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Flying Donkey Challenge on hold as Kenyan authorities cope with Westgate Mall fallout

Hallie Siegel 18 Jul 2014

Today organizers announced that the first edition of the Flying Donkey Challenge in Kenya, which had preliminary sub-challenges slated to begin this November, is on hold indefinitely due to delays in ...

China International Robot Show (CIROS) a BIG hit

Frank Tobe 16 Jul 2014

CIROS, the China International Robot Show held last week in Shanghai had record crowds, record numbers of exhibitors, 168,000 sq ft of exhibition space, and exuded confidence in a thriving up-and-comi...

Science, startups and industry at RSS2014 (Part 2)

Andra Keay 15 Jul 2014

The 10th annual Robotics Science and Systems conference (RSS14) is on at the University of California, Berkeley, July 12 to 16, and we are picking up where we left off yesterday on our coverage of t...

Science and startups at RSS2014 in Berkeley (Part 1)

Andra Keay 14 Jul 2014

The 10th annual Robotics Science and Systems conference is on at the University of California, Berkeley, July 12 to 16. From a small start, the conference now has over 800 attendees, with 28 differe...

Grizzly on the Mars Emulation Terrain at NCFRN

Clearpath Robotics 09 Jul 2014

by Ryan Gariepy I recently spent over a week in Montreal talking with – and learning from – the Canadian field robotics community, first at the Computer and Robot Vision (CRV) conference and t...

Startup Series #6: MIT Entreprise Forum VLAB

Andra Keay 09 Jul 2014

The VLAB Collaborative Robots forum on Thursday May 29 was a masterclass for robot startups. For 90 minutes at the Knight Management Center at Stanford, we heard all about the business of robotics fro...

The next big things in robotics

Alan Winfield 08 Jul 2014

Last week I attended the launch event for a new NESTA publication called Our work here is done: Visions of a Robot Economy....

Top 10 take-aways from AUTOMATICA 2014

Frank Tobe 02 Jul 2014

When you see a slick robot - say for instance the new Aldebaran Pepper robot - you can easily be distracted by the design, the gestures, the interaction, the cuteness. But AUTOMATI...

DARPA announces new challenges, teams, and research goals for the DRC’s finale in June 2015

Ransom Mowris 27 Jun 2014

Teams of roboticists from around the globe will convene in Los Angeles for the third and final round of the DARPA Robotics Challenge on June 5th and 6th, 2015. For this phase, DARPA will be cutting ...

Donate to Robohub for a chance to win a Sphero 2.0

Robohub Editors 25 Jun 2014

Donate Any Amount Everyone who donates will be entered into a drawing for a Sphero 2.0 interactive robot! ...

Keeping Robohub plugged in

Robohub Editors 25 Jun 2014

It's not even July, and 2014 has already been a tremendous year for Robohub. In addition to doubling our readership to over 50,000 unique monthly visitors, we successfully organized the first global r...

FIRST 2014 photo essay: Girls of Steel back in St. Louis

Lynn Urbina 19 Jun 2014

The Girls of Steel are in the stands during the awards ceremonies at the Buckeye regional, and we’re waiting to see if our team will make it to the Championships. It has been a long build season; we...

Why was this man smiling at AUTOMATICA 2014?

Frank Tobe 17 Jun 2014

34,500 visitors from more than 100 countries came to Munich this June to visit AUTOMATICA 2014 and examine the robotics-related wares of 731 exhibitors from over 42 countries. But why was Esben Ø...

Exclusive Q&A: World cup kickoff looms for demo of brain-controlled machine | Science

Hallie Siegel 12 Jun 2014

During the World Cup next week, there may be 1 minute during the opening ceremony when the boisterous stadium crowd in São Paulo falls silent: when a paraplegic young person wearing a brain-controlle...

IFR Maker/User Panel at AUTOMATICA

Frank Tobe 11 Jun 2014

In a crowded back room at AUTOMATICA 2014 in Munich, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) sponsored a panel of prominent robot users explaining their needs to a panel of executives represent...

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Russian robotics, with Roman Luchin and Andrew Gryaznov

Sabine Hauert 30 May 2014

In this episode, Sabine speaks with Andrew Gryaznov, co-founder of Cubic Robotics and Roman Luchin, CEO of CyberTech Labs, about robotics in Russia. They provide us with an inside view on robotics edu...

Bay Area Maker Faire biggest yet

Frank Tobe 29 May 2014

Aerial shot of the Bay Area Maker Faire 2014 from 3D Robotics using their IRIS autonomous aerial vehicle. Maker Faire, held at the San Mateo Event Center May 17-18, was the biggest Maker Faire Bay A...

Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo recap

Frank Tobe 29 May 2014

"sUSB Expo 2014 showed signs of a maturing drone industry," said Antoine Martin of Unmanned Vehicle Systems Consulting. The sold-out 2nd annual sUSB Expo 2014, held in San Francisco earlier this ...

Meet the winners of Robot Launch 2014

Robohub Editors 27 May 2014

In February 2014, Robohub and Silicon Valley Robotics launched the first global startup competition for robotics. More than 75 startups from 19 countries entered the competition, with robotics inn...

New video shows range and versatility of professional service robots

Robohub Editors 23 May 2014

A new video promoting this year's AUTOMATICA event in Munich offers an excellent primer in the state of professional service robotics in Europe. Check out the video here:...

Robots14 brings it all together

Hallie Siegel 22 May 2014

CSAIL - MIT's M-Blocks on display at the Robots Demo Lunch, which was sponsored by EPFL Alumni. — at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Photo credits: swissnex. One of the chief goals of ...

Robotics evangelist: ‘Personal robots’ should be invisible beings | The Register

Hallie Siegel 22 May 2014

Personal robots are fast approaching reality, says one robotics evangelist – but not as the humanoid servants so often portrayed in futuristic fantasies. "Robots are the new black," said Andra K...

30 years of AI with Rolf Pfeifer: A robotics legend delivers his farewell talk

Nathan Labhart 21 May 2014

Source: University of Zurich Mediadesk Watch Rolf Pfeifer’s farewell lecture at the University of Zurich, broadcasting live on Robohub Friday May 23, 2014 (18:00–19:30 CEST/16:00–17:30 UTC). ...

Robot Launch Finals

Andra Keay and Robohub Editors 20 May 2014

Watch the live stream from the 2014 Robot Launch Finals, starting today May 20 at 10AM Pacific. From over 60 entries from all around the world, our judges have narrowed it down to six finalists: DoBo...

RobotLaunch startups take note! Sage advice from the experts at Robots2014

Hallie Siegel 16 May 2014

It's just a few days until the RobotLaunch Finals on May 20, where our remaining six teams will battle it out in front of a live panel of judges. So we thought we'd recap some of the expert advice we ...

Livestream: BAL ROBOTOV Roboforum

Robohub Editors 15 May 2014

Watch the live stream from the first annual BAL ROBOTOV Roboforum in Moscow, running May 15-18. Speakers include creator of Hubo, Jun-Ho Oh, iCub's Giorgio Metta, creator of the Blind Robot Louis-Phi...

Robot Launch 2014 Finals May 20 – Vote now for People’s Choice

Andra Keay 14 May 2014

Today we announce the six finalists from Robot Launch who will be presenting their pitches online live to a panel of expert judges on Tuesday May 20 at 10am PDT. Join us then to see who takes home the...

Livestream: Small Unmanned Systems Business Expo 2014

Robohub Editors 08 May 2014

Watch the live stream from the second sUSB-Expo in San Francisco. Speakers include Henri Seydoux of Parrot Drone, Wolfgang Juchmann of Velodyne LiDAR, Rory Paul of Volt Aerial Robotics, Chris Ande...

Robot Launch 2014 – Robohub People’s Choice round three

Andra Keay 07 May 2014

For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for the "People's Choice" startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we're going to publish 10 videos from our Top 30 and during our live...

Recent robotics notices and awards

Frank Tobe 05 May 2014

Steadily the robotics movement gains traction. Contracts are being given, funding is arranged, companies are expanding, and all the while a stream of youths are inspired to enter STEM career paths. H...

Robot Launch 2014: Robohub People’s Choice Round Two

Andra Keay 30 Apr 2014

For the next three weeks, Robohub readers can vote for the "People's Choice" startup from the Robot Launch competition. Each week, we're going to publish 10 videos from our Top 30, and during our liv...

EuRoC Info Day is just around the corner

Bruno Siciliano 28 Apr 2014

The European Robotics Challenge (EuRoC) Info Day will take place on May 5, 2014 at the Fraunhofer IPA auditorium in Stuttgart, Germany. Interested participants will have the opportunity to present t...

Minesweepers: Towards a landmine-free world

Alaa Khamis 28 Apr 2014

Minesweepers International Outdoor Robotic Competition on Humanitarian Demining Detection and removal of antipersonnel landmines is, at present, a serious problem of political, economical, environm...

Show us your AI – AAAI Video Competition

Sabine Hauert 27 Apr 2014

Update The submission deadline has been extended to May 4. Submit your AI and robotics videos for a chance to be featured on Robohub and win a Shakey Award at the AAAI Video Competition....

Robot Launch 2014 – Robohub People’s Choice Round One

Andra Keay 23 Apr 2014

#Robots14 event “From Imagination to Market” is itself imaginative

Frank Tobe 22 Apr 2014

An adage in tech funding is "It's not what you know, it's who you know." Aaron Horowitz (left) and Hannah Chung (in the bear suit on the right) boost that concept - and their visibility - by weari...

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