Meet Edinburgh Centre for Robotics at SubSea Expo Aberdeen 2016

Date: 
Wed, 03/02/2016 - 09:00 to Thu, 04/02/2016 - 08:45
Location: 
Subsea Expo 2016, Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre
Speaker: 
Various
Edinburgh Centre for Robotics, Heriot-Watt University

 

Edinburgh Centre for Robotics will be exhibiting at Subsea Expo, the world’s largest subsea exhibition and conference which is taking place at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre from 3rd to 5th February 2016.

Honda Research Institute to collaborate with Edinburgh Centre for Robotics

Submitted by maragon on Tue, 26/01/2016 - 09:37

Last Friday 22nd January 2016, Professor Sethu Vijayakumar, Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics and Personal Chair in Robotics in the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, concluded a contract signing with Honda Research Institute Europe, in the Informatics Forum’s Turing Room. This marks the beginning of a fruitful collaboration in the domain of interactive robotics between the Centre and Honda RI, the home of the world famous ASIMO humanoid. Professor Vijayakumar said:

ECR welcomes Professor Michael Beetz from the University of Bremen

Submitted by Anne Murphy on Mon, 18/01/2016 - 11:43

The team at Edinburgh Centre for Robotics was delighted to welcome Professor Michael Beetz to Edinburgh last week. Professor Beetz is a professor for Computer Science at the Faculty for Mathematics & Informatics of the University Bremen and Head of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IAI). IAI investigates AI-based control methods for robotic agents, with a focus on human-scale everyday manipulation tasks.  

How Robotics Will Reshape Our Lives in the Next Two Decades - Public Debate

Date: 
Thu, 04/02/2016 - 18:30 to 20:30
Location: 
Informatics Forum, G.07/G.07A
Speaker: 
Various
Edinburgh Centre for Robotics and British Science Association

We have come to expect gadgets to make life easier and more enjoyable for us in our homes, at work and at play. But what do we make of the rapid advances in robotics and autonomous systems (driverless vehicles, service industry machines, logistics robots in warehouses, combat vehicles)? Are they to be welcomed as further progress or feared for unwanted impacts on our lives, our jobs and our society?

Centre Director, Professor David Lane appointed CBE in Queen's New Year's Honours 2016

Submitted by maragon on Tue, 05/01/2016 - 10:14

Professor David Lane, Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Robotics and Professor of Autonomous Systems Engineering in Heriot-Watt’s School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, has been appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to Engineering in the 2016 New Year's Honours list.

Tam Dalyell Prize 2015 awarded to Professor Vijayakumar

Submitted by maragon on Tue, 22/12/2015 - 10:43

Professor Sethu Vijayakumar, Edinburgh Centre for Robotics Director and Professor of Robotics at the University of Edinburgh, has been awarded the 2015 Tam Dalyell Prize  for Excellence in Engaging the Public with Science by the Principal of the University, Professor Sir Timothy O’Shea.  The prize recognises an individual or group's work in science outreach including onsite engagement, talks and other public events or through publishing and broadcasting.