Weekly Robotics Video: Intelligent Robotics, Bio-inspired Robots, BollBot, Talks and Interviews

26 September 2015 |

The Robot With a “Human” Body – The Hunt for AI – BBC

Published on Sep 26, 2015

Marcus Du Sautoy meets a robot that mimics the human body and can even interact but will it be able to achieve it’s own artificial intelligence? Taken from The Hunt for AI.

Get Excited – The Robots Are Evolving!

Published on Sep 23, 2015

Do machines have what it takes to evolve? Will the future be filled with robots capable of faster, more efficient and more complex designs than we could ever come up with?

We have a question for YOU. Does evolutionary robotics get you excited for the future? Share your thoughts!

100% manmade roaches: Russian scientists create miniscule robots to tackle great tasks

Published on Sep 24, 2015

If something looks like a cockroach and behaves like a cockroach – well, don’t be so sure. It could be a Russia-created miniature robot which can spy and find people trapped under debris. Scientists say this is the smallest roach robot ever.

Crazy Engineering: Gecko Gripper

Published on Aug 12, 2015

See how geckos inspired a new NASA technology that makes things stick to each other in space. Potential future applications might be to grab satellites to service them or to salvage space garbage to try to clear it out of the way.

Bioinspired Robotics: Smarter, Softer, Safer

Published on Aug 27, 2015

The Bioinspired Robotics platform at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering looks into Nature to obtain insights for the development of new robotic components that are smarter, softer, and safer than conventional industrial robots. By looking at natural intelligence, collective behavior, biomechanics, and material properties not found in manmade systems, scientists at the Wyss Institute and around the world are building new kinds of robots that can co-exist and coordinate with humans. In the future, researchers envision humans and robots will interact in ways we never previously imagined.

Tail-Assisted Leaping on Jerboa Robot

Published on Sep 23, 2015

The Penn Jerboa showcases new leaping behaviors and demonstrates an innovative method of describing and categorizing these leaps across robot platforms.

Buoyant Rover for Under Ice Exploration

Published on Sep 24, 2015

Researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are developing the Buoyant Rover for Under-Ice Exploration, a technology that could one day explore oceans under the ice layers of planetary bodies. The prototype was tested in arctic lakes near Barrow, Alaska.

Real Martians Moment: Curious about Curiosity

Published on Sep 24, 2015

A quick stop by the “Mars Yard” at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to learn more about rover technology.

Real Martians Moment: No Space for Radiation on Journey to Mars

Published on Sep 23, 2015

Ryan Norman is a physicist at Langley Research Center studying ways to keep astronauts on deep space missions safe from one of the most dangerous elements of space travel: Radiation. Norman and his colleagues in the Space Radiation Group look at how various shielding materials, vehicles and habitats react to radiation and evaluate their potential for keeping space travelers safe on exploration missions to Mars and various other deep space destinations.

Preliminary Autonomous Flight Control Result of Bat Robot (B2)

Published on Sep 24, 2015

The attitude of the bat robot is controlled autonomously by an on-board computer while the flapping frequency (single input) is controlled by a human pilot. A fully autonomous flight result is coming soon.

MPI CableRobot Simulator

Published on Sep 23, 2015

Under the lead of the Tübingen-based Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics (MPI), Fraunhofer IPA has co-developed a new cable-driven parallel robot that is the first one capable of transporting humans while at the same time setting new standards in terms of workspace, acceleration and payload for a motion simulator.

iRobot 510 PackBot for CBRN and HazMat Responders

Published on Sep 24, 2015

Ballbot : A Single-Wheeled Balancing Robot

Published on Sep 9, 2015

Features Ralph Hollis, George Kantor, Umashankar Nagarajan and Michael Shomin explaining how Ballbot might be able to help people and why it stands out as a better alternative to robots with heavy, bulky multi-wheeled bases.

Bot vs Drone

Published on Sep 23, 2015

CyPhy LVL 1 tries to find the thermal exhaust port on the Megabot, then literally get blown away.

The DARPA Robotics Challenge Program: 2012-2015

Published on Sep 16, 2015

DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Program Manager Gill Pratt and Tactical Technology Office Director Brad Tousley recap the DRC, highlighting near-term accomplishments and long-term legacies in the field of robotics and the mission of disaster response.

euRathlon 2015 Grand Challenge

Published on Sep 26, 2015

Tom Dietterich: Smart Software in a World with Risk (DARPA “Wait, What?”)

Published on Sep 10, 2015

Dr. Tom Dietterich, President of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence and Distinguished Professor of Computer Science at Oregon State University, delves into the challenges of ensuring that artificial intelligence performs safely and properly in the face of programming errors, cyberattacks and other risks. He spoke at DARPA’s “Wait, What? A Future Technology Forum” on Sept. 10, 2015.

These Robots Come to the Rescue after a Disaster | Robin Murphy | TED Talks

Published on Sep 18, 2015

When disaster strikes, who’s first on the scene? More and more, it’s a robot. In her lab, Robin Murphy builds robots that fly, tunnel, swim and crawl through disaster scenes, helping firefighters and rescue workers save more lives safely — and help communities return to normal up to three years faster.

Martin Ford: Hello Robots, Festival of Dangerous Ideas 2015

Published on Sep 16, 2015

How will the rise of robots transform the way we live and work?

Martin Ford is the founder of a Silicon Valley-based software development firm and the author of two books: The New York Times bestseller Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future and The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future. He has more than 25 years of experience in the fields of computer design and software development.

Gregory Dudek on Robots In Depth

Published on Sep 24, 2015

In this first interview in the Robots in Depth series, Per Sjöborg speaks to professor Gregory Dudek about field robotics.

They discuss air, surface and underwater vehicles, reviewing challenges as well as how to best use these vehicles, both individually and as a collaborative team of robots.

Professor Dudek is Research Director of the McGill Mobile Robotics Lab.