Underwater Human-Robot Interaction #ICRA2022
How do people communicate when they are underwater? With body language, of course. Marine environments present a unique set of challenges that render several technologies that were developed for land...
View Articleep.354: Autonomous Flight Demo with CMU AirLab #ICRA2022, with Sebastian...
Sebastian Scherer from CMU’s Airlab gives us a behind-the-scenes demo at ICRA of their Autonomous Flight Control AI. Their approach aims to cooperate with human pilots and act the way they would. The...
View ArticleSMART trials self-driving wheelchair at hospital
Image: MIT CSAIL Singapore and MIT have been at the forefront of autonomous vehicle development. First, there were self-driving golf buggies. Then, an autonomous electric car. Now, leveraging similar...
View ArticleThe Robot Academy: Lessons in inverse kinematics and robot motion
The Robot Academy is a new learning resource from Professor Peter Corke and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the team behind the award-winning Introduction to Robotics and Robotic Vision...
View ArticleFrom drinking straws to robots
Image: Harvard Gazette By Peter Reuell, Harvard Staff Writer At the beginning of the decade, George Whitesides helped rewrite the rules of what a machine could be with the development of biologically...
View ArticleThe Robot Academy: Lessons in image formation and 3D vision
A 3D model of organic molecules created using Rhinoceros 3D and rendered with Vray. Source: Wikipedia Commons The Robot Academy is a new learning resource from Professor Peter Corke and the Queensland...
View ArticleThe Robot Academy: An open online robotics education resource
The Robot Academy is a new learning resource from Professor Peter Corke and the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), the team behind the award-winning Introduction to Robotics and Robotic Vision...
View ArticleProgramming your NAO robot for human interaction
Today we are looking at how to program your NAO Robot for Human Interaction. Watch the video and follow the steps below to get interactive with your robot pal! Create an animation of movements Right...
View ArticleTrotBot take two: Galloping like a horse
Hi, I’m Ben. I was a member of the team that developed a new walking mechanism, TrotBot, that we eventually scaled up to the size of a mini-van (you can read my original post here). Now, at...
View ArticleUgCS photogrammetry technique for UAV land surveying missions
Figure 15: Adding 40m overshot to both ends of each survey line UgCS is easy-to-use software for planning and flying UAV drone-survey missions. It supports almost any UAV platform, providing...
View ArticleProgramming for robotics: Introduction to ROS
This handy video-tutorial course gives an introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS), including many of the available tools that are commonly used in robotics. With the help of different...
View ArticleLeg over wheels: Ghost robotics’ Minitaur proves legged capabilities over...
Ghost Robotics—a leader in fast and lightweight direct-drive legged robots—announced recently that its Minitaur model has been updated with advanced reactive behaviors for navigating grass, rock,...
View ArticleHard at work: A review of the Laevo Exoskeleton
Back pain is one of the leading causes of work absenteeism in the UK, with 8.8 million days lost to work-related muscoskeletal disorders per year. On average, each case causes 16 days of absenteeism,...
View ArticlePython programming your NAO robot
These videos aim to teach you how to begin programming your NAO with Python. The NAO can be programmed using several programming languages, including C++, MATLAB, JAVA, LabVIEW and Python. Instead of...
View ArticleArtificial intelligence and ethics: Who does the thinking?
Image: IEEE On the 15th November 2016, the IEEE’s AI and Ethics Summit posed the question: “Who does the thinking?” In a series of key-note speeches and lively panel discussions, leading technologists,...
View ArticleResponsive and Responsible Leadership given prominance at #WEF17 World...
The population of the scenic ski-resort Davos, nestled in the Swiss Alps, swelled by nearly +3,000 people between the 17th and 20th of January. World leaders, academics, business tycoons, press and...
View ArticleWhat is machine learning?
In this fascinating animation from Oxford Sparks, we take a look at how statistics and computer science can be used to make machines that learn for themselves, without being explicitly programmed....
View ArticleBrian Cox presents Science Matters: Machine learning and artificial intelligence
We’re beginning to see more and more jobs being performed by machines, even creative tasks like writing music or painting can now be carried out by a computer. But how and when will machines be able...
View ArticleCall for holiday robot videos 2016
That’s right! You better not run, you better not hide, you better watch out for brand new robot holiday videos on Robohub! Drop your submissions down our chimney at editors@robohub.org and share the...
View ArticleSticky business: Five adhesives tested for 3D printing
We compared five adhesives for 3D printing applications on a Wanhao Duplicator i3. We’ll print a PLA (polylactide) cube, 1х1х1 cm in size. 1. NELLY LACQUER: We spread it on the clean surface of the...
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