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3 types of robot singularities and how to avoid them
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
02 Mar 2016
If you are interested in science, "singularity" probably makes you think of a black hole. Black holes are popular in the media right now since the LIGO lab in America proved the existence of gravitat...
Talking Machines: Robotics and machine learning music videos, with Michael Littman
Talking Machines
17 Feb 2016
In episode three of season two, Ryan walks us through the Alpha Go results and answers a listeners' question about using Gaussian processes for classifications. Plus, we talk with Michael Littman of...
Robotic assistants: Science meets fiction, with Carme Torras
In this video lecture Carme Torras, Research Professor at the Spanish Scientific Research Council (CSIC) looks at the process of working on assistive robots employed as helpers to disabled or elderly...
Vote for your favourite AI video – AAAI Video Competition People’s Choice Award
Sabine Hauert
01 Feb 2016
You get to decide the winner of the People’s Choice Award for the AI Video Competition 2016!...
A brief history of robotic force torque sensors
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
28 Jan 2016
Force torque sensors are now ubiquitous in robotics, but where did they come from? What series of inventions and discoveries happened for robot force sensors to arrive where they are today? It turns...
How to fine tune your robot’s payload, and why
Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette and Robotiq Inc.
20 Jan 2016
Payload, grip force, weight, and reach are all data that are used to describe and differentiate robots from each other. Payload is mostly used to determine the weight that the robot can carry through ...
Mastering ROS for robotics programming
Lentin Joseph
19 Jan 2016
A new book by Lentin Joseph, Mastering ROS for Robotics Programming, discusses advanced concepts in robotics and how to implement them using ROS. Readers will learn how to build models of complex ...
Survey on your experience with robotics competitions
Mahmoud AbdelAziz
14 Jan 2016
From Grand Challenges such as the recent DRC, to STEM events such as FIRST, to startup pitches such as Robot Launch, competitions have been used to push the state of the art in the field, inspire the ...
How to design a robotics experiment
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
08 Jan 2016
The ability to design good scientific experiments is a key skill for any robotic researcher. Without a grasp of experimental design, even the best technological developments may never succeed in being...
Create a ROS sensor plugin for Gazebo
Ricardo Téllez
07 Jan 2016
There are magnificent tutorials about how to create plugins for Gazebo in the GazeboSim webpage. There are even some tutorials about how to create plugins for Gazebo + ROS, which show that there are...
10 essential skills for roboticists
Alex Owen-Hill and Robotiq Inc.
07 Jan 2016
What Type of Person Works in Robotics?
Roboticists are a combination of opposites. As specialists, we are skilled in the fine details of our respective specialisms. As generalists, we are able to se...
Interview with IJARS, with Howie Choset and Seth Hutchinson
The IJARS team sat down at ICRA with two influential academics in robotics: Professor Howie Choset (Carnegie Mellon University) and Professor Seth Hutchinson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaig...
The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars
CIS Blog
30 Dec 2015
Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can’t completely avoid accidents altogether. ...
From pencil and paper to hands-on making, a brief history of MIT’s legendary MechE 2.007
MIT News
16 Dec 2015
Alissa Mallinson | Department of Mechanical Engineering
It's hard to ignore the fact that a worldwide maker movement is well underway. Over the past 10 or so years, community Maker Faires have beco...
Configuring multiple USB devices: An alternative to udev
Robots for Roboticists
16 Dec 2015
Every time I need to add multiple USB devices to a computer I get nervous and dread the architecture. The problem is that when a computer boots it automatically brings up USB devices in whatever order...
How many axes does my robot need?
Mathieu Bélanger-Barrette and Robotiq Inc.
09 Dec 2015
Anyone who has been in robotics long enough is eventually tasked with figuring out how many axes they will need for their robot. Most robots have somewhere between three and seven axes, but how d...
How to get started (and progress) in robotics: A quick guide for teens and adults
Robots for Roboticists
09 Dec 2015
I get many questions from people about how I think kids and adults should get started in robotics, how they should progress, and what they should buy, to learn about robotics. This is a quick guide t...
Phiro is a smart robot that lets kids learn to code 5 different ways
Deepti Suchindran
16 Nov 2015
Just like reading, writing and arithmetic, problem solving and innovative thinking are essential 21st century skills our children need. Research shows that one of the most effective ways for kids to l...
Cannybots: Smart toy cars for play and learning
Anish Mampetta
30 Oct 2015
Cannybots are smart toy cars that introduce kids to programming, 3D-printing, robotics and AI, through play. They can be controlled and programmed from a phone or tablet to drive around, or to pla...
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The Open Academic Robot Kit, with Raymond Sheh
Ron Vanderkley
16 Oct 2015
Transcript below.
In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Raymond Sheh, who is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Computing at Curtin University and head of the Intelligent Robots Group....
Work, play and STEM: How robotics will bridge the gap
Ricky Ye
08 Oct 2015
As advancements to how we approach STEM education and initiatives are on the rise around science, engineering and mathematics, we’re seeing a greater impact on how we recognize children’s developm...
Erle-Spider, the Ubuntu drone with legs
Víctor Mayoral Vilches
15 Sep 2015
Erle-Spider is a drone with legs powered by Canonical’s new distribution for robots and IoT devices: Snappy Ubuntu Core. This computer with legs uses the Robot Operating System (ROS), and has been ...
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Robots and Communication, with Eleanor Sandry
Ron Vanderkley
21 Aug 2015
Transcript included.
In this episode, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Dr. Eleanor Sandry of Curtin University about her new book Robots and Communication. In the interview, we explore human to anim...
Where to place fuses and how to protect your robot and motors
Robots for Roboticists
02 Aug 2015
When you design a system it is often tempting to place a fuse on every component. This idea is fine for most batteries, sensors, and computers. However this can really cause destruction when you are w...
Come with me to the Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition
Michael Savoie
13 Jul 2015
It wouldn’t be June in Colorado without the Sparkfun Autonomous Vehicle Competition. Started back in 2009, the annual event is held at their global headquarters near Boulder, CO. ...
Book Review: ‘Practical Field Robotics’ by Robert Sturges
Robots for Roboticists
07 Jul 2015
Practical Field Robotics: A Systems Approach by Robert H. Sturges, Jr. from Virginia Tech is an interesting book about how to design a field robot from a high level systems approach, and how to build ...
One year later: Update from Leka, Robot Launch 2014 Grand Winner
Ladislas de Toldi and Leka
02 Jul 2015
Almost one year ago, Leka won the Grand Prize at the 2014 Robot Launch competition for Moti, a robotic toy that helps autistic children learn to regulate their own emotions through play. Leka cofounde...
Jade Robot: Hands on STEM for kids and classrooms
Myke Predko
18 Jun 2015
The Jade Robot is a fully-developed educational robot designed to engage and excite the next generation of scientists and engineers. It has just completed six months of in-classroom testing with st...
How to convert Linux into an embedded system
Robots for Roboticists
12 Jun 2015
Running Linux on your embedded system can be great for giving you a stable base, lots of tools, and you can often solve problems with a quick Google search....
Learning robotics using Python
Lentin Joseph
09 Jun 2015
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A new book, Learning Robotics using Python, takes a different approach to teaching the Robotics Operating System (ROS). Written by Lentin Joseph, founder and CEO of Indian robotics start...
Thymio goes wireless!
Robohub Editors
04 Jun 2015
Thymio is a playful robot designed to help children discover programming, motors, light and motion sensors, and ultimately, logical and inventive thinking - right out of the box. Earlier versions...
Simulating in MapleSim
Clearpath Robotics
19 May 2015
By Ilia Baranov
Robots are expensive and they usually depend on batteries. What if you want to run an experiment with 100 robots, running for 10 hours? To help answer this question, ROS has built ...
Muribot: Bringing university level robotics to consumers of all abilities
Michael Stone
06 May 2015
Muribot is an affordable, compact robot kit, designed to make coding and robotics easily accessible to people of all ages and skill levels. It packs in quality hardware, usually seen only at universit...
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bStem, with Todd Hylton
Audrow Nash
01 May 2015
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In this episode, Audrow Nash interviews Todd Hylton, Senior Vice President at Brain Corporation, about neuromorphic computers. They discuss the robotics development board bStem, which appro...
Robots 101: Lasers
Clearpath Robotics
29 Apr 2015
By Ilia Baranov
In this new Robots 101 series, we will be taking a look at how robots work, what makes designing them challenging, and how engineers at Clearpath Robotics tackle these problems. To ...
Teaching tykes to program robots
the National Science Foundation (NSF)
21 Apr 2015
Playgrounds are popular spaces for young children to play and learn. They promote exploration of the physical environment and motor and social skill development, allowing young children to be autonomo...
