Gateway Event: Open-ended Distributed Evolution in Swarm Robotics

Date: 
Fri, 25/05/2018 - 14:00 to Sat, 26/05/2018 - 13:45
Location: 
Robotarium, Heriot-Watt University
Speaker: 
Prof. Emma Hart
Director of the Centre for Algorithms, Visualisation and Evolutionary Robotics at Edinburgh Napier University

Abstract: Recent advances in technology both in hardware and soft-ware have fuelled visions of swarms of robots being sent to remote or hazardous environments in which they will need to survive over long periods of time.

Journal Club Meeting

Date: 
Thu, 17/05/2018 - 18:00 to Fri, 18/05/2018 - 17:45
Location: 
Rooms 4.31/4.33, Informatics Forum

There is a Journal Club meeting this Thursday at 6pm at the Forum, rm 4.31/33.

Chris will be presenting:

- Forbidden-region virtual fixtures from streaming point clouds. Fredrik Ryden and Howard Jay Chizeck (2012).

And Calum Imrie will be presenting:

- Path Planning based on Reaction-Diffusion Process. Alejandro Vazques-Otero, Jan Faigl and Alberto P. Munuzuri (2012).

 

Joint seminar: Socially Acceptable BioRobotics Systems for Assisted Living Applications

Submitted by ls234 on Wed, 16/05/2018 - 09:45

Dr. Filippo Cavallo with be hosting a joint seminar with University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University. The dates and times are as follows:

Date: Monday 11th June

Place: Room G.07, Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh

Time: 3pm – 4pm

 

Date: Wednesday 13th June

Place: Robotarium, Heriot-Watt University

Time: 3pm-4pm

 

Our Future Scotland Premiere and Launch

Submitted by Anne Murphy on Tue, 15/05/2018 - 16:48

Professor Sethu Vijayakumar joined a panel of Scottish leaders at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 16th May in a discussion exploring the aspirations for Scotland in 2030.

During the event, run by Scotland’s Futures Forum and the RSE’s Young Academy of Scotland, a video and engagement project to explore people’s hopes and fears about the changes that would face the country in the coming decades.

Our Future Scotland Premiere and Launch

Date: 
Wed, 16/05/2018 - 18:00 to Thu, 17/05/2018 - 19:45
Location: 
Scottish Parliament
Speaker: 
Professor Sethu Vijayakumar
University of Edinburgh

Scotland’s Futures Forum and the RSE’s Young Academy of Scotland will launch a video and engagement project to explore people’s aspirations for Scotland in 2030.

#OurFutureScotland challenges everyone – from the First Minister and other party leaders, to leading business and technology figures, and award-winning authors and artists – to consider the kind of country they want Scotland to be in the future.

Sethu Vijayakumar speaking at TEDx Glasgow

Date: 
Fri, 01/06/2018 - 00:00 to 23:45
Location: 
SECC Glasgow
Speaker: 
Professor Sethu Vijayakumar
University of Edinburgh

Sending your robot to Mars? List of things to pack

Robotics are changing the way we work, play and explore. In his talk, Sethu explores some daring ideas that are both out of this world and have a profound impact on our daily lives – ideas that would have been considered impossible just a decade ago but are now critical to the very survival of our race. Ideas that are being enabled through cutting-edge developments in robotics and artificial intelligence.

Socially Acceptable BioRobotics Systems for Assisted Living Applications

Date: 
Mon, 11/06/2018 - 15:00 to Tue, 12/06/2018 - 14:45
Location: 
Room G.07, Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh
Speaker: 
Dr. Filippo Cavallo
Assistant Professor from The BioRobotics Institute Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, Italy

Nowadays service robotics is experimenting an increasing number of opportunities to be integrated in several scenarios of daily living, from the home to the city and at work. This trend comes with a number of scientific challenges in the field of robotics, all aiming to improve the robot capabilities and abilities. Hence, the integration of Robotics, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence is an interesting approach that enables the possibility to design and develop new frontiers in human robot interaction, collaborative robotics, cognitive robotics, etc.