Robots: The OpenROV Project

In the episode, we speak with Eric Stackpole and David Lang from the OpenROV project about their telerobotic submarine built to make underwater exploration and education affordable.

Syndicated 2013-06-14 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics

Robots: Curved Artificial Compound Eye

In this episode, we speak with Ramon Pericet and Michal Dobrzynski from EPFL about their Curved Artificial Compound Eye (CurvACE) published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences last week. Inspired by the fly’s vision system, their sensor can enable a large range of applications that require motion detection using a small plug-and-play device. As shown in the video below, you could use these sensors to control small robots navigating an environment, even in the dark, or equip a small autonomous flying robot with limited payload.

Syndicated 2013-05-31 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics

Robots: Autonomous Lethal Weapons

In this episode we hear from Peter Asaro, an expert on lethal robotic weapons, about an international campaign to ban autonomous killer robots.

Syndicated 2013-05-17 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics

Robots: Controlled Flight of Insect-sized Robots

In this episode we hear from researchers at the Harvard Microrobotics Lab about the Science paper published today reporting on the first controlled flight of an insect-sized robot.

Syndicated 2013-05-03 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics

Robots: Ethical, Social and Legal Issues

In this episode Per talks to Pericle Salvini from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna about his work with social, ethical and legal issues in robotics today. We also hear about the Robolaw project that will provide advice to the European Union when it creates laws concerning robotics.

Syndicated 2013-04-19 07:00:00 from Robots - The Podcast for News and Views on Robotics