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Robotics in the home
In this special live recording for the UK Festival of Robotics, Claire chatted to Dr. Patrick Holthaus, Prof. Praminda Caleb-Solly and Dr Mike Aldred (Dyson) about how social and assistive robots can offer company and help around the home, which can be game-changing for people with limited mobility or dementia.
11 September 2022, by
EPSRC UK-RAS Network
Why household robot servants are a lot harder to build than robotic vacuums and automated warehouse workers
With recent advances in artificial intelligence and robotics technology, there is growing interest in developing and marketing household robots capable of handling a variety of domestic chores.
09 September 2022, by
The Conversation
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348
podcast
Mimicking the Five Senses, On Chip, with Rob Telson
Rob Telson dives into the Akida Neural Processor from BrainChip, which is mimicking the five senses from the human brain on a low-powered chip.
23 March 2022, by
Abate De Mey
Robotics innovation infiltrates 2022 Consumer Electronics Show
The 2022 CES Innovation Awards recognize a range of robotics technologies as Honorees, and feature three in the “Best of Innovation” category as well.
08 January 2022, by
Silicon Valley Robotics
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333
podcast
Snake-like Robot as a Worker Companion, with Matt Bilsky
Robohub Podcast · Snake-like Robot as a Worker Companion - FLX BOT
Matt Bilsky, founder and CEO of FLX Solutions, discusses the snake-like robot he invented called the FLX BOT. The FLX BOT consist...
27 May 2021, by
Kate Zhou
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315
podcast
Exploring from a Distance, with Muralidharan Arikara
Robohub Podcast · Exploring From a Distance
In this episode, Lauren Klein interviews Muralidharan Arikara, CEO of Xarpie Labs. Xarpie Labs creates visualization and simulation experiences within t...
28 July 2020, by
Lauren Klein
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283
podcast
Misty II: A Robotics Platform for Developers, with Ian Bernstein
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Ian Bernstein, Founder and Head of Product at Misty Robotics, about a robotics platform designed for developers called Misty II. Bernstein discusses the moti...
07 April 2019, by
Audrow Nash
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274
podcast
IROS 2018 Exhibition (Part 1 of 3), with Gabriel Lopes and Bernt Børnich
In this interview, Audrow Nash interviews Gabriel Lopes, Robot and Control Scientist at Robot Care Systems, and Bernt Børnich, CEO and Co-founder of Halodi Robotics....
27 November 2018, by
Audrow Nash
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253
podcast
eSIM in Wearable Technology, with Karl Weaver
In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks with Karl Weaver (魏卡爾), formerly the Original Equipment Manufacturer Business Development Director for Oasis Smart SIM. Weaver discusses how wearable technolo...
05 February 2018, by
Audrow Nash
RoboBusiness 2017: What’s cooking in robotics?
Mike Toscano, the former president of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, emphatically declared at the September RobotLab forum that “anyone who claims to know the futur...
05 October 2017, by
Oliver Mitchell
iRobot on the defensive
SharkNinja, a well-known marketer of home consumer products, has entered the American robotic vacuum market with a product that is priced to compete against iRobot’s Roomba line of floor cleaners. T...
20 September 2017, by
Frank Tobe
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242
podcast
CUJO – Smart Firewall for Cybersecurity, with Leon Kuperman
In this episode, MeiXing Dong talks with Leon Kuperman, CTO of CUJO, about cybersecurity threats and how to guard against them. They discuss how CUJO, a smart hardware firewall, helps protect the home...
04 September 2017, by
MeiXing Dong
SMART trials self-driving wheelchair at hospital
Singapore and MIT have been at the forefront of autonomous vehicle development. First, there were self-driving golf buggies. Then, an autonomous electric car. Now, leveraging similar technology, MIT a...
26 July 2017, by
MIT News
Tertill: A weed whacking robot to patrol your garden
Update: The response to Tertill’s crowdfunding campaign has amazed and delighted us! Pledges totalling over $250,000 have come from 1000+ backers. We're shipping to all countries, with over a fifth...
06 July 2017, by
Joe Jones
China’s e-commerce dynamo JD makes deliveries via mobile robots
China’s second-biggest e-commerce company, JD.com (Alibaba is first), is testing mobile robots to make deliveries to its customers, and imagining a future with fully unmanned logistics...
05 July 2017, by
Frank Tobe
Programming your NAO robot for human interaction
Today we are looking at how to program your NAO Robot for Human Interaction. Watch the video and follow the steps below to get interactive with your robot pal!
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09 May 2017, by
Philip English
Three years on: An update from Leka, Robot Launch winner
Nearly three years ago, Leka won the Grand Prize at the 2014 Robot Launch competition for their robotic toy set on changing the way children with developmental disorders learn, play and progress. Leka...
15 March 2017, by
Ladislas de Toldi
Developing ROS programs for the Sphero robot
You probably know the Sphero robot. It is a small robot with the shape of a ball. In case that you have one, you must know that it is possible to control it using ROS, by installing in your computer t...
13 March 2017, by
Ricardo Téllez
Mayfield Robotics to introduce enhanced interactions with Kuri
It’s been about 8 weeks since we first introduced Kuri to the world at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and we’re incredibly, amazingly, stupendously happy to keep hearing from people ab...
07 March 2017, by
Kuri
Programming for robotics: Introduction to ROS
This handy video-tutorial course gives an introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS), including many of the available tools that are commonly used in robotics. With the help of different example...
07 March 2017, by
Péter Fankhauser
Leg over wheels: Ghost robotics’ Minitaur proves legged capabilities over difficult terrain
Ghost Robotics—a leader in fast and lightweight direct-drive legged robots—announced recently that its Minitaur model has been updated with advanced reactive behaviors for navigating grass, rock, ...
07 March 2017, by
Alex Kirkpatrick
Hard at work: A review of the Laevo Exoskeleton
Back pain is one of the leading causes of work absenteeism in the UK, with 8.8 million days lost to work-related muscoskeletal disorders per year. On average, each case causes 16 days of absenteeism, ...
23 February 2017, by
Philip English
Wearable AI that can detect the tone of a conversation
It’s a fact of nature that a single conversation can be interpreted in very different ways. For people with anxiety or conditions like Asperger’s, this can make social situations extremely stressf...
01 February 2017, by
CSAIL MIT
Understanding social robotics
Pepper, Jibo and Milo make up the first generation of social robots, leading what promises to be a cohort with diverse capabilities and future applications. But what are social robots and what should...
24 January 2017, by
Thosha Moodley
Looking towards service robotics in 2017
Sophisticated household robots are only just starting to show up in our lives, but all the building blocks for a veritable “Cambrian explosion” of robotics are there, as Gill Pratt described it wh...
30 December 2016, by
Silicon Valley Robotics
Jibo look-alike appears on Chinese websites
For all of us who participated in the Jibo IndieGoGo crowdfunding and are anxiously awaiting delivery - which has been delayed again - this Chinese knock-off came as quite a surprise....
29 December 2016, by
Frank Tobe
How artificial intelligence is changing our Christmas shop
British consumers are expected to spend £280 each on gifts over the weeks leading up to Christmas. More than half of these purchases will take place online. Almost a third of people will rely on onli...
21 December 2016, by
Rikke Duus and Mike Cooray
Why are some social robots selling well, whilst others are stalled or failing?
Amazon's Echo sales have exceeded 4 million and they are ramping up to sell 10 million in 2017; Google's Home has received positive reviews and have just begun selling in large numbers; but SoftBank's...
18 November 2016, by
Frank Tobe
Care-O-bot 4 celebrates its premiere as a shopping assistant
In January 2015, Fraunhofer IPA presented a prototype of the “Care-O-bot 4” service robot. The charming helper is now proving its worth in the real world. “Paul” the robot has been greeting cu...
14 November 2016, by
Fraunhofer IPA
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221
podcast
Ori Systems: Robotic Furniture, with Hasier Larrea
In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Hasier Larrea, Founder and CEO of Ori Systems and MSc candidate at the MIT Media Lab, about robotics used to transform personal spaces. Larrea discusses how the...
12 November 2016, by
Audrow Nash
