Springer Handbook of Robotics, Part C: Sensing and Perception from Springer Handbook of Robotics on Vimeo.
Robots at Work
Springer Handbook of Robotics, Part F: Robots at Work from Springer Handbook of Robotics on Vimeo.
Robots the journey continues
Robots — The journey continues from Springer Handbook of Robotics on Vimeo.
Farmers Are Replacing Migrant Workers With Robots
By Associated Press and Nicholas K. Geranios Apr 30, 2017 on Popular Mechanics. The robotic pickers don't get tired and can work 24 hours a day. Harvesting Washington state's vast fruit orchards each year requires thousands of farmworkers, and many of them work illegally in the United States. That system eventually could change dramatically as at least two … Continue reading Farmers Are Replacing Migrant Workers With Robots
MIT’s New Robot Can Teach Its Metallic Kin
By Avery Thompson May 10, 2017 on Popular Mechanics The new robot can learn from a demonstration and teach other robots what it knows. Building a robot is hard. Teaching a robot is even harder. But teaching a robot to do your teaching for you might just be within the realm of possibility. If you're … Continue reading MIT’s New Robot Can Teach Its Metallic Kin
Robot Arms Will Need to Learn to Balance Before They Can Build
By Juquai McDuffie Jun 5, 2017 on Popular Mechanics. Eventually, this technology could help us build robots that can build us homes on Mars. At the 2017 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) last week, researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland revealed a robotic system capable of stacking and balancing irregularly shaped items. In the researchers' paper … Continue reading Robot Arms Will Need to Learn to Balance Before They Can Build
This Adorable Bot Is a Roomba for Your Garden
By David Grossman Jun 14, 2017 on Popular Mechanics The Tertill uses blades and sensors to take care of weeding for you. From one of the creators of the Roomba comes the Roomba for your garden, a robot called Tertill (pronounced "turtle"). Solar-powered with no chemicals, the two-and-a-half pound Tetrill is a little chopping machine that recognizes weeds … Continue reading This Adorable Bot Is a Roomba for Your Garden
EduExo DIY Kit Lets You Build Exoskeletons
By Steve Crowe May 11, 2017 on Roboticstrends.com EduExo is a 3D-printable, Arduino-powered kit for students, hobbyists and educators that teaches how to build exoskeletons. By Steve Crowe May 11, 2017 Exoskeletons have been in development since the 1960s, when the Pentagon first called for proposals for wearable robots to augment the abilities of soldiers. But the exoskeleton industry … Continue reading EduExo DIY Kit Lets You Build Exoskeletons
What is educational robotics?
The term educational robotics refers to a set of activities, educational resources, institutional programs and pedagogical philosophy which has two goals: First goal: Provide a set of experiences to facilitate the student’s development of knowledge, skills and attitudes for the design, analysis and application of robots. Second goal: Use robotics as a tangible and exciting … Continue reading What is educational robotics?
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