Ian Murray, MP for Edinburgh South, has visited the Heriot-Watt Robotics Centre in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences (MACS), hosted by Professor Ruth Aylett.
A little girl lines up plastic letters fitted with QR codes in front of a little humanoid robot. The robot struggles to reproduce them on a tablet - especially the loop of the letter p. The girl kindly steps in to help, writing out the word to show the robot how to do it. She puts in effort to teach the robot... without realizing that in reality she is the one who is improving her writing skills. Yesterday, EPFL researchers presented their new teaching tool, called CoWriter, at the "Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)", an important event in the field of interactive robotics, held in Portland, USA.
Robai and Intelitek have launched a new line of humanoid robots—the CytonE family—for education. The size of a human arm and weighing under five pounds, each CytonE arm has seven independent axes of motion plus a gripper.
The launch of the Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) was announced in a press conference at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE on February 15, 2015. The launch event was facilitated by a robot, who directed guests to their seats. MBZIRC, organized by Abu Dhabi-based Khalifa University, will be held every two years and boasts prizes worth a total of USD 5 Million. The event is named after the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.
Fetch Robotics today announced that it has raised $3 million in Series A financing from O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures (OATV) and Shasta Ventures. Fetch Robotics will use the funding to bring their inaugural robots to market. The robots will provide solutions for the logistics and light industrial markets, as well as for other human-robot collaboration opportunities.
Dentsu Inc. (TOKYO: 4324) (ISIN: JP3551520004) (President & CEO: Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 74,609.81 million yen) announced today that Kirobo, the robot astronaut that spent eighteen months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), is scheduled to return to Earth tomorrow.
MecklerMedia Corporation announced the keynote speakers for RoboUniverse Conference and Expo, taking place on May 11-13, 2015 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City.
Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire have developed a prototype of a social robot which supports independent living for the elderly, working in partnership with their relatives or carers.
Some industrial robots are hulking, highly specialized pieces of machinery that are cordoned off by cages from human factory workers.
In 2012, Zhou Jian decided to sell all the shares he held in existing companies and to mortgage his luxurious house in order to launch a new venture. Then he travelled around looking for partners congenial to his ambition before finally inviting leading figures in the industry to join him.
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