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    2013 August

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

    31 August 2013, by
    VW launches robot that collaborates with workers

    30 August 2013, by
    Zeus multifunction 3d printer plus | AIORobotics

    30 August 2013, by
    Will robots make us sexist? | Salon

    28 August 2013, by
    Japanese Robots: Unboxing SCHAFT’s DRC Competition (VIDEO)

    28 August 2013, by
    Who gets a ticket when there’s no one behind the wheel? | Marketplace

    28 August 2013, by
    FounderDating hardware edition

    28 August 2013, by
    Open source coin sized autopilot for drones | Wired

    28 August 2013, by
    Nate the Robot RH.12 – Well Played, Internet

    27 August 2013, by
    What does the UK public think about robots? Sciencewise wants to know

    27 August 2013, by
    Uber, Google confirm $258 million mega-investment

    26 August 2013, by
    RoboSavvy Humanoid Design Challenge – GrabCAD

    26 August 2013, by
    Penguin C Unmanned Aircraft System video | Unmanned Systems Technology

    26 August 2013, by
    Memories of Skyrim

    26 August 2013, by
    iRobot’s single-pass floor-mopping robots vs O’Cedar’s cheap duster

    26 August 2013, by
    Israeli study on robot adoption suggests new-tech solutions

    24 August 2013, by
    Interesting conclusions from Israeli study on robot adoption

    24 August 2013, by
    25 Russian companies added to The Robot Report’s global map of robot providers

    23 August 2013, by
    Russian robotics companies

    23 August 2013, by
    Venture Capital in Robotics

    23 August 2013, by
    AUVSI conference brings robots to drone debate epicenter

    23 August 2013, by
    Remaining Willow Garage employees move to Suitable Technologies | IEEE Spectrum

    22 August 2013, by
    Japanese Robots: iREX 2013 Primer – Japan’s International Robot Exhibition

    22 August 2013, by
    The scourge of the RoboTroll is already upon us

    22 August 2013, by
    The truth is no stranger than fiction when it comes to robots

    21 August 2013, by
    Open season on drones? Town split over licenses to hunt unmanned aircraft

    21 August 2013, by
    The right way to regulate drone privacy

    19 August 2013, by
    Easton LaChappelle at TEDxMileHigh: 3D printed robotic arm with EEG control

    19 August 2013, by
    Spiri programmable quadrotor hits Kickstarter | Gizmag

    19 August 2013, by
    Structures assembled from small interlocking composite components | MIT News Office

    19 August 2013, by
    Funding news

    18 August 2013, by
    Trolling Effects | TechDirt

    16 August 2013, by
    Do robots need heads?

    15 August 2013, by
    David Robert on “Do robots need heads?”

    15 August 2013, by
    AJung Moon on “Do robots need heads?”

    15 August 2013, by
    Mark Stephen Meadows on “Do robots need heads?”

    15 August 2013, by
    Travis Deyle on “Do robots need heads?”

    15 August 2013, by
    Orbotix introduces Sphero 2.0

    15 August 2013, by
    Japanese robots: Cyberdyne’s taking HAL to Europe!

    15 August 2013, by
    SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully completes 100m lateral maneuver before returning to launchpad

    14 August 2013, by
    A robotics ETF may hit the market in the future | ETF Daily News

    14 August 2013, by
    ShanghAI Lectures: Weidong Chen “Modeling and control of mobile robotic networks”

    14 August 2013, by
    Six questions states need to ask about self-driving cars | Governing

    13 August 2013, by
    Robotic plant to grow roots | DNews

    12 August 2013, by
    SparkFun National Tour

    12 August 2013, by
    National Geographic uses AGVs and drones for photo story about lions

    12 August 2013, by
    Commercial ag goes unmanned | Mission Critical, AUVSI

    12 August 2013, by
    Videos of presentations at Ryerson University symposium on UAVs

    11 August 2013, by
    China’s 5-Year Plan targets robotics as a growth industry

    11 August 2013, by
    CSAIL demos two robots assembling IKEA furniture

    11 August 2013, by
    White House hosts Google+ Hangout; NASDAQ gets new ETF targeting robotics and automation

    10 August 2013, by
    Major players in robotics join Whitehouse hangout

    9 August 2013, by
    SparkFun Redbot

    9 August 2013, by
    Drone Journalism

    9 August 2013, by
    Dash launching Dragon hardware crowdfunding platform

    8 August 2013, by
    Calling all do-it-yourselfers: Robohub seeking contributions for focus series on “Getting Started in Robotics”

    8 August 2013, by
    Wall-E built to scale & fully roboticized (complete with Disney eyes) | Akihabara News

    8 August 2013, by
    Arduino announces its first ready-to-roll robot | Gizmag

    7 August 2013, by
    Making a WALL-E robot

    7 August 2013, by
    In-corporating body language into NLP (or, More notes on the design of automated body language)

    7 August 2013, by
    When terrible engineers are good

    6 August 2013, by
    Delivered by drones: Are Tacocopters and Burrito Bombers the next Pony Express? | Slate

    6 August 2013, by
    Robosub Static Judging

    6 August 2013, by
    Suppliers are snapping up smaller robots to boost productivity

    5 August 2013, by
    Shark scientists pit robot against human | DNews

    5 August 2013, by
    Swimming robot tested for billion-mile trip to Saturn moon | National Geographic

    5 August 2013, by
    The Farmery installs a mini-farmery at Burt’s Bees | The Volt Report

    4 August 2013, by
    Talking robot sent into space

    4 August 2013, by
    Meet the teams: DARPA Robotics Challenge Track A robots

    2 August 2013, by
    News from the Living Machines conference London | The Telegraph

    2 August 2013, by
    Modular Robotics’ production of Cubelets ramps up

    2 August 2013, by
    Despite Segway and Fisker, Kleiner Perkins keeps making hardware bets

    1 August 2013, by
    Japanese Robots: Toyota’s 5 Year-Old “Winglet” Begins Practical Testing (and it’s SO not a robot)

    1 August 2013, by



    2013 July

    Blabdroid: From Tribeca to Bolt

    31 July 2013, by
    Giant six-legged robot crab goes swimming | IEEE Spectrum

    31 July 2013, by
    The robot will take your coffee order now | Washington Post

    31 July 2013, by
    After a lackluster 2nd quarter, Hansen Medical gets a $93 million equity infusion

    31 July 2013, by
    ISO to adopt nursing-care robot safety standards

    31 July 2013, by
    When robots start telling each other stories…

    31 July 2013, by
    Oculus Rift + UAVs = Oculus FPV | Gizmag

    31 July 2013, by
    Does crowdfunding derisk robotics?

    30 July 2013, by
    The ethics of saving lives with autonomous cars are far murkier than you think | WIRED

    30 July 2013, by
    SpaceX awarded launch reservation contract with MDA Robotics for Canadian satellite program

    30 July 2013, by
    Astronaut in space remote-controls robot in California | Wired Science

    30 July 2013, by
    The ethics of saving lives with autonomous cars are far murkier than you think | Wired

    30 July 2013, by
    MVP robots don’t need to be robots | Steve Blank

    29 July 2013, by
    World’s lightest and thinnest circuits pave the way for ‘imperceptible electronics’

    29 July 2013, by
    States develop legislation for driverless cars | USA Today

    29 July 2013, by
    Tune your engine: Driverless car technology | Radio New Zealand

    29 July 2013, by
    Two small drones approved by FAA for civilian use in the US

    27 July 2013, by
    Veebot: Robotic phlebotomist | IEEE Spectrum

    27 July 2013, by
    SUSBEXPO: The first unmanned systems business conference

    27 July 2013, by
    AeroVironment receives first US FAA certificate for restricted commercial use | sUAS News

    26 July 2013, by
    SUSB Expo day two – afternoon

    26 July 2013, by
    SUSB Expo day two – morning

    26 July 2013, by
    Multi-purpose wings allow flying robot to walk across rough terrain

    26 July 2013, by and
    SUSB Expo day one – afternoon

    26 July 2013, by
    SUSB Expo 2013 day one – morning

    26 July 2013, by
    Outdoor autonomous systems

    26 July 2013, by
    Nate the Robot RH.11 – High “REWARD”

    26 July 2013, by
    Dmitry Grishin on evaluating robotic investment opportunities

    25 July 2013, by and
    iRobot Q3 profits were good but revenue was static

    25 July 2013, by
    Japanese Robots: The Seemingly Least Cool Robotics Story of July is a Must-Read! | Akihabara News

    25 July 2013, by
    Robot cares for lab mice | DigInfo

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

    24 July 2013, by
    DARPA’s Virtual Robotics Challenge a practical step forward on the long road toward disaster-response capable humanoids

    24 July 2013, by
    Douglas Engelbart’s Unfinished Revolution | MIT Technology Review

    23 July 2013, by
    IBIS pneumatic keyhole surgery robot potentially 1/10 the cost of da Vinci

    23 July 2013, by
    Robotics has a new kind of Cartesian Dualism, and it’s just as unhelpful

    22 July 2013, by
    Under pressure, Google may slow rollout of driverless car technology

    22 July 2013, by
    euRathlon and the DARPA Robot Challenge: A difference of approach

    22 July 2013, by
    Paradigm shift

    20 July 2013, by
    Intuitive Surgical stock takes another big hit

    20 July 2013, by
    Three ag robot companies featured in AP story

    19 July 2013, by
    OMC robot mixing system

    19 July 2013, by
    Guiding technology through uncertain valleys: SRI’s Rich Mahoney on risks, rewards, and the future of robotics

    18 July 2013, by and
    Japanese robots: Did Sagawa Electronics’ Power Jacket MK3 rip off Team Skeletonics? | Akihabara News

    18 July 2013, by
    Research Days: Multi-UAV systems

    17 July 2013, by and
    China takes long view in funding robotics, innovation

    17 July 2013, by
    World’s first all stainless steel robot with seven degrees of freedom

    17 July 2013, by
    Disruptions: How driverless cars could reshape cities | New York Times

    17 July 2013, by
    Laboratory animal management robot can care for 30,000 mice

    17 July 2013, by
    Neurorobotics hopes to aid development of brain-like computing technology, new diagnosis/treatment methods for Alzheimers

    16 July 2013, by
    3,400 healthcare jobs in the US required robotics experience and skills

    16 July 2013, by
    Long view required to keep economic policy in step with developments in robotics

    16 July 2013, by
    What driverless car entrepreneurs can learn from the aviation industry | Australian Broadcasting Company

    16 July 2013, by
    What do policy-makers need to do to keep pace with economic development in robotics?

    15 July 2013, by
    Rich Mahoney on “What do policy-makers need to do to keep pace with economic development?”

    15 July 2013, by
    Frank Tobe on “What do policy-makers need to do to keep pace with economic development?”

    15 July 2013, by and
    Robotics and the disruptive transformation of agriculture

    15 July 2013, by
    Campus Party Europe comes to the O2 in London September 2-7

    12 July 2013, by
    DARPA unveils new humanoid robot

    12 July 2013, by
    Mining Automation

    12 July 2013, by
    China now largest market for robots

    12 July 2013, by
    Remote internal imaging robot helps doctors in emergency situations

    12 July 2013, by
    Nate the Robot RH.10 – High “RISK”

    12 July 2013, by
    Why fostering high-tech innovation and entrepreneurship matters to the economy, and what universities can do about it

    11 July 2013, by and
    More space robots as Grishin funds NanoSatisfi

    11 July 2013, by
    Intuitive Surgical stock sinks

    10 July 2013, by
    A dilemma of high-risk / high-reward

    9 July 2013, by
    Visions of transformative research: Risk-reward, variation-selection, hot trends, exploration of the wild

    8 July 2013, by
    Badminton robot a study in energy efficiency

    8 July 2013, by
    Horticulture looks to robots and youth | Stock & Land

    5 July 2013, by
    FIRST 2013 photo essay: Girls of Steel in the trenches at the FRC championship finals

    5 July 2013, by
    3D Robotics’ CEO Chris Anderson: Farm drones

    4 July 2013, by
    My robot is smelling my dirty laundry (or, Notes on privacy, PRISM, and home service robotics)

    3 July 2013, by
    Funding high risk proposals at the National Science Foundation: A brief history

    3 July 2013, by
    Astronaut on International Space Station successfully controls K10 rover on Earth, supporting use of telerobotics in future deep space missions

    2 July 2013, by
    Ziphius, the Portuguese aquatic drone | Raspberry Pi

    1 July 2013, by
    Up and flying with the AR.Drone and ROS: Handling feedback

    1 July 2013, by
    Space mining: Robots in the final frontier

    1 July 2013, by
    Robots in Agriculture 2 (rev 1)

    1 July 2013, by



    2013 June

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

    30 June 2013, by
    Field Robot Event 2013 ended today

    30 June 2013, by
    SparkFun AVC 2013 recap

    29 June 2013, by
    Tracking: Drones At Home

    29 June 2013, by
    Oxford Martin School founder and GF2045 keynote speaker James Martin dies

    29 June 2013, by
    Nate the Robot RH.9 – High Risk/High Reward

    28 June 2013, by
    Robotics Business Review

    28 June 2013, by
    DARPA Virtual Robotics Challenge results

    27 June 2013, by
    Robohub focus on frontier robotics: High risks, high rewards

    27 June 2013, by
    Crowdfunding robots: Robot Film Festival

    27 June 2013, by
    Minimally-invasive eye surgery on the horizon as magnetically-guided microbots approach clinical trials

    26 June 2013, by
    Robots hallucinate humans to aid in object recognition | IEEE Spectrum

    25 June 2013, by
    ‘Dionysus’ robot to help winegrowers | Harper Adams University

    25 June 2013, by
    The Anthropocene: Humankind as a turning point for Earth | Astrobiology Magazine

    25 June 2013, by
    The 5 craziest spherical robots

    25 June 2013, by
    Let’s play robotics with mOwayduino

    25 June 2013, by
    Robotic mule vendors seek opportunities outside military | National Defense Magazine

    24 June 2013, by
    Sky’s the limit in farm technology | New Zealand Herald

    24 June 2013, by
    Agricultural drone investing | Energy and Capital

    24 June 2013, by
    ROSPHERE: A spherical robot for rough terrain

    23 June 2013, by
    Dreaming of Robot Avatars

    23 June 2013, by
    Global Future 2045 takes a hard look at today

    23 June 2013, by
    Big week for robotic mergers and acquisitions

    21 June 2013, by
    Turkey drone journalist: “I have been witnessing very bad things” | sUAS News

    20 June 2013, by
    Tofu handling robot picks up soft, delicate food with ease

    20 June 2013, by
    3D Printing Company MakerBot Acquired In $604 Million Deal | Forbes

    20 June 2013, by
    World’s most human-like android wasn’t unveiled at GF2045

    18 June 2013, by
    AFRON 2013 Robot Design Challenge

    18 June 2013, by
    Dynamic target tracking camera system keeps its eye on the ball

    18 June 2013, by
    Food delivery drones. But is it a business?

    18 June 2013, by
    Beer-Delivering Drone Designed For Music Festivals [Video] – PSFK

    17 June 2013, by
    Pizza delivery by drone | T + Biscuits

    17 June 2013, by
    A robot that runs like a cat | EPFL

    17 June 2013, by
    LIDAR finds a lost city in Cambodia

    17 June 2013, by
    What would you research if you did not have to worry about grants?

    17 June 2013, by
    Mark Tilden on “What would you research if you did not have to worry about grants?”

    17 June 2013, by
    Illah Nourbakhsh on “What would you research if you did not have to worry about grants?”

    17 June 2013, by
    Use of da Vinci surgical robots discussed on NBC’s Rock Center with Brian Williams

    16 June 2013, by
    Science without borders: Becoming cross-disciplinary

    14 June 2013, by
    The OpenROV project

    14 June 2013, by
    First responder and military ground robots to grow at close to 20%

    14 June 2013, by
    Meet the man behind the push to ban killer robots | Motherboard

    14 June 2013, by
    The Distributed Flight Array: Modular robots that self-assemble, coordinate and take flight

    12 June 2013, by
    Timelapse: Building an arena for flying robots | TED Blog

    12 June 2013, by
    $201 million in venture funding in 2012; up from $194 in 2011

    12 June 2013, by
    New robot cars and AI app shown at Apple Developer’s Conference

    12 June 2013, by
    Space droids calling

    11 June 2013, by
    TED Global 2013 speaker Lian Pin Koh on “Conservation Drones”

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

    11 June 2013, by
    Nate the Robot RH.8: Bartending

    11 June 2013, by
    Behind the scenes at TED Global: Raffaello D’Andrea and team demo amazing quadrotor “athletes”

    11 June 2013, by and
    How about we *not* make killer robots: Daniel Suarez at TEDGlobal 2013 | TED Blog

    11 June 2013, by
    Athletic machines: Raffaello D’Andrea at TEDGlobal 2013 | TED Blog

    11 June 2013, by
    Those Flying Things: The speakers in Session 2 at TEDGlobal 2013 | TED Blog

    11 June 2013, by
    Conservation drones in the field: Lian Pin Koh at TEDGlobal 2013 | TED Blog

    11 June 2013, by
    Boston is actually living up to the hype this year!

    11 June 2013, by
    Quadrocopters learn from prior experience to improve slalom flying

    11 June 2013, by
    iRobot unveils new AVA 500 mobile robot for professionals

    11 June 2013, by
    Robots: The “ables” of the next technology trend

    11 June 2013, by
    From the Founders of Anki

    10 June 2013, by
    Apple announces Anki Drive | Endgadget

    10 June 2013, by
    Startups leading the robotic revolution | Entrepreneur

    10 June 2013, by
    Don’t throw out the baby with the bath water

    9 June 2013, by
    SparkFun AVC 2013

    9 June 2013, by
    An inspiring article by a future roboticist

    8 June 2013, by
    The RK-1 is an Arduino-based mobile robot you control with smartphone swipes | TechCrunch

    7 June 2013, by
    Airbus reveals iPhone-enabled ‘smart bag’ prototype with RFID, GPS tracking | Australian Business Traveller

    7 June 2013, by
    AWE2013: Hardware for an augmented world

    6 June 2013, by
    DARPA’s Virtual Robotics Challenge: OSRF gets simulator ready | IEEE Spectrum

    6 June 2013, by
    Robot scout finds fires with 3D thermal imaging | IEEE Spectrum

    6 June 2013, by
    Wi-Fi signals enable gesture recognition throughout entire home | UW Today

    6 June 2013, by
    Robotics Summer of Learning at CMU

    6 June 2013, by
    CIA invests in robot writers | Mashable

    5 June 2013, by
    Miniature quadruped robot is blazingly fast | IEEE Spectrum

    5 June 2013, by
    “A Paro walks into a club…” (or, Notes on the design of automated body language)

    5 June 2013, by
    AWE2013: What is the augmented world?

    5 June 2013, by
    Video of human controlling a quadrotor via non-invasive brain/computer interface

    4 June 2013, by
    The race to build the first 3D-printed building | WIRED UK

    4 June 2013, by
    Roadmap for driverless cars: Five highlights | The Wall Street Journal

    4 June 2013, by
    Multi-viewpoint robotic camera system creates real ‘bullet time’ slow motion replays

    4 June 2013, by
    Dmitry Itskov, avatars and Hanson Robotics

    4 June 2013, by
    Israel is top global exporter of UAS

    3 June 2013, by
    ACRA – Annual Cocktail Robotic Awards

    3 June 2013, by
    Insect eye-inspired camera captures wide view with no distortion | University of Colorado Boulder

    3 June 2013, by
    Feel the edges and contours of virtual objects with this haptic system from NHK

    3 June 2013, by
    Field Robot Event 2013, Prague, June 27-29

    3 June 2013, by



    2013 May

    Waseda University building better humanoid walking robots | IEEE Spectrum

    31 May 2013, by
    Curved Artificial Compound Eye

    31 May 2013, by
    Breakout Labs: Thiel Foundation funding science entrepreneurs

    30 May 2013, by
    Drones close in on farms, the next step in precision agriculture

    30 May 2013, by
    Driverless Vehicles | Freakonomics / marketplace

    30 May 2013, by
    UN mulls ethics of ‘killer robots’ | BBC

    30 May 2013, by
    We Robot Conference: 6. Manufacturer risk management

    29 May 2013, by
    Growing Robogals

    29 May 2013, by
    CoCoRo Impressions 2013

    29 May 2013, by
    CoCoRo Target Detection 2013

    29 May 2013, by
    CoCoRo swarm size awareness 2013

    29 May 2013, by
    CoCoRo shoaling 2013

    29 May 2013, by
    CoCoRo Swarm Control 2013

    29 May 2013, by
    New Robotics and new opportunities

    28 May 2013, by
    Coming soon, to protect texters (like you?)

    28 May 2013, by
    3D printing: Is the law ready for the future?

    28 May 2013, by
    Farming smarter with AgBots | Queensland University of Technology

    27 May 2013, by
    Banana patch robots within ten years | FreshPlaza

    27 May 2013, by
    Swords to plowshares: Experts see farming as next big use for drones | Cronkite News

    27 May 2013, by
    French scholar completes seven months research at Harper Adams | Harper Adams University

    27 May 2013, by
    Australia eyes high-tech farm help to grow food | Reuters

    27 May 2013, by
    B go beyond : Combination quadcopter & wheeled vehicle | Kickstarter

    27 May 2013, by
    Post-doc position in plant perception and manipulation | Correll Lab, CU Boulder

    25 May 2013, by
    US Navy’s Triton UAV maiden flight | Gizmag

    25 May 2013, by
    Warrior Web prototype takes its first steps | DARPA

    25 May 2013, by
    Tibion Bionic Leg Wins IERA Award

    25 May 2013, by
    Microsoft’s new Kinect sensor | IEEE Spectrum

    24 May 2013, by
    Dancing robots synchronization (MIT with NAO)

    24 May 2013, by
    CU-Boulder seeks drone test site in Colorado | Denver Post

    24 May 2013, by
    Jury finds Intuitive Surgical’s training practices NOT at fault

    24 May 2013, by
    We Robot Conference 5: Bender’s Law

    23 May 2013, by
    SWIVL finds it’s niche

    23 May 2013, by
    Drones & Aerial Robotics Conference at NYU

    22 May 2013, by
    Maker Faire overview

    22 May 2013, by
    MIT Cheetah runs at 22 km/h, gait transition from trot to gallop | MIT Biomimetics Robotics Lab

    22 May 2013, by
    Grishin Robotics Invests in Swivl | Swivl

    22 May 2013, by
    Kinect completely redone. Windfall for robotics.

    22 May 2013, by
    We Robot Conference: 4. Social robot demo

    21 May 2013, by
    Portuguese intelligent wheelchair receives award |INESC TEC

    21 May 2013, by
    New additive manufacturing method builds up objects with real 3D curves instead of 2D layers

    21 May 2013, by
    X-47B makes first touch-and-go landings on carrier | Gizmag

    21 May 2013, by
    Plug-and-play artificial compound eye for robotic applications

    20 May 2013, by
    Is the commercialization of UASs passing the US by?

    20 May 2013, by
    Are accelerators the new incubators and angel investors?

    19 May 2013, by
    Accelerators and opportunities for robotics startups

    19 May 2013, by
    Academic and industry collaboration (Part 3): Interview with Minoru Asada

    17 May 2013, by
    Countdown to Maker Faire

    17 May 2013, by
    SLAM on a multi-degree of freedom biomimetic whiskered robot

    17 May 2013, by
    Autonomous lethal weapons

    17 May 2013, by
    ‘Robo Raven’ is major breakthrough for micro air vehicles | U Maryland

    17 May 2013, by
    New robotics accelerator Gear | AlphaLab

    16 May 2013, by
    Nate the Robot RH.7: Anthropomorphism

    16 May 2013, by
    Measure your pulse in real-time with Fujitsu’s facial imaging technology

    16 May 2013, by
    Robotic bartender assembles personalized drinks, monitors alcohol consumption, and takes social mixing to a whole new level

    16 May 2013, by
    Gecko adhesives allow flying robot to perch on walls

    15 May 2013, by
    Airware gets $10.7M from Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures to build autopilot systems for UASs

    15 May 2013, by
    This week’s military news

    15 May 2013, by
    Alan Winfield on “What is the single biggest obstacle preventing robotics from going mainstream?”

    15 May 2013, by
    Brian Gerkey on “What is the single biggest obstacle preventing robotics from going mainstream?”

    15 May 2013, by
    Mark Tilden on “What is the single biggest obstacle preventing robotics from going mainstream?”

    15 May 2013, by
    What is the single biggest obstacle preventing robotics from going mainstream?

    15 May 2013, by
    A flurry of bad publicity for Intuitive Surgical

    14 May 2013, by
    Low-cost robots like Baxter, UR5 and UR10 successfully entering small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

    14 May 2013, by
    It’s time to talk about the burgeoning robot middle class | MIT Technology Review

    14 May 2013, by
    Difference Engine: The caring robot | The Economist

    14 May 2013, by
    In the long run, we are telepathic androids | The Economist

    14 May 2013, by
    Google’s driverless future: Will self-piloting vehicles rob us of our privacy and autonomy? | Reason.com

    14 May 2013, by
    RHex update: Jumping, swimming, climbing robot will blow you away | Mashable

    13 May 2013, by
    ISS using Linux for key functions, humanoid space robot | WIRED UK

    13 May 2013, by
    Welcome, Robot Overlords. Please don’t fire us? | Mother Jones

    13 May 2013, by
    A brief history of awesome robots | Mother Jones

    13 May 2013, by
    ROS Industrial celebrates one-year anniversary

    13 May 2013, by
    Othermill: a new high quality CNC circuit board fabricator

    13 May 2013, by
    Robotic Justice | Huffington Post

    13 May 2013, by
    First clear image of China’s new Stealth drone | The Aviationist

    10 May 2013, by
    Why teaching a robot to fetch a cup of coffee matters | IEEE Spectrum

    10 May 2013, by
    Gliding robot mimics flying fish | New Scientist

    10 May 2013, by
    Do you stink? This robot will tell you | Mashable

    10 May 2013, by
    ICRA 2013 robot photo essay: “Anthropomatics – Technologies for humans”

    10 May 2013, by
    Nate the Robot RH.6: Bugs are Bugs

    10 May 2013, by
    Chris Hadfield launches Canada’s new five dollar bill … from outer space

    10 May 2013, by
    Correcting misconceptions about autonomous vehicles | Openmarket.org

    10 May 2013, by
    Boston bombings show future use for drones | Tulsa World

    10 May 2013, by
    Can Super Mario save artificial intelligence? | New Yorker

    8 May 2013, by
    The man behind the Google Brain: Andrew Ng and the new AI | WIRED UK

    8 May 2013, by
    Could we experience the workings of our own brains?

    8 May 2013, by
    Envisioning The Future With Inventor Cori Lathan | NPR

    7 May 2013, by
    Live streaming of plenary talks at ICRA

    7 May 2013, by
    We Robot Conference: The Ethical Robot License for open robotics

    7 May 2013, by
    Webinar with Dr. Pierre Dupont: Creating robotic technology for ultra-minimally invasive surgery

    6 May 2013, by
    ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 10 “How the body shapes the way we think”

    6 May 2013, by
    KUKA acquires US integrator and toolmaker

    5 May 2013, by
    The uncanny valet (or, Notes on the design of robot psychology)

    4 May 2013, by
    Why we often view digital culture through insect metaphors | WIRED UK

    4 May 2013, by
    The Swinging Blind Juggler

    3 May 2013, by
    A conversation with Henri Seydoux

    3 May 2013, by
    iRobot yields impressive results for DARPA’s ARM program | Gizmag

    3 May 2013, by
    Online Master of Science in Robotics Engineering | WPI

    3 May 2013, by
    We Robot Conference: 2. Law as algorithm

    3 May 2013, by
    Audio interviews about the controlled flight of insect robots

    3 May 2013, by
    First controlled flight of an insect-sized robot

    2 May 2013, by
    Online job postings for robotic positions up 10% compared to the same 90-day period in 2012

    1 May 2013, by
    Turn your kid into a real-life Mecha with this Japanese robot walker | WIRED UK

    1 May 2013, by
    Kelly the Robot helps kids tackle autism | WebMD

    1 May 2013, by
    DARPA shows off cheap, adaptable, resilient robot hand | ExtremeTech

    1 May 2013, by
    17 robotic innovations among 2013 Edison Award winners

    1 May 2013, by
    SOINN artificial brain can now use the internet to learn new things

    1 May 2013, by
    Intuitive Surgical, a manufacturer with almost no tangible assets?

    1 May 2013, by



    2013 April

    We Robot Conference: 1. Intellectual property

    30 April 2013, by
    A crisis of expectations

    29 April 2013, by
    Quadruped robot ‘cheetah’ learns to walk using animal gait patterns | IEEE Spectrum

    29 April 2013, by
    Snake robot teams up with search-and-rescue dog in US | BBC News

    29 April 2013, by
    Smart vehicles are here: Can government keep pace? | NY Times Energy for Tomorrow Conference

    29 April 2013, by
    Raven Slingshot API implementation with ZedX, Inc.

    27 April 2013, by
    Near-term applications of technology to crops and livestock | PostStarNews

    27 April 2013, by
    Campaign to Stop Killer Robots: Let’s all stop them, shall we?

    27 April 2013, by
    Robot hands gain a gentler touch — Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    26 April 2013, by
    Rethink Robotics and Aldebaran both launch robots for research, teaching and custom development

    26 April 2013, by
    Rethink Robotics introduces Baxter Research Robot

    26 April 2013, by
    Nate the Robot RH.5: Nothing Ever Changes

    26 April 2013, by
    Robotics: A rich context for teaching abstract concepts

    26 April 2013, by
    ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 9 “Ontogenetic development”

    25 April 2013, by
    Turtle-inspired robot to help researchers learn how animals evolved to walk on land | LiveScience

    24 April 2013, by
    Study finds that humans feel empathy for robots | CTV News

    24 April 2013, by
    iRobot stock jumps 15% on Q1 earnings and 2013 projections

    24 April 2013, by
    Video interviews from Robot Block Party 2013

    24 April 2013, by
    EPFL’s Festival Robotique draws a record 17,000 visitors

    24 April 2013, by
    Giant mantis ‘spider’ robot | BBC

    23 April 2013, by
    MAKE’s first International Robot Meetup

    23 April 2013, by
    iRobot shipped 421.000 home robot units in Q1, 2013

    23 April 2013, by
    Stopping the deployment of “killer robots” | Humans Rights Watch

    23 April 2013, by
    Academic and industry collaboration (Part 2): Interview with Hiroshi Ishiguro

    22 April 2013, by
    An insider’s look at why ethics, policy, and law matter to current and future warfare | The Atlantic

    22 April 2013, by
    Robots and jobs, a nuanced issue | ABB Conversations

    21 April 2013, by
    Opportunities for non-military robots increase | National Defense

    21 April 2013, by
    Will robots create new jobs when they take over existing ones? | MIT Technology Review

    21 April 2013, by
    Daniel H. Wilson : Sci-fi destroys the future, science builds it

    21 April 2013, by
    Robots make the cover of Time Magazine

    20 April 2013, by
    New funding sources for robotics

    19 April 2013, by
    Genesis Angels, a new $100M AI and robotics fund | TechCrunch

    19 April 2013, by
    Ethical, social and legal issues

    19 April 2013, by
    Ryan Calo on spyware for your brain

    18 April 2013, by
    All eyes on Intuitive Surgical suit

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

    16 April 2013, by
    Robot Block Party recap

    16 April 2013, by
    Stanford Robot Block Party 2013 – IEEE Spectrum

    16 April 2013, by
    Boy ‘lived as a robot’ for two months | BBC

    16 April 2013, by
    ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 8 “Where is human memory?”

    16 April 2013, by
    Robohub focus: Dealing with the ‘jobs’ question

    15 April 2013, by
    The great equalizer: How robotics frees manufacturers from consolidating in low-wage nations

    15 April 2013, by
    Effect of robots on jobs? Only time — and management teams — will tell

    15 April 2013, by
    Nate the Robot RH.4: Who wants those jobs?

    15 April 2013, by
    Do robots kill jobs?

    15 April 2013, by
    Raffaello D’Andrea on “Do robots kill jobs?”

    14 April 2013, by
    Mark Tilden on “Do robots kill jobs?”

    14 April 2013, by
    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
    There is no war other than the one we are fighting with ourselves

    13 April 2013, by
    Robots and the economy: Red herrings, or canaries in a coal mine?

    13 April 2013, by
    Commercial opportunities to create more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs when FAA opens airspace to UAS

    12 April 2013, by
    Jobs isn’t the issue for robotics

    12 April 2013, by
    Do industrial robots really have a positive impact on employment?

    12 April 2013, by
    Xconomy Forum’s final word about robots and jobs

    12 April 2013, by
    In agriculture robots replace job vacancies

    12 April 2013, by
    Design your own 3D printed robot with Mobot-A | 3Ders

    11 April 2013, by
    Stanford U hosts Robot Block Party as part of National Robotics Week

    11 April 2013, by
    Stanford Robot Block Party – part of National Robotics Week

    11 April 2013, by
    Jobs for roboticists

    11 April 2013, by
    Henrik Christensen interview: Robots are not killing jobs | IEEE Spectrum

    10 April 2013, by
    Jobs by the numbers: Economic reports on the robotics and manufacturing industries

    9 April 2013, by
    Liquid Robotics Announces Wave Glider SV3

    9 April 2013, by
    We Robot: Live coverage on robotics and the law

    6 April 2013, by
    ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 7 “Collective Intelligence: Cognition from interaction”

    6 April 2013, by
    National Robotics Week in the US (and Mars)

    6 April 2013, by
    Blimp-in-a-box contract causes acquisition

    6 April 2013, by
    Video of Boston Dynamics’ PETMAN in action

    5 April 2013, by
    Two new videos show progress with humanoid robots

    5 April 2013, by
    Petman tests camo | YouTube

    5 April 2013, by
    Academic and industry collaboration (Part 1): Interview with Rodney Brooks

    5 April 2013, by
    Software marketplace

    5 April 2013, by
    National Robotics Week is here! | robots.net

    5 April 2013, by
    DNA testing chip delivers results in one hour, paves way for personalized drug treatments

    4 April 2013, by
    B9Creator great performance/price, offers upgrade | Gizmag

    3 April 2013, by
    Noel Sharkey: Ban the killer robots before it’s too late | CNN

    3 April 2013, by
    AFK (or, Robotic free speech, and what you can do to help)

    3 April 2013, by
    Attention C++ coders: NASA/TopCoder launch $10,000 Robonaut challenge

    3 April 2013, by
    ‘E-puck’ robot swarm moves objects with minimum of information | Wired UK

    2 April 2013, by
    Billionaire building robotic Jurassic Park | Wired UK

    2 April 2013, by
    Journalism schools start teaching students to fly drones | RT

    1 April 2013, by
    Mayor Bloomberg to NYC: Domestic drones are inevitable | NBC News

    1 April 2013, by
    Why driverless cars are ‘probably’ legal | The Atlantic Cities

    1 April 2013, by
    Max Headroom gets a female counterpart: Zoe | Reuters

    1 April 2013, by



    2013 March

    BionicOpter | Festo

    30 March 2013, by
    ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 6 “Evolution: Cognition from scratch”

    30 March 2013, by
    New book: “Robot Futures” by Illah Reza Nourbakhsh

    29 March 2013, by
    ‘The Most Powerful Arm Ever Invented’ | Campaign Brief

    28 March 2013, by
    The more Americans know about drones, the less they like them | Reason.com

    27 March 2013, by
    Robots aren’t the problem: It’s us | The Chronicle of Higher Education

    27 March 2013, by
    Interview with TurtleBot inventors | IEEE Spectrum

    27 March 2013, by
    Court denies Intuitive Surgical’s bid to throw out lawsuit | Bloomberg

    27 March 2013, by
    Parrot AR.Drone app harnesses crowd power to fast-track vision learning in robotic spacecraft

    26 March 2013, by
    VLAB: Drones – The commercial era takes off, but breaking the law is going to blow-up in our faces

    26 March 2013, by
    How to build a robot arm out of cardboard | CNET

    25 March 2013, by
    The Twitternet of things? | Digital Trends

    25 March 2013, by
    The future of drones in America: Law enforcement and privacy considerations

    25 March 2013, by
    Senators told current laws may offer little shield against drones | New York Times

    25 March 2013, by
    ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 5 “Design principles for intelligent systems (part 2)”

    24 March 2013, by
    Kickstarter, Indiegogo and robotic start-up companies

    24 March 2013, by
    Quadcopters advertising new Star Trek movie

    24 March 2013, by
    Updated Robotics Roadmap presented to US congress

    22 March 2013, by
    Nate the Robot RH.3 – The Expendables

    22 March 2013, by
    International standards

    22 March 2013, by
    Alone together with man’s new best friend | NPR Technology Podcast

    21 March 2013, by
    Capitol Hill event welcomes revised robotics roadmap

    21 March 2013, by
    2013 Edition of U.S. Robotics Roadmap presented to Congressional Robotics Caucus | US-OSTP

    21 March 2013, by
    Robots to spur economy, improve quality of life, keep responders safe | GTech

    20 March 2013, by
    Don’t call ’em drones: The wide world of unmanned flying machines | NBC News

    20 March 2013, by
    Robots on Tour event draws larger-than-expected crowds

    20 March 2013, by
    Major funding boost announced for French robotics sector | Wired UK

    20 March 2013, by
    Chris Anderson, Marc Raibert and Steven Cousins at Engadget Expand Event

    19 March 2013, by
    Robotics infiltrates Engadget’s Expand

    19 March 2013, by
    Liquid robotics gets $45 million to continue double-digit growth

    19 March 2013, by
    Liquid Robotics Gets $45 Million To Continue Double-Digit Growth

    19 March 2013, by
    Robot Combat League, Tuesdays on Syfy | Automaton

    19 March 2013, by
    Lego paper plane folding machine | CNET News

    19 March 2013, by
    Which companies provide robotic systems to the military?

    18 March 2013, by
    Drones, ethics and the armchair soldier | NYT

    18 March 2013, by
    ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 4 “Design principles for intelligent systems (part 1)”

    18 March 2013, by
    Better living through technology | Engadget

    18 March 2013, by
    cSpring bipedal robot platform | Engadget

    18 March 2013, by
    Printable robots | NSF Science Nation

    17 March 2013, by
    Military robots: No reason to freak out

    17 March 2013, by
    Romo on the move

    16 March 2013, by
    MLB’s Pentagon-backed “Bat Drone” | Slate

    16 March 2013, by
    Daniel H. Wilson on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”

    16 March 2013, by
    How will robots shape the future of warfare?

    15 March 2013, by
    Nourishing the Planet: Agroecology | blogs.worldwatch.org

    15 March 2013, by
    Japan’s Robot Renaissance (Fukushima’s Silver Lining)

    15 March 2013, by
    Nate the Robot RH.2 – There’s Nothing Silly About War!

    15 March 2013, by
    Active military robots around the world

    15 March 2013, by
    Nate the Robot RH.1 – I’m on Robohub!

    14 March 2013, by
    The inevitable conflict?

    14 March 2013, by
    Robohub focus: Robots and warfare

    13 March 2013, by
    Mark Tilden on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”

    13 March 2013, by
    Raffaello D’Andrea on “How will robots shape the future of warfare?”

    13 March 2013, by
    ChewBots – Happy Pets Happy Owners

    13 March 2013, by
    CHIMP, Carnegie Mellon University’s entry in the DARPA Robotics Challenge | Ares blog

    13 March 2013, by
    NASA rover finds conditions once suited for ancient life on mars | NASA JPL

    12 March 2013, by
    Who’s liable when a driverless car crashes? | NPR

    12 March 2013, by
    Swarm behaviour may not require intelligence | NewScientist

    11 March 2013, by
    A visual history of robotic Mars probes | Wired UK

    11 March 2013, by
    ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 3 “Towards a theory of intelligence”

    9 March 2013, by
    Why isn’t my mother a mechanic?

    8 March 2013, by
    Why we didn’t plan for Women’s Day

    8 March 2013, by
    Lynn Urbina on FIRST, Watson and the Girls of Steel

    8 March 2013, by and
    Nine companies to watch in Silicon Valley | SRI International

    8 March 2013, by
    Giving rights to robots

    8 March 2013, by
    Foxconn Foxbot update

    8 March 2013, by
    Drone filibuster delays US Senate’s vote on new CIA director

    7 March 2013, by
    Crashing into walls: Airburr takes a counter-intuitive approach to navigation | IEEE Spectrum

    6 March 2013, by
    The death of search (or, My dysfunctional relationship with Siri)

    6 March 2013, by
    Bad laws would hurt good drones | CNN

    5 March 2013, by
    Designed to mingle: Rezero ballbot’s smooth moves can handle a crowd

    5 March 2013, by
    Disruptive robotics

    5 March 2013, by
    Nate the Robot No.36 : Question of the ages

    5 March 2013, by
    robots on tour | Zurich March 9

    4 March 2013, by
    Know your robot space torsos: Justin, Robonaut, SAR-400, & AILA

    4 March 2013, by
    Robots on Tour: 8-9 March 2013 in Zurich

    3 March 2013, by
    The rise of robotics in medicine | MedCityNews

    2 March 2013, by
    BigDog’s heavy lifting manipulator | IEEE Spectrum

    1 March 2013, by
    ShanghAI Lectures 2012: Lecture 2 “Cognition as computation”

    1 March 2013, by




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