EVENT CANCELLED: When Robots Hit the Road: New Challenges in Multi-Vehicle Coordination and Control

Date: 
Fri, 02/03/2018 - 10:15
Location: 
WP315, Heriot-Watt University
Speaker: 
Dr Amanda Prorok
University of Cambridge

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE WEATHER. N

We are pleased to announce that Dr Amanda Prorok, a University Lecturer in Cyber-Physical Systems at the Department of Computer Science and Technology, University of Cambridge will present at the next Gateway event.

Title:

When Robots Hit the Road: New Challenges in Multi-Vehicle Coordination and Control

Abstract:

Lord Henley visits Edinburgh Centre for Robotics

Submitted by ls234 on Wed, 21/02/2018 - 10:36

A prominent UK Government Minister visited Heriot-Watt University today, to find out more about cutting-edge robotics research.

Lord Henley toured the Ocean Systems and Human Robot Interaction labs to hear more about innovative work which goes on at the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics.

During the event, the Minister met with academics and was given demonstrations of underwater robots, which are used in extreme environments.

IPAB Workshop

Date: 
Thu, 22/02/2018 - 12:45 to Fri, 23/02/2018 - 13:45
Location: 
Informatics Forum 4.31/4.33, University of Edinburgh
Speaker: 
Evripidis Gkanias, Daniel Angelov & Raluca Scona
University of Edinburgh

There will be an IPAB Workshop on Thursday the 22nd February at 12:45 - 14:00 in conference room 4.31/33. Evripidis Gkanias, Daniel Angelov and Raluca Scona will be speaking.  Pastries will be available

Speaker: Evripidis Gkanias

Title: Insect inspired design of a polarisation compass

Gateway Event - HRI from a psychologist's perspective

Date: 
Fri, 04/05/2018 - 10:30 to 11:30
Location: 
Robotarium Seminar Room, EM, Heriot-Watt University
Speaker: 
Dr Thusha Rajendran
Heriot-Watt University

HRI especially socially assistive robots is an interdisciplinary field. Here, I offer the perspective of a developmental psychologist of what psychology can gain and what we can offer to this field (e.g. theory and research methods). I will discuss key elements of child development (e.g. joint attention, theory of mind) which are relevant to developmental robotics and aspects of social developmental (e.g. communication development) that are key to social robotics.

Journal Club Meeting

Date: 
Thu, 22/02/2018 - 18:00 to 19:30
Location: 
Informatics Forum, room 1.16

Marian Andrecki will be presenting the paper:

- Prediction Under Uncertainty with Error-Encoding Networks. Mikal Henaff, Junbo Zhao, and Yann LeCun.

Siobhan Duncan will be presenting:

- Benchmark of swarm robotics distributed techniques in a search task. Micael S. Couceiro, Patricia A. Vargas, Rui P. Rocha, and Nuno M.F. Ferreira.

ECR team represents UK in global Amazon competition

Submitted by ls234 on Fri, 16/02/2018 - 11:59

Heriot-Watt University’s reputation for AI and robotics has been bolstered after it was selected as the UK’s only entrant in this year’s $3.5 million Amazon Alexa Prize.

A seven-strong group of PhD students – named Team Alana - will once again go head-to-head with universities from around the world to develop an artificial intelligence software that can understand and respond to human conversation.

 

Distinguished Lecture welcomes Professor David Lane

Submitted by ls234 on Fri, 16/02/2018 - 11:00

Heriot-Watt University Dubai welcomed Professor David Lane to the annual Vice-Chancellor Distinguished Lecture.  The prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lectures invite global leaders of industry, business and academia to share their knowledge and vision with students, colleagues and guests.

Professor Lane FREng FRSE CBE, Founding Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, discussed some of the exciting advances underway in research and innovation, as well as recent successes in commercialisation and international challenge competitions.

EVENT CANCELLED: Google Hash Code comes to Edinburgh Centre for Robotics

Date: 
Thu, 01/03/2018 - 15:30 to Fri, 02/03/2018 - 21:45
Location: 
Robotarium Seminar Room, Heriot-Watt University
Speaker: 
Dr Amanda Proroc
University of Cambridge

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED AND A NEW DATE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON...

Edinburgh Centre for Robotics is hosting its own “Google Hash Code Hub” on Thursday 1st March.  The event which is being organised by a small group of female STEM students, led by PhD student Siobhan Duncan, is open to female developers, engineers and tech enthusiasts from all across Edinburgh.