Ross will be presenting:
- Morphological Evolution of Physical Robots through Model-Free Phenotype Development. L. Brodbeck, S. Hauser, and F Iida. (2015)
And Jack will be presenting:
- Planning for cars that coordinate with people: leveraging effects on human actions for planning and active information gathering over human internal state. D. Sadigh, et al. (2018)
Robots have been successful in the applications which require speed, power and precision, but very limited where soft and delicate interactions are necessary. In this context the use of soft functional materials opened the door to a range of new types of machines, soft robots, that can not only interact with soft objects in the environment but also make robots themselves into soft structures for better adaptability in different situations.
Professor Verena Rieser and Professor Oliver Lemon have been named as People to Watch in 2019 in the Digital List in FutureScot, a journal that reports on the digital technology sector in Scotland. The article recognises the team’s research work in the area of AI, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing and acknowledges that this has enabled Heriot-Watt University to be a top three finalist in the Amazon Alexa Challenge for two years in a row.
The creation of the UK’s first National Robotarium reached a significant milestone on 17th December after its business case was approved by the Edinburgh and South East of Scotland City Region Deal Joint Committee.
The multimillion pound hub, to be built at Heriot-Watt University in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, will be the UK’s leading innovation hub for robotics and autonomous systems, delivering leading-edge research and support for business creation and growth, as well as data skills.
Centre Academic Mauro Dragone has authored an article in The Conversation on the major opportunities that will be opened up by incorporating robots into the Internet of Things.
The full article can be read here http://theconversation.com/the-next-great-leap-forward-combining-robots-with-the-internet-of-things-108307
The 2018 cohort of the Robotics and Autonomous Systems Centre for Doctoral Training will be giving a series of Masterclasses on a variety of topics in machine learning, control, robot collaboration, perception, manipulation and more! Venue will be the ROBOTARIUM meeting room in EMB @HWU.
Title: AI or Sci-Fi? Is this a step too far?