The next Executive meeting will take place on Friday 11th May from 9am until 11.30am in 9.01 Neil McCormack Room (David Hume Tower), University of Edinburgh.
What if it rains? Indeed, what if it snows or the mist rolls in? Will your autonomous vehicle still be able to guide you safely to your destination? These are the central questions at the heart of the PATHCAD (Pervasive low-TeraHz and Video Sensing for Car Autonomy and Driver Assistance) EPSRC/JLR project conducted by Birmingham, Heriot-Watt and Edinburgh Universities together with the engineering team at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).
Abstract: At any given moment, how should an intelligent agent decide what to think about, how to think about it, and how long to think for? My research attempts to answer these questions by focusing on the best examples of intelligent agents that we have: humans.
Scotland’s First Minister has welcomed a unique robotics partnership – set to forge strong links between Scotland and China.
The Edinburgh Centre for Robotics has joined forces with The State Key Laboratory of Robotics in Shenyang to work on joint research projects in marine robotics, nano robotics, electric power industry robotics and medical robotics.
This event hosted by IGEM Scottish Section and IET Scotland South East Network will look at robotics development, exploring academic research through to practical applications in the utilities sector.
The event will feature speakers at the forefront of robotics advancement, including:
There will be a journal club meeting this Thursday at 6pm in the Forum, rm 4.31/33.
Jan Stanciewicz will be presenting
- Cellular evidence for efference copy in Drosphila visuomotor processing. Ammo J Kim, Jaime K Fitzgerald, and Gaby Maimon (2015).
And Martin Asenov will be presenting
- World Models. David Ha and Jurgen Schmidhuber (2018).
Ever wondered what it would be like to have a robot boss or robot colleague? This is just one of the topics raised by the Socially Competent Robot (SoCoRo) team at this year’s Scottish Autism Conference. The event, hosted by the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) on 28th March, gave researchers the opportunity to openly discuss the SoCoRo project aims, and gather feedback from a variety of interested parties: parents of autistic children, academics, teachers, and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
As Dr Peter McKenna explained,
There will be an IPAB workshop on April 5th from 12:45-14:00 in room 4.31/4.33. Pastries will be available.
The Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) has launched a series of weekly events called 'Tech20'. It is hoped that these social showcases, where speakers present technology focused topic, will inspire a culture of innovation in the North-East of Scotland.
On March 30th Professor Sethu Vijayakumar participated as a keynote speaker at the OGTC in Aberdeen as part of the Tech20 event series. His talk was titled: Shared Autonomy: The Future of Interactive Robotics?
Maritime 2050 will be a bold new strategic vision to ensure that the UK maritime sector remains a leading global power, strengthening the UK economy for 2050 and beyond.
Professor David Lane has been appointed to the Maritime 20150 panel by the Secretary of State and will look strategically at the issues that will be of critical importance to the maritime industry, and all the industries it sustains, up to 2050.