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We Robot 2014 livestream
Watch the live stream from the We Robot 2014 conference in Miami....
04 April 2014, by
Robohub Editors
WeRobot2014 conference and the diffusion of robots into society | The Washington Post
Ryan Calo (a law professor at University of Washington, a member of the WeRobot2014 organizing committee and a major intellectual in the law and technology field) has a new paper at this conference, ...
04 April 2014, by
CIS Blog
What to do if you find a lost drone | Forbes
“I think if you find a drone, you set it free. If it comes back to you, it’s meant to be,” said legal drone expert Ryan Calo kiddingly, before more seriously suggesting calling the manufacturer ...
03 April 2014, by
CIS Blog
Why it is not possible to regulate robots | The Guardian
Is there such a thing as a robot? An excellent paper by Ryan Calo proposes that there is such a thing as a robot, and that, moreover, many of the thorniest, most interesting legal problems on our hori...
02 April 2014, by
CIS Blog
The Economist 14-page Special Report: Rise of the Robots—Cool!
The Economist, a prestigious London-based business magazine zealously read around the world, has a 14-page Special Report in their current issue. 'Rise of the Robots' offers insight into...
02 April 2014, by
Frank Tobe
The practical path to driverless cars | The Atlantic Cities
"Google has a lot of data from its fleet," says Bryant Walker Smith, resident fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, who's written about the legality of autonomous cars....
01 April 2014, by
CIS Blog
Driven to gridlock: Driverless cars | CBS Los Angeles
Listen to the full radio interview at CBS Los Angeles.
There’s a lot of talk about autonomous control vehicles, or cars that drive themselves. Charles Feldman talked with Stanford L...
01 April 2014, by
CIS Blog
Snowden BEAMs into TED: How robotic telepresence disrupts borders
Chris Anderson interviews Edward Snowden, who appears at TED 2014 in Vancouver via BEAM telepresence robot from an unknown location in Russia.
Travel in some parts of the world, or for some people, c...
19 March 2014, by
Hallie Siegel and Andra Keay
Privacy, Google, and Big Deals, with Avner Levin
Link to audio file (33:53)
What does it mean to have giants like Google, Apple and Amazon investing in robotics? Since last December, Google alone has acquired a handful of companies in robotics, hom...
07 March 2014, by
AJung Moon
The robots behind your Internet shopping addiction: How your wallet is driving retail automation
When you're shopping for the best online deals you're probably not thinking much about the massive distribution network required to bring that pair of shoes to your doorstep. Is your quest for the bes...
25 February 2014, by
Erin Rapacki
Journalist sues police who questioned drone use | ABC News
A journalist filed a lawsuit Tuesday alleging that Hartford police officers violated his free-speech rights by questioning his use of a remote-controlled aircraft to record images of a car wreck. Pedr...
25 February 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Drone journalism: Is Canada ready? | CBC’s The Current
Drones are going from making the news for deadly aerial bombings to gathering the news - aerial vehicles equipped with cameras have flown over disasters - in the pursuit of a story. Today, we hear fro...
25 February 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Big deals: What it means to have the giants investing in robotics
If the world outside the robotics community didn't know about Boston Dynamics, Kiva and Nest, they do now. Recent robotics acquisitions and investments by major-league players like Google, Apple a...
12 February 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
Automation, not domination: How robots will take over our world
The first question people tend to ask when they find out you are a roboticist is, “When are robots going to take over the world and become our masters?” The answer to this question is a big “Ne...
The fate of jobs in relation to robotics is confusing
Will a robot take your job? Will a higher minimum wage cause job destruction? Or is it all media hype? What's the truth?...
10 February 2014, by
Frank Tobe
Human error as a cause of vehicle crashes
Source: Wonderlane.
Some ninety percent of motor vehicle crashes are caused at least in part by human error. This intuitive claim is a fine place to start discussions about the safety potenti...
07 February 2014, by
Bryant Walker Smith
Robots, soldiers and cyborgs: The future of warfare
Boston Dynamics' BigDog.
When we imagine the future of warfare, we often envision a battlefield where humanoid robots and other machines fight alongside or in the place of human soldiers. From the dr...
05 February 2014, by
Armin Krishnan and Footnote
What’s hidden among the Internet of Things? | CBC Radio, The Current
Last week,Google bought Nest, a maker of smart thermostats and smoke detectors, for more than 3-Billion-dollars. Days before that, Google was found in violation of Canada's privacy laws. And its mov...
22 January 2014, by
Hallie Siegel
A discussion on deploying drones for international development
Last month, Deutsche Post DHL transported six kilograms of medicine from a pharmacy in Bonn, across the Rhine River, to its headquarters. This wouldn't have made international news, except that DHL a...
16 January 2014, by
Matthew Schroyer
If you could enhance yourself with some robotic accessory or implant, what would it be?
cy·borg - ˈsīˌbôrg/ - noun
a fictional or hypothetical person whose physical abilities are extended beyond normal human limitations by mechanical elements built into the bod...
15 January 2014, by
RBI Editors
AJung Moon on “If you could enhance yourself by some robotic accessory or implant, what would it be?”
As a researcher in robotics, I tend to cringe whenever someone asks how long it will take until people start to see terminator-like robots on the streets. It’s a fun question to think about, but it ...
15 January 2014, by
AJung Moon
Mission to Mars
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break! As always, remember you can see more at Nate's Website....
03 January 2014, by
Jim Haas
What were the top stories in robotics from 2013?
2013 is drawing to a close, and what a year it's been — not just for robotics news, but robotics-in-the-news too … this year has probably seen more news about robotics in the mainstream press than...
11 December 2013, by
RBI Editors
AJung Moon on “What were the top stories in robotics from 2013?”
2013 was a year filled with talk of drones.
I’m not saying this just because I’m biased by the recent news reporting on how large companies (Amazon, DHL, and UPS to be exact) are exploring t...
11 December 2013, by
AJung Moon
Amazon Prime Air: 5 Predictions About the Retailer’s Delivery Drones | TIME
Assuming Amazon Prime Air eventually launches … there are a handful of predictions about the system itself and delivery-by-drone systems in general…
Read more by Doug Aamoth on TIME.com...
02 December 2013, by
Hallie Siegel
Working with EOD Personnel, with Julie Carpenter
Link to audio file (34:30)
In this episode, AJung Moon talks to Julie Carpenter, a recent graduate of the University of Washington who interviewed 23 U.S. Military Explosive Ordnance Disposal person...
29 November 2013, by
AJung Moon
Ethical robots: Some technical and ethical challenges
I've been talking about robot ethics for several years now, but that's mostly been about how we roboticists must be responsible and mindful of the societal impact of our creations. Two years ago I w...
19 November 2013, by
Alan Winfield
Frank Tobe on “What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?”
Two images remain in my mind from IROS 2013 last week in Tokyo. The respect for Professor Emeritus Mori and his charting of the uncanny valley in relation to robotics, and the need for a Watson-type s...
13 November 2013, by
Frank Tobe
Andra Keay on “What were the highlights at IROS/iREX this year?”
For me, the highlight of IROS was the Uncanny Valley special session, although the sheer size of the IROS conference and the parallel iRex industrial and service robot expo also gave much food for tho...
13 November 2013, by
Andra Keay
How drones will change your life | CNN
While it may seem that drones are set to take over our lives, the reality is a bit more complicated. Drone usage around the world is definitely picking up in the public sector, but when it comes to co...
11 November 2013, by
CIS Blog
