Delegation from China visits Robotarium-East

Submitted by Zoe McGonigle on Mon, 19/06/2017 - 16:13

The Centre was delighted to welcome Mr. Hu Chunhua, Party Secretary of CPC Guangdong Committee, and Mr. Wen Guohui, Mayor of Guangzhou City, as part of a delegation visiting our facilities at Robotarium-East on Monday the 12th of June.  Our Centre Director, Professor Sethu Vijayakumar, gave our distinguished guests a presentation including an overview of our research at the ECR and there were demonstrations of Valkyrie, our Humanoid Robot from our NASA partnership, our Husky UGV and our PR2 Humanoid.

Seminar: Robots, Virtual Environments and Developmental Disorders: Technology Advancement Needs Neurodiversity

Date: 
Thu, 29/06/2017 - 12:00 to Fri, 30/06/2017 - 11:45
Location: 
1.19 Paterson's Land, Moray House School of Education (EH8 8AQ)
Speaker: 
Dr Thusha Rajendran
Heriot-Watt University

Dr Thusha Rajendran from Heriot-Watt University, will present a talk "Robots, Virtual Environments and Developmental Disorders: Technology Advancement Needs Neurodiversity" on Thursday June 29 from 12:00-14:00 in Paterson's Land 1.19, at the Moray House School of Education (EH8 8AQ)

Robotics and Interaction Lab Joint Open Day

Date: 
Wed, 21/06/2017 - 10:00 to 16:30
Location: 
Earl Mountbatten Building, Room 1.82, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
Speaker: 
Dr Verena Rieser, Dr Mary-Ellen Foster

The Robotics and Interaction Laboratories at Heriot-Watt University are hosting an Open Day on Thursday 21st June. The Open Day will feature two keynote speakers, Dr Verena Rieser and Dr Mary-Ellen Foster.  Along with PhD students they will present research plans and results. The full schedule for the day is detailed below:

 

Spirit of Heriot-Watt Award: Outward Looking

Submitted by Colette Bush on Wed, 07/06/2017 - 15:23

The ERF2017 Organising Team is very proud to announce that they have been awarded the Outward Looking category in the 2017 Spirit of Heriot-Watt Awards. This award recognises the huge amount of effort the team put into organising and delivering the highly successful 2017 European Robotics Forum which reached over 800 delegates from academia and industry.

ERF2017 Organising Team:

Game Based Learning - EU BEACONING Project

Date: 
Fri, 02/06/2017 - 12:15
Location: 
TBA
Speaker: 
Theodore Lim
Heriot-Watt University

Theodore Lim will present a talk "Game Based Learning - EU BEACONING Project" on Friday June 2nd from 12:15-14:00, room TBA.

Theodore is from IMPEE at Heriot-Watt University, his research centres around digital tools for intelligent manufacturing systems.  His interests in game-based approaches, cyber-physical systems and data science have led to two successful EU funded projects in the area of serious games and technology-enhanced learning.

Robotics: What happens in the EU parliament?

Date: 
Fri, 26/05/2017 - 14:00 to Sat, 27/05/2017 - 13:45
Location: 
EM 3.06
Speaker: 
Antonio Fleres
University of Messina

Antonio Fleres will present a talk “Robotics: What happens in the EU parliament?” on Friday May 26th from 2-3pm in room 3.06 in the Earl Mountbatten Building at Heriot-Watt University.

Antonio is a Master's student in Contemporary Philosophy from the University of Messina. He is visiting Heriot-Watt University on an Erasmus exchange.

Innovation Robotics Lecture

Date: 
Thu, 15/06/2017 - 18:00 to Fri, 16/06/2017 - 17:45
Location: 
Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Speaker: 
Prof Ruth Aylett, Dr Dr Thusha Rajendran
Heriot-Watt University

Academics from Edinburgh Centre for Robotics will be speaking at a special event at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) on Thursday 15 June as part of the range of activities planned around Heriot-Watt University’s Year of Robotics and UK Robotics Week.

European Robotics Forum 2017

Submitted by Colette Bush on Wed, 10/05/2017 - 16:17

After many months of planning it was with a great sense of achievement that we welcomed over 800 delegates to ERF2017 which took place at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre from 22-24 March.  This three day conference, featuring seminars, workshops and an exhibition, is the premier European Robotics forum; a meeting place for robotics in Europe, bringing together researchers, engineers, managers, and a growing number of entrepreneurs and business people from all over Europe.

Smart Robots for Intelligent Warehousing: from Research to Translation

Submitted by Colette Bush on Wed, 10/05/2017 - 15:35

Researchers from Statistical Machine Learning and Motor Control Group have recently received boost in funding from various sources to further their study on novel solutions for automated supermarkets and warehouses.

Three grants awarded to the group will support the work to tackle challenges in dynamic motion planning in pick and place tasks in such cluttered environments.