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    DRC is not just about building robots; it’s about building community
    Something remarkable is happening in Building 9 here at the Fairplex in Pomona, Calif. Imagine a long, giant warehouse-like building divided into 24 bays, within which people from around the world are...
    03 June 2015, by and

    DARPA’s Robotics Challenge: A pocket-sized guide to the finals
    DARPA's latest Challenge reaches its climax on 6 June 2015, when 25 finalists compete for $3.5m of prize money in what’s possibly the most anticipated robotic contest ever. Since its inception in 20...
    03 June 2015, by

    DARPA’s legacy: Open source simulation for robotics development and testing
    When the DARPA Robotics Challenge first began to coalesce from an idea to a plan, we knew that we wanted to create a lasting legacy not only for robot hardware capabilities, but also for robotics simu...
    27 May 2015, by

    Live tweets from UN #CCWUN debate on lethal autonomous weapons
    Experts from all over the world are gathered at the United Nations in Geneva today to debate questions surrounding lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) for the Convention on Certain Conventiona...
    13 April 2015, by

    Should robots make life/death decisions? UN to discuss lethal autonomous weapons next week
    Should robots be allowed to make life and death decisions? This will be the topic of heated debate at the United Nations (UN) Palais des Nations in Geneva next week (April 13-17th, 2015). As part of...
    10 April 2015, by

    FAA exemption permits drones for oil and gas inspections
    Sky-Futures, a UK-based company offering drone inspection services to the global oil and gas industry, through their Houston office, was awarded an FAA exemption allowing their drones to fly in US air...
    17 March 2015, by



    Minesweepers uses robotics’ awesomeness to raise awareness about landmines & explosive remnants of war
    Paul Jefferson, one of the earliest humanitarian deminers, said “a landmine is the perfect soldier: Ever courageous, never sleeps, never misses”. The simplicity and cost-effectiveness of mines are...
    27 February 2015, by

    Call for euRathlon 2015 air/land/sea challenge now open
    euRathlon is a new outdoor robotics competition that invites teams to test the intelligence and autonomy of their robots in realistic mock emergency-response scenarios inspired by the 2011 Fukushima ...
    13 February 2015, by

    Virginia Tech students demo firefighting humanoid robot on US Navy ship
    In fall 2014 in Mobile Bay, Alabama, Virginia Tech engineering students made history during a five-minute demo that placed an adult-sized humanoid robot with a hose in front of a live fire aboard a U...
    06 February 2015, by

    euRathlon Competition: A source of real data for robotics research
    euRathlon is an EU-funded project that aims to set the standard for research through robotics competitions. It not only provides opportunities to test advanced emergency response robots in very chall...
    23 January 2015, by

    Island Forum 2014: Advancements in robotics and artificial intelligence
    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...
    06 January 2015, by and

    The Drone Center’s Weekly Roundup: Weekly Roundup 12/8
    At the Center for the Study of the Drone In 2007, Addie Wagenknecht started using drones to make abstract paintings. Her works both challenge and celebrate the aerial robot and its power. In an in-...
    09 December 2014, by

    Robo-Wars: The regulation of robotic weapons
    Robotic weapons, whether autonomous or remote controlled, have generated widespread controversy in recent years. Alex Leveringhaus, James Martin Fellow, Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed ...
    05 December 2014, by and

    Minesweepers 2014: Outdoor robotic competition on humanitarian demining
    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...
    21 November 2014, by

    First TRADR EU FP7 Joint Exercise (TJEx)
    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...
    30 October 2014, by

    GridBot robot takes just 5 hrs to remove wood log stuck in high-pressure powerplant pipe
    Gridbots Technologies, a start-up located in Ahmedabad, India, has focused their efforts on providing the power industry, particularly nuclear power companies, defense organizations and space agenci...
    29 October 2014, by

    This military robotics company vows to never make a killer robot | Fast Company
    Cars are already close to driving themselves down the highway. How far are we then from military weapons systems that decide on their own when and where to fire? "You want the scary answer?" asks C...
    23 October 2014, by

    Disaster relief this year’s theme at University of Maryland | The Diamondback
    Because of the prevalence of environmental and man-made disasters from Ebola, earthquakes, oil spills and Wednesday’s tornado warning, the engineering college [at the University of Maryland] decided...
    20 October 2014, by

    euRathlon 2014 Sea competition recap: Day 1 and 2
    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...
    02 October 2014, by

    Liquid Robotics continues its growth by partnering with Boeing
    Sunnyvale-based Liquid Robotics continues their growth-by-partnering formula by striking another collaboration, this time with Boeing....
    24 September 2014, by

    Clearpath’s public stance on Killer Robots sets precedence in corporate responsibility
    Last week the Waterloo-based Clearpath publicly pledged not to develop lethal autonomous weapons, otherwise known as "killer robots". In an open letter to the public, Clearpath's CTO Ryan Gariepy wr...
    20 August 2014, by

    See what it’s like to go off-road inside the Marines’ self-driving vehicle | The Verge
    http://youtu.be/sFkj36JJ8mk   The US military has been working on self-driving vehicles of its own for several years now, and earlier this month a video was published showing just what it's...
    28 July 2014, by
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    Ekso Bionics, with Russ Angold

    In this episode, Audrow Nash speaks to Russ Angold, co-founder and CTO of Ekso Bionics, about the wearable bionic suit, Ekso. This suit enables individuals with any amount of lower extremity weakness ...
    26 July 2014, by

    The thriving drone community of South Africa
    Source: Skylab Productions A couple of years ago, while I was living in Cape Town, I met a group of people who were so into drones and aerial filming that they managed to initiate me into the world ...
    30 June 2014, by

    DARPA announces new challenges, teams, and research goals for the DRC’s finale in June 2015
    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 ...
    27 June 2014, by

    Research Group from University of Zurich wins KUKA Innovation Award
    The team collect their award at the Automatica fair in Munich, June 2014. Four researchers from Davide Scaramuzza’s Robotics and Perception Group at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have won ...
    10 June 2014, by

    Can killer robots learn to follow the rules of war? | The Smithsonian
    Using robots is potentially more efficient, more precise and less expensive than relying solely on humans in warfare. And it would also, of course, mean fewer human casualties. But this transforma...
    29 May 2014, by

    America’s dominance in military robotics is starting to crumble
    Foreign Policy Magazine's recent examination of "The Looming Robotics Gap" by University of Pennsylvania International Relations Associate Professor Michael C Horowitz, and recent Pentagon in...
    19 May 2014, by

    Ron Arkin and Noel Sharkey debate lethal autonomous weapons at UN
    The Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) is currently underway at the United Nations in Geneva to discuss questions relating to emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons syst...
    14 May 2014, by

    1.1M£ robotic “Porton Man” to test protective clothing for UK’s armed forces
    UK’s Ministry of Defense invested 1.1M GBP in a new robotic mannequin that will test protective suits and equipment for the UK’s armed forces. The project is named “Porton Man” and is able to ...
    07 April 2014, by

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