Student CDT Conference

Date: 
Repeats every day until Tue Jun 04 2019.
Mon, 03/06/2019 - 00:00 to 23:45
Tue, 04/06/2019 - 00:00 to 23:45
Location: 
University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University

This event is to be the third annual student conference held jointly with the EPSRC CDTs in Bristol, Edinburgh and Oxford. To be hosted in exotic, wind-swept Edinburgh across the two universities which form the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics.

The first day of the conference, hosted in the University of Edinburgh's Informatics Forum, will consist of selected student talks and posters, a talk from a keynote speaker, and a tour of the facilities. A conference dinner will follow in the evening.

IPAB Workshop - From Automation to Autonomy: The Future of Interactive Robotics

Date: 
Thu, 30/05/2019 - 12:45
Location: 
Informatics Forum 4.31/4.33, University of Edinburgh
Speaker: 
Sethu Vijayakumar
University of Edinburgh

There will be an IPAB workshop this Thursday the 30th of May at the Informatics Forum in room 4.31/4.33, pastries will be provided.  Sethu Vijayakumar will be speaking.

Talk Title: From Automation to Autonomy: The Future of Interactive Robotics

Student wins prestigious RSE scholarship

Submitted by Anne Murphy on Mon, 27/05/2019 - 14:52

RAS CDT student Derek Chun has been awarded the John Moyes Lessells Travel Scholarship from the Royal Society of Edinburgh to carry out research in Japan with Prof. Koh Hosoda of Hosoda Lab, Osaka University. This is an amazing achievement as the scholarship is open to all branches of engineering in Scotland and Derek has suceeded in making his application stand out from all others.

Adventures with a Robot

Date: 
Wed, 22/05/2019 - 19:15 to Thu, 23/05/2019 - 20:45
Location: 
The Tron, 9 Hunter Square, Edinburgh EH1 1QW
Speaker: 
Prof Barbara Webb, Dr Subramanian Ramamoorthy and Vaishak Belle
University of Edinburgh

Robots combined with artificial intelligence (AI) are the future. Edinburgh's own Centre for Robotics is leading the field, with world-leading research across a variety of robotics projects. Join us for this fascinating evening on the future of robotics and AI. Should we regulate artificial intelligence? If we regulate now, will it impede technological innovation? And what can insects teach us about advanced robotics? Grab a pint and relax, this evening has a lot in store!

All Hands meeting

Date: 
Mon, 17/06/2019 - 13:00 to Tue, 18/06/2019 - 16:45
Location: 
EM1.82, Earl Mountbatten Building, Heriot-Watt University

13.00       Networking lunch

14.00       Review of current - David Lane/Sethu Vijayakumar

                Update new CDT - Helen Hastie/Michael Mistry

                National Robotarium - David Lane

                Q&A Session

15.30       Break for Tea/Coffee

16.00       Student feedback - Centre Directors

 

 

Journal Club Meeting

Date: 
Thu, 16/05/2019 - 18:00 to 19:30
Location: 
Room, 4.31/4.33, The Forum, University of Edinburgh

Ross will be presenting:

- An Automated Liquid Manipulation by Using a Ferrofluid-Based Robotic Sheet. T. Tone and K. Suzuki (2018).