Dr Patricia A. Vargas was invited to write a blog for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering website on ethics and robotics.
The blog can be found here:
http://qeprize.org/createthefuture/living-ethical-robots
Dr. Robert Ambrose is the Principal Technologist for NASA's Game Changing Development Program in the Software, Robotics and Simulation Division. Based at the Johnson Space Center, Robert will be speaking at the first event of Informatics Ventures' 2016/17 series of 'IV Tuesday' talks.
For Robert's full bio and current projects, visit http://gameon.nasa.gov/about/principal-technologist/rob-ambrose/
On 25th May Professors David Lane and Sethu Vijayakumar were invited by the Society of Petroleum Engineers DSATS (Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section) to present their thoughts on how robotics could address some of the challenges faced by the drilling industry.
Of particular interest to the audience was the adoption of automation in drilling, such as remote operation, underwater vehicles, human-machine interface, machine learning, visualization and analytics.
The Fifth Session of the Scottish Parliament (2016-2021) will be marked on 2 July in a ceremony and day of events that will continue the Scottish tradition of bringing together the people, the Parliament and Her Majesty The Queen.
The Edinburgh Centre for Robotics at Heriot-Watt University will be hosting a 3D printing stand to display how 3D printing is used for Research across a number of disciplines in the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, and as a science outreach tool to engage schoolchildren.
Plastics, Organs …what else can be 3D Printed!
ECR Director Professor David Lane was invited to London to participate in a round-table discussion on the implications of disruptive technologies, and how best to embrace them. The discussion took place on 6th May, and was in association with defence technology industry leader BAE Systems.
On May 4th, BBC journalists and crew came to the Robotarium East at the University of Edinburgh to report on our NASA Valkyrie Project for a special BBC News feature that was live streamed on the BBC Facebook page at 6pm.
We will have a group meeting on the 1st of July where we would like all students from the 2015 RAS CDT Cohort to present the present state of their work in a 15 min talk (plus
5 minutes for discussion).
The idea is to provide feedback that could be useful for the remaining time of your thesis project as well as to practice for the demonstration that you are expected to give to the markers on 2nd August. All ECR faculty will be asked to join the meeting. Please remind your supervisor to join at least for the session in which you are presenting.
Details to follow shortly.