The Year of the CoCoRo Video #18/52: Confining Jeff robots with an electric...
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 ArticleMultiple tethered quadrotors performing high-g, high-speed formation maneuvers
This video shows tethered quadrocopters flying steadily together at high speeds exceeding 50 km/h in a confined space. With the tether exerting more than 13 gs of centripetal force, multiple quadrotors...
View ArticleThe Year of the CoCoRo Video #19/52: Electric confinement in the harbour
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 the CoCoRo Video #20/52: Autonomous docking with Jeff robots
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 #35/52: Relay chain communication
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we’ll be...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #36/52: Relay swarm
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we’ll be...
View ArticleInterview with Danica Kragic
In this wide ranging interview, Danica Kragic, professor at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden, and General Chair of ICRA 2016, discusses the nature of collaborative research, shares her...
View ArticleRobots in Depth: Gregory Dudek on field robotics
Robots in Depth is a new video series featuring interviews with researchers, entrepreneurs, VC investors, and policy makers in robotics, hosted by Per Sjöborg. In this first episode, Per speaks to...
View ArticleAir and ground robot collaborate to map and safely navigate unknown, changing...
This video shows how a robot team can work together to map and navigate toward a goal in an unknown terrain that may change over time. Using an onboard monocular camera, a flying robot first scouts the...
View ArticleRobots in Depth: Melonee Wise on building robots, and robot companies
Robots in Depth is a new video series featuring interviews with researchers, entrepreneurs, VC investors, and policy makers in robotics, hosted by Per Sjöborg. In this interview, Per talks to Melonee...
View ArticleFour-legged robot that efficiently handles challenging terrain
StarlETH is a multi-purpose legged transporter robot developed at ETH Zurich’s Autonomous Systems Lab. Combining versatility, speed, robustness, and efficiency, StarlETH walks, climbs, and runs over...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #46/52: JeffShoaling
The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – we’ll be...
View ArticleNew video shows bionic athletes rehearsing for upcoming Cybathlon competition
Credit: ETH Zurich / Alessandro Della Bella In 21 countries across the globe, hundreds of people are preparing for Cybathlon 2016, where cutting edge robotic assistive technologies will help people...
View ArticleDrones light up the sky with animated letters & shapes in award-winning video
Check out this great little film by drone startup PRENAV, which took home the LOL WTF prize at the Flying Robot International Film Festival last night. According to Nathan Schuett, CEO of PRENAV, the...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #47/52: Underwater robots swarm at CEBIT consumer...
In March 2014, we exhibited CoCoRo in Hannover, Germany at the CEBIT — Europe’s largest consumer electronics fair. At first we thought we might be out of place and that our exhibit would be...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #48/52: Workshops
Most of the videos from The Year of CoCoRo were shot during workshops we held throughout the project. These workshops, which were usually focussed on one or several specific demonstrators, were what...
View ArticleThe Year of CoCoRo Video #49/52: Base stations
During the past year we have shown many swarm algorithms in various experiments. The spotlight was always on the Lily and the Jeff robots. However, there is now another star in the team and this...
View ArticleScaling up underwater swarmbot research from tabletop ‘aquarium’ to the...
CoCoRo’s humble beginnings. Our underwater swarm research started in a few cubic centimeters of water with some naked electronics on a table. Over the next three and a half years, our swarm increased...
View ArticleBrown University wins inaugural Rethink Robotics Video Challenge
As the worldwide leader in collaborative robotics research and education, Rethink Robotics is excited to announce the winner of the inaugural Rethink Robotics Video Challenge. Launched in the summer of...
View ArticleHoliday robot videos 2015: Part 1
Have a holiday robot video of your own that you’d like to share? Send your submissions to info [at] robohub.org! Autonomous Systems Lab and Robotics Systems Lab at ETHZ: This is what happens when a...
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