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.
We look forward to welcoming new RAS CDT students to our induction event at Heriot-Watt University. The schedule for the day is as follows:
09:30 – 09:45 Welcome coffee
09:45 – 10:00 RAS CDT introduction – Incoming students
10:00 – 10:30 RAS CDT introduction – CDT Directors
10:30 – 12:00 Tour of facilities (2 groups – 2 leads)
12:00 - 12:30 Health and Safety Briefing and Allocation of desk space
12:30 – 13:30 Networking lunch
Further information
University of Edinburgh led students: http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/teaching/courses/diss/timetable.html
Heriot-Watt University led students: please refer to the guidelines e-mailed to you on 8th July.
To be comparable with other MSc, students will make 30 min presentations.
University of Edinburgh led students will present in the IF, room 2.33, 9am - 12.45pm with coffee break and lunch afterwards.
Heriot-Watt led students will present at HWU, room EM2.33, 11.30pm - 5:00pm with lunch and a coffee break.
This year, the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics took part in a number of events at the Edinburgh International Festival (26th March - 10th April). Below, we detail our activities during these past few weeks.