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2013 September

Ship hull cleaning & inspection – ideal for robots

30 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

Winners of the euRathlon 2013 land robotics competition announced!

30 September 2013, by Marta Palau Franco

Students hope their ship inspection robot will significantly reduce dry-dock time for maritime transport industry, improve safety for inspectors

30 September 2013, by Florian Berlinger, Clemens Clausen and Hallie Siegel

Robots compete in mock disaster-response scenarios at Eurathlon | Gizmag

29 September 2013, by John Payne

euRathlon 2013 land robotics competition – Day Four recap

29 September 2013, by Marta Palau Franco

SEDASYS – a robotic anesthesiologist

28 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

Japan robot can pick strawberry fields forever for farmer | Phys.org

28 September 2013, by John Payne

3D Robotics gets $30 million to mainstream aerial robotics

27 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

Human & robot team up for high-tech harvest | Precision Pays

27 September 2013, by John Payne

Mentors of Steel: The role of mentoring in robotics education

27 September 2013, by Mike Hamer, Theresa Richards and George Kantor

Call for papers: We Robot 2014

27 September 2013, by Robohub Editors

euRathlon 2013 land robotics competition – Day Three recap

27 September 2013, by Marta Palau Franco

Japanese robots: Argo’s ReWalk exoskeleton gets a pile of Yaskawa robot money | Akihabara News

27 September 2013, by Reno Tibke

Ankle assist walking device helps stroke survivors walk more easily

27 September 2013, by DigInfo TV

Robots make friends on simulated Mars mission | IEEE Spectrum

27 September 2013, by Andra Keay

A glimpse at our robotic future: 235 start-ups reviewed

27 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

There are mobile robots and then there’s KUKA’s MOBILE robot

26 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

QF-16 flies with an empty cockpit | Boeing

26 September 2013, by John Payne

OAK, a Kinect-based active support system for the severely disabled

26 September 2013, by DigInfo TV

Getting into the driver’s seat: Girls of Steel tell us how they got hooked on robotics

26 September 2013, by Mike Hamer and Lynn Urbina

euRathlon 2013 land robotics competition – Day Two recap

25 September 2013, by Marta Palau Franco

PacX Challenge winner shows large scale ocean mapping abilities

25 September 2013, by Andra Keay

MHI and CIT Sign Technical Cooperation Agreement on Robots | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

25 September 2013, by Andra Keay

A new worker’s revolution is rising in China and it doesn’t involve humans

25 September 2013, by Andra Keay

Contest winner uses ocean robots for groundbreaking research into ‘dead zones’

25 September 2013, by Andra Keay

MAKO Surgical sells to Stryker for $1.65 billion

25 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

Call for posters/demos: Northeast Robotics Colloquium (NERC)

25 September 2013, by Robohub Editors

My pathway to robotics

25 September 2013, by Jaidyn Edwards

euRathlon 2013 land robotics competition – Day One recap

24 September 2013, by Marta Palau Franco

Drones for Schools

24 September 2013, by Matthew Schroyer

Getting started in robotics, an educational concern

23 September 2013, by Claude Baumann

From the mouths of babes (or in this case, iCubs)

23 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

22 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

US moving full speed ahead on killer robots | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

22 September 2013, by John Payne

Origami Robots

20 September 2013, by Matthew Schroyer

The triangle of life: Evolving robots in real-time and real-space

20 September 2013, by Alan Winfield

Japanese robots: Yaskawa Electric, traditionally industrial, goes consumer assistive | Akihabara News

20 September 2013, by Reno Tibke

It’s time to think about robotic Christmas gifts

19 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

IFR Reports show bright future for robotics industry

18 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

Call for papers: IROS workshop on science communication

18 September 2013, by Sabine Hauert

Falcon UAV provides Colorado flood damage mapping until FEMA freaks out | IEEE Spectrum

18 September 2013, by John Payne

Fire-breathing robot dragon for “Drachenstich”

18 September 2013, by Andra Keay

14 teams qualify for euRathlon land competition

17 September 2013, by Marta Palau Franco

Bionic Man documentary to air in October in US

16 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

Matthew Schroyer on “What is the best way to get a robotics education today?”

16 September 2013, by Matthew Schroyer

Mitsubishi’s dexterous robots for factory automation: Global plastics industry news for India, Asia, Europe & US | Plastics Infomart

16 September 2013, by Reno Tibke

Terry Fong on “What do you look for when hiring a roboticist?”

15 September 2013, by Terry Fong

Mark Tilden on “What is the best way to get a robotics education today?”

15 September 2013, by Mark Tilden

Theresa Richards on “What’s the best way to get a robotics education today?”

15 September 2013, by Theresa Richards

What is the best way to get a robotics education today? What do you look for when hiring?

15 September 2013, by RBI Editors

Jonathan Roberts on “What do you look for when hiring a roboticist?”

15 September 2013, by Jonathan Roberts

Nicola Tomatis on “What do you look for when hiring a roboticist?”

15 September 2013, by Nicola Tomatis

Robohub focus on robotics education

15 September 2013, by Mike Hamer

Shaping the future of MEMS | EE Times

15 September 2013, by John Payne

Mebotics’ Microfactory combines 3D printer and milling machine | Gizmag

14 September 2013, by John Payne

Little-known uses for robots

14 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

Interest in industrial robots seen at Taipei Intl. Industrial Automation Exhibition and Robot Show

13 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

Medical robotic systems market to reach $13.6 billion by 2018

13 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

Nate the Robot RH.13 – Firewalls: Saving Robot Marriages!

13 September 2013, by Jim Haas

Japanese robots: The week in Japanese robot videos (TripleBackFlip Bot, Denso, and Kirobo) | Akihabara News

12 September 2013, by Reno Tibke

Adept Technologies: Ready to be acquired?

11 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

This robotic prosthetic hand can be made for just $1000

11 September 2013, by Joel Gibbard

Geek immersion: Campus Party London packs a ton of tech fun into five days

11 September 2013, by Jana Witt

Photo essay: VEX’s Paul McKnight hosts robotics competition @ Campus Party EU

10 September 2013, by Jana Witt

Hoaloha Robotics developing socially assistive hardware platform | IEEE Spectrum

10 September 2013, by Andra Keay

Progress report on Hoaloha Robotics’ assistive-care robot

9 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

Adept’s restructuring is paying off: earnings better and stock higher

9 September 2013, by Frank Tobe

Researchers use single joystick to control swarm of RC robots

9 September 2013, by Aaron Becker

RoCKIn Robot Challenge looks at task scenarios to help shape future competitions

7 September 2013, by RoCKIn Robotics Challenge

Construction with Amorphous Materials

6 September 2013, by Sabine Hauert

‘Design a Robot’ competitions

6 September 2013, by Andra Keay

1950s robot smashes auction estimate

5 September 2013, by Andra Keay

Artificial muscles developed at NUS

5 September 2013, by John Payne

Crowdsourcing new strategies for cancer treatment: Towards swarming nanobots

4 September 2013, by Sabine Hauert

NASA to host workshop exploring ideas for protecting Earth from asteroids | NASA News Release

4 September 2013, by Robohub Editors

EU Campus Party on now at the O2 Arena in London

4 September 2013, by Jana Witt

Is a career in STEM really for me? | IEEE Spectrum

4 September 2013, by Andra Keay

The STEM crisis is a myth | IEEE Spectrum

4 September 2013, by Andra Keay

Appearance manipulation system changes the look of printed materials and objects

4 September 2013, by DigInfo TV

The Resident: Drone pilots are anti-drone

2 September 2013, by Reno Tibke

2013 August

Get ready for IROS and iREX in Tokyo this November 3-9

31 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

VW launches robot that collaborates with workers

30 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

Zeus multifunction 3d printer plus | AIORobotics

30 August 2013, by Andra Keay

Will robots make us sexist? | Salon

28 August 2013, by Andra Keay

Japanese Robots: Unboxing SCHAFT’s DRC Competition (VIDEO)

28 August 2013, by Reno Tibke

Who gets a ticket when there’s no one behind the wheel? | Marketplace

28 August 2013, by CIS Blog

FounderDating hardware edition

28 August 2013, by Andra Keay

Open source coin sized autopilot for drones | Wired

28 August 2013, by Andra Keay

Nate the Robot RH.12 – Well Played, Internet

27 August 2013, by Jim Haas

What does the UK public think about robots? Sciencewise wants to know

27 August 2013, by Toby Shannon

Uber, Google confirm $258 million mega-investment

26 August 2013, by Andra Keay

RoboSavvy Humanoid Design Challenge – GrabCAD

26 August 2013, by Andra Keay

Penguin C Unmanned Aircraft System video | Unmanned Systems Technology

26 August 2013, by Andra Keay

Memories of Skyrim

26 August 2013, by Alan Winfield

iRobot’s single-pass floor-mopping robots vs O’Cedar’s cheap duster

26 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

Israeli study on robot adoption suggests new-tech solutions

24 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

Interesting conclusions from Israeli study on robot adoption

24 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

25 Russian companies added to The Robot Report’s global map of robot providers

23 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

Russian robotics companies

23 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

Venture Capital in Robotics

23 August 2013, by Per Sjöborg

AUVSI conference brings robots to drone debate epicenter

23 August 2013, by David Pietrocola

Remaining Willow Garage employees move to Suitable Technologies | IEEE Spectrum

22 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

Japanese Robots: iREX 2013 Primer – Japan’s International Robot Exhibition

22 August 2013, by Reno Tibke

The scourge of the RoboTroll is already upon us

22 August 2013, by Alan Winfield

The truth is no stranger than fiction when it comes to robots

21 August 2013, by The Conversation

Open season on drones? Town split over licenses to hunt unmanned aircraft

21 August 2013, by CIS Blog

The right way to regulate drone privacy

19 August 2013, by Robert Morris

Easton LaChappelle at TEDxMileHigh: 3D printed robotic arm with EEG control

19 August 2013, by John Payne

Spiri programmable quadrotor hits Kickstarter | Gizmag

19 August 2013, by John Payne

Structures assembled from small interlocking composite components | MIT News Office

19 August 2013, by John Payne

Funding news

18 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

Trolling Effects | TechDirt

16 August 2013, by John Payne

Do robots need heads?

15 August 2013, by RBI Editors

David Robert on “Do robots need heads?”

15 August 2013, by David Robert

AJung Moon on “Do robots need heads?”

15 August 2013, by AJung Moon

Mark Stephen Meadows on “Do robots need heads?”

15 August 2013, by Mark Stephen Meadows

Travis Deyle on “Do robots need heads?”

15 August 2013, by Travis Deyle

Orbotix introduces Sphero 2.0

15 August 2013, by John Payne

Japanese robots: Cyberdyne’s taking HAL to Europe!

15 August 2013, by Reno Tibke

SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully completes 100m lateral maneuver before returning to launchpad

14 August 2013, by Robohub Editors

A robotics ETF may hit the market in the future | ETF Daily News

14 August 2013, by Andra Keay

ShanghAI Lectures: Weidong Chen “Modeling and control of mobile robotic networks”

14 August 2013, by Nathan Labhart

Six questions states need to ask about self-driving cars | Governing

13 August 2013, by CIS Blog

Robotic plant to grow roots | DNews

12 August 2013, by Andra Keay

SparkFun National Tour

12 August 2013, by John Payne

National Geographic uses AGVs and drones for photo story about lions

12 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

Commercial ag goes unmanned | Mission Critical, AUVSI

12 August 2013, by John Payne

Videos of presentations at Ryerson University symposium on UAVs

11 August 2013, by John Payne

China’s 5-Year Plan targets robotics as a growth industry

11 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

CSAIL demos two robots assembling IKEA furniture

11 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

White House hosts Google+ Hangout; NASDAQ gets new ETF targeting robotics and automation

10 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

Major players in robotics join Whitehouse hangout

9 August 2013, by Sabine Hauert

SparkFun Redbot

9 August 2013, by John Payne

Drone Journalism

9 August 2013, by Sabine Hauert

Dash launching Dragon hardware crowdfunding platform

8 August 2013, by Andra Keay

Calling all do-it-yourselfers: Robohub seeking contributions for focus series on “Getting Started in Robotics”

8 August 2013, by Mike Hamer

Wall-E built to scale & fully roboticized (complete with Disney eyes) | Akihabara News

8 August 2013, by Reno Tibke

Arduino announces its first ready-to-roll robot | Gizmag

7 August 2013, by John Payne

Making a WALL-E robot

7 August 2013, by John Payne

In-corporating body language into NLP (or, More notes on the design of automated body language)

7 August 2013, by Mark Stephen Meadows

When terrible engineers are good

6 August 2013, by Andra Keay

Delivered by drones: Are Tacocopters and Burrito Bombers the next Pony Express? | Slate

6 August 2013, by CIS Blog

Robosub Static Judging

6 August 2013, by John Payne

Suppliers are snapping up smaller robots to boost productivity

5 August 2013, by Andra Keay

Shark scientists pit robot against human | DNews

5 August 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Swimming robot tested for billion-mile trip to Saturn moon | National Geographic

5 August 2013, by Hallie Siegel

The Farmery installs a mini-farmery at Burt’s Bees | The Volt Report

4 August 2013, by John Payne

Talking robot sent into space

4 August 2013, by Frank Tobe

Meet the teams: DARPA Robotics Challenge Track A robots

2 August 2013, by John Payne

News from the Living Machines conference London | The Telegraph

2 August 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Modular Robotics’ production of Cubelets ramps up

2 August 2013, by John Payne

Despite Segway and Fisker, Kleiner Perkins keeps making hardware bets

1 August 2013, by Andra Keay

Japanese Robots: Toyota’s 5 Year-Old “Winglet” Begins Practical Testing (and it’s SO not a robot)

1 August 2013, by Reno Tibke

2013 July

Blabdroid: From Tribeca to Bolt

31 July 2013, by Andra Keay

Giant six-legged robot crab goes swimming | IEEE Spectrum

31 July 2013, by Hallie Siegel

The robot will take your coffee order now | Washington Post

31 July 2013, by Hallie Siegel

After a lackluster 2nd quarter, Hansen Medical gets a $93 million equity infusion

31 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

ISO to adopt nursing-care robot safety standards

31 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

When robots start telling each other stories…

31 July 2013, by Alan Winfield

Oculus Rift + UAVs = Oculus FPV | Gizmag

31 July 2013, by John Payne

Does crowdfunding derisk robotics?

30 July 2013, by Andra Keay

The ethics of saving lives with autonomous cars are far murkier than you think | WIRED

30 July 2013, by CIS Blog

SpaceX awarded launch reservation contract with MDA Robotics for Canadian satellite program

30 July 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Astronaut in space remote-controls robot in California | Wired Science

30 July 2013, by Andra Keay

The ethics of saving lives with autonomous cars are far murkier than you think | Wired

30 July 2013, by CIS Blog

MVP robots don’t need to be robots | Steve Blank

29 July 2013, by Andra Keay

World’s lightest and thinnest circuits pave the way for ‘imperceptible electronics’

29 July 2013, by DigInfo TV

States develop legislation for driverless cars | USA Today

29 July 2013, by CIS Blog

Tune your engine: Driverless car technology | Radio New Zealand

29 July 2013, by CIS Blog

Two small drones approved by FAA for civilian use in the US

27 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

Veebot: Robotic phlebotomist | IEEE Spectrum

27 July 2013, by John Payne

SUSBEXPO: The first unmanned systems business conference

27 July 2013, by Andra Keay

AeroVironment receives first US FAA certificate for restricted commercial use | sUAS News

26 July 2013, by Andra Keay

SUSB Expo day two – afternoon

26 July 2013, by Andra Keay

SUSB Expo day two – morning

26 July 2013, by Andra Keay

Multi-purpose wings allow flying robot to walk across rough terrain

26 July 2013, by Ludovic Daler and Hallie Siegel

SUSB Expo day one – afternoon

26 July 2013, by Andra Keay

SUSB Expo 2013 day one – morning

26 July 2013, by Andra Keay

Outdoor autonomous systems

26 July 2013, by Podcast team

Nate the Robot RH.11 – High “REWARD”

26 July 2013, by Jim Haas

Dmitry Grishin on evaluating robotic investment opportunities

25 July 2013, by Dmitry Grishin and Hallie Siegel

iRobot Q3 profits were good but revenue was static

25 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

Japanese Robots: The Seemingly Least Cool Robotics Story of July is a Must-Read! | Akihabara News

25 July 2013, by Reno Tibke

Robot cares for lab mice | DigInfo

24 July 2013, by John Payne

To create a robot with common sense, mimic a toddler – opinion – 22 July 2013 – New Scientist

24 July 2013, by Andra Keay

DARPA’s Virtual Robotics Challenge a practical step forward on the long road toward disaster-response capable humanoids

24 July 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Douglas Engelbart’s Unfinished Revolution | MIT Technology Review

23 July 2013, by Andra Keay

IBIS pneumatic keyhole surgery robot potentially 1/10 the cost of da Vinci

23 July 2013, by DigInfo TV

Robotics has a new kind of Cartesian Dualism, and it’s just as unhelpful

22 July 2013, by Alan Winfield

Under pressure, Google may slow rollout of driverless car technology

22 July 2013, by CIS Blog

euRathlon and the DARPA Robot Challenge: A difference of approach

22 July 2013, by Alan Winfield

Paradigm shift

20 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

Intuitive Surgical stock takes another big hit

20 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

Three ag robot companies featured in AP story

19 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

OMC robot mixing system

19 July 2013, by DigInfo TV

Guiding technology through uncertain valleys: SRI’s Rich Mahoney on risks, rewards, and the future of robotics

18 July 2013, by Rich Mahoney and Hallie Siegel

Japanese robots: Did Sagawa Electronics’ Power Jacket MK3 rip off Team Skeletonics? | Akihabara News

18 July 2013, by Reno Tibke

Research Days: Multi-UAV systems

17 July 2013, by Christian Bettstetter and Evsen Yanmaz

China takes long view in funding robotics, innovation

17 July 2013, by CHEN Fei

World’s first all stainless steel robot with seven degrees of freedom

17 July 2013, by DigInfo TV

Disruptions: How driverless cars could reshape cities | New York Times

17 July 2013, by CIS Blog

Laboratory animal management robot can care for 30,000 mice

17 July 2013, by DigInfo TV

Neurorobotics hopes to aid development of brain-like computing technology, new diagnosis/treatment methods for Alzheimers

16 July 2013, by Florian Röhrbein

3,400 healthcare jobs in the US required robotics experience and skills

16 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

Long view required to keep economic policy in step with developments in robotics

16 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

What driverless car entrepreneurs can learn from the aviation industry | Australian Broadcasting Company

16 July 2013, by CIS Blog

What do policy-makers need to do to keep pace with economic development in robotics?

15 July 2013, by RBI Editors

Rich Mahoney on “What do policy-makers need to do to keep pace with economic development?”

15 July 2013, by Rich Mahoney

Frank Tobe on “What do policy-makers need to do to keep pace with economic development?”

15 July 2013, by RBI Editors and Frank Tobe

Robotics and the disruptive transformation of agriculture

15 July 2013, by John Payne

Campus Party Europe comes to the O2 in London September 2-7

12 July 2013, by Robohub Editors

DARPA unveils new humanoid robot

12 July 2013, by Jim Haas

Mining Automation

12 July 2013, by Podcast team

China now largest market for robots

12 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

Remote internal imaging robot helps doctors in emergency situations

12 July 2013, by DigInfo TV

Nate the Robot RH.10 – High “RISK”

12 July 2013, by Jim Haas

Why fostering high-tech innovation and entrepreneurship matters to the economy, and what universities can do about it

11 July 2013, by Peter Seitz and Roland Siegwart

More space robots as Grishin funds NanoSatisfi

11 July 2013, by Andra Keay

Intuitive Surgical stock sinks

10 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

A dilemma of high-risk / high-reward

9 July 2013, by Frank Tobe

Visions of transformative research: Risk-reward, variation-selection, hot trends, exploration of the wild

8 July 2013, by Juan Rogers

Badminton robot a study in energy efficiency

8 July 2013, by John Payne

Horticulture looks to robots and youth | Stock & Land

5 July 2013, by John Payne

FIRST 2013 photo essay: Girls of Steel in the trenches at the FRC championship finals

5 July 2013, by Lynn Urbina

3D Robotics’ CEO Chris Anderson: Farm drones

4 July 2013, by John Payne

My robot is smelling my dirty laundry (or, Notes on privacy, PRISM, and home service robotics)

3 July 2013, by Mark Stephen Meadows

Funding high risk proposals at the National Science Foundation: A brief history

3 July 2013, by Marc Rothenberg

Astronaut on International Space Station successfully controls K10 rover on Earth, supporting use of telerobotics in future deep space missions

2 July 2013, by Terry Fong

Ziphius, the Portuguese aquatic drone | Raspberry Pi

1 July 2013, by Filipe Neves Dos Santos

Up and flying with the AR.Drone and ROS: Handling feedback

1 July 2013, by Mike Hamer

Space mining: Robots in the final frontier

1 July 2013, by Kris Zacny

Robots in Agriculture 2 (rev 1)

1 July 2013, by John Payne

2013 June

2 cute robots: one funded by Japan’s Space Agency the other by Kickstarter

30 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

Field Robot Event 2013 ended today

30 June 2013, by John Payne

SparkFun AVC 2013 recap

29 June 2013, by John Payne

Tracking: Drones At Home

29 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Oxford Martin School founder and GF2045 keynote speaker James Martin dies

29 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

Nate the Robot RH.9 – High Risk/High Reward

28 June 2013, by Jim Haas

Robotics Business Review

28 June 2013, by Podcast team

DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge results

27 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Robohub focus on frontier robotics: High risks, high rewards

27 June 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Crowdfunding robots: Robot Film Festival

27 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Minimally-invasive eye surgery on the horizon as magnetically-guided microbots approach clinical trials

26 June 2013, by Simone Schürle

Robots hallucinate humans to aid in object recognition | IEEE Spectrum

25 June 2013, by John Payne

‘Dionysus’ robot to help winegrowers | Harper Adams University

25 June 2013, by John Payne

The Anthropocene: Humankind as a turning point for Earth | Astrobiology Magazine

25 June 2013, by John Payne

The 5 craziest spherical robots

25 June 2013, by John Payne

Let’s play robotics with mOwayduino

25 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Robotic mule vendors seek opportunities outside military | National Defense Magazine

24 June 2013, by John Payne

Sky’s the limit in farm technology | New Zealand Herald

24 June 2013, by John Payne

Agricultural drone investing | Energy and Capital

24 June 2013, by John Payne

ROSPHERE: A spherical robot for rough terrain

23 June 2013, by John Payne

Dreaming of Robot Avatars

23 June 2013, by David Peins

Global Future 2045 takes a hard look at today

23 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

Big week for robotic mergers and acquisitions

21 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

Turkey drone journalist: “I have been witnessing very bad things” | sUAS News

20 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Tofu handling robot picks up soft, delicate food with ease

20 June 2013, by DigInfo TV

3D Printing Company MakerBot Acquired In $604 Million Deal | Forbes

20 June 2013, by Ioannis K. Erripis

World’s most human-like android wasn’t unveiled at GF2045

18 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

AFRON 2013 Robot Design Challenge

18 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Dynamic target tracking camera system keeps its eye on the ball

18 June 2013, by DigInfo TV

Food delivery drones. But is it a business?

18 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Beer-Delivering Drone Designed For Music Festivals [Video] – PSFK

17 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Pizza delivery by drone | T + Biscuits

17 June 2013, by Andra Keay

A robot that runs like a cat | EPFL

17 June 2013, by Sabine Hauert

LIDAR finds a lost city in Cambodia

17 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

What would you research if you did not have to worry about grants?

17 June 2013, by RBI Editors

Mark Tilden on “What would you research if you did not have to worry about grants?”

17 June 2013, by Mark Tilden

Illah Nourbakhsh on “What would you research if you did not have to worry about grants?”

17 June 2013, by Illah Nourbakhsh

Use of da Vinci surgical robots discussed on NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams

16 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

Science without borders: Becoming cross-disciplinary

14 June 2013, by Sabine Hauert

The OpenROV project

14 June 2013, by Podcast team

First responder and military ground robots to grow at close to 20%

14 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

Meet the man behind the push to ban killer robots | Motherboard

14 June 2013, by CIS Blog

The Distributed Flight Array: Modular robots that self-assemble, coordinate and take flight

12 June 2013, by Raymond Oung

Timelapse: Building an arena for flying robots | TED Blog

12 June 2013, by Hallie Siegel

$201 million in venture funding in 2012; up from $194 in 2011

12 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

New robot cars and AI app shown at Apple Developer’s Conference

12 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

Space droids calling

11 June 2013, by Andra Keay

TED Global 2013 speaker Lian Pin Koh on “Conservation Drones”

11 June 2013, by Lian Pin Koh and Serge Wich

Live at TED Global 2013: Tweets, photos and video for quadrotor fans

11 June 2013, by Robohub Editors

Nate the Robot RH.8: Bartending

11 June 2013, by Jim Haas

Behind the scenes at TED Global: Raffaello D’Andrea and team demo amazing quadrotor “athletes”

11 June 2013, by Markus Waibel and Hallie Siegel

How about we *not* make killer robots: Daniel Suarez at TEDGlobal 2013 | TED Blog

11 June 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Athletic machines: Raffaello D’Andrea at TEDGlobal 2013 | TED Blog

11 June 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Those Flying Things: The speakers in Session 2 at TEDGlobal 2013 | TED Blog

11 June 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Conservation drones in the field: Lian Pin Koh at TEDGlobal 2013 | TED Blog

11 June 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Boston is actually living up to the hype this year!

11 June 2013, by Robert Morris

Quadrocopters learn from prior experience to improve slalom flying

11 June 2013, by Mike Hamer

iRobot unveils new AVA 500 mobile robot for professionals

11 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

Robots: The “ables” of the next technology trend

11 June 2013, by Andra Keay

From the Founders of Anki

10 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Apple announces Anki Drive | Endgadget

10 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Startups leading the robotic revolution | Entrepreneur

10 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water

9 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

SparkFun AVC 2013

9 June 2013, by John Payne

An inspiring article by a future roboticist

8 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

The RK-1 is an Arduino-based mobile robot you control with smartphone swipes | TechCrunch

7 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Airbus reveals iPhone-enabled ‘smart bag’ prototype with RFID, GPS tracking | Australian Business Traveller

7 June 2013, by Hallie Siegel

AWE2013: Hardware for an augmented world

6 June 2013, by Andra Keay

DARPA’s Virtual Robotics Challenge: OSRF gets simulator ready | IEEE Spectrum

6 June 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Robot scout finds fires with 3D thermal imaging | IEEE Spectrum

6 June 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Wi-Fi signals enable gesture recognition throughout entire home | UW Today

6 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Robotics Summer of Learning at CMU

6 June 2013, by Cara Friez-LeWinter

CIA invests in robot writers | Mashable

5 June 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Miniature quadruped robot is blazingly fast | IEEE Spectrum

5 June 2013, by Hallie Siegel

“A Paro walks into a club…” (or, Notes on the design of automated body language)

5 June 2013, by Mark Stephen Meadows

AWE2013: What is the augmented world?

5 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Video of human controlling a quadrotor via non-invasive brain/computer interface

4 June 2013, by Robohub Editors

The race to build the first 3D-printed building | WIRED UK

4 June 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Roadmap for driverless cars: Five highlights | The Wall Street Journal

4 June 2013, by CIS Blog

Multi-viewpoint robotic camera system creates real ‘bullet time’ slow motion replays

4 June 2013, by DigInfo TV

Dmitry Itskov, avatars and Hanson Robotics

4 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Israel is top global exporter of UAS

3 June 2013, by Frank Tobe

ACRA – Annual Cocktail Robotic Awards

3 June 2013, by Andra Keay

Insect eye-inspired camera captures wide view with no distortion | University of Colorado Boulder

3 June 2013, by John Payne

Feel the edges and contours of virtual objects with this haptic system from NHK

3 June 2013, by DigInfo TV

Field Robot Event 2013, Prague, June 27-29

3 June 2013, by John Payne

2013 May

Waseda University building better humanoid walking robots | IEEE Spectrum

31 May 2013, by Andra Keay

Curved Artificial Compound Eye

31 May 2013, by Podcast team

Breakout Labs: Thiel Foundation funding science entrepreneurs

30 May 2013, by Andra Keay

Drones close in on farms, the next step in precision agriculture

30 May 2013, by Andra Keay

Driverless Vehicles | Freakonomics / marketplace

30 May 2013, by Ioannis K. Erripis

UN mulls ethics of ‘killer robots’ | BBC

30 May 2013, by Filipe Neves Dos Santos

We Robot Conference: 6. Manufacturer risk management

29 May 2013, by Kate Darling

Growing Robogals

29 May 2013, by Andra Keay

CoCoRo Impressions 2013

29 May 2013, by Thomas Schmickl

CoCoRo Target Detection 2013

29 May 2013, by Thomas Schmickl

CoCoRo swarm size awareness 2013

29 May 2013, by Thomas Schmickl

CoCoRo shoaling 2013

29 May 2013, by Thomas Schmickl

CoCoRo Swarm Control 2013

29 May 2013, by Thomas Schmickl

New Robotics and new opportunities

28 May 2013, by Alan Winfield

Coming soon, to protect texters (like you?)

28 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

3D printing: Is the law ready for the future?

28 May 2013, by CIS Blog

Farming smarter with AgBots | Queensland University of Technology

27 May 2013, by John Payne

Banana patch robots within ten years | FreshPlaza

27 May 2013, by John Payne

Swords to plowshares: Experts see farming as next big use for drones | Cronkite News

27 May 2013, by John Payne

French scholar completes seven months research at Harper Adams | Harper Adams University

27 May 2013, by John Payne

Australia eyes high-tech farm help to grow food | Reuters

27 May 2013, by John Payne

B go beyond : Combination quadcopter & wheeled vehicle | Kickstarter

27 May 2013, by John Payne

Post-doc position in plant perception and manipulation | Correll Lab, CU Boulder

25 May 2013, by John Payne

US Navy’s Triton UAV maiden flight | Gizmag

25 May 2013, by John Payne

Warrior Web prototype takes its first steps | DARPA

25 May 2013, by John Payne

Tibion Bionic Leg Wins IERA Award

25 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

Microsoft’s new Kinect sensor | IEEE Spectrum

24 May 2013, by John Payne

Dancing robots synchronization (MIT with NAO)

24 May 2013, by John Payne

CU-Boulder seeks drone test site in Colorado | Denver Post

24 May 2013, by John Payne

Jury finds Intuitive Surgical’s training practices NOT at fault

24 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

We Robot Conference 5: Bender’s Law

23 May 2013, by Kate Darling

SWIVL finds it’s niche

23 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

Drones & Aerial Robotics Conference at NYU

22 May 2013, by Kate Darling

Maker Faire overview

22 May 2013, by Andra Keay

MIT Cheetah runs at 22 km/h, gait transition from trot to gallop | MIT Biomimetics Robotics Lab

22 May 2013, by John Payne

Grishin Robotics Invests in Swivl | Swivl

22 May 2013, by Andra Keay

Kinect completely redone. Windfall for robotics.

22 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

We Robot Conference: 4. Social robot demo

21 May 2013, by Kate Darling

Portuguese intelligent wheelchair receives award |INESC TEC

21 May 2013, by Filipe Neves Dos Santos

New additive manufacturing method builds up objects with real 3D curves instead of 2D layers

21 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

X-47B makes first touch-and-go landings on carrier | Gizmag

21 May 2013, by John Payne

Plug-and-play artificial compound eye for robotic applications

20 May 2013, by Sabine Hauert

Is the commercialization of UASs passing the US by?

20 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

Are accelerators the new incubators and angel investors?

19 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

Accelerators and opportunities for robotics startups

19 May 2013, by Andra Keay

Academic and industry collaboration (Part 3): Interview with Minoru Asada

17 May 2013, by Florian Röhrbein

Countdown to Maker Faire

17 May 2013, by Andra Keay

SLAM on a multi-degree of freedom biomimetic whiskered robot

17 May 2013, by John Payne

Autonomous lethal weapons

17 May 2013, by AJung Moon

‘Robo Raven’ is major breakthrough for micro air vehicles | U Maryland

17 May 2013, by Andra Keay

New robotics accelerator Gear | AlphaLab

16 May 2013, by Andra Keay

Nate the Robot RH.7: Anthropomorphism

16 May 2013, by Jim Haas

Measure your pulse in real-time with Fujitsu’s facial imaging technology

16 May 2013, by DigInfo TV

Robotic bartender assembles personalized drinks, monitors alcohol consumption, and takes social mixing to a whole new level

16 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Gecko adhesives allow flying robot to perch on walls

15 May 2013, by Sabine Hauert

Airware gets $10.7M from Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures to build autopilot systems for UASs

15 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

This week’s military news

15 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

Alan Winfield on “What is the single biggest obstacle preventing robotics from going mainstream?”

15 May 2013, by Alan Winfield

Brian Gerkey on “What is the single biggest obstacle preventing robotics from going mainstream?”

15 May 2013, by Brian Gerkey

Mark Tilden on “What is the single biggest obstacle preventing robotics from going mainstream?”

15 May 2013, by Mark Tilden

What is the single biggest obstacle preventing robotics from going mainstream?

15 May 2013, by RBI Editors

A flurry of bad publicity for Intuitive Surgical

14 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

Low-cost robots like Baxter, UR5 and UR10 successfully entering small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

14 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

It’s time to talk about the burgeoning robot middle class | MIT Technology Review

14 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Difference Engine: The caring robot | The Economist

14 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

In the long run, we are telepathic androids | The Economist

14 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Google’s driverless future: Will self-piloting vehicles rob us of our privacy and autonomy? | Reason.com

14 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

RHex update: Jumping, swimming, climbing robot will blow you away | Mashable

13 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

ISS using Linux for key functions, humanoid space robot | WIRED UK

13 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Welcome, Robot Overlords. Please don’t fire us? | Mother Jones

13 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

A brief history of awesome robots | Mother Jones

13 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

ROS Industrial celebrates one-year anniversary

13 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

Othermill: a new high quality CNC circuit board fabricator

13 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

Robotic Justice | Huffington Post

13 May 2013, by CIS Blog

First clear image of China’s new Stealth drone | The Aviationist

10 May 2013, by Ioannis K. Erripis

Why teaching a robot to fetch a cup of coffee matters | IEEE Spectrum

10 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Gliding robot mimics flying fish | New Scientist

10 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Do you stink? This robot will tell you | Mashable

10 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

ICRA 2013 robot photo essay: “Anthropomatics – Technologies for humans”

10 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Nate the Robot RH.6: Bugs are Bugs

10 May 2013, by Jim Haas

Chris Hadfield launches Canada’s new five dollar bill … from outer space

10 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Correcting misconceptions about autonomous vehicles | Openmarket.org

10 May 2013, by CIS Blog

Boston bombings show future use for drones | Tulsa World

10 May 2013, by CIS Blog

Can Super Mario save artificial intelligence? | New Yorker

8 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

The man behind the Google Brain: Andrew Ng and the new AI | WIRED UK

8 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Could we experience the workings of our own brains?

8 May 2013, by Alan Winfield

Envisioning The Future With Inventor Cori Lathan | NPR

7 May 2013, by Andra Keay

Live streaming of plenary talks at ICRA

7 May 2013, by Sabine Hauert

We Robot Conference: The Ethical Robot License for open robotics

7 May 2013, by AJung Moon

Webinar with Dr. Pierre Dupont: Creating robotic technology for ultra-minimally invasive surgery

6 May 2013, by Robohub Editors

ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 10 “How the body shapes the way we think”

6 May 2013, by Nathan Labhart

KUKA acquires US integrator and toolmaker

5 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

The uncanny valet (or, Notes on the design of robot psychology)

4 May 2013, by Mark Stephen Meadows

Why we often view digital culture through insect metaphors | WIRED UK

4 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

The Swinging Blind Juggler

3 May 2013, by Markus Waibel

A conversation with Henri Seydoux

3 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

iRobot yields impressive results for DARPA’s ARM program | Gizmag

3 May 2013, by John Payne

Online Master of Science in Robotics Engineering | WPI

3 May 2013, by John Payne

We Robot Conference: 2. Law as algorithm

3 May 2013, by Kate Darling

Audio interviews about the controlled flight of insect robots

3 May 2013, by Podcast team

First controlled flight of an insect-sized robot

2 May 2013, by Sabine Hauert

Online job postings for robotic positions up 10% compared to the same 90-day period in 2012

1 May 2013, by Frank Tobe

Turn your kid into a real-life Mecha with this Japanese robot walker | WIRED UK

1 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Kelly the Robot helps kids tackle autism | WebMD

1 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

DARPA shows off cheap, adaptable, resilient robot hand | ExtremeTech

1 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

17 robotic innovations among 2013 Edison Award winners

1 May 2013, by Hallie Siegel

SOINN artificial brain can now use the internet to learn new things

1 May 2013, by DigInfo TV

Intuitive Surgical, a manufacturer with almost no tangible assets?

1 May 2013, by Robert Morris

2013 April

We Robot Conference: 1. Intellectual property

30 April 2013, by Kate Darling

A crisis of expectations

29 April 2013, by Alan Winfield

Quadruped robot ‘cheetah’ learns to walk using animal gait patterns | IEEE Spectrum

29 April 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Snake robot teams up with search-and-rescue dog in US | BBC News

29 April 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Smart vehicles are here: Can government keep pace? | NY Times Energy for Tomorrow Conference

29 April 2013, by CIS Blog

Raven Slingshot API implementation with ZedX, Inc.

27 April 2013, by John Payne

Near-term applications of technology to crops and livestock | PostStarNews

27 April 2013, by John Payne

Campaign to Stop Killer Robots: Let’s all stop them, shall we?

27 April 2013, by AJung Moon

Robot hands gain a gentler touch — Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

26 April 2013, by Andra Keay

Rethink Robotics and Aldebaran both launch robots for research, teaching and custom development

26 April 2013, by Frank Tobe

Rethink Robotics introduces Baxter Research Robot

26 April 2013, by John Payne

Nate the Robot RH.5: Nothing Ever Changes

26 April 2013, by Jim Haas

Robotics: A rich context for teaching abstract concepts

26 April 2013, by David Peins

ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 9 “Ontogenetic development”

25 April 2013, by Nathan Labhart

Turtle-inspired robot to help researchers learn how animals evolved to walk on land | LiveScience

24 April 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Study finds that humans feel empathy for robots | CTV News

24 April 2013, by Hallie Siegel

iRobot stock jumps 15% on Q1 earnings and 2013 projections

24 April 2013, by Frank Tobe

Video interviews from Robot Block Party 2013

24 April 2013, by AJung Moon

EPFL’s Festival Robotique draws a record 17,000 visitors

24 April 2013, by Robohub Editors

Giant mantis ‘spider’ robot | BBC

23 April 2013, by Andra Keay

MAKE’s first International Robot Meetup

23 April 2013, by Andra Keay

iRobot shipped 421.000 home robot units in Q1, 2013

23 April 2013, by Wolfgang Heller

Stopping the deployment of “killer robots” | Humans Rights Watch

23 April 2013, by Mike Hamer

Academic and industry collaboration (Part 2): Interview with Hiroshi Ishiguro

22 April 2013, by Florian Röhrbein

An insider’s look at why ethics, policy, and law matter to current and future warfare | The Atlantic

22 April 2013, by CIS Blog

Robots and jobs, a nuanced issue | ABB Conversations

21 April 2013, by John Payne

Opportunities for non-military robots increase | National Defense

21 April 2013, by John Payne

Will robots create new jobs when they take over existing ones? | MIT Technology Review

21 April 2013, by John Payne

Daniel H. Wilson : Sci-fi destroys the future, science builds it

21 April 2013, by John Payne

Robots make the cover of Time Magazine

20 April 2013, by Frank Tobe

New funding sources for robotics

19 April 2013, by Andra Keay

Genesis Angels, a new $100M AI and robotics fund | TechCrunch

19 April 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Ethical, social and legal issues

19 April 2013, by Per Sjöborg

Ryan Calo on spyware for your brain

18 April 2013, by CIS Blog

All eyes on Intuitive Surgical suit

17 April 2013, by Frank Tobe

April 25 to 28: 13th Portuguese National Festival of Robotics | Robotica 2013

16 April 2013, by Filipe Neves Dos Santos

Robot Block Party recap

16 April 2013, by Andra Keay

Stanford Robot Block Party 2013 – IEEE Spectrum

16 April 2013, by Andra Keay

Boy ‘lived as a robot’ for two months | BBC

16 April 2013, by Filipe Neves Dos Santos

ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 8 “Where is human memory?”

16 April 2013, by Nathan Labhart

Robohub focus: Dealing with the ‘jobs’ question

15 April 2013, by Hallie Siegel

The great equalizer: How robotics frees manufacturers from consolidating in low-wage nations

15 April 2013, by John Dulchinos

Effect of robots on jobs? Only time — and management teams — will tell

15 April 2013, by Rich Mahoney

Nate the Robot RH.4: Who wants those jobs?

15 April 2013, by Jim Haas

Do robots kill jobs?

15 April 2013, by RBI Editors

Raffaello D’Andrea on “Do robots kill jobs?”

14 April 2013, by Raffaello D'Andrea

Mark Tilden on “Do robots kill jobs?”

14 April 2013, by Mark Tilden

Ability to do creative, non-routine work will be a must in the coming automation era. Is this realistic for most workers?

13 April 2013, by Martin Ford

There is no war other than the one we are fighting with ourselves

13 April 2013, by Federico Pistono

Robots and the economy: Red herrings, or canaries in a coal mine?

13 April 2013, by Matt Beane

Commercial opportunities to create more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs when FAA opens airspace to UAS

12 April 2013, by Chris Mailey

Jobs isn’t the issue for robotics

12 April 2013, by Andra Keay

Do industrial robots really have a positive impact on employment?

12 April 2013, by Frank Tobe

Xconomy Forum’s final word about robots and jobs

12 April 2013, by Frank Tobe

In agriculture robots replace job vacancies

12 April 2013, by John Payne

Design your own 3D printed robot with Mobot-A | 3Ders

11 April 2013, by Andra Keay

Stanford U hosts Robot Block Party as part of National Robotics Week

11 April 2013, by Frank Tobe

Stanford Robot Block Party – part of National Robotics Week

11 April 2013, by Frank Tobe

Jobs for roboticists

11 April 2013, by Sabine Hauert

Henrik Christensen interview: Robots are not killing jobs | IEEE Spectrum

10 April 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Jobs by the numbers: Economic reports on the robotics and manufacturing industries

9 April 2013, by Robohub Editors

Liquid Robotics Announces Wave Glider SV3

9 April 2013, by Andra Keay

We Robot: Live coverage on robotics and the law

6 April 2013, by Robohub Editors

ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 7 “Collective Intelligence: Cognition from interaction”

6 April 2013, by Nathan Labhart

National Robotics Week in the US (and Mars)

6 April 2013, by Andra Keay

Blimp-in-a-box contract causes acquisition

6 April 2013, by Frank Tobe

Video of Boston Dynamics’ PETMAN in action

5 April 2013, by Sabine Hauert

Two new videos show progress with humanoid robots

5 April 2013, by Frank Tobe

Petman tests camo | YouTube

5 April 2013, by Andra Keay

Academic and industry collaboration (Part 1): Interview with Rodney Brooks

5 April 2013, by Florian Röhrbein

Software marketplace

5 April 2013, by Podcast team

National Robotics Week is here! | robots.net

5 April 2013, by John Payne

DNA testing chip delivers results in one hour, paves way for personalized drug treatments

4 April 2013, by DigInfo TV

B9Creator great performance/price, offers upgrade | Gizmag

3 April 2013, by John Payne

Noel Sharkey: Ban the killer robots before it’s too late | CNN

3 April 2013, by Hallie Siegel

AFK (or, Robotic free speech, and what you can do to help)

3 April 2013, by Mark Stephen Meadows

Attention C++ coders: NASA/TopCoder launch $10,000 Robonaut challenge

3 April 2013, by Robohub Editors

‘E-puck’ robot swarm moves objects with minimum of information | Wired UK

2 April 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Billionaire building robotic Jurassic Park | Wired UK

2 April 2013, by Hallie Siegel

Journalism schools start teaching students to fly drones | RT

1 April 2013, by CIS Blog

Mayor Bloomberg to NYC: Domestic drones are inevitable | NBC News

1 April 2013, by CIS Blog

Why driverless cars are ‘probably’ legal | The Atlantic Cities

1 April 2013, by CIS Blog

Max Headroom gets a female counterpart: Zoe | Reuters

1 April 2013, by John Payne

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