Pleurobot: Multimodal locomotion in a bioinspired robot
The Pleurobot (Photo: Hillary Sanctuary & BioRob). The Pleurobot is a bioinspired robot being developed by the BioRob at EPFL and NCCR Robotics. Taking it’s cues from the salamander, the Pleurobot...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #07/52: Lily flocking by slimemold
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
View ArticleGround-flight collaboration
Ground-Air collaboration between robots (Photo: RPG and Alain Herzog). Working in the field of rescue robotics, the Robotics Perception Group (UZH and NCCR Robotics) works on how to get air robots...
View ArticleSensory-motor tissues for soft robots
Sensory-Motor Tissues for Soft Robots In this video, PhD student at LIS, EPFL and NCCR Robotics Jun Shintake explains his project “Sensory-Motor tissues for Soft Robots”. For more information on this...
View ArticleThe Year of the CoCoRo Video #08/52: Lily emergent taxis
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
View ArticleLivestream: Rodney Brooks, Abhinav Gupta, Andrew McAfee on AI and the rise of...
Livestream of the Council of Foreign Relations’ Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Annual Lecture on Science and Technology starting 02/27/2015 at 12:45 EST. The Malcolm and Carolyn Wiener Annual Lecture on...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #09/52: Jeff in the water current
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #10/52: Feeding Jeff with magnets
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #11/52: Out of the lab in Livorno
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we will...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video#12/52: Fun with Jeff in the pool
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #13/52: Lilycam in nature
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
View ArticleQuadrotor automatically recovers from failure or aggressive launch, without GPS
Photo credit: Robotics & Perception Group, University of Zurich. When a drone flies close to a building, it can temporarily lose its GPS signal and position information, possibly leading to a...
View ArticleDeep Learning Primer
3D brain scans analysis by applying Deep Learning algorithms – photo : Scyfer The technology that unlocks intelligence from big data – deep learning – is explained in this video by Max Welling, a...
View ArticlePeter Asaro: Challenges and approaches to developing policy for robots
As part of the Center for Information Technology Policy (CIPT) Luncheon speaker series, Peter Asaro gives a talk on developing policy for robots. Robotics stands on the cusp of an explosion of...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #14/52: LilyCam in a Lake
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
View ArticleWhen is an ice cube not an ice cube?
Japanese advertising agency wins award for Suntory Whisky ad campaign using CNC-milled ice cubes and a 3D printing app from Autodesk. In 2014, Tokyo-based advertising agency TBWAHAKUHODO created an ad...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #15/52: TRAILER LilyCam in a wild river
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #16/52: JeffCam in a lake
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
View ArticleCoCoRo: New video series tracks dev’t of collective behaviour in autonomous...
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project comprises the largest autonomous underwater swarm in the world. Following three-and-a-half years of intensive research, CoCoRo’s...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #17/52: Lily confinement by bluelight
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we...
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