Centre wins £36M grant for research into robotics in offshore energy sector

Submitted by Anne Murphy on Mon, 04/12/2017 - 08:54

ORCA Hub (Offshore Robotics for Certification of Assets) is a £36M programme aimed at addressing the offshore energy industry vision for a completely autonomous offshore energy field. The Hub brings together internationally leading experts from five UK universities with over thirty industry partners led by the Edinburgh Centre of Robotics in collaboration with Imperial College, Oxford and Liverpool Universities.

Workshop on the Social Impact of Intelligent Robots

Date: 
Fri, 15/12/2017 - 00:00 to 23:45
Location: 
Robotarium Seminar Room, Earl Mountbatten Building, Heriot-Watt University

This workshop will bring together researchers from across the Scotland, and the rest of the UK to introduce cutting edge work in Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Architectures and Planning.

Speakers will include:

Tony Pipe : Bristol University

Subramanian Ramamoorthy : University of Edinburgh

Dimitra Gkatzia : Edinburgh Napier University

Mary Ellen Foster : Glasgow University

Ron Petrick : Heriot-Watt University

Leslie Smith : Stirling University

IET ENGFEST

Submitted by Colette Bush on Thu, 30/11/2017 - 10:45

Three of our RAS CDT students exhibited some of our robots at the IET headquarters in London as part of the Festival of Engineering in October. Siobhan Duncan has written about the experience:

 

Vibhav Bharti, James Horn and I travelled to the Institute of Engineering and Technology’s headquarters in London to represent the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics at their recent Festival of Engineering.

IPAB Workshop: Spatial self-organisation in swarm robots through Turing Patterns

Date: 
Thu, 16/11/2017 - 12:45
Location: 
Informatics Forum 4.31/4.33, University of Edinburgh
Speaker: 
Calum Imrie
University of Edinburgh

There will be an IPAB Workshop on Thursday the 16th November at 12:45 held in conference room 4.31/33.  Pastries will be available.

Speaker: Calum Imrie

Title: Spatial self-organisation in swarm robots through Turing Patterns:

Abstract:

Year of Robotics Parliamentary Reception 

Submitted by Colette Bush on Fri, 10/11/2017 - 16:21

Academics and students from the Centre along with guests from industry attended a reception hosted by Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 8th November to celebrate Heriot-Watt’s ‘Year of Robotics’.
Professor Oliver Lemon, Director of the Interaction Lab at Heriot-Watt University, outlined how the Centre’s research is contributing towards the UK’s drive to realise its industrial potential in the rapidly evolving robotic sector. He also shared the University’s success in the Amazon Alexa Challenge to date. 

RSE: Franco–Scottish Seminar: Robotics

Date: 
Wed, 15/11/2017 - 09:00 to Thu, 16/11/2017 - 16:45
Location: 
The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Speaker: 
Various

The Royal Society of Edinburgh and the French Embassy in London are collaborating in a programme of science events designed to explore and publicly present areas of science in which both Scotland and France have a powerful presence. These events are intended to stimulate Franco–Scottish collaboration in science, present new scientific ideas and their social and commercial implications to the public and increase awareness of French and Scottish science in each other’s country. The 2017 Seminar is on the topic of Robotics.

IPAB Workshop: Shared Autonomy -- The Future of Interactive Robotics

Date: 
Thu, 09/11/2017 - 12:45
Location: 
Informatics Forum 4.31/4.33, University of Edinburgh
Speaker: 
Professor Sethu Vijayakumar
University of Edinburgh

The next IPAB workshop will take place this thursday in IF 4.31/4.33 at the University of Edinburgh, Professor Sethu Vijayakumar will be speaking.  Pastries will be provided.

Title: Shared Autonomy -- The Future of Interactive Robotics