Join London Robotics Network

For humans interested and involved in robots and robotics. The London Robotics Network is an open network of people around London interested in robotics. We organise meetings, events and networking for the London robotics community. Our vision is to bring together all of London’s robotics community to exchange ideas, find opportunities, mentor and support one…

Comment “Tate Modern Robot Installation”

Together with Dr Vahid Aminzadeh and other roboticists from the Department of Informatics, Professor Kaspar Althoefer, Head of the Centre for Robotics Research, collaborated with Ruairi Glynn, Interactive Architecture Workshop (Bartlett, UCL), on ‘Fearful Symmetry’, a recent installation at the Tate Modern, which formed part of a series of events inaugurating the gallery’s architectural extensions.…

King’s College London featured on BBC TWO Newsnight

In a piece on how killer robots may affect the future of military warfare, BBC 2 reports on how robotics is used today and how they may develop into weapons. The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva is debating on the ethical use of “killer robots,” with UN rapporteur Christof Heyns calling for a halt…

“Robots can be a mirror on which humanity can be reflected, one day.” – Thrish interviewed by Sky News

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vx5EkKNCdM] In a report discussing the increasing presence of robots in our daily lives, Sky News interviewed Dr. Thrishantha Nanayakkara on his views of how robots can be perceived. “Machines are machines, and humans are humans. Is there not a line that we simply shouldn’t be crossing there?” Sky asks. To which Thrish replied, “Actually,…

HANDLE and Beyond: Advances in In-Hand Manipulation

Professor Veronique Perdereau from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris presented the final results of the HANDLE project at King’s Building, Strand Campus, on February 13th, 2013. HANDLE has involved the Centre for Robotics Research (CoRe) for 4 years, from 2009 to February 2013. The presentation reported the initial project approach (improving dexterity, pre-shaping…

Rich Walker (Shadow) on SPIEGEL TV

Rich Walker (Shadow Robot Company) has been working with the Centre for Robotics Research (CoRe) in many projects (e.g. HANDLE, STIFF-FLOP). He was interviewed by the German news magazine SPIEGEL TV on the Shadow Hand. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG7i8wXEyRQ]

What use is a robot octopus? OCTOPUS meets STIFF-FLOP

Cecilia Laschi and Matteo Cianchetti from SSSA demonstrated how the OCTOPUS robot works and explained how it could one day be used for tasks such as repairing underwater structures like oil pipelines and ships’ hulls to performing search-and-rescue operations – venturing into places too dangerous for humans! The event was held at the Science Museum…