Pint of Science: Designing Robots and AI for the future

Date: 
Wed, 16/05/2018 - 19:00 to Thu, 17/05/2018 - 18:45
Location: 
Frankenstein Bar, 26 George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EN
Speaker: 
Professor Emma Hart from Napier University and Professor Sethu Vijayakumar from the University of Edinburgh

Throughout the evening you will hear from leaders in their field, Professor Emma Hart from Napier University and Professor Sethu Vijayakumar from the University of Edinburgh, outline how they are shaping the future of robotics and AI. You’ll have a unique opportunity to see and interact with some of the projects. You can even have a pint with a robot!! 

Tickets cost £4.00 and can be purchased onlinehttps://pintofscience.co.uk/event/designing-robots-and-ai-for-the-future

PATHCAD team demonstrate sensor development for autonomous vehicles at the British Motor Museum

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).

Metareasoning and Mental Simulation

Date: 
Fri, 13/04/2018 - 11:00 to Sat, 14/04/2018 - 10:45
Location: 
Informatics Forum (IF-4.31/4.33)
Speaker: 
Jessica Hamrick
DeepMind (London)

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.

First Minister welcomes robotic research partnership between China and Scotland

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.

Gateway Event - Robotics: Utilities and Beyond

Date: 
Thu, 26/04/2018 - 17:00 to 20:30
Location: 
Apex Grassmarket Hotel, 31-35 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2HS

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:

Journal Club

Date: 
Thu, 05/04/2018 - 18:00 to Fri, 06/04/2018 - 17:45
Location: 
Informatics Forum 4.31/4.33, University of Edinburgh
Speaker: 
Jan Stanciewicz & Martin Asenov

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).

Socially Competent Robot (SoCoRo) team attend Scottish Autism Conference

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,