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Robocars at CES: Mercedes concept
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
07 Jan 2015
There is reasonable volume of robocar related stuff to see here at CES. I just had a few hours today, and went to see the much touted Mercedes F105 “Luxury in Motion.” This is a concept, and no...
Island Forum 2014: Advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence
LEE Chor Pharn and Aaron MANIAM
06 Jan 2015
The Singapore Ministry of Defence convened the sixth edition of the Island Forum in November 2014 to explore the emerging future of artificial intelligence and robotics, developments that could have e...
RoCKIn2014, live stream and live scores
Robohub Editors
28 Nov 2014
The RoCKIn2014 competition event is taking place right now, you can watch the live stream, broadcasting directly from Cité de l'espace science museum and you can also view the live scores from RoCKIn...
Aeon Scientific wins 2014 Swiss Technology Award
Michael Keller and ETH Zurich
26 Nov 2014
The cardiologist sits in the control room next to the operating theatre and uses a joystick to steer a catheter through the patient's blood vessel into the heart's chambers to treat the card...
EU Robotics Week is on!
Robohub Editors
25 Nov 2014
The fourth annual EU Robotics Week is on across Europe, with more than 300 activities happening this week in 25 EU countries.
Industry, research institutes and universities all over Europe will be...
MecklerMedia launches RoboUniverse
Frank Tobe
24 Nov 2014
MecklerMedia, a trade show organizer, is launching a new three-day, two-track workshop, seminar and exhibition on most verticals in robotics (other than heavy industry, military and space) to be held ...
Minesweepers 2014: Outdoor robotic competition on humanitarian demining
Alaa Khamis
21 Nov 2014
Minesweepers: Towards a Landmine-Free World is an outdoor robotic competition initiated by IEEE Robotics and Automation Society – Egypt Chapter that aims to raise public awareness of the seriousne...
Amazon Picking Challenge
Joe Romano
05 Nov 2014
In September 2014 Amazon announced the Amazon Picking Challenge, a new robot manipulation contest as part of the ICRA robot challenges. The idea was to take a difficult problem from the warehouse orde...
It’s all about fun: Robot startups at Pioneers Festival 2014
Torsten Andre
05 Nov 2014
The Pionners Festival took place again this year at the Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria, bringing together startups and investors from all over the world to talk about entrepreneurship and future t...
First TRADR EU FP7 Joint Exercise (TJEx)
Zoe Fragoulopoulou
30 Oct 2014
ALCOR Lab members describe their experience.
From September 23rd to October 2nd the first TRADR Joint Exercise (TJEx) took place at the Tremora hospital (ex American hospital of Calambrone) near Pi...
Drones For Good Award announces semi-finalists
Dronologista
21 Oct 2014
The semi-finalists of the UAE Drones For Good award have been announced. Here is a highlight of the international contenders; you can find the full list of semi-finalists on the UAE Drones For Good...
Driven by care needs, will it be the booming senior population that spurs wider acceptance of robots?
Abate De Mey
19 Oct 2014
Tony Prescott, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Director of the Sheffield Center of Robotics believes that [tweetquote]the medical industry could be at the forefront of changing the public per...
RE.WORK: Meeting the challenges of commercialising robotics
Adriana Hamacher
16 Oct 2014
Robots to install underfloor insulation in draughty homes, bots for edutainment, intelliTables and tiny robust drones flying with real bees wings - tantalising glimpses of a technology on the cusp of ...
RoboBusiness startup Pitchfire winners
Frank Tobe
16 Oct 2014
At RoboBusiness this week in Boston, Pitchfire - a Shark Tank-like pitch and question session - presented 14 start-up companies who pitched their wares to 5 judges. Two honorable mentions a...
25 women in robotics you need to know about (2014)
Just last week at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella gave women some questionable career advice: "It's not really about asking for the raise, but knowing...
NEXTAGE robot makes coffee! | Kawada Robotics Blog
Andra Keay
15 Oct 2014
Visitors to Japan Robot Week 2014 at Tokyo Big Sight can order their coffee from a robot.
http://youtu.be/PHxmGPA10ck
Robot Launch Pad's insight: Japan is putting a lot of focus on robotics in ...
UCSD investing in robotics
Frank Tobe
14 Oct 2014
At a one-day forum at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), Chancellor Pradeep Khosla did two unusual things: he spent most of the day at the Contextual Robotics Technologies International F...
Livestream: Cato Institute on “Policy implications of self-driving cars”
Robohub Editors
14 Oct 2014
October 14, 2014 12:00PM EST Featuring Randal O’Toole, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute; Marc Scribner, Research Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute; and Adam Thierer, Senior Research Fellow, ...
Registration now open for Cybathlon 2016
NCCR Robotics
09 Oct 2014
Full registration for the Cybathlon, a sporting event for disabled athletes using robotic assistive technologies is now open. The event will take place in Zurich, Switzerland on 8th October 2016....
Winners of euRathlon 2014 sea competition recap: Day 3, 4 and 5
Marta Palau Franco
07 Oct 2014
euRathlon is an outdoor robotics competition funded by the European Union with a focus on realistic cooperative mock emergency-response scenarios in three different domains: land, sea and air. On the ...
Real-time appearance-based mapping in action at the Microsoft Kinect Challenge, IROS 2014
Mathieu Labbé
03 Oct 2014
Last month at IROS the SV-ROS team Maxed-Out won the Microsoft Kinect Challenge. In this post Mathieu Labbé describes the mapping approach the team used to help them win....
Safety concerns for collaborative robots
Frank Tobe
03 Oct 2014
At a daylong workshop on Collaborative Robots by the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), two main themes were expressed: worker safety and almost universal expectation for rapid deployment of colla...
euRathlon 2014 Sea competition recap: Day 1 and 2
Marta Palau Franco
02 Oct 2014
euRathlon is an outdoor robotics competition focused on realistic emergency-response scenarios inspired by the 2011 Fukushima accident. After a successful land-based competition in 2013, a marine-base...
SV-ROS, Pi Robot win 1st place in IROS 2014 Microsoft Kinect Challenge
Patrick Goebel
29 Sep 2014
A few weeks ago, Pi Robot and I joined the Silicon Valley ROS Users Group (SV-ROS) to help with the effort (already under way) to prepare for a challenging robot navigation contest held at the end ...
#ShowUsYourAI – AAAI Video Competition – Deadline Oct 15
Sabine Hauert
26 Sep 2014
Submit your video to the AAAI Video Competition for a chance to win one of the several Shakey Awards. This year we'll be voting for the People's Choice Award right here on Robohub. The submission dead...
Six teams to participate in euRathlon 2014 sea competition next week
Marta Palau Franco
24 Sep 2014
Leaks of substances into the sea, damage to underwater structures, machine rooms flooded… these were real challenges that emergency services working at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station ha...
IROS 2014 Webcam: Research pitches from the interactive sessions (Part 2)
Robohub Editors
20 Sep 2014
More pitches from the interactive sessions at IROS. See also Part 1....
Automata: The new “sci-fi” blockbuster set to put robot ethics under a spotlight
Adriana Hamacher
19 Sep 2014
A major new sci-fi movie, Automata, promises to not only provide a feast for the eyes (see below for a clip from the film), but an overdue opportunity to spotlight some of the ethical dilemmas arising...
10 best quotes from IROS 2014 Industry Forum
Shima Rayej
18 Sep 2014
How do I get to MVP? How do I take my existing technology to a different market? How do I attract outside funding for my idea? Does IP matter? (The answer to the last question is yes, although researc...
IROS 2014 Webcam: Research pitches from the interactive sessions (Part 1)
Robohub Editors
17 Sep 2014
The 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2014) is on in Chicago, and members of the robotics research community have descended on the Windy City. This year th...
Boca Bearings 2014 Innovation Competition
Hallie Siegel
09 Sep 2014
http://youtu.be/uvLAbUFXPwo
The Boca Bearing Company is giving away over $10,000 in cash and prizes as part of their 2014 Boca Bearing Innovation Contest. Winners will be chosen based on a video subm...
In praise of robot football
Alan Winfield
09 Sep 2014
Republished here is a short piece for The Conversation reflecting on robot football: 4-4-2 becomes 0101: inside the competitive world of robot football, published 4 August 2014.
This summer the ...
Video: The future of robotics, as seen by roboticists
Robohub Editors
22 Aug 2014
At Automatica 2014 in Munich this year, the ECHORD++ project asked roboticists like Vijay Kumar, Uwe Haass, Pere Homs, and Christian Schlegel one simple question: “What do you think is the future of...
Watch the videos from the AI Video Competition
Sabine Hauert
01 Aug 2014
A large crowd of experts in artificial intelligence gathered around the AAAI Video Competition Award Ceremony before catching their flights, or enjoying one last night in Québec City. The competition...
The two cultures of robocars
Brad Templeton, Robocars.com
24 Jul 2014
I have many more comments pending on my observations from the recent AUVSI/TRB Automated Vehicles Symposium, but for today I would like to put forward an observation I made about two broad schools of ...
Lights, camera, action at the Robot Film Festival
Andra Keay
23 Jul 2014
Bringing together people and robots for an amazing social event, the 4th annual Robot Film Festival was held on Saturday July 19 at Bot & Dolly studio in San Francisco. The Festival opened with th...
