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2015 February

February was another good month for robotic investments

28 February 2015, by Frank Tobe

3D Robotics gets $50M series C funding

28 February 2015, by Frank Tobe

Foxconn begins selling noodle-making robot

28 February 2015, by Frank Tobe

The case against killer robots, from a guy actually working on artificial intelligence | Fusion

27 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

DJI rolls back buggy update that restricted D.C. flights following White House crash | TechCrunch

27 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Livestream: Rodney Brooks, Abhinav Gupta, Andrew McAfee on AI and the rise of robots

27 February 2015, by Robohub Editors

Minesweepers uses robotics’ awesomeness to raise awareness about landmines & explosive remnants of war

27 February 2015, by Alaa Khamis

Talking Machines: History of machine learning, w. Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio, Yann LeCun

26 February 2015, by Talking Machines

Selecting a camera and lens for your robot

26 February 2015, by Robots for Roboticists

Why Silicon Valley Is Eager to Take on Detroit

25 February 2015, by Andra Keay

Arduino for Makers #0: Introduction to the series

25 February 2015, by Myke Predko

Thoughts on what the proposed FAA SUAS rules mean for search and rescue | Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) at Texas A&M University

25 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Should a care robot bring an alcoholic a drink? It depends on who owns the robot

24 February 2015, by Open Roboethics Initiative

QUT and CSIRO Announce New International UAV Challenge | Unmanned Systems Technology

24 February 2015, by Andra Keay

Stopping killer robots and other future threats | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

24 February 2015, by John Payne

UPDATE Pepper delayed until summer; Aldebaran execs Maisonnier and Baillie leave

23 February 2015, by Frank Tobe

Forget Singularity, let’s talk Multiplicity: Ken Goldberg on AI at the WEF

23 February 2015, by Audrow Nash

Bruno Maisonnier moves on from Aldebaran

23 February 2015, by Andra Keay

Google Lunar X Prize Awards $1 Million to Astrobotic | CMU news

23 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Autonomous drone flies in dark, tight quarters to assist firefighting inside naval vessels | CMU

23 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Uber, CMU announce strategic partnership and creation of Advanced Technologies Center in Pittsburgh | CMU News

23 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Bringing texture to flat touchscreens: CMU and Northwestern researchers provide new insight into how brain understands data from fingers | CMU News

23 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/23/15

23 February 2015, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

Whole brain emulation (WBE): What happens when we get there? | Ars Technica

22 February 2015, by John Payne

Building a real-life Baymax | Gizmag

22 February 2015, by John Payne

HorseFly: Truck-based drone delivery | Zero Moment

22 February 2015, by John Payne

The Year of the CoCoRo Video #08/52: Lily emergent taxis

22 February 2015, by Thomas Schmickl

Michael Wagner: Developing trust in autonomous robots | CMU RI Seminar

21 February 2015, by John Payne

Rise of the Fembots: Why artificial intelligence is often female | LiveScience

20 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Sensors for Autonomous Driving

20 February 2015, by Audrow Nash

Hello Barbie: Internet connection the latest trend in toys | Toronto Star

19 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

New Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in architecture and digital fabrication at ETHZ

19 February 2015, by NCCR Digital Fabrication (DFAB)

FAA regulations draw inspiration from Canada, but miss key aspect

19 February 2015, by Diana Marina Cooper

A distributed robot garden system | MIT CSAIL

19 February 2015, by John Payne

Summary of the FAA’s proposed drone regulations

19 February 2015, by Diana Marina Cooper

HitchBOT rolls through Germany on euro road trip | Toronto Star

19 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Sensitive prosthetics from Barrett and SynTouch on PBS

19 February 2015, by Andra Keay

SkyProwler convertible drone, quad or fixed wing, doing well on Kickstarter | Gizmag

19 February 2015, by John Payne

Maybe we need an automation tax

18 February 2015, by Alan Winfield

Empowering startups’ global reach

18 February 2015, by Catherine Simon

Sensory-motor tissues for soft robots

18 February 2015, by NCCR Robotics

ORIGIBOT: An affordable telepresence robotic test platform with arm and gripper

17 February 2015, by Richard Laboris and Origin Robotics

Automate Launch Pad Startup Competition

17 February 2015, by Andra Keay

Baxter goes to Oregon, to help bring robots to the frontlines of the Ebola outbreak

17 February 2015, by Open Source Robotics Foundation

Media is more excited about farm robots than exhibitors at World Ag Expo

17 February 2015, by Frank Tobe

RBR50 – Robotics Business Review

17 February 2015, by Ioannis K. Erripis

Open Bionics makes Top 50 robotics list

17 February 2015, by Ioannis K. Erripis

Robots4Us Student Contest | DRC

17 February 2015, by Reno Tibke

Drones and satellites spot lost civilizations in unlikely places | Science

17 February 2015, by John Payne

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/16/15

16 February 2015, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

Ground-flight collaboration

16 February 2015, by NCCR Robotics

Apple studies self-driving car | Reuters

15 February 2015, by John Payne

Small UAV coalition applauds the FAA’s release of the proposed suas rule as a good first step for industry

15 February 2015, by the Small UAV Coaltion

Possible Leaked FAA Document Provides Hints Regarding Proposed Rulemaking for sUAS

15 February 2015, by Diana Marina Cooper

The Year of CoCoRo Video #07/52: Lily flocking by slimemold

15 February 2015, by Thomas Schmickl

NASA’s Valkyrie Humanoid Busting Fresh Moves Courtesy of IHMC (VIDEO)

15 February 2015, by Reno Tibke

DOT and FAA propose new rules for small unmanned aircraft systems

15 February 2015, by John Payne

Michael Tarr : CMU’s new BrainHub | CMU RI Seminar

14 February 2015, by John Payne

Is AI dangerous? That depends… | SciAm Blogs

14 February 2015, by John Payne

Keep Calm and Carry Passengers: UK robocar projects level up

13 February 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Seegrid reorganization plan okayed by judge

13 February 2015, by Frank Tobe

Call for euRathlon 2015 air/land/sea challenge now open

13 February 2015, by Marta Palau Franco

Last chance to register for QUT’s ‘Intro to Robotics’ MOOC

13 February 2015, by EdCast

Pleurobot: Multimodal locomotion in a bioinspired robot

12 February 2015, by NCCR Robotics

Robots for Humanity inspires

12 February 2015, by Andra Keay

From sideshow to main event, drones are making their mark in entertainment

12 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

The new AI and robotics: Lecture by Fabio Bonsignorio

12 February 2015, by International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS)

Talking Machines: Women in Machine Learning (WiML), with Hanna Wallach

12 February 2015, by Talking Machines

DARPA’s HAPTIX project hopes to provide prosthetic hands with sense of touch

11 February 2015, by Open Source Robotics Foundation

Should ownership influence the decision-making of a care robot?

11 February 2015, by Open Roboethics Initiative

Americans okay with police drones, worried about private UAVs | Sputnik

11 February 2015, by CIS Blog

3D Robotics announces ‘Tower’ to open-source community

11 February 2015, by Ben Fisher

UAE launches “Robotics for Good” competition on the heals of Drones for Good success

10 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Fetch Robotics gets $3 million

10 February 2015, by Frank Tobe

V-One conductive ink printer aims to short-circuit electronic prototyping | Gizmag

10 February 2015, by John Payne

Flyability wins $1M Drones for Good competition

10 February 2015, by NCCR Robotics

Linaro launches 96Boards.org for open hardware ARM SBCs | LinuxGizmos

10 February 2015, by John Payne

UAE announces Robotics & AI Award for Good competition

10 February 2015, by John Payne

Introducing Spot, a new smaller 4-legged robot from Boston Dynamics

9 February 2015, by Ioannis K. Erripis

Robots to serve guests in Japanese hotel | The Telegraph

9 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Dean Kamen, Raffaello D’Andrea RIA to receive 2015 Engelberger Robotics Awards | RIA

9 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

2015 sees mobile manipulators coming to market

9 February 2015, by Andra Keay

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/9/15

9 February 2015, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

Qualcomm acquires KMel Robotics

9 February 2015, by Ben Fisher

Video: A day in the life of BeatBots’ Marek Michalowski

9 February 2015, by ConnectEd Studios

Recent robotics transactions

9 February 2015, by Frank Tobe

Robotics Perception Group celebrates 3 year anniversary

9 February 2015, by NCCR Robotics

Robotics research reports project upward growth

9 February 2015, by Frank Tobe

Fetch Robotics: Unbounded core team developing new robots for logistics | IEEE Spectrum

9 February 2015, by Andra Keay

PAL Robotics introduces Tiago mobile manipulator | IEEE Spectrum

9 February 2015, by Andra Keay

Flyability wins UAE Drones For Good Award

9 February 2015, by John Payne

The Year of CoCoRo Video #06/52: Jeff swarm size measurement

8 February 2015, by Thomas Schmickl

The Year of CoCoRo Video #05/52: Lily swarm size awareness

8 February 2015, by Thomas Schmickl

AI-driven laboratory robot to speed drug discovery | University of Cambridge

8 February 2015, by John Payne

Jan Peters : Motor skill learning, from simple skills to table tennis and manipulation | CMU RI Seminar

7 February 2015, by John Payne

Automated Driving Fail

6 February 2015, by Jim Haas

Programming safety into self-driving cars

6 February 2015, by the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Virginia Tech students demo firefighting humanoid robot on US Navy ship

6 February 2015, by The College of Engineering at Virginia Tech

Mobile Robots and Virtual Worlds

6 February 2015, by Audrow Nash

Will nanotechnology soon allow you to ‘swallow the doctor’? | CNN

5 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Human insights inspire solutions for household robots

5 February 2015, by the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Is Apple building a robocar? Maybe. Or maybe not.

5 February 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Robotics-law expert Ryan Calo weighs in on drone regulations — and ‘drunk droning’ | LA Times

5 February 2015, by CIS Blog

A responsible approach to artificial intelligence | Marketplace Tech

5 February 2015, by CIS Blog

Should we fear artificial intelligence? | BBC

5 February 2015, by CIS Blog

Things to think about when transporting your robot

5 February 2015, by Robots for Roboticists

KMel Robotics acquired by Qualcomm Technologies | Philadelphia Business Journal

4 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Uber and Google are not breaking up quite yet

4 February 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Control strategies for active lower extremity prosthetics and orthotics

4 February 2015, by NCCR Robotics

Developing Jibo: Animating the eye

4 February 2015, by Jibo

Will robocars use V2V at all?

3 February 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Uber Chases Google in self-driving cars with Carnegie Mellon deal | WSJ

3 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

No, Google and Uber aren’t going to war over self-driving cars | The Verge

3 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Google is developing its own Uber competitor | Bloomberg Business

3 February 2015, by Hallie Siegel

ONR tests robot surrogates for training marines | Gizmag

3 February 2015, by John Payne

Uber to collaborate with CMU on robocars

3 February 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Liability concerns for drone co’s imposing technical measures to enforce no fly zones

3 February 2015, by Diana Marina Cooper

Robohub Digest Jan. 2015: AI intrigue, SpaceX crash landing success, spinal cord implant

2 February 2015, by Jana Witt and Hallie Siegel

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 2/2/15

2 February 2015, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

Pick a place and learn about robotics

2 February 2015, by Frank Tobe

Raspberry Pi 2: 900MHz quad-core | The Register

2 February 2015, by John Payne

January fundings are off to a great start!

2 February 2015, by Frank Tobe

2015 January

Autonomous quadcopter has smartphone brain | IEEE Spectrum

31 January 2015, by John Payne

The FAA’s drone ban at the Super Bowl is absurd | Gizmodo

31 January 2015, by Andra Keay

A new regulatory agency for autonomous technology is needed first | Ryan Calo via New York Times

29 January 2015, by CIS Blog

AAAI Video Competition winners

29 January 2015, by Sabine Hauert

Talking Machines: Common sense problems & learning about machine learning with Kevin Murphy

29 January 2015, by Talking Machines

Raffaello D’Andrea on the future of robotics

28 January 2015, by Massimo Russo and The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Robot caregivers: How much interaction with a robot is socially acceptable?

28 January 2015, by Open Roboethics Initiative

HV-100 robots pay for themselves in less than one year | Harvest Automation

28 January 2015, by John Payne

UMich team works on perception and localization using cameras

27 January 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

2 agricultural robotics projects funded under latest Horizon 2020

27 January 2015, by John Payne

Robotics needs to get political

27 January 2015, by Alan Winfield

What’s next for the commercial drone industry?

27 January 2015, by Ben Fisher

NASA developing robotic helicopter scout for Mars rovers | Gizmag

27 January 2015, by John Payne

Clamor for Bay Area and Silicon Valley talent

26 January 2015, by Frank Tobe

Japanese Robots: ActiveRobo SAM wants your seat, not your job

26 January 2015, by Reno Tibke

‘Quadcopter’ crashes onto White House grounds, poses security threat

26 January 2015, by Ben Fisher

Government employee flies small drone over White House Fence | NY Times

26 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/26/15

26 January 2015, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

Drone crash at White House comes as FAA develops rules | USA Today

26 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Drone that crashed at White House was a quadrocopter | TIME

26 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Secret Service: ‘Quadcopter’ drone crashed onto White House grounds | Fox News

26 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

FRE2015 to be held in Slovenia | University of Maribor

26 January 2015, by John Payne

The Year of CoCoRo Video #04/52: Aggregation parcour

25 January 2015, by Thomas Schmickl

iRobot starts VC shop | Tech Crunch

25 January 2015, by Andra Keay

Collaboration, connectivity, convergence: 2015 and beyond | Robotics Online

25 January 2015, by John Payne

The year ahead (and behind) in robotics | Popsci.com

24 January 2015, by John Payne

John Leonard : Mapping, localization, and self-driving vehicles | CMU RI Seminar

24 January 2015, by John Payne

euRathlon Competition: A source of real data for robotics research

23 January 2015, by Marta Palau Franco

Looney the Robot

23 January 2015, by Audrow Nash

ROS, Arduino, and a Husky simulation

23 January 2015, by Clearpath Robotics

LIDAR Lite module | SparkFun

23 January 2015, by John Payne

Might the first, supervised robocars be… well… boring?

23 January 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Training a robot via human feedback | MIT Media Lab

23 January 2015, by John Payne

HoloLens: Microsoft’s Holographic Goggles | WIRED

22 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Obama connects robots to jobs in State of the Union address

22 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

RoboThespian co-hosts new robot documentary from CBC – “Roboticize Me”

22 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Open science: Preaching what I practice

22 January 2015, by Alan Winfield

Robotbase’s superset of TurtleBot, a Kickstarter project | IEEE Spectrum

22 January 2015, by John Payne

It’s About Women Running Startups

21 January 2015, by Andra Keay

Do more with Udev

21 January 2015, by Clearpath Robotics

Natural language: The de-facto interface convention for social robotics

21 January 2015, by Mark Stephen Meadows

DALER: A bio-inspired robot that can both fly and walk

21 January 2015, by NCCR Robotics

Robotics, AI in the spotlight at #WEF15 World Economic Forum

21 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

First in vivo use of micromotors to deliver medicine | ACS Nano

21 January 2015, by John Payne

2014 fundings, IPOs, acquisitions, and failures (Updated)

20 January 2015, by Frank Tobe

$87 million in European robotic projects funded

20 January 2015, by Frank Tobe

Swarmbots: James McLurkin on why, how, and when we will see swarm robotics in practice

20 January 2015, by Daniel Faggella

Why drones are good for business

20 January 2015, by Ben Fisher

Robotics 2015 from Robotics Online

20 January 2015, by Andra Keay

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/19/15

19 January 2015, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

WinSun builds 3D printed villa and apartment building | 3ders.org

19 January 2015, by John Payne

Robocar parking

19 January 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Detroit Auto Show and more robocar news

19 January 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Transport Canada’s position on indoor and tethered drone operations

19 January 2015, by Diana Marina Cooper

A cruel waste of STEM talent

19 January 2015, by Frank Tobe

The Year of CoCoRo Video #03/52: Jeff robots explore

18 January 2015, by Thomas Schmickl

Rapere: An intercept drone to seek and destroy other drones | IEEE Spectrum

17 January 2015, by John Payne

Kanna Rajan : Advancing autonomous operations in the field from outer to inner space | CMU RI Seminar

17 January 2015, by John Payne

Who will buy your bot? End user opportunities

16 January 2015, by Adriana Hamacher

Robot bodies and how to evolve them

16 January 2015, by Alan Winfield

European Commission reveals details of proposed cuts to science | Science

16 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

An open letter to everyone tricked into fearing AI | PopSci

16 January 2015, by John Payne

Talking Machines: Machine learning and magical thinking, with Ilya Sutskever

15 January 2015, by Talking Machines

What do consumers want? Better batteries, not wearables | Fortune

15 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Elon Musk donates $10M to keep AI beneficial | The Future of Life Institute

15 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Vote for your favourite AI video – AAAI Video Competition People’s Choice Award

15 January 2015, by Sabine Hauert

SoftBank/Aldebaran Pepper robots go on sale in February

15 January 2015, by Frank Tobe

Teaching a robot to ‘cook’ by showing it YouTube videos of cooking shows

14 January 2015, by Yezhou Yang, Yi Li, Cornelia Fermüller and Yiannis Aloimonos

Despite hard landing, Falcon 9 recovery attempt bodes well for future of reusable spacecraft

14 January 2015, by Ioannis K. Erripis

FAA issues waivers for real estate and agricultural UAVs

14 January 2015, by Frank Tobe

Voxel8 paves the way for 3D-printed electronics | Gizmag

14 January 2015, by John Payne

Slow down that runaway ethical trolley

13 January 2015, by Bryant Walker Smith

How much interaction with a robot is socially acceptable?

13 January 2015, by Open Roboethics Initiative

JCC503 Robo, a high-efficiency washer in the form of CNC-controlled robotic arm

13 January 2015, by DigInfo TV

Can a robot baby curb loneliness among Japan’s senior citizens? | TechInAsia

13 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Nissan and NASA team up for autonomous drive vehicle development | Gizmag

13 January 2015, by John Payne

A startup perspective on exhibiting at CES

12 January 2015, by Bill Culley, Empire Robotics

CES 2015: The ‘amazing’ autonomous Mercedes

12 January 2015, by Paul Godsmark

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/12/15

12 January 2015, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

NASA drops mini robots into volcano | Gizmag

12 January 2015, by John Payne

Canada’s regulations for foreign commercial UAV operators

12 January 2015, by Diana Marina Cooper

The Year of CoCoRo Video #02/52: Overview of largest swarm

11 January 2015, by Thomas Schmickl

3D printing with integrated circuitry | Make

10 January 2015, by John Payne

Voltera circuit board prototyping printer | Make

10 January 2015, by John Payne

Drones are getting better faster than anyone expected | The Verge

10 January 2015, by John Payne

Drones at CES: Sense and avoid | The Verge

10 January 2015, by John Payne

RoboThespian

10 January 2015, by Ron Vanderkley

Spare Parts: Opens in theatres January 16th

9 January 2015, by John Payne

Disney/ETHZurich robot draws art in the sand | Phys.org

9 January 2015, by John Payne

Robocars at CES: BMW

9 January 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

The story of Atlas, FRC Team #3504 Girls of Steel

9 January 2015, by Molly Urbina

Revolutionary implant enables broken spinal cord to function again

8 January 2015, by NCCR Robotics

Robocars at CES: Supervised traffic jam assist

8 January 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Rethink Robotics gets $26.6 million Christmas gift

8 January 2015, by Frank Tobe

iCub philosophy, history and recent results: Lecture by Giorgio Metta

8 January 2015, by International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS)

40% annual growth forecast for Chinese robotics

7 January 2015, by Frank Tobe

How robotics is changing the face of Business Process Outsourcing

7 January 2015, by Andrew Burgess

The best projects at the IIT Bombay Tech Fest 2015 | DNA India

7 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

DJI Drone Rodeo at CES | The Verge

7 January 2015, by John Payne

Mobile Robotics (ROBO) a new MOOC starting this week

7 January 2015, by Andra Keay

The Year in Robots – NYTimes.com

7 January 2015, by Andra Keay

Robocars at CES: Mercedes concept

7 January 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Walking assistive devices for the elderly

7 January 2015, by Jeremy Olivier and NCCR Robotics

Island Forum 2014: Advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence

6 January 2015, by LEE Chor Pharn and Aaron MANIAM

Robot looks like a fish to ride with marine life | Phys.org

6 January 2015, by Hallie Siegel

Know Before You Fly: FAA campaign to bring new UAV owners up to speed on rules | Gizmag

6 January 2015, by John Payne

Controlling a brushless DC motor with no encoders

5 January 2015, by Robots for Roboticists

Pics everywhere: Top 2014 robot pictures

5 January 2015, by Frank Tobe

Robohub Digest Dec. 2014: Hawking AI warning, fish-tracking success, two new robotics MOOCs

5 January 2015, by Jana Witt and Hallie Siegel

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 1/5/15

5 January 2015, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

The Year of CoCoRo Video #01/52: Overview of the Jeff robot

4 January 2015, by Thomas Schmickl

Lettuce on Mars: Growing greens on the Red Planet | Gizmag

3 January 2015, by John Payne

Robocars driving when the map is wrong

2 January 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Artistic touch humanises Australia’s androids

2 January 2015, by Andra Keay

Cars in the UK, China, LA, CES and here : Robocar news update

1 January 2015, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Introducing Talking Machines: Your window into the world of machine learning

1 January 2015, by Talking Machines

SBC Bonanza: 40 products compared | LinuxGizmos

1 January 2015, by John Payne

2014 December

JPL enters RoboSimian in the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals | Gizmag

31 December 2014, by John Payne

Robohub’s 10 most viewed articles from 2014

31 December 2014, by Robohub Editors

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/29

30 December 2014, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

Food delivery drones planned for restaurant chain & airport lounge

29 December 2014, by Frank Tobe

3D SLAM

27 December 2014, by Audrow Nash

Two MOOCs for robotics enrolling now

27 December 2014, by Andra Keay

Offsetting lethal autonomy with empathy | CityAM

27 December 2014, by John Payne

Uber’s legal battles and robocars

26 December 2014, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Enter the abyss with OpenROV, the $899 open source kit

26 December 2014, by Ben Fisher

12 favorite robot movies – new and old

25 December 2014, by Robohub Editors

Drones deliver a raft of surprises in 2014 | Gizmag

24 December 2014, by John Payne

Amphibious HexH2o drone shoots both aerial and underwater video

24 December 2014, by John Payne

Fast Lightweight Autonomy (FLA) program to improve agility of UAVs | DARPA

23 December 2014, by John Payne

Google presents their actual autonomous car test prototype

22 December 2014, by Ioannis K. Erripis

Holiday robot video 2014: Robot Drive-In Movies

22 December 2014, by Robohub Editors

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: 12/22

22 December 2014, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

Incremental encoder selection

22 December 2014, by Robots for Roboticists

Fish ‘drives’ aquarium on wheels | Inhabitat

20 December 2014, by John Payne

What happens to society when robots replace workers? | Harvard Business Review

20 December 2014, by John Payne

The important role of robotic gaming in STEM’s evolving landscape

19 December 2014, by Silas Adekunle

AI may be dominant ‘life’ in cosmos | Motherboard

19 December 2014, by John Payne

Holiday robot video 2014: UTARI

19 December 2014, by Robohub Editors

Curiosity finds active organic chemistry on Mars | Gizmag

18 December 2014, by John Payne

Robotics 2014 in a word: MORE

18 December 2014, by Frank Tobe

Reaction to the Sony hack incommensurate with real damage/threat | Motherboard

18 December 2014, by John Payne

From literature to living rooms: Perceptions of robots in society

18 December 2014, by Diana Marina Cooper

Robot simulators and why I will probably reject your paper

18 December 2014, by Alan Winfield

Ugly robot christmas sweaters and other bling for your robot wardrobe

18 December 2014, by Hallie Siegel

20 great books to hook kids and teens on robotics

18 December 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Robot Startup Series #7: Interview with Soft Robotics’ Carl Vause

18 December 2014, by Andra Keay

Reading for robot fans: 24 books to inspire, educate and provoke

18 December 2014, by Robohub Editors

Holiday robot video 2014: GraspLab @ CITEC Bielefeld

17 December 2014, by Robohub Editors

Holiday robot video 2014: ArtiMinds Robotics

17 December 2014, by Robohub Editors

South Korean gov’t robotics budget grows 8.3%, to almost $146 million (US) in 2015

17 December 2014, by Jong-Oh Park

Humanoid robot with open electronics

17 December 2014, by Open Source Robotics Foundation

Holiday robot video 2014: Autonomous Christmas Lab

16 December 2014, by Robohub Editors

CompuGirls: Young women have role to play in technology field

16 December 2014, by the National Science Foundation (NSF)

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: Weekly Roundup 12/15

15 December 2014, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

10.1% CAGR projected for material handling robots through 2020

15 December 2014, by Frank Tobe

Berlin hardware startup Skysense launches drone range

15 December 2014, by Ben Fisher

Four-legged robot claimed to be world’s nimblest | Wired UK

15 December 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Electronic skin can sense the direction in which it’s being touched | Gizmag

13 December 2014, by John Payne

The 2015 3D Printer Guide | 3D Hubs

13 December 2014, by John Payne

Robotics in Theatre, Film, and Television

13 December 2014, by Ron Vanderkley

ETH and University of Zurich launch Wyss Translational Center Zurich

12 December 2014, by ETH Zurich

ROS101: Creating a subscriber using GitHub

12 December 2014, by Clearpath Robotics

Donate to Robohub for a chance to win a Parrot minidrone

12 December 2014, by Robohub Editors

iRobot Create 2 arrives | IEEE Spectrum

12 December 2014, by John Payne

Retail robots: The droid at till no 7 | BBC

11 December 2014, by Andra Keay

Future driving: Business models for robocars

11 December 2014, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

5 tips on how NOT to run your crowd-funding campaign

11 December 2014, by Open Bionics

4 cores at 1.5 GHz, SBC for $35 | LinuxGizmos

11 December 2014, by John Payne

Evolving swimming robots to study origins of extinct vertebrates

9 December 2014, by Sonia Roberts, Jonathan Hirokawa, Marianne Porter, Andres Gutierrez and John Long

New CAA rules govern use of drones in built up areas

9 December 2014, by Ben Fisher

The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: Weekly Roundup 12/8

9 December 2014, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

25% of KUKA shares trade hands

8 December 2014, by Frank Tobe

New Horizons spacecraft awakens for close approach to Pluto | NASA

7 December 2014, by John Payne

Foxconn robots unsuitable for iPhone assembly, new design coming | MacRumors

6 December 2014, by John Payne

Your food will be grown by robots | Fast Company

6 December 2014, by John Payne

Kidbotics review: Thymio II

5 December 2014, by Kidbotics

Robo-Wars: The regulation of robotic weapons

5 December 2014, by Alexander Leveringhaus and Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

Humorous MOSS video | Modular Robotics

5 December 2014, by John Payne

FOCUS 30 Robotic Total Stations: Saskatchewan bridges in better shape | GeoConnexion

5 December 2014, by Hallie Siegel

GoPro to start making drones

4 December 2014, by Ben Fisher

Ocean-going robot fleet successfully completes fish-tracking mission

4 December 2014, by National Oceanography Centre (NOC)

Hunting as a pack | The Economist

4 December 2014, by Andra Keay

Capturing the UK robotics opportunity

3 December 2014, by Andra Keay

GraspIO – An easy way to build electronics using iPhone, iPad & Android

3 December 2014, by Grasp IO, Inc.

Japanese Asteroid Probe Set to Launch Tonight | Slate

2 December 2014, by Ioannis K. Erripis

Christmas is orange at Amazon

2 December 2014, by Frank Tobe

Agricultural technology making news

2 December 2014, by Frank Tobe

Ozobot, Knightscope, HiBot and Airware all get funding

2 December 2014, by Frank Tobe

Fraunhofer developing flying inventory robots | Gizmag

2 December 2014, by John Payne

Hawking: AI could end human race | BBC News

2 December 2014, by John Payne

Iowa professor developing robotic weeder | Iowa State Engineering

2 December 2014, by John Payne

Technology pushes productivity, but at a steep price | NYTimes

2 December 2014, by John Payne

Drones, planes, too close for comfort in Canadian skies | CBC Radio

2 December 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Robohub Digest Nov. 2014: Philae touchdown, Pirker overturned, 70K robovacuums sold

1 December 2014, by Jana Witt and Hallie Siegel

Deep Space Industries and Solid Prototype announce strategic partnership | DSI

1 December 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Philae: A proof of concept for cometary landing

1 December 2014, by Alan Winfield

CMU unveils lunar rover: “Andy” | Carnegie Mellon News

1 December 2014, by John Payne

2014 November

Mobility Transformation Facility

28 November 2014, by Audrow Nash

Transport Canada releases new framework for governing UAV operations

28 November 2014, by Diana Marina Cooper

RoCKIn2014, live stream and live scores

28 November 2014, by Robohub Editors

NSF’s 40-year history supporting US robotics research

27 November 2014, by the National Science Foundation (NSF)

New device could make large biological circuits practical | MIT News

27 November 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Evaluating the effectiveness of robot behaviors in human-robot interactions

26 November 2014, by Autonomous Robots Blog

Aeon Scientific wins 2014 Swiss Technology Award

26 November 2014, by Michael Keller and ETH Zurich

Firmer footing for robots with smart walking sticks

26 November 2014, by the National Science Foundation (NSF)

The CORAL group: Interview with Joydeep Biswas and Brian Coltin

26 November 2014, by International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS)

Antarctic sea ice mapping by underwater robot put to test | Gizmag

25 November 2014, by John Payne

Japan’s new robotics push: Funding and deregulation

25 November 2014, by Frank Tobe

Readers optimistic about role of robots as care assistants for seniors

25 November 2014, by Open Roboethics Initiative

EU Robotics Week is on!

25 November 2014, by Robohub Editors

One giant leap: Rosetta and the space mining frontier

24 November 2014, by Kris Zacny

MecklerMedia launches RoboUniverse

24 November 2014, by Frank Tobe

First person flier: Parrot’s Bebop + VR | The Verge

24 November 2014, by John Payne

A fast-paced survey of 3D printing | DNews

22 November 2014, by John Payne

Intelligent force sensor demo | Adept

22 November 2014, by John Payne

Making geese poop elsewhere | Motherboard

22 November 2014, by John Payne

25 holiday gift ideas for RoboGeeks (2014)

21 November 2014, by Robohub Editors

Microsoft testing Knightscope security robots | ExtremeTech

21 November 2014, by John Payne

Minesweepers 2014: Outdoor robotic competition on humanitarian demining

21 November 2014, by Alaa Khamis

Small UAV Coalition urges FAA to focus on regulations that enable domestic UAV innovation

20 November 2014, by Michael Drobac and the Small UAV Coaltion

National Science Foundation and federal partners award $31.5M to advance co-robots in US

20 November 2014, by the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Over 70,000 robotic vacuum cleaners sold on a single day

20 November 2014, by Frank Tobe

NTSB overturns Pirker case: Drones are aircraft

19 November 2014, by Dronologista

Deregulation at heart of Japan’s new robotics revolution

19 November 2014, by Andra Keay

NERVE Center: The robot playground

19 November 2014, by Clearpath Robotics

Better micro-actuators to transport materials in liquids

18 November 2014, by Fabio Bergamin and ETH Zurich

NTSB Overturns Pirker Case: Finds For FAA That Drones Are Aircraft Subject To Its Rules

18 November 2014, by Andra Keay

Skynet (no, not that one): Dropboxes for delivery drones | Gizmag

18 November 2014, by John Payne

Researchers turn to cats to help soften robot landings | Gizmag

18 November 2014, by John Payne

Robots put to work on e-waste | UNSW Newsroom

18 November 2014, by John Payne

Drone designers/builders compete in finals of ASME Student Design Competition

17 November 2014, by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Safety fears over ‘barking mad’ Amazon plan to test parcel-delivering drones in Cambridge | Cambridge News

17 November 2014, by Ioannis K. Erripis

UN discusses humanitarian uses of drones

17 November 2014, by Frank Tobe

Call for holiday robot videos

17 November 2014, by Robohub Editors

CMU project to build real Baymax

16 November 2014, by John Payne

My mechanical friend | Australian Magazine

16 November 2014, by Andra Keay

Wojciech Matusik: Multi-material 3D printing | CMU RI Seminar

16 November 2014, by John Payne

Finding Objects Using RFID

15 November 2014, by Sabine Hauert

Computer Vision Expert Martial Hebert Named Director of Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute | CMU

15 November 2014, by Andra Keay

Mini-robot to enhance pipeline Inspections | PG&E Currents

15 November 2014, by John Payne

Amazon’s Echo: A point-of-sale even the kids can relate to

14 November 2014, by Mark Stephen Meadows

Nate the Robot takes on eldercare!

14 November 2014, by Jim Haas

DJI 4K-shooting Inspire 1 drone with articulated landing gear | Gizmag

14 November 2014, by John Payne

Robotic gardeners & the future of food in deep space | Motherboard

14 November 2014, by John Payne

Ground Drone Project: Urban mobile robot chassis

13 November 2014, by Phillip Walker

Video: Autonomous robot surgery on deformable tissue phantoms

13 November 2014, by Sachin Patil, Pieter Abbeel and Ken Goldberg

Google commits $1.36 billion for NASA facility, to house their robotics, space and flight technologies

12 November 2014, by Frank Tobe

Are agricultural robots ready? 27 companies profiled

12 November 2014, by Frank Tobe

Rosetta spacecraft picks up target comet’s mysterious “song” | Gizmag

12 November 2014, by John Payne

Will Rockwell Automation Inc. (ROK) miss earnings in Q4? – NASDAQ Analyst Blog

12 November 2014, by Hallie Siegel

One-third of jobs in the UK at risk from automation – News Release | Deloitte UK

12 November 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Google Leases NASA Airfield to Research Robotics and Space Exploration | AdAge

12 November 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Touchdown! Rosetta’s Philae makes first ever landing on a comet

12 November 2014, by Ioannis K. Erripis

Big Hero 6 and the Current State of the Art in Soft Inflatable Robots | Hizook

11 November 2014, by Andra Keay

Five examples of insect-inspired robotics | Digitized

11 November 2014, by John Payne

Artificial intelligence is a tool, not a threat

11 November 2014, by Rodney Brooks

Google leases NASA’s Silicon Valley airfield

11 November 2014, by Andra Keay

Would you trust a robot to take care of your grandpa?

11 November 2014, by Open Roboethics Initiative

ABB invests in AI startup Vicarious

11 November 2014, by Frank Tobe

Your car may be programmed to kill you — and 9 more fun facts about self-driving vehicles | Yahoo Tech

10 November 2014, by CIS Blog

The Future Starts Here: Robots, Botox, and Google Glass

10 November 2014, by Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg

Transport Canada relaxes commercial drone regulations, increases focus on academic use

10 November 2014, by Diana Marina Cooper

Sharp – Younger sister-like home cleaning robot

10 November 2014, by Reno Tibke

Raspberry Pi A+ smaller, less expensive, has HAT connector | Gizmag

10 November 2014, by John Payne

Maker Club: Learn to code, design and build 3D printed robots!

10 November 2014, by Maker Club

Latest research report shows 10.4% CAGR for robotics to 2025

10 November 2014, by Frank Tobe

Interstellar’s robots inspired by 20th-century architect | Mercury News

9 November 2014, by John Payne

Robotic feedback used to recreate ‘phantom presence’ perception at EPFL | Gizmag

9 November 2014, by John Payne

Joelle Pineau: Socially adaptive navigation | CMU RI Seminar

8 November 2014, by John Payne

Novel robots for gait and arm rehabilitation: Interview with Robert Riener

7 November 2014, by International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS)

ROBO-STOX® introduces European Robotics and Automation Index

6 November 2014, by Frank Tobe

£1.25M advanced drone lab gets the go ahead

6 November 2014, by Ben Fisher

Rethink includes Robot Positioning System in Intera 3.1 upgrade for Baxter | Gizmag

6 November 2014, by John Payne

A computer vision system for mining artistic influence

6 November 2014, by Ahmed Elgammal, Kana Abe and Babak Saleh

Amazon Picking Challenge

5 November 2014, by Joe Romano

It’s all about fun: Robot startups at Pioneers Festival 2014

5 November 2014, by Torsten Andre

New educational robot helps kids learn coding through music

4 November 2014, by Vivek Mano

“Chappie” movie to explore human reaction to AI, machine learning

4 November 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Maker Club is hoping to start a 3D-printed home robot revolution | Gizmag

4 November 2014, by John Payne

Shawn Hymel explains electromagnetism and magnets | SparkFun

4 November 2014, by John Payne

Robohub Digest October 2014: Google news, space shakeups, 3D printing and Japan’s robot revolution

3 November 2014, by Jana Witt and Hallie Siegel

New soft ‘antagonistic’ actuator enables robots to fold

3 November 2014, by NCCR Robotics

Nestlé 1st big buyer of Softbank’s Pepper robot

3 November 2014, by Frank Tobe

FPS control method tested with emergency response robots

1 November 2014, by John Payne

Gerhard Sagerer: Social Robotics | CMU RI Seminar

1 November 2014, by John Payne

2014 October

Google news: Rubin leaves; Pichai promoted to #2; and Google invests in Magic Leap

31 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

Robotics then and now: Interview with Peter Corke

31 October 2014, by International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems (IJARS)

Video: Robotics at Skolkovo

31 October 2014, by Robohub Editors

Nylon Fishing Line Actuator

31 October 2014, by Ron Vanderkley

Robot car toy maker Anki hires Skylanders and EA veterans as key executives

30 October 2014, by Andra Keay

Android creator Andy Rubin is leaving Google

30 October 2014, by Andra Keay

Former Android Boss Andy Rubin is Leaving Google | the Next Web

30 October 2014, by Ioannis K. Erripis

First TRADR EU FP7 Joint Exercise (TJEx)

30 October 2014, by Zoe Fragoulopoulou

RoboLaw: Why and how to regulate robotics

29 October 2014, by Andrea Bertolini

Antares orb-3 accident

29 October 2014, by Ioannis K. Erripis

Rethinking iRobot, Samsung and Dyson robotic vacuum cleaners

29 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

GridBot robot takes just 5 hrs to remove wood log stuck in high-pressure powerplant pipe

29 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

How a bunch of startups are trying to make a business case for robotics in India | TechCircle

29 October 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Just launched: Fellow Robots’s OSHbot

28 October 2014, by Andra Keay

When it comes to regulating robotics, multiple questions are at issue

28 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

Skyward announces first commercial drone network demonstration | SUAS News

28 October 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Opensource 3D printed “Poppy” humanoid enables experimentation in robot design

28 October 2014, by Hallie Siegel

2013 IFR stats; RIA Q3 results for US set new records

27 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

Luxembourg & China launch private mission to the Moon | The Daily Beast

27 October 2014, by John Payne

Elon Musk interviewed at MIT AeroAstro Centennial event | Mashable

27 October 2014, by John Payne

IBM reinvents itself by establishing a frontier homestead for cognitive computing | Forbes

27 October 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Google adds to DeepMind, acquiring 2 UK startups and partnering with Oxford U

27 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

A horse of a different color: Ryan Calo on What robotics can learn from cyberlaw | Slate

27 October 2014, by CIS Blog

Monkeybar project using aerial drones to get on top of malaria | Gizmag

26 October 2014, by John Payne

RobotX competition | AUVSI Foundation

26 October 2014, by John Payne

Drones: How UAV’s have taken over our airspace | Journeyman Pictures

25 October 2014, by John Payne

CyPhy Works’ new tethered mini-drone flies for 2 hours | IEEE Spectrum

25 October 2014, by John Payne

Seegrid files for Chapter 11 protection

24 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

Designing Jibo: Subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful

24 October 2014, by Bill Webb and Jibo

Xenex updates protocols for germ-zapping robots in response to Ebola threat | Gizmag

24 October 2014, by John Payne

NRL takes delivery of SA-400 Jackal | Scion UAS

24 October 2014, by John Payne

SMART begins live public robocar tests in Singapore today

23 October 2014, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Scientists consider repurposing robots for Ebola | NYT

23 October 2014, by Sabine Hauert

This military robotics company vows to never make a killer robot | Fast Company

23 October 2014, by CIS Blog

Medrobotics, Monsieur and Arago get funding

22 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

Tesla’s auto lane-changing, Audi’s self-driving race car and other recent announcements

22 October 2014, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Michigan latest state to ban direct Tesla sales | The Verge

22 October 2014, by Hallie Siegel

OpenStreetMap support in Gazebo

22 October 2014, by Open Source Robotics Foundation

Wasp’s 3D printers produce low-cost houses made from mud | Gizmag

22 October 2014, by John Payne

Algorithm enables robots to discern between humans and rubble | Gizmag

22 October 2014, by John Payne

Bionic Bird: A smartphone-controlled flapping-wing device | Indiegogo

22 October 2014, by John Payne

Robots That Are Ready to Work, in Pictures | Xconomy

22 October 2014, by Andra Keay

RoboBusiness: Workhorse Robots, Starter Kits, and Internet of Bots | Xconomy

22 October 2014, by Andra Keay

When women stopped coding | NPR

22 October 2014, by John Payne

Drones For Good Award announces semi-finalists

21 October 2014, by Dronologista

UAE starts process of building Arab region’s first Mars probe | Gulf Business

21 October 2014, by Hallie Siegel

ROSCon 2014 videos and slides available

20 October 2014, by Open Source Robotics Foundation

KUKA acquires Swisslog for $357 million

20 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

Disaster relief this year’s theme at University of Maryland | The Diamondback

20 October 2014, by Robohub Editors

Gladiator robots coming soon? | Business Insider

19 October 2014, by John Payne

Driven by care needs, will it be the booming senior population that spurs wider acceptance of robots?

19 October 2014, by Abate De Mey

How one boy with autism became B.F.F.’s with Apple’s Siri | NYT

19 October 2014, by Sabine Hauert

Robocars: A natural fit for retirement communities

18 October 2014, by Brad Templeton, Robocars.com

Tim Barfoot: Long-term visual route following | CMU RI Seminar

18 October 2014, by John Payne

Air traffic control system for drones | MIT Technology Review

18 October 2014, by John Payne

The feeling of what it is like to be a robot

17 October 2014, by Alan Winfield

Engaging Girls in Robotics

17 October 2014, by AJung Moon

Fotokite: A quad on a tether | In The Making

17 October 2014, by John Payne

Friday Q&A: Law Professor Ryan Calo | Roll Call

17 October 2014, by CIS Blog

RE.WORK: Meeting the challenges of commercialising robotics

16 October 2014, by Adriana Hamacher

Robots use UV to help prevent spread of infections in hospitals, may help contain ebola | DNews

16 October 2014, by John Payne

RoboBusiness startup Pitchfire winners

16 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

Bipedal robot uses high-speed vision to run

15 October 2014, by Masatoshi Ishikawa

25 women in robotics you need to know about (2014)

15 October 2014, by Women In Robotics, Andra Keay and Hallie Siegel

Balance of privacy and control key to acceptance of robot bath assistants

15 October 2014, by Open Roboethics Initiative

4 reports predict steady growth for robotics

15 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

NEXTAGE robot makes coffee! | Kawada Robotics Blog

15 October 2014, by Andra Keay

Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator

15 October 2014, by Andra Keay

Qualcomm launches robotics accelerator | ZDNet

15 October 2014, by Andra Keay

iRobot unveils tablet-based universal control system | Gizmag

15 October 2014, by John Payne

Robots are not here to take your jobs | USA Today

15 October 2014, by Hallie Siegel

ESA confirms primary landing site for Rosetta | ESA News

15 October 2014, by Robohub Editors

Dronecode: Open, community-maintained firmware for UAVs | Boing Boing

15 October 2014, by John Payne

3D-printed UAV now sports ducted fan motors | Gizmag

15 October 2014, by John Payne

Next Big Trend: Robots That Follow You Around | WIRED

14 October 2014, by Andra Keay

Move over, humans, the robocars are coming | Washington Post

14 October 2014, by CIS Blog

What would you want your robot home to do for you?

14 October 2014, by Open Roboethics Initiative

Wearable technology that feels like skin | Wall Street Journal

14 October 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Open Bionics founder Joel Gibbard wins Young Design Engineer of the Year Award

14 October 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Autonomous naval drones in testing | TestTube

14 October 2014, by John Payne

RobotShop continues acquisition spree

14 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

UCSD investing in robotics

14 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

Livestream: Cato Institute on “Policy implications of self-driving cars”

14 October 2014, by Robohub Editors

Raspberry Pi: Nearly 4 million sold | TechCrunch

13 October 2014, by John Payne

Nursing Grandma with a robot

13 October 2014, by Mark Stephen Meadows

EVENT REMINDER: Japan Robot Week 2014

12 October 2014, by Reno Tibke

Michael Kaess : Real-time mapping for autonomous robots | CMU RI Seminar

11 October 2014, by John Payne

James Gosling : Self-sustaining ocean-going robots | CMU RI Seminar

11 October 2014, by John Payne

Breakout Labs looking for robots that can change the world

9 October 2014, by Andra Keay

Drone startups: Anura pocket drone

9 October 2014, by Dronologista

Registration now open for Cybathlon 2016

9 October 2014, by NCCR Robotics

Takara Tomy – Entertainment Robot – Robi jr – for 15000 yen

9 October 2014, by Reno Tibke

Video: The making of an Ant Intelligent Robot (AIR)

8 October 2014, by Dan Novischi

Self-driving car test sites

8 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

CoCoRo CeBIT

8 October 2014, by Thomas Schmickl

Video: Rise of the nanorobot, with Brad Nelson

7 October 2014, by ETH Zurich

Town for driverless cars being built in Michigan | MIT Technology Review

7 October 2014, by John Payne

Winners of euRathlon 2014 sea competition recap: Day 3, 4 and 5

7 October 2014, by Marta Palau Franco

Robohub Digest September 2014: Robo-vacuums, regulation, IROS and more

6 October 2014, by Jana Witt and Hallie Siegel

Tiny 3D Printed Robots Make Teleoperation Cheap and Simple – IEEE Spectrum

6 October 2014, by Andra Keay

Simple 3D Printed Grip Makes Household Robots a Little More Realistic – IEEE Spectrum

6 October 2014, by Andra Keay

British National Oceanographic Centre launches major unmanned exploration mission

6 October 2014, by Dronologista

Quest for Computer Vision

3 October 2014, by Audrow Nash

Real-time appearance-based mapping in action at the Microsoft Kinect Challenge, IROS 2014

3 October 2014, by Mathieu Labbé

Arduino enters open source 3D printing | Gizmag

3 October 2014, by John Payne

Safety concerns for collaborative robots

3 October 2014, by Frank Tobe

3D printed robotic prosthetic hand makes Intel finals

2 October 2014, by Joel Gibbard

ScratchDuino DIY magnetic robotics kit on Kickstarter

2 October 2014, by Andrey Smirnov

Stepping motor with battery-free absolute sensor enables accurate positioning

2 October 2014, by DigInfo TV

euRathlon 2014 Sea competition recap: Day 1 and 2

2 October 2014, by Marta Palau Franco

How is Robohub doing? Take our 2nd annual reader survey

1 October 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Robohub turns two!

1 October 2014, by Robohub Editors

Reader poll: How much control should a bathing robot have?

1 October 2014, by Open Roboethics Initiative

2014 September

IFR Statistics – World Robotics 2014

30 September 2014, by Andra Keay

Experiments designing an ethical robot

30 September 2014, by Alan Winfield

Building a robotics company

30 September 2014, by Clearpath Robotics

SV-ROS, Pi Robot win 1st place in IROS 2014 Microsoft Kinect Challenge

29 September 2014, by Patrick Goebel

Poll shows bots seen more as appliance than companion, but still good for whole family

29 September 2014, by Open Roboethics Initiative

Robot jurisprudence: How to judge a ’botm | The Economist

29 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Robotic Toy Carmaker Anki Raises $55 Million

29 September 2014, by Andra Keay

Commercial drone regulations: Canada vs. US

29 September 2014, by Diana Marina Cooper

Vision-enabled package handling

29 September 2014, by Frank Tobe

Robots dance in synchronization while balancing on balls

29 September 2014, by DigInfo TV

A lyrical introduction to Hod Lipson’s dream of self-aware robots | Salon

28 September 2014, by John Payne

Kevin Dowling : Learning through startups | CMU RI Seminar

27 September 2014, by John Payne

IROS Webcam: Research pitches from the interactive sessions (Part 3)

26 September 2014, by Robohub Editors

#ShowUsYourAI – AAAI Video Competition – Deadline Oct 15

26 September 2014, by Sabine Hauert

Drone Exemptions for Hollywood Pave the Way for Widespread Use | NYT

26 September 2014, by Sabine Hauert

Robots Dance in Synchronization While Balancing on Balls

25 September 2014, by Reno Tibke

Snapshot of US UAV situation

25 September 2014, by Andra Keay

Artificial General Intelligence that plays Atari video games: How did DeepMind do it?

25 September 2014, by Kristjan Korjus, Ilya Kuzovkin, Ardi Tampuu and Taivo Pungas

GelSight sensor measures deformation of flexible manipulator surface | MIT News

25 September 2014, by John Payne

Facebook Lays Out Its Roadmap for Creating Internet-Connected Drones | WIRED

24 September 2014, by Andra Keay

Quadrotors vs CGI: A Q&A with the makers of Sparked

24 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

DHL UAS parcel delivery gets first test

24 September 2014, by Frank Tobe

A call for debate on robot policy

24 September 2014, by Andra Keay

Six teams to participate in euRathlon 2014 sea competition next week

24 September 2014, by Marta Palau Franco

‘Person of Interest’ Season 4 will tackle big questions about AI | Mashable

24 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Drone delivery: DHL ‘parcelcopter’ flies to German isle | Reuters

24 September 2014, by Ioannis K. Erripis

Delivery by drone: DHL testing service with 12-kilometre flight to German island | CTV News

24 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Live webstream: Risks and opportunities for the auto re/insurance industry

24 September 2014, by Robohub Editors

Liquid Robotics continues its growth by partnering with Boeing

24 September 2014, by Frank Tobe

Death, drones and driverless cars: how Google wants to control our lives

23 September 2014, by Andra Keay

Hot topic: Regulating robotics

23 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

We need to pass legislation on artificial intelligence early and often | Slate

23 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Problems with precautionary principle-minded tech regulation & a Federal Robotics Commission

23 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

RoboLaw: EU roadmap for developing guidelines on regulating robotics

23 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

ROS 101: Creating a publisher node

23 September 2014, by Clearpath Robotics

Attaining “embodiment” in brain-machine interface technologies: gTec’s Christoph Guger

23 September 2014, by Daniel Faggella

This Robot Tastes Better Than A Wine Critic | TechCrunch

23 September 2014, by Andra Keay

A radical but possible plan to connect African nations with cargo drones | WIRED

22 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Microsoft layoffs claims Robotics Research team over the weekend | Neowin

22 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Jibo campaign ends, takes in almost $2.3M

22 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

HelloSpoon: A fun, affordable mealtime assistant for people with upper limb disabilities

22 September 2014, by Luis Garcia

Colias: tiny, low-cost, autonomous swarming robots | Gizmag

22 September 2014, by John Payne

New RFID technology helps robots find household objects | Georgia Tech

22 September 2014, by Sabine Hauert

Tiny humanoid robot learning to fly real airplanes | IEEE Spectrum

22 September 2014, by Andra Keay

Watch this crazy drone with arms fly and turn a wheel in mid-air | TIME

22 September 2014, by Andra Keay

New quadrocopter video points to a future for flying machines in entertainment

22 September 2014, by Markus Waibel

AirDog

21 September 2014, by Audrow Nash

IROS 2014 Webcam: Research pitches from the interactive sessions (Part 2)

20 September 2014, by Robohub Editors

John Kaag: The moral hazard of drones | Berkman Center

20 September 2014, by John Payne

Automata: The new “sci-fi” blockbuster set to put robot ethics under a spotlight

19 September 2014, by Adriana Hamacher

PrecisionHawk raises $10M

18 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

10 best quotes from IROS 2014 Industry Forum

18 September 2014, by Shima Rayej

IROS 2014 Webcam: Research pitches from the interactive sessions (Part 1)

17 September 2014, by Robohub Editors

Reader poll: Home robots — appliance or companion?

17 September 2014, by Open Roboethics Initiative

Women in engineering at IROS 2014

16 September 2014, by Andra Keay

The case for a federal robotics commission | Ryan Calo via Brookings Institute

16 September 2014, by Andra Keay

Stanford & UCBerkeley create ant-sized radios powered by ambient radio energy | Stanford

16 September 2014, by John Payne

Who goes where? Simulated robot boats self-organize to defend against attacks

16 September 2014, by Autonomous Robots Blog

MINIX 3.3.0 includes ARM support | Slashdot

16 September 2014, by John Payne

Project Hieroglyph: Science fiction for better futures

16 September 2014, by Joey Eschrich

Robots reborn: Upcycled illuminated robot sculptures by +Brauer

15 September 2014, by Robohub Editors

Drone Social Innovation Award Winners

15 September 2014, by Andra Keay

Impact of robocars perceived as net positive even if jobs are displaced

15 September 2014, by Open Roboethics Initiative

These Korean guys have unleashed a robot cheetah! | Akihabara News

15 September 2014, by Reno Tibke

ReWalk IPO gets $36 million; Corindus private placement gets $26.6

15 September 2014, by Frank Tobe

Unbounded robotics closes down

15 September 2014, by Frank Tobe

Clearpath introduces Jackal, their new unmanned ground vehicle

15 September 2014, by Clearpath Robotics

Google buys ‘smart’ spoon maker Lift Labs | PCworld

15 September 2014, by Ioannis K. Erripis

ROS to support Qualcomm Snapdragon Processors | OSRF

13 September 2014, by John Payne

Machine ethics: Programming ethical behavior | UConn Today

13 September 2014, by John Payne

“Drone Art” – an excerpt from The Drone Primer

12 September 2014, by Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College

ShanghAI Lectures: Inman Harvey “Metaphorical homunculi: we don’t really have little men inside our heads”

11 September 2014, by Nathan Labhart

Augmented reality Hardhat 2.0 for industrial workers | Wallstreet Journal

10 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Closing the high-tech gender gap | Sangeeta N. Bhatia via MIT Technology Review

10 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Why is Japan the first to get Dyson’s new 360 Eye?

10 September 2014, by Reno Tibke

Recent robotic vacuum launches change industry from niche to mainstream

10 September 2014, by Frank Tobe

Boca Bearings 2014 Innovation Competition

9 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

In praise of robot football

9 September 2014, by Alan Winfield

Your robot chauffeur has arrived | RobotsLab Blog

9 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

On internal models, consequence engines and Popperian creatures

8 September 2014, by Alan Winfield

Robotic raptors look and fly like the real thing | Gizmag

8 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Open Brain-Computer Interface: An Interview with Conor Russomanno

8 September 2014, by Corrina Underwood and TechEmergence

CUTE: Headless robot chasing a laser pointer

8 September 2014, by Reno Tibke

Drones set to revolutionise surf lifesaving

8 September 2014, by Andra Keay

The robot revolution has already begun | World Economic Forum Blog

8 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

What does the second machine age mean for our jobs? | Erik Brynjolfsson via World Economic Forum Blog

8 September 2014, by Hallie Siegel

Katsushi Ikeuchi: From shape-from-shading through e-Heritage | CMU RI Seminar

7 September 2014, by John Payne

M-Blocks

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