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    2015 December

    Robots can now learn household tasks by watching YouTube videos | ExtremeTech

    31 December 2015, by
    New Sino-Israeli Robotics Institute gets $20 million initial funding

    30 December 2015, by
    Competing market research reports agree: Expect double-digit growth for most robotics segments

    30 December 2015, by
    The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars

    30 December 2015, by
    Drones Could Scope Out Martian Real Estate

    29 December 2015, by
    How do robots ‘see’ the world?

    29 December 2015, by
    Heron-1 UAS Reaches 70,000 Operational Flight Hours in Afghanistan

    29 December 2015, by
    7 trends for artificial intelligence in 2016: ‘Like 2015 on steroids’ – TechRepublic

    29 December 2015, by
    Did SpaceX Just Put Boeing and Lockheed Martin Out of the Space Launch Business?

    29 December 2015, by
    Telepresence, or tele-existence? 4 devices seeking to break down barriers to remote presence

    29 December 2015, by
    XPRIZE calling all innovators to help map our ocean

    29 December 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/29/15

    29 December 2015, by
    The future of robot off-line programming

    28 December 2015, by
    U.K. Could Follow International Approach to Drone Rules – Robotics Business Review

    28 December 2015, by
    The future has arrived: 5D Robotics has developed autonomous heavy equipment tech for United Rentals with a distinct human element

    28 December 2015, by
    Robot panic peaked in 2015 – so where will AI go next?

    28 December 2015, by
    Using drones in wine making

    28 December 2015, by
    Watch a Robot Tamer Control Industrial Machines With Simple Gestures

    28 December 2015, by
    7 reasons why robotics companies should be using simulators

    28 December 2015, by
    Construction Drilling

    27 December 2015, by
    The robotics year, 2015 in review

    25 December 2015, by and
    Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 6

    25 December 2015, by
    Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 5

    24 December 2015, by
    Speedy robots may someday run to the rescue

    24 December 2015, by
    Registration now open for #ICRA16’s Airbus Shopfloor Challenge

    23 December 2015, by
    Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 4

    23 December 2015, by
    U.S. manufacturing may depend on automation to survive and prosper | Brookings

    23 December 2015, by
    UK Royal Society wants to hear your thoughts on machine learning

    23 December 2015, by
    Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 3

    22 December 2015, by
    Flying robots, with Dario Floreano (Part 1)

    22 December 2015, by and
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #51/52: Big Vision

    22 December 2015, by
    Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 2

    22 December 2015, by
    Artificial Intelligence and Nonprofits — The Digital Civil Society Lab | Medium

    22 December 2015, by
    Service robots: The next big productivity platform

    22 December 2015, by
    How do robots ‘see’ the world?

    21 December 2015, by
    SpaceX delivers 11 satellites and successfully lands a first stage on land

    21 December 2015, by
    Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 1

    21 December 2015, by
    “Made in China” initiative is nurturing robotics according to plan

    21 December 2015, by
    Yamaha RMAX crop sprayer gets full FAA approval

    21 December 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/21/15

    21 December 2015, by
    Star Wars: these could be the droids we’re looking for in real life

    21 December 2015, by
    How we built a robot that can evolve – and why it won’t take over the world | The Conversation

    18 December 2015, by
    The billion-dollar robot question — how can we make sure they’re safe? | Washington Post

    18 December 2015, by
    Blue River Technology, Jibo and others get holiday funding

    18 December 2015, by
    NSF and partners award $37M to advance nation’s co-robots

    18 December 2015, by
    Autonomous mobile additive manufacturing robot runs circles around traditional 3D printers

    18 December 2015, by
    California’s new DMV regulations may kill the state’s robocar lead

    18 December 2015, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? Australia’s $310K (AUD) firefighting bot

    18 December 2015, by and
    New $7M XPRIZE competition seeks to usher in a new era of ocean exploration

    17 December 2015, by
    Evaluating what’s easy and what’s hard to automate in your workshop

    17 December 2015, by and
    SVR Case Studies: Introduction to service robotics

    17 December 2015, by and
    Will drones get their own air traffic control? – Futurity

    17 December 2015, by
    California Proposes Driverless-Car Rules

    17 December 2015, by
    New $7 Million XPRIZE competition seeks to usher in new era of ocean exploration | XPrize

    16 December 2015, by
    Robots to reside in more than 1 in 10 American households by 2020 | Juniper Research

    16 December 2015, by
    Robots to reside in more than 1 in 10 American households by 2020 | Juniper Research

    16 December 2015, by
    From pencil and paper to hands-on making, a brief history of MIT’s legendary MechE 2.007

    16 December 2015, by
    Configuring multiple USB devices: An alternative to udev

    16 December 2015, by
    Register your drone. It’s the law.

    16 December 2015, by
    Brown University wins inaugural Rethink Robotics Video Challenge

    16 December 2015, by
    Four Market Forces That Will Shape Robotics Over The Next Year

    15 December 2015, by
    Telepresence toys

    15 December 2015, by
    Scaling up underwater swarmbot research from tabletop ‘aquarium’ to the Venice Lagoon (CoCoRo Video #50/52)

    15 December 2015, by
    CSAIL shows off demos to 150 high-schoolers for “Hour of Code”

    15 December 2015, by
    2016 will be a pivotal year for social robots

    14 December 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/14/15

    14 December 2015, by
    SRI International behind new robotic technology for Verb Surgical

    14 December 2015, by
    Drones for modesty (video)

    14 December 2015, by
    European Robotics Week #ERW2015 recap and videos

    14 December 2015, by
    New comprehensive report on the risks drones pose to aircraft

    14 December 2015, by
    Multi-Agent Systems and Human-Swarm Interaction

    11 December 2015, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? DJI is training 10K drone pilots

    11 December 2015, by and
    Japanese company creating a robot companion for your desk – CNET

    11 December 2015, by
    J&J, Alphabet aim for smarter, smaller, cheaper surgical robot | Reuters

    11 December 2015, by
    Could a robot run for President? | The Washington Post

    11 December 2015, by
    Jibo raises another $16 Million to bring its ‘Family Robot’ to China And Japan

    11 December 2015, by
    Call for holiday robot videos

    11 December 2015, by
    Holiday gift ideas for RoboGeeks (2015)

    10 December 2015, by
    BCG study finds that reshoring with robots works

    10 December 2015, by
    How many axes does my robot need?

    9 December 2015, by and
    How to get started (and progress) in robotics: A quick guide for teens and adults

    9 December 2015, by
    The race to land a privately funded robot on the moon is officially set for 2017

    9 December 2015, by
    $150M in VC funding (2015) for businesses that use ROS

    8 December 2015, by and
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #49/52: Base stations

    8 December 2015, by
    Tabletop telepresence finding its niche

    8 December 2015, by
    Free global list of robot-related business and edu/research facilities exceeds 4K entries

    8 December 2015, by
    What’s Hard About Space Robotics? It’s Not Just the Technology, Industry Leaders Say

    8 December 2015, by
    China wants robots to replace millions of low-paid workers | Mashable

    7 December 2015, by
    Robohub Digest 11/15: Service and consumer robots catching on

    7 December 2015, by and
    New collaborative robots — and product lines — at iREX 2015

    7 December 2015, by and
    How Locus Robotics invented its own robot to finish what Kiva Systems started | Boston Business Journal

    7 December 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/7/15

    7 December 2015, by
    Andra Keay, Silicon Valley Robotics – Women Mean Business

    7 December 2015, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? Bosch unveils agricultural robot

    4 December 2015, by and
    #iREX2015 collaborative robots video roundup

    4 December 2015, by and
    Google Vision Tech Could Mean Your Stuff Will Recognize You

    4 December 2015, by
    Simple robots, complex behaviors: A control systems perspective on Braitenberg Vehicles

    3 December 2015, by
    Robot Learns To Code

    3 December 2015, by
    A helping hand for high-tech firms

    3 December 2015, by
    Personal telepresence relatively affordable, but expect to pay extra for the tablet

    3 December 2015, by
    Toyota harbors big ambitions for “partner robot” business that draws on manufacturing knowhow

    3 December 2015, by
    Passion for utility drove Engelberger’s vision for robotics

    3 December 2015, by
    Worried About Robots

    2 December 2015, by
    Dilbert Teaches Robot To Code

    2 December 2015, by
    Robot Wants To Code

    2 December 2015, by
    iREX 2015: Greatest Robotics Show in the Known Universe Underway in Tokyo

    2 December 2015, by
    Father of robotics Joseph F. Engelberger dies at age 90

    1 December 2015, by
    The Market is Speaking:  TerrAvion collects more acres every week than electric drones do in a year

    1 December 2015, by
    Bioinspired robotics #3: Wearables, with Conor Walsh

    1 December 2015, by
    ELROB 2016: Europe’s toughest & longest-running field robotics event is turning 10

    1 December 2015, by
    Fidelity joins growing field of automated financial advice | New York Times

    1 December 2015, by
    Life with robots: ‘What people enjoy most is avoiding social interaction’ | The Guardian

    1 December 2015, by
    Body-enhancing exoskeletons could be stepping into industrial trials next year

    1 December 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #48/52: Workshops

    1 December 2015, by



    2015 November

    Robotics fundings and acquisitions: October/November

    30 November 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/30/15

    30 November 2015, by
    Marine Robotics Systems

    30 November 2015, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? Researchers teach robots to disobey (for their own good)

    27 November 2015, by and
    Robot to help passengers find their way at Schipol aiport in Amsterdam | Gadgets 360

    27 November 2015, by
    Robots at #ERW2015: From imagination to market

    27 November 2015, by
    Major debate on robots & society sets scene for #ERW2015 European Robotics Week

    26 November 2015, by
    Talking Machines: Probabilistic programming, with Ben Vigoda

    26 November 2015, by
    MPs are told the word ‘robot’ is not derogatory, but only if it’s an intelligent one | Independent

    25 November 2015, by
    China’s robot sector needs to pick up pace to upgrade manufacturing and rival foreign competitors, say experts | South China Morning Post

    25 November 2015, by
    On the ethics of research in robotics, with Raja Chatila

    25 November 2015, by
    How to calculate a robot’s forward kinematics in 5 easy steps

    25 November 2015, by and
    Robots and Healthcare Saving Lives Together

    25 November 2015, by
    Robot Race to Hawaii Contest

    24 November 2015, by
    Drone registration Task Force makes 11 key recommendations

    24 November 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #47/52: Underwater robots swarm at CEBIT consumer electronics show

    24 November 2015, by
    Google’s robot group struggles to fill leadership vacuum as it shoots for ambitious launch before 2020 | Business Insider

    24 November 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/23/15

    23 November 2015, by
    No, a Google car was not ticketed for going too slow (and other robocar stories)

    23 November 2015, by
    China’s top leaders add political weight to robot conference | South China Morning Post

    23 November 2015, by
    ‘Rise of the Robots’ receives Business Book of the Year award

    23 November 2015, by
    More than 180,000 robotic vacuum cleaners sold on a single day

    23 November 2015, by
    How soft robots will help sick kids and the elderly walk

    20 November 2015, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? Empathy for robots

    20 November 2015, by and
    Drones light up the sky with animated letters & shapes in award-winning video

    20 November 2015, by
    Robot Companies: Robots Won’t Steal Our Jobs, They’ll Be Our Minions | Motherboard

    20 November 2015, by
    Studio RAP completes robotically fabricated building in the Netherlands | Dezeen

    20 November 2015, by
    Hasbro introduces robo-kitties for seniors | CBC News

    20 November 2015, by
    The state of telepresence: Healthcare and telemedicine

    20 November 2015, by
    Large Seattle Crowd Kicks off DARPA’s Robotics Fast Track West Coast Tour

    19 November 2015, by
    Why ‘Rise of the Robots’ was named the most important business book of the year | Business Insider

    19 November 2015, by
    New video shows bionic athletes rehearsing for upcoming Cybathlon competition

    19 November 2015, by
    European Robotics Week #ERW2015: 600+ events focusing on robots & society

    19 November 2015, by
    Case study shows new roles for robots in today’s economy

    18 November 2015, by and
    Four classic movie robots that are no longer far fetched

    18 November 2015, by and
    NASA gives MIT a humanoid robot to develop software for future space missions

    18 November 2015, by
    Open Roboethics initiative delivers statement to United Nations CCW

    17 November 2015, by
    Nailbot: A ‘nail art’ robot that inspires creativity

    17 November 2015, by and
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #46/52: JeffShoaling

    17 November 2015, by
    “Shrinking bull’s-eye” algorithm speeds up complex modeling from days to hours

    17 November 2015, by
    Arevo Labs launches robot-based additive manufacturing platform for composite parts : CompositesWorld

    16 November 2015, by
    Phiro is a smart robot that lets kids learn to code 5 different ways

    16 November 2015, by
    What you need to know about underwater drones

    16 November 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/16/15

    16 November 2015, by
    Behind the scenes at Web Summit 2015 – Tech Weekly podcast

    16 November 2015, by
    ICRA 2015 Company Showcase

    14 November 2015, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? Robotic spacecraft riding the solar wind

    13 November 2015, by and
    Join the debate on robots & society during #ERW2015

    13 November 2015, by
    Echoes of the DRC at Humanoids 2015

    13 November 2015, by
    How ethical is your ethical robot?

    13 November 2015, by
    1,000 workers produce latest batch of 1,000 Pepper robots

    12 November 2015, by
    Yamaha’s Motobot robot wants to beat MotoGP star Valentino Rossi | Wired UK

    12 November 2015, by
    DARPA takes its Robotics Fast Track program on a West Coast tour, Nov. 17-19

    12 November 2015, by
    Alpha 2, a Humanoid Robot With Social Skills, Is Now on Indiegogo | IEEE Spectrum

    12 November 2015, by
    Getting HyQ the robot ‘disaster ready’ | Reuters

    12 November 2015, by
    Awesome BioRobots Inspired by Animal Movements! – YouTube

    12 November 2015, by
    Robotics Startups Are Coming to the Retail Aisle

    11 November 2015, by
    A new versatile gripper with electroadhesion

    11 November 2015, by
    Alpha 2 Humanoid Robot is Your Family’s Personal Assistant – Robotics Trends

    11 November 2015, by
    6 predictions, 9 stocks, a revolution, an apocalypse, and killer robots – oh my!

    11 November 2015, by
    Global majority want autonomous weapons banned: New report

    11 November 2015, by
    Simbe Robotics launches new retail robot

    10 November 2015, by
    Robots in Depth: Andra Keay on opportunities and challenges for startups

    10 November 2015, by and
    Baby steps for robot makers: China won’t play key role in next-generation industrial bots as tech gap with foreign firms widens, experts say | SCMP

    10 November 2015, by
    Compressorhead rocks the crowd to find new robot band member | Gizmag

    10 November 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #45/52: Swarm control

    10 November 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/9/15

    9 November 2015, by
    Feeding the robot chef

    9 November 2015, by and
    Marvin Minsky Reflects on a Life in AI | MIT Technology Review

    9 November 2015, by
    Bioinspired robotics #2: Materials, manufacturing & design, with Robert Wood

    9 November 2015, by
    Drone maker DJI and Toyota: setting up R&D centers in Silicon Valley

    9 November 2015, by
    The past and future of AI: A chat with Barbara Grosz | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    9 November 2015, by
    Google’s robot group struggles to fill leadership vacuum as it shoots for ambitious launch before 2020 | Business Insider

    9 November 2015, by
    Pittsburgh’s Robot Film Festival: Preview

    6 November 2015, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? It’s getting harder to tell a human from an android

    6 November 2015, by and
    Emotionally literate tech to help treat autism

    6 November 2015, by and
    Toyota to spend $1bn on artificial intelligence project in Silicon Valley | The Guardian

    6 November 2015, by
    Talking Machines: Digital humanities with David Mimno

    6 November 2015, by
    Fastest brain-computer-interface speller developed | KurzweilAI

    6 November 2015, by
    Q&A: John Markoff on self-driving cars, the robot revolution and the chances … | GeekWire

    5 November 2015, by
    Slowly, Clunkily Racing Toward the Robot Revolution: Lessons from the DARPA Grand Challenge | h+ Media

    5 November 2015, by
    ABB eyes rapid expansion as robotics grows | China Daily

    5 November 2015, by
    Robot revolution: rise of ‘thinking’ machines could exacerbate inequality

    5 November 2015, by
    15 official world records set by robots

    5 November 2015, by and
    Sex robots should be banned, expert tells Web Summit

    4 November 2015, by
    ​The robots aren’t just coming. They’re already here – CNET

    4 November 2015, by
    Delivery robots from Starship Technologies

    4 November 2015, by
    R2T2, a collaborative rescue action at the crossroads between education, robotics and space exploration LIVE STREAM

    4 November 2015, by
    Blue Belt Technologies acquired by Smith & Nephew for $275 million

    3 November 2015, by
    Life with robots: ‘What people enjoy most is avoiding social interaction’

    3 November 2015, by
    Self-flying drone dips, darts and dives through trees at 30 mph: Video demo

    3 November 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #44/52: Lily shoaling

    3 November 2015, by
    Robohub Digest 10/15: Drone registration, a hand with eyes, and swarming in Venice Lagoon

    2 November 2015, by
    While Amazon doubles its number of warehouse robots to 30K, competing systems emerge

    2 November 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 11/2/15

    2 November 2015, by
    Service robots finally start to catch on

    1 November 2015, by



    2015 October

    Forget Siri: Here’s a New Way for Robots to Talk

    31 October 2015, by
    Embodied Quadrotors

    31 October 2015, by
    Loon balloons to fill Internet gaps in Indonesia’s islands | Gizmag

    30 October 2015, by
    Robots in Depth: Michael Rubenstein on the challenge of building 1,024 Kilobots

    30 October 2015, by and
    1st in nation: Driverless shuttles coming to San Ramon Bishop Ranch | CBS SF Bay Area

    30 October 2015, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? Robots can now teach each other new tricks

    30 October 2015, by and
    What we know about the FAA’s new drone registration requirement, and what we don’t

    30 October 2015, by
    Four-legged robot that efficiently handles challenging terrain

    30 October 2015, by
    Cannybots: Smart toy cars for play and learning

    30 October 2015, by
    Wal-Mart seeks to test drones for home delivery, pickup | Reuters

    29 October 2015, by
    Huerta Announces UAS Registration Task Force Members | FAA Press release

    29 October 2015, by
    A smart inhaler for people with asthma | MIT News

    29 October 2015, by
    Meet Teforia, a tea brewing robot for the home

    29 October 2015, by
    Blueberry picking robot could win $250,000 prize

    29 October 2015, by
    Four influential technologies with roots in robotics

    29 October 2015, by and
    This is the first footage shot by the GoPro drone | The Verge

    28 October 2015, by
    Toyota’s Kirobo Mini | Toyota Europe

    28 October 2015, by
    Small drone makes its own maps to navigate indoors | MIT Technology Review

    28 October 2015, by
    Virtual Reality system to fly in space and bring non-astronauts aboard ISS | Deep Space Industries

    28 October 2015, by
    Bioinspired robotics #1: Swarm collectives, with Radhika Nagpal

    28 October 2015, by
    Why Tesla’s Autopilot and Google’s car are entirely different animals

    28 October 2015, by
    Healthcare robotics for therapy, with Ayanna Howard

    27 October 2015, by
    Inside the Pentagon’s effort to build a killer robot | TIME

    27 October 2015, by
    How robots, artificial intelligence, and machine learning will affect employment and public policy | Brookings Report

    27 October 2015, by
    snickerdoodle: A brain for your robot

    27 October 2015, by and
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #43/52: Channel switching

    27 October 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 10/26/15

    26 October 2015, by
    Crowdsourcing in machine learning, with Adam Kalai of Microsoft Research

    26 October 2015, by
    Anki’s new robot car racing game totally blew me away by bridging the digital and real world | The Next Web

    26 October 2015, by
    Lots of great events lined up for EU Robotics Week #ERW15

    26 October 2015, by
    Dyson robotic vacuums go on sale in Japan

    24 October 2015, by
    RoboBees take to the sky – and now the sea

    24 October 2015, by
    Amazon has doubled the number of Kiva bots in its warehouses | Business Insider

    24 October 2015, by
    A robot that tries to get your attention | Phys.org

    24 October 2015, by
    Why Dyson’s pricey robot vacuum is late for its Japanese debut | Endgadget

    24 October 2015, by
    Robots in Depth: Grishin Robotics’ Valery Komissarova on getting funding

    23 October 2015, by and
    ROS Industrial videos and training | Silicon Valley Robotics

    23 October 2015, by
    ROS Industrial videos and training | Silicon Valley Robotics

    23 October 2015, by
    Researchers developing drones to autonomously repair the cities of the future | Gizmag

    23 October 2015, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? A robot with digital hormones

    23 October 2015, by and
    Dyson releases 360 Eye in Japan for ~$1200, files legal proceedings against Bosch for VW-like cheating

    22 October 2015, by
    Dyson’s robot vacuum is available in Japan for $1200 | Yahoo Finance

    22 October 2015, by
    James Dyson accuses Bosch of cheating ‘like Volkswagen’ | The Telegraph

    22 October 2015, by
    RoboBees take to the sky – and now the sea | Wyss Institute at Harvard

    22 October 2015, by
    Pepper makes its EU debut in France | AFP

    22 October 2015, by
    Key takeaways from #ICRW2015 International Collaborative Robots Workshop

    22 October 2015, by and
    Artificial whisker reveals source of harbor seal’s uncanny prey-sensing ability

    22 October 2015, by
    Stanford’s self-driving Delorean goes drifting for Back to the Future Day

    21 October 2015, by
    Governments greasing wheels in robotics

    21 October 2015, by
    Samsung is developing robots to replace cheap Chinese labour | Wired

    21 October 2015, by
    CCI professor makes Robohub’s list of top women in robotics | UNC Charlotte

    21 October 2015, by
    Stanford’s autonomous DeLorean can’t time travel, but can do donuts | Gizmag

    21 October 2015, by
    The state of telepresence: Business enterprise class

    21 October 2015, by
    Sony’s Kaz Hirai Talks Autonomous Cars (But No Sony Robot Vehicle — Yet) | Re/Code

    20 October 2015, by
    Makewonder launches US-wide kids robotics competition – Deadline to enter Dec 1 | Makewonder

    20 October 2015, by
    Doubt Surrounds Drone Registration – Robotics Trends

    20 October 2015, by
    A Robot Finds Its Way Using Artificial “GPS” Brain Cells | MIT Technology Review

    20 October 2015, by
    25 features of the new Horizon 2020 research plans: robot farmers to 5G phones | Science Business

    20 October 2015, by
    Liatris: looking to change how robots see the world

    20 October 2015, by
    The Construct: Robot simulations in the cloud

    20 October 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #42/52: Murky waters

    20 October 2015, by
    Boeing establishes analytics lab for aerospace data at Carnegie Mellon | CMU News

    19 October 2015, by
    Final days to register for $1m UAE competition

    19 October 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 10/19/15

    19 October 2015, by
    U.S. will require drones to be registered | NBC

    19 October 2015, by
    A Tale of Two Ports: Automation at Oakland vs Rotterdam | Medium

    19 October 2015, by
    Strategic acquisitions and long-term R&D investments abound

    19 October 2015, by
    Self repairing city: Robots and drones made in Leeds to repair potholes and street lights

    17 October 2015, by
    Open Bionics just unveiled Star Wars, Marvel and Disney themed prosthetics for kids | Robotics Trends

    16 October 2015, by
    Google balloon and Facebook drone teams collaborate to bring Internet access to billions | MIT Technology Review

    16 October 2015, by
    What’s new in robotics this week? China’s had a telescope on the moon the past 2 years

    16 October 2015, by and
    Robot swarms will explore the waterways of Venice | Fox News

    16 October 2015, by
    The Open Academic Robot Kit

    16 October 2015, by
    From robotics to analytics, why NASA is offering startups over 1,000 patents for ‘free’ | ZDNet

    16 October 2015, by
    Stephen Finally Gets To Tackle A Robot – YouTube

    16 October 2015, by
    Tesla sends highway cruise update to recent Model S owners

    16 October 2015, by
    The robotics revolution: The next great leap in manufacturing | Boston Consulting Group

    16 October 2015, by
    How robots will redefine competitiveness | Boston Consulting Group

    16 October 2015, by
    Industries and economies leading the robotics revolution | Boston Consulting Group

    16 October 2015, by
    Countering singularity sensationalism: Ken Goldberg reviews three books at the nexus of people and robots | Nature

    16 October 2015, by
    Robo Wunderkind: A robot anyone can build

    16 October 2015, by
    Empire Robotics on the cover of Popular Mechanics (Nov. 2015)

    15 October 2015, by
    CyPhy Works and Righthand Robotics get funded

    15 October 2015, by
    #ShowUsYourAI – AAAI Video Competition – Deadline extended to October 23!

    15 October 2015, by
    Should cars be fully driverless? No, says MIT engineer and historian David Mindell

    15 October 2015, by
    Autonomous underwater system for monitoring health of Venice Lagoon demos at #EXPO2015

    15 October 2015, by
    Tweets from #ICRW2015 International Collaborative Robotics Workshop 2015

    15 October 2015, by
    Fully autonomous weapons: Toby Walsh at TEDx Berlin

    15 October 2015, by
    Our robot sky | Medium

    15 October 2015, by
    Robots in Depth: OSRF’s Tully Foote on open source, ROS, and standardization

    14 October 2015, by and
    Robocar news roundup: Google’s hire, BMW/Mercedes carsharing, Apple clues, and more

    14 October 2015, by
    Designing Jibo’s automatic speech recognition, with Roberto Pieraccini

    14 October 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 10/12/15

    14 October 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #41/52: Metacognition

    13 October 2015, by
    25 women in robotics you need to know about – 2015

    13 October 2015, by , and
    In-situ Fabricator: An autonomous construction robot

    9 October 2015, by
    snickerdoodle now crowdfunding

    9 October 2015, by
    Talking Machines: Treating cancer clusters, with Quaid Morris

    9 October 2015, by
    Laundroid the laundry-folding robot will take your (least-favourite) job | CBC

    9 October 2015, by
    The state of telepresence

    9 October 2015, by
    Work, play and STEM: How robotics will bridge the gap

    8 October 2015, by
    Israeli Google Lunar XPRIZE Team is first to sign launch agreement for private Moon mission on SpaceX Falcon 9

    8 October 2015, by
    The world’s first robot farm requires no (human) farmers at all | Modern Farmer

    8 October 2015, by
    Volvo says it will accept “full liability” when its cars are operating autonomously

    8 October 2015, by
    Courtship of the drone fireflies: A short movie with flying robots and lights

    8 October 2015, by
    Intelligent machines: Will we accept robot revolution? | BBC News

    8 October 2015, by
    Rock Print: A zero-waste 3D-printed structure made only of rock and thread

    7 October 2015, by and
    Robocars don’t need fancy dashboards and streets

    7 October 2015, by
    Where does Jibo fit in the family hierarchy? | Jibo Blog

    7 October 2015, by
    DARPA begins ElectRX program for self healing via nanoparticles that stimulate organs/nerves | DARPA

    7 October 2015, by
    “Training academies” for industrial robots | MIT Technology Review

    7 October 2015, by
    A car that knows what the driver will do next | MIT Technology Review

    7 October 2015, by
    Robots in Depth: Melonee Wise on building robots, and robot companies

    6 October 2015, by and
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #40/52: Adaptive layers water column

    6 October 2015, by
    Robohub Digest 09/15: Big brands, and cozying up to robots

    5 October 2015, by and
    In Singapore, robots are now leading workouts for the elderly | Tech in Asia

    5 October 2015, by
    Air and ground robot collaborate to map and safely navigate unknown, changing terrain

    5 October 2015, by and
    A3 releases report on robots fueling productivity | Silicon Valley Robotics

    5 October 2015, by
    IFR predicts double digit growth for service robots through 2018

    5 October 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 10/5/15

    5 October 2015, by
    What does the VW scandal mean for robocars?

    5 October 2015, by
    Elon Musk’s sleight of hand | Medium

    5 October 2015, by
    Daimler driverless lorry tested in motorway traffic | BBC News

    5 October 2015, by
    Micro and Nano Robotics

    2 October 2015, by
    For the love of Robots | swissnex India

    2 October 2015, by
    Sony and Japan’s mobile internet firm DeNA invest in driverless technology | Wall Street Journal Japan

    2 October 2015, by
    RoboCab: Driverless taxi experiment to start in Japan | Wall Street Journal Japan

    2 October 2015, by
    IFR predicts 15% industrial robot growth through 2018

    2 October 2015, by
    The word ‘robot’ is meaningless. Why are we still saying it?

    2 October 2015, by
    Key take-aways from the DroneApps Forum

    2 October 2015, by
    ROSCon Livestream Oct. 3-4

    2 October 2015, by
    Soft robotic gripper can pick up and identify wide array of objects

    2 October 2015, by
    Robohub turns three!

    1 October 2015, by
    August/September robotics fundings report

    1 October 2015, by
    How is Robohub doing? Take our annual reader survey

    1 October 2015, by
    Teaching a brain-controlled robotic prosthetic to learn from its mistakes

    1 October 2015, by



    2015 September

    Gazebo rendering abstraction

    30 September 2015, by
    IEEE driverless car roundtable

    30 September 2015, by
    A new study of robot faces suggests the ‘Uncanny Valley’ is real

    29 September 2015, by
    Remember EATR, the military robot that was supposed to eat humans? | Gizmodo

    29 September 2015, by
    Volkswagen isn’t the first company to use software to break the law and it won’t be the last | Fusion

    29 September 2015, by
    Who is Google’s self-driving car CEO, and where is he heading? | re/code

    29 September 2015, by
    Push, pull, nudge: The control challenge of non-prehensile robotic manipulation

    29 September 2015, by
    Shopping via telepresence makes for good PR; how long before it’s mainstream?

    29 September 2015, by
    euRathlon 2015 announces Grand Challenge winners

    29 September 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #39/52: Adaptive layers in a pool

    29 September 2015, by
    Live tweets and pictures from #IROS2015

    29 September 2015, by
    10 more robotics companies acquired. Why?

    28 September 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 9/28/15

    28 September 2015, by
    Rethink Robotics finally get their mojo with Sawyer

    28 September 2015, by
    One-armed factory robot Sawyer goes on sale | BBC News

    28 September 2015, by
    Foster + Partners unveils designs for Mars settlement that could be 3D printed by robots

    25 September 2015, by
    People, robots wait in line for new Apple iPhone 6s in Palo Alto

    25 September 2015, by
    Talking Machines: The Master Algorithm, with UW’s Pedro Domingos

    25 September 2015, by
    Day Four at euRathlon 2015: Video recap

    25 September 2015, by
    Why we need journalism about machine learning

    25 September 2015, by
    Day Three at euRathlon 2015: Video recap

    24 September 2015, by
    Robots in Depth: Gregory Dudek on field robotics

    24 September 2015, by and
    #RoboBusiness Day 1: Computing to change from transaction processing to cognition processing

    24 September 2015, by
    Meet the winners of #RobotLaunch2015

    23 September 2015, by and
    Dobot’s robot arm: Industrial precision at low cost

    23 September 2015, by
    Volvo imagines robots will someday collect your trash | Mashable

    23 September 2015, by
    Target plans to test robot workers at its upcoming concept store | BGR

    23 September 2015, by
    Wi-Fi-connected Roomba 980 maps a better route | Gizmag

    23 September 2015, by
    Fifty planes in the air running ROS & Gazebo

    23 September 2015, by
    Day Two at euRathlon 2015: Video recap

    23 September 2015, by
    Mind your Manners, Robot: How social cues influence human-robot interaction | Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

    22 September 2015, by
    New advanced robot to join cleanup effort at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant | The Mainichi

    22 September 2015, by
    Buyers of robot ‘Pepper’ to sign contract vowing not to use it for sex | Daily Mail

    22 September 2015, by
    New smart robot accelerates cancer treatment research | Phys.org

    22 September 2015, by
    How Etsy can strengthen America’s small-scale manufacturing sector | Brookings Institute

    22 September 2015, by
    Full coverage of Disrupt SF 2015

    22 September 2015, by
    IBM’s Watson Won’t Be Replacing Humans Any Time Soon

    22 September 2015, by
    Drones Will Deliver Your Pizza, And Much Much More

    22 September 2015, by
    Robo Wunderkind’s Programmable Bricks Are Like Legos That Teach You How To Code

    22 September 2015, by
    Let’s hope that #IStandWithAhmed will help improve diversity in robotics

    22 September 2015, by
    Virtual assistants are the testbeds for tomorrow’s personal robots

    22 September 2015, by
    Vecna’s Daniel Theobald: Setting standards for robots

    22 September 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #38/52: BEECLUST

    22 September 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 9/21/15

    21 September 2015, by
    Day One at euRathlon 2015: Video recap

    21 September 2015, by
    Angee automated home security system doubles as a personal assistant | Gizmag

    21 September 2015, by
    1,407 FAA exemptions for UAS

    21 September 2015, by
    Chatbot Rose wins 2015’s Loebner artificial intelligence prize | BBC News

    21 September 2015, by
    TechBridgeWorld

    18 September 2015, by
    Live tweets from #RobotLaunch2015 Finals

    18 September 2015, by
    Documentary of a cyborg drummer

    18 September 2015, by
    For the record: No, a robot did NOT swear at BBC hosts on live TV

    18 September 2015, by
    Watch flying machines weave a rope bridge you can walk on

    18 September 2015, by
    AI: 15 key moments in the story of artificial intelligence

    18 September 2015, by
    Interview with Danica Kragic

    17 September 2015, by
    Diversity matters in robotics #IStandWithAhmed | Silicon Valley Robotics

    17 September 2015, by
    Barbie wants to get to know your child | NYT

    17 September 2015, by
    SpaceX shows off Crew Dragon interior | Gizmag

    16 September 2015, by
    Baidu launches virtual assistant Duer | MIT Technology Review

    16 September 2015, by
    Pepper to get a new personality for the US market | MIT Technology Review

    16 September 2015, by
    Deep learning machine teaches itself to play chess in 72 Hours, plays at international master level | MIT Technology Review

    16 September 2015, by
    Blue Origin to launch from Florida | Gizmag

    16 September 2015, by
    Trident ROV may be that underwater drone you’ve been looking for | Gizmag

    16 September 2015, by
    Adept succumbs, sells to OMRON for $200M

    16 September 2015, by
    #eurathlon2015 tests robotic air/land/sea systems in realistic emergency response scenarios

    16 September 2015, by
    Icelandic research institute unveils ethical robotics policy

    16 September 2015, by
    Barbie Wants to Get to Know Your Child | NY Times

    16 September 2015, by
    Call for a ban on robots designed as sex toys | BBC News

    15 September 2015, by
    Erle-Spider, the Ubuntu drone with legs

    15 September 2015, by
    SMEs need robots that know their limitations and ask for help

    15 September 2015, by
    We need robots that are smart enough to ask for help | IEEE Spectrum

    15 September 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #37/52: Combined scenario two

    15 September 2015, by
    Tweets from #DroneApps

    14 September 2015, by
    Uber would like to buy your robotics department | New York Times

    14 September 2015, by
    Uber’s raid of Carnegie Mellon robotics department has its limits | Education Drive

    14 September 2015, by
    China publishes first report written by ‘robot journalist’ | The Times of India

    14 September 2015, by
    Seek-and-destroy robot to stop starfish killing the Great Barrier Reef | CNET

    14 September 2015, by
    Rodney Brooks talks about China as the next big market for Rethink | BRW

    14 September 2015, by
    Gill Pratt talks to Automaton Blog about his move to Toyota

    14 September 2015, by
    Talking Machines: Strong AI and autoencoders, with Hugo Larochelle

    14 September 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 9/14/15

    14 September 2015, by
    Tricking LIDAR and robocars

    14 September 2015, by
    Big bucks and big audiences for drones

    14 September 2015, by
    Robots now have their own living space at Bristol Robotics Lab

    11 September 2015, by
    Video: Qualcomm demos Snapdragon Flight for smaller, lighter camera drones

    10 September 2015, by
    Morphological computation: The hidden superpower of soft-bodied robots

    10 September 2015, by and
    How the BBC micro:bit will kick-start a coding revolution | Wired UK

    10 September 2015, by
    Bristol Robotics Laboratory tests helper bots in replica flat | BBC News

    10 September 2015, by
    Robot Launch global robotics startup competition announces top 15 finalists

    9 September 2015, by and
    First champion crowned for FPV drone racing UK nationals

    9 September 2015, by
    Researchers use vision-guided Baxter robot to assist the blind | Vision Systems

    9 September 2015, by
    Toyota hires robotics expert Gill Pratt for AI push | Financial Times

    9 September 2015, by
    Robots lay three times as many bricks as construction workers | MIT Technology Review

    9 September 2015, by
    Siemens’ Frontier Partner program provides software tools to robotics startups

    8 September 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #36/52: Relay swarm

    8 September 2015, by
    Robohub Digest 08/15: Jibo gets Asian funding, Russian exoskeleton gets clinical trials, and Hitchbot loses its head

    7 September 2015, by and
    Corporations and governments stimulating robotics and AI development

    7 September 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 9/7/15

    7 September 2015, by
    Former DARPA Program Manager Gill Pratt to direct Toyota’s new $50M robotics investment

    4 September 2015, by
    Fotokite Phi

    4 September 2015, by
    CoCoRo: Tracking the development of the world’s largest autonomous underwater swarm

    4 September 2015, by
    BUDDY goes into final hours of crowdfunding at +500% of goal; announces new US offices

    4 September 2015, by
    Completely paralyzed man steps out in robotic exoskeleton | Gizmag

    3 September 2015, by
    Price wars: Counting the cost of drones, planes and satellites

    3 September 2015, by
    Technology has created more jobs than it has destroyed, says 140 years of data | The Guardian

    3 September 2015, by
    Creating the voice behind Jibo

    2 September 2015, by
    Robotics and AI prominent in MIT’s annual 35 Innovators Under 35

    2 September 2015, by
    #RobotLaunch2015 Finals announced, plus final round of Readers Pick

    2 September 2015, by
    The Restaurant With No (Visible) Workers

    1 September 2015, by
    Eatsa, A Futuristic Restaurant Where Robot Cubbies Serve Quinoa

    1 September 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #35/52: Relay chain communication

    1 September 2015, by
    Uber hires hacking and robotics experts | Insurance Journal

    1 September 2015, by
    Neato Robotics’ new connected Botvac robot vacuum sports lasers and wifi | TechHive

    1 September 2015, by
    3D Robotics launches 3DU to promote drones in education | TechCrunch

    1 September 2015, by
    Gill Pratt: Is a Cambrian Explosion Coming for Robotics? | Automaton Blog

    1 September 2015, by
    Coming of age: Clearpath’s Ryan Gariepy on growing a robotics startup

    1 September 2015, by
    Peloton Technology gets $17M for truck platooning tech

    1 September 2015, by
    California drone bill misses the mark

    1 September 2015, by



    2015 August

    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 8/31/15

    31 August 2015, by
    As robotics industry grows, so too do the research reports

    28 August 2015, by
    Firing up The Machine

    28 August 2015, by and
    Evolved virtual creatures as content

    28 August 2015, by
    Talking Machines: Active learning and machine learning in neuroscience, with Microsoft’s Sham Kakade

    27 August 2015, by
    Removing steps of common processes

    27 August 2015, by
    Robot Launch 2015 – Robohub Readers’ Pick round three

    26 August 2015, by
    Self-driving ‘crash’ trucks to hit Florida highways this year | The Guardian

    26 August 2015, by
    Hitachi warehouse robot grabs goods with two arms | CIO

    26 August 2015, by
    Technology has created more jobs than it has destroyed, says 140 years of data | The Guardian

    26 August 2015, by
    Meeting on a narrow road

    25 August 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #34/52: Relay chain basics

    25 August 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 8/24/15

    24 August 2015, by
    New book by John Markoff explores common ground between humans and robots

    24 August 2015, by
    Thousands take glimpse into future at Robotronica

    24 August 2015, by
    Robots and Communication

    21 August 2015, by
    When you need someone from Canada to calibrate your robot in New Zealand

    20 August 2015, by
    Robot Launch 2015 – Robohub Readers’ Pick round two

    19 August 2015, by
    Fotokite Phi GoPro-carrying quadcopter: Friendly, compact, light and affordable

    19 August 2015, by
    194 Chinese robot companies

    18 August 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #33/52: Combined scenario number one – relay chain

    18 August 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 8/17/15

    17 August 2015, by
    Helping Siri hear you in a party | KurzweilAI

    15 August 2015, by
    GreyOrange gets $30m for mobile robots

    14 August 2015, by
    Google Alphabet: Is it good for robocars?

    14 August 2015, by
    Talking Machines: Machine learning in biology, with Microsoft’s Jennifer Listgarten

    14 August 2015, by
    Clinical trials begin for Russia’s first medical exoskeleton

    13 August 2015, by
    Robots learn to evolve and improve | BBC News

    12 August 2015, by
    Carnegie Mellon, GE Ventures bringing robotics accelerator program to Pittsburgh | Post-gazette

    12 August 2015, by
    Robot Launch 2015 – Robohub Readers’ Pick round one

    12 August 2015, by
    MIT Robot Steals Human Brains to Help It Balance | Spectrum.IEEE

    12 August 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #32/52: Combined scenario number one – target find

    11 August 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 8/10/15

    10 August 2015, by
    Buzz: A novel programming language for heterogeneous robot swarms

    10 August 2015, by , and
    Fly catcher robot to speed up insights into Alzheimer’s | Reuters

    7 August 2015, by
    Midea, Eyeing China’s Huge Aging Population, Targets Robotics With Yaskawa | Forbes

    7 August 2015, by
    Mobile Microrobotics Challenge

    7 August 2015, by
    Money continues to flow into robotics startups

    6 August 2015, by
    Designing Jibo for developers

    6 August 2015, by
    Jibo Raises $11 Million To Bring Its Social Robot To Households In Asia | Techcrunch

    6 August 2015, by
    Robotic research: Are we applying the scientific method?

    5 August 2015, by and
    Silicon Valley’s Crowne Plaza hotel launches Savioke robot delivery service

    5 August 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #31/52: Combined scenario number one – base station arrival

    4 August 2015, by
    Ads, sales and shows make a business case for robotics

    3 August 2015, by
    Unknown assailant destroys hitchhiking robot in Philadelphia | Mashable

    3 August 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 8/3/15

    3 August 2015, by
    AI researchers should not retreat from battlefield robots, they should engage … | The Conversation AU

    3 August 2015, by
    Robohub Digest 07/15: Competition for Softbank, cake for Engelberger, and robot cookers for consumers

    3 August 2015, by and
    Where to place fuses and how to protect your robot and motors

    2 August 2015, by



    2015 July

    Japan’s ridiculous robot hotel is actually serious business | Endgadget

    31 July 2015, by
    Tech and Science leaders confront strong AI with bold PR

    31 July 2015, by
    Solar-powered flight for 81 hours: A new endurance world record

    31 July 2015, by
    Machine learning for sports & realtime predictions, w Microsoft Research’s Danny Tarlow

    31 July 2015, by
    Telcos vs. big data companies: Which sector will drive consumer robotics?

    30 July 2015, by and
    Kitchener startup Clearpath Robotics to open Silicon Valley office | Global News

    30 July 2015, by
    Kitchener-Waterloo startup Clearpath Robotics to open Silicon Valley office

    30 July 2015, by
    Softbank will take pre-orders for enterprise version of Pepper starting Oct 1

    30 July 2015, by
    Evan Ackerman: We should not ban ‘Killer Robots,’ and here’s why | Automaton

    30 July 2015, by
    Evan Ackerman: We should not ban ‘Killer Robots,’ and here’s why | Automaton

    30 July 2015, by
    Japanese telcos vie for share in consumer robot-as-a-service business

    29 July 2015, by
    Beyond safety: Is robotic surgery sustainable?

    29 July 2015, by
    Japan’s NTT to put home care robot’s in the homes of the elderly | Mashable

    29 July 2015, by
    Amazon makes its case for dedicated drone highways in the sky | Gizmag

    29 July 2015, by
    See How Robotics Is Changing What It Means to Be Disabled | TIME

    29 July 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #30/52: Combined scenario number one

    29 July 2015, by
    Is all the hype about drone commercialization clouding our judgement?

    28 July 2015, by
    #IJCAI15 brings together leading researchers in AI

    28 July 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 7/27/15

    27 July 2015, by
    Elon Musk, Stephen Hawking join call for ban on artificially intelligent weapons | TIME

    27 July 2015, by
    Automated Vehicles Symposium recap (Part 2)

    27 July 2015, by
    A conversation with Jerry Kaplan, Martin Ford and John Markoff

    27 July 2015, by and
    The man who created the world’s first self aware robot | Business Insider

    27 July 2015, by
    Extendable Robot Arms and Exoskeletons Could Benefit from Super-Stretchy Wires | MIT Technology Review

    27 July 2015, by
    Lowering the barrier to innovation in robotics | PWC

    27 July 2015, by
    Robot Hitchhiker Will Make Its Way Across The U.S. This Summer | IFL Science

    27 July 2015, by
    Industrial robotics pioneer Joe Engelberger turns 90

    26 July 2015, by and
    Robotic Construction Gets Fancy at ETH Zurich’s Digital Fabrication Lab

    25 July 2015, by
    Robots Build Large Structures With Brick and Concrete

    25 July 2015, by
    Robotics fundings, IPOs and acquisitions for June/July

    24 July 2015, by
    Cheetah 2

    24 July 2015, by
    When do robocars become cheaper than standard cars? Automated Vehicle Symposium recap (Part 1)

    24 July 2015, by
    #ICRA16 wants you to make duckie-themed videos of robots

    24 July 2015, by
    Mother Robots Build Children Robots with Artificial Evolution | IEEE Spectrum

    24 July 2015, by
    Repeatable robotics: Standards and benchmarks from frontier science to applied technology

    23 July 2015, by
    Towards standardized experiments in human robot interactions

    23 July 2015, by
    A new artificial compound eye

    23 July 2015, by
    Robot as marketing strategy: Bosch takes a bet on Rotimatic’s consumer flatbread maker

    22 July 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #29/52: Jeff – preprogrammed trajectory

    22 July 2015, by
    Robotic flatbread maker gets $11.5 million from two venture funds

    22 July 2015, by
    Tiny 4K Z camera could be the perfect drone partner

    21 July 2015, by
    Will robocars vastly increase battery life?

    21 July 2015, by
    EpicTV & DJI Announces First Rise of the Drones Film Festival | Droneblog

    21 July 2015, by
    Musk says CRS-7 explosion may have been due to faulty strut | Gizmag

    21 July 2015, by
    Philae lander goes silent again | Gizmag

    21 July 2015, by
    Could a robot make a pizza? The RoDyMan project, with Bruno Siciliano

    20 July 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 7/20/15

    20 July 2015, by
    Video: Robocar Q&A

    20 July 2015, by
    Service robots get multiple positive forecasts

    20 July 2015, by
    Another robot company acquired: Vecna acquires VGo

    19 July 2015, by
    ‘World’s Most Dangerous Rivalry’ stoked by bowing Abe robot at CIROS

    17 July 2015, by
    Really really big data and machine learning in business, with Max Welling

    17 July 2015, by
    MOVI, a standalone speech recognizer shield for Arduino | Kickstarter

    16 July 2015, by
    Nat Geo’s Robots 3D proves that robots don’t need to be sci-fi to be compelling

    16 July 2015, by
    WeRobot 2015 Panel 4: Regulating healthcare robots, with Drew Simshaw, Nicolas Terry, Kris Hauser and M.L. Cumming

    16 July 2015, by
    Behold, a Real Hotel Staffed By Talking Androids and Robotic Dinosaurs | Gizmodo

    15 July 2015, by
    200% funded" >
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    BUDDY opensource companion bot meets 100K crowdfunding goal in 1 day; now >200% funded

    15 July 2015, by
    Brooke Army Medical Center performs first robot-aided pediatric surgery | The United States Army Blog

    15 July 2015, by
    Estimating the impact of robots on productivity and employment

    14 July 2015, by and
    Exclusive: Inside Autodesk’s Robotics Lab Of The Future | Fast Company

    14 July 2015, by
    Forces of nature: Biomimicry in robotics | The Engineer

    14 July 2015, by
    And now, the hopping robot | Harvard Gazette

    14 July 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #28/52: All magnet finding

    14 July 2015, by
    Robots Learn to Reason by Playing Minecraft | MIT Technology Review

    13 July 2015, by
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 7/13/15

    13 July 2015, by
    Robocar news roundup: Google doesn’t hit Delphi but does go to Austin; Vislab sold for $30M

    13 July 2015, by
    Come with me to the Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition

    13 July 2015, by
    Rival robot cars meet on California highway | BBC News

    13 July 2015, by
    Japan’s Haneda Airport to deploy 3 types of robots from Cyberdyne

    13 July 2015, by
    Autonomous taxis could be cheaper and improve the environment, says Berkeley Lab study | KurzweilAI

    11 July 2015, by
    Alan Turing robot makes its debut at Startup Village 2015

    10 July 2015, by
    Siemens funds new Industrial Robotics Award in Robot Launch startup competition

    10 July 2015, by
    Towards Automating Fieldwork

    10 July 2015, by
    Pepper robots to roll out at 1,000 per month

    10 July 2015, by
    US-based MegaBot challenges Kuratas Mecha from Japan to a giant robot battle | BBC News

    10 July 2015, by
    Solar powered day/night autonomous flight achieved: Airborne for 28 hours without fuel!

    9 July 2015, by
    Building the Jibo prototype: Interview with VP Engineering Andy Atkins

    8 July 2015, by
    #ICRAcam (Part 5): Flying w/o sensors, learning to swim, manipulating from primitives, & injecting at high speed

    8 July 2015, by
    The Year of CoCoRo Video #27/52: Jeff target find in a large pool

    8 July 2015, by
    Book Review: ‘Practical Field Robotics’ by Robert Sturges

    7 July 2015, by
    Robotics expert Rodney Brooks raises $53m for Rethink Robots | The Australian Financial Review

    7 July 2015, by
    Robots in the rough: Demo day at FSR Toronto

    7 July 2015, by
    Robohub Digest 06/15: DRC wraps up, Philae wakes up, and Asian dragons invest

    6 July 2015, by and
    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 7/6/15

    6 July 2015, by
    Amazon scanning backyards in Seattle, suggesting drone delivery in its sights | Forbes

    6 July 2015, by
    Spillikin: a robot love story for our age and a unique campaign

    6 July 2015, by and
    The making of sci-fi adventure Robot Overlords

    3 July 2015, by and
    What’s propelling China’s industrial robot revolution

    3 July 2015, by
    Talking Machines: On ‘solving intelligence’, with DeepMind’s Nando de Freitas

    3 July 2015, by
    Robots in Europe: Live tweets and pics from #Innorobo

    2 July 2015, by
    Jabil’s innovation center welcomes robots – Silicon Valley Business Journal

    2 July 2015, by
    Our Robot Overlords Aren’t Quite Ready For Us — Yet

    2 July 2015, by
    One year later: Update from Leka, Robot Launch 2014 Grand Winner

    2 July 2015, by and
    Robots on the march | BBC News

    2 July 2015, by




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