Prof. Kaspar Althoefer (Head of the Centre for Robotics Robotics Research) will take part on a panel discussion for the film premiere of Award-winning British Sci-Fi film THE MACHINE on 19 March 2014 at VUE Piccadilly cinema in central London (screening starts at 8.30pm and Q&A starts 10pm) which will discuss the future of robotics inspired…
Google is building its first prototype self-driving car – with no steering wheel, acceleration pedal, or brake. Until now, Google has focused on adapting existing car models with its self-driving technology, and has driven hundreds of thousands of miles on public roads using Lexus SUVs and Toyota Prius models fitted with special equipment. Los pacientes que…
This workshop aims to bring together medical experts active in the field of minimally invasive surgery and roboticists creating and studying soft and stiffness controllable robot devices. We will explore the synergies that will arise from robotic surgeons cooperating with such modern robots to conduct advanced surgical interventions previously not possible. This ICRA 2014 workshop…
9 papers by members of the Centre for Robotics Research (CoRe) and 1 full-day workshop on “Soft and stiffness-controllable robots for minimally invasive surgery” have been accepted at the top robotics conference: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2014). In June 2014, this conference will be held in Hong Kong. Please see below the…
Robots sent in to clean up disaster zones like the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan need a strong, secure grip. A robotic hand that can “see” in three dimensions could help. London-based Shadow Robot is testing its Dexterous Hand with a Kinect depth-sensing camera that would allow it to analyse the 3D shape of any…
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“Octopus arms have a built-in mechanism that prevents the suckers from grabbing octopus skin,” says Guy Levy (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), the lead author of the work, which appears today in Current Biology. Their article has received a huge interest from the media such as Nature, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Daily Mail, IBT, The Scientist, National…
How does a piece of contemporary dance fare under the lens of a neuroscientist? Will its poetics inspire a professor of robotics? Shobana Jeyasingh presented one of her works, Bruise Blood, to six academics chosen for their professional interest in the human body and asked them to comment on it from their specialist perspective. These personal,…
Researchers from the Department of Informatics have been awarded £321k by the Find a Better Way foundation to investigate radiofrequency-based sensor detection of landmines. They received the award from Sir Bobby Charlton. If you are not redirected automatically, follow the link.
Dr Matthew Howard, lecturer in the Centre for Robotics Research, King’s College London, was interviewed by the Private Eye magazine on the work at CoRe. The cartoon is included in this week’s issue. More details can be found here.