Gateway Event: Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms

Date: 
Fri, 27/11/2015 - 15:30 to Sat, 28/11/2015 - 16:45
Location: 
2.33, Informatics Forum
Speaker: 
Xin-She Yang

Title

Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms

Abstract

Nature-inspired optimization algorithms have become effective tools for engineering designs and optimisation. Nature provides a rich source of inspiration for ingenious problem-solving. However, there exist many challenging issues in this area. This talk focuses on the recent developments and highlights some key issues in swarm intelligence and evolutionary computation.

Edinburgh Centre for Robotics First Annual Conference

Submitted by maragon on Fri, 06/11/2015 - 13:58

On Friday 23rd October 2015, the first Edinburgh Centre for Robotics took place in the James Watt Centre II at Heriot-Watt University. Industrial delegates, academic staff and students (CDT & aligned) attended the event. Professor Peter Corke, from Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, opened the Conference with his talk “Why Robots See?”, which highlighted the similarities and differences between human and robot visions, as well as pondered on the future of Robotics in relation to recent advances in Computer Vision.

Edinburgh Centre for Robotics welcomes new arrival

Submitted by Anne Murphy on Wed, 04/11/2015 - 13:13

At the end of last week a large wooden crate arrived at the Robotics Lab at Heriot-Watt University.  Since then our team has been busy unpacking and assembling our latest piece of equipment.  We are now delighted to share images of the FLASH robot, the latest addition to the Robotics Lab. His unique, mechanoidal appearance allows him to avoid the uncanny valley phenomenon and use gestures, face and the whole body to efficiently express emotions.

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"Sharing autonomy (and responsibility): The robots are ready, are you?" Professor Vijayakumar's Our Changing World Lecture 2015

Submitted by maragon on Thu, 29/10/2015 - 14:22

Professor Sethu Vijayakumar, who holds a RAEng - Microsoft Research Chair in Robotics and is the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics director at the University of Edinburgh, delivered the first lecture in the University’s Our Changing World series for 2015 on Tuesday 29th September 2015.

Internships & Career Planning (IAD) - 1st year PhD (CDT-RAS) students

Date: 
Fri, 20/11/2015 - 10:00 to Sat, 21/11/2015 - 13:45
Location: 
Informatics Forum, G.07
Speaker: 
Keith Edwards
Institute for Academic Development, University of Edinburgh

This course is compulsory for 1st year PhD students of the CDT in Robotics & Autonomous Systems. Many Informatics PhD students break their studies for three to six months to take up an industrial internship. Internships can be beneficial in many ways. You may gain a new perspective on the practical application of your research area, you will get a flavour of working in an industrial setting, and you will make contacts which may be useful to you as your career evolves.

Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge - Introduction event

Date: 
Fri, 16/10/2015 - 16:00 to Sat, 17/10/2015 - 15:45
Location: 
Room 2.23, Earl Mountbatton Building, Heriot-Watt University
Speaker: 
Jose Part
Edinburgh Centre for Robotics

The Mohamed Bin Zayed International Robotics Challenge (MBZIRC) is an international robotics competition to be held every two years with total prize and team sponsorship of USD 5 Million.