction

    21 January 2016, by
    #CES2016: Noise, hype, hustle … and business as usual

    21 January 2016, by
    Could robotaxis be the answer to electric car depreciation?

    21 January 2016, by
    How to fine tune your robot’s payload, and why

    20 January 2016, by and
    Tech’s big security problem: ‘We’re building 500mph cars with brakes that can cope with 30mph’

    20 January 2016, by
    Robots That Could Decompose When They’re No Longer Needed

    20 January 2016, by
    Into the heart of a glacier — with a drone

    20 January 2016, by and
    Motion-planning algorithms allow drones to make hairpin turns in a simulated “forest”

    19 January 2016, by
    Mastering ROS for robotics programming

    19 January 2016, by
    Horizon 2020 earmarks € 98M for new wave of european robotics

    19 January 2016, by
    The Future of Jobs

    18 January 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/18/16

    18 January 2016, by
    UAE robotics competition announces 20 semi-finalists | The National

    18 January 2016, by
    Watch this service robot predict your organizing preferences

    18 January 2016, by
    Toyota Research gets Kuffner, and Google gets Brondmo

    18 January 2016, by
    US feds propose $4B investment in robocars, seek unified regulatory policy

    18 January 2016, by
    SpaceX Rocket vs. Robot Boat, Round 4! Tune in Live to the Grudge Fight

    17 January 2016, by
    Watch The ATLAS Robot Do Simple Chores Slowly

    16 January 2016, by
    Using force feedback in robotics

    15 January 2016, by and
    Google’s detailed intervention rates reveal the real unsolved problem of robocars

    15 January 2016, by
    Flying robots, with Dario Floreano (Part two)

    15 January 2016, by and
    Swansea University researchers are using Artificial Intelligence to detect cancer cells

    15 January 2016, by
    Solving delivery robots as a service: Interview with Savioke CEO Steve Cousins

    14 January 2016, by and
    Survey on your experience with robotics competitions

    14 January 2016, by
    Savioke receives $15M in Series A funding to scale their business

    13 January 2016, by and
    BLOG

    13 January 2016, by
    Man maneuvers robotic arm with his thoughts – Futurity

    13 January 2016, by
    Robocar news from CES 2016

    13 January 2016, by
    BBC to reboot Robot Wars (Wired UK)

    13 January 2016, by
    Two New Year’s resolutions for developers of automated vehicles

    12 January 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/11/16

    11 January 2016, by
    Soft spot for soft robots? Register for the 2016 Soft Robotics Competition

    11 January 2016, by
    Microrobots for Harvesting Crystals

    9 January 2016, by
    How friendly is your AI? It depends on the rewards

    8 January 2016, by , , , , and
    How to design a robotics experiment

    8 January 2016, by and
    3 supply chain trends to watch for in 2016

    8 January 2016, by and
    Look out for the Internet of Flying Things as businesses takes to the skies

    8 January 2016, by
    Create a ROS sensor plugin for Gazebo

    7 January 2016, by
    10 essential skills for roboticists

    7 January 2016, by and
    New insect-inspired vision strategy could hasten development of mini-drones

    7 January 2016, by
    IoT may be 2016’s hot new trend, but in industrial robotics it’s been around for a decade

    6 January 2016, by and
    Intel acquires German drone startup Ascending Technologies

    6 January 2016, by
    Computer model matches humans at predicting how objects move

    6 January 2016, by
    Toyota Research Institute Announces All-star Leadership Team for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Research | TOYOTA Global Newsroom

    5 January 2016, by
    Foxconn shopping for robot manufacturer to keep pace with brisk Pepper sales

    5 January 2016, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #52/52: Final Demonstration

    5 January 2016, by
    Interview with IJARS, with Howie Choset and Seth Hutchinson

    5 January 2016, by
    This flying machine uses ducted fans for propulsion and control

    5 January 2016, by
    Robocar news roundup: Lyft and GM, Sidecar, the nature of competition, and CES

    4 January 2016, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/4/16

    4 January 2016, by
    Why co-bots will be a huge driver of innovation and growth for robotics

    4 January 2016, by
    2015 robotics fundings, IPOs, acquisitions and failures

    4 January 2016, by
    Humanoid Robot Nadine May be the Receptionist in Future Offices

    3 January 2016, by
    Robotics Classes in Nigeria Are Inspiring a New Generation of Engineers

    3 January 2016, by
    Meet Knightscope’s Crime-Fighting Robots

    3 January 2016, by
    Microsoft’s Cortana now doing daily morning weather report

    2 January 2016, by




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