This workshop aims at summarizing the results and on going discussions within some of the EU-funded projects in robotic surgery, such as SAFROS, STIFF-FLOP, Active and uRalp. Although patient safety in all types of surgery seems an obvious concept, the close examination of patient safety in the specific case of robotic surgery raises a number…
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…
[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,…
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 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]
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…
A paper by a group of undergraduate students from the Centre for Robotics Research (CoRe), has been accepted to be published in the proceedings of the prestigious International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012). Fabio Bianchi, Giulia Bartoli, Kya Shoar, Maria R Armas Fernandez and Valerio Pereno are currently in their fourth year…
The Centre for Robotics Research (CoRe) will hold a Medical Robotics Research Seminar on October 23rd, 2012 at 2pm. The meeting will be in the Council Room (K2.29) at the Strand Campus of King’s College London. Dr. Takayama and Dr. Tadano from the Tokyo Institute of Technology will present their research in the field of…
Professor Kaspar Althoefer, Head of the Centre for Robotics Research (CoRe), Department of Informatics, collaborated with the Bartlett School (University College London) on a robot installation at the Tate Modern. Professor Althoefer and his team of roboticists were involved in an exciting arts and design installation initiated and led by Ruairi Glynn, lecturer at the…
Within the EU FP7 Project STIFF-FLOP the Shadow Robot Company developed the “Shadow Robot Nervous System” (SRNS) which is a universal hardware integration platform for connecting input and output components to a PC running the research standard Robot Operating System (ROS). The connection is made via EtherCAT which allows for fast, high bandwidth, real time…