The next IPAB Workshop will take place 18/03/21 at 1pm via Blackboard Collaborate - Zhibin Li will be speaking. The link can be find in the corresponding email.
Title: From Automation to Learned Autonomy - A New Era for Intelligent Robots
We are pleased to have Dr Robert Loftin from Microsoft Research Cambridge give this year's RL Research Lecture in the RL course. Everyone is welcome!
More details to follow
REF: EGIS2020MK4
Professor Subramanian Ramamoorthy will be speaking at the ESSS 12th National Undergraduate Surgery & Trauma Conference.
Robotics in Surgery: What's Under the Hood?
What does machine learning and AI bring to surgical systems? What possibilities are on the research frontiers?
The student induction for the 2022 cohort will take place in person* at Heriot-Watt University. Please see campus map for the location of the Robotarium seminar room.
11.00 – 11.15 Tea/coffee on arrival
11.15- 12.00 RAS CDT Introduction – CDT Director
12.00 -12.30 Student Wellbeing Talk by Kenny Boyd
12.30 – 12.45 Meet the Admin Team and complete necessary forms
How to make robots behave like animals in nature is the subject of a long exploration by robotics experts around the world. Dogs or cats don't put too much thought into how they move. They rely on instinct to adapt to the changes in nature, jumping up and down in complex terrain performing flexible movements. But this is not easy for intelligent robots, such as quadrupeds.
In a recent article published in The Scotsman, Professor Sethu Vijayakumar looks at the potential of robotics in healthcare and explains how the latest advancements might be used in the fight against cancers or lung damage brought on by Covid-19.
The following is a modified version of the article.