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.

Executive Meeting

Date: 
Wed, 28/03/2018 - 10:00 to Thu, 29/03/2018 - 12:45
Location: 
Robotarium Seminar Room - Earl Mountbatten Building Heriot-Watt University

The next executive meeting will take place March 28th at 10AMin the Robotarium Seminar Room at HWU.

Creativity@Home training programme 25 -26 April

Date: 
Wed, 25/04/2018 - 00:00 to 23:45
Location: 
Robotarium seminar room
Speaker: 
Skillfluence

A fast paced, intellectually stimulating and highly interactive 2 day workshop bringing an evidence based approach to generating ideas and design thinking for real world challenges in robotics. Students will learn how to think big, spot new research possibilities, solve tricky problems and generate ideas. They’ll also learn new skills to support communication and collaboration when thinking collectively about complex problems.

Edinburgh Centre for Robotics Conference Dinner

Date: 
Tue, 09/10/2018 - 19:00 to 22:45
Location: 
Playfair Library, Old College, University of Edinburgh
Speaker: 
Dr Kimberly Hambuchen
Principal Technologist for Robotics, Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA, Houston, Texas

This dinner forms part of our annual conference and is by invitation only

After Dinner Keynote: 

Dr Kimberly Hambuchen, Principal Technologist for Robotics, Space Technology Mission Directorate at NASA, Houston, Texas

Title: A Small-Town Girl’s Journey to NASA Robotics Principal Technologist

Edinburgh Centre for Robotics Annual Conference

Date: 
Tue, 09/10/2018 - 09:00 to Wed, 10/10/2018 - 16:45
Location: 
John McIntyre Conference Centre
Speaker: 
Prof. Katja Mombaur; Dr. Andrew Fitzgibbon; Dr. Stefan Schaal; Dr Kimberly Hambuchen

Please note that this event is by invitation only.

Edinburgh Centre for Robotics fourth annual conference will take place at the University of Edinburgh on Tuesday 9th October in the John McIntyre Pentland Suite, Pollock Halls. 

Programme

09.00                    David Lane and Sethu Vijayakumar - Welcome to conference & 2018 cohort

09.15                    David Lane and Sethu Vijayakumar - Review of 2017-18

09.45                    Keynote speaker – Professor Katja Mombaur, Heidelberg University

Journal Club

Date: 
Thu, 08/02/2018 - 18:00 to Fri, 09/02/2018 - 17:45
Location: 
Informatics Forum 4.31/4.33, University of Edinburgh

The next meeting will be this Thursday, the 8th, at 6pm in the Forum, rm 4.31/33.
 

Iordanis will be presenting the paper:
- Gait and Trajectory Optimization for Legged Systems through Phase-based End-Effector Parameterization.

And Ross will be presenting the paper:
- New soft robots really suck: Vacuum-powered systems empower diverse capabilities (2017). Matthew A. Robertson and Jamie Paik.

 

International contest reveals assisted living robots of the future

Submitted by ls234 on Thu, 01/02/2018 - 12:00

Europe’s most advanced assisted living robots were showcased in an international tournament at Heriot-Watt University, this week.

Academic teams from across the continent battled it out in the European Robotics League Service Robot Challenge (ERL), testing robots which aim to assist older people in a care setting.

The competition took place in the University’s custom built 60 square metre real life living laboratory, with researchers testing robots which could revolutionise the healthcare and social care sectors.