Mars Explorers Wanted - No Experience Necessary
The University of Kent's Electronics Department is offering school pupils an opportunity to learn about robotics and the design of intelligent systems in a three-day residential summer school to be held from 2-4 August. Walking with Robots will bring together 80 young people on the Canterbury campus to meet and learn from leaders of the robotics... view more... (2003-05-13)
Robot Valley in the M'¤lardalen Valley lands SEK 100 million in growth money
Robot Valley in the central Swedish valley of M'¤lardalen will receive up to SEK 10 million per year for ten years, a total of SEK 100 million. This growth project is one of the winners in Program VINNVĂ"XT arranged by the Swedish government's agency for innovation systems, VINNOVA. Program VINNVĂ"XT has been set up as a competition in... view more... (2003-05-02)
INRIA at IMAGINA 2003, the international festival for digital images
3-6 february - Monaco. High place for digital creation, IMAGINA 2003 will be held at Grimaldi Forum and will present great names of industry and research teams of the sector. INRIA has been significantly involved in computer graphics for many years. The Institute is developing research, methods and tools in computer graphics for new sectors of... view more... (2003-02-05)
"Animals" grown from an artificial embryo
VIRTUAL creatures, with muscles, senses and primitive nervous systems, have been "grown" from artificial embryos in a computer simulation. The multi-celled organisms could be the first step towards using artificial evolution to create intelligent life from scratch. Each creature begins life as a single "embryo" cell, containing a string of random... view more... (2002-08-21)
A helping hand- robot for the disabled
The Shadow Robot Company, a robotics R&D company based in North London, has received a NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts) Invention and Innovation award of £75,000, to develop a robot that can perform a wide variety of tasks for disabled people. view more (2002-08-08)
University footballers in training for World Cup
Staff in the University of Plymouth`s School of Computing and Department of Communication & Electronic Engineering (DCEE) are busy preparing to represent England in the FIRA 2002 (International Federation of Robot Soccer Associations) Robot Football World Cup, taking place in Korea next week. The University team, widely acknowledged as the... view more... (2002-05-17)
Robot surgery pioneer receives professorship at Imperial College
The world's first Professor of Medical Robotics delivers his Inaugural lecture today at Imperial College, London*1. Pioneer of a host of medical robots including the first clinical use of a robot to actively remove tissue from a patient, Professor Brian Davies will deliver his Inaugural lecture entitled Robotic Surgery: at the Cutting Edge of... view more... (2002-01-30)
University showcases latest research for news media
On Tuesday 26 June Sheffield Hallam University stages a unique research presentation for the news media at its City Campus. The University has earned an excellent reputation for applied creativity and practically-oriented research, and its work often makes national and even international news. In this Research Showcase event seven researchers will... view more... (2001-06-13)
EC Funding Boost For Revolutionary Robot
Staffordshire University is leading a pan-European project worth £2.5 million to develop a revolutionary concept in robotic engineering which will give disabled people greater freedom. The Flexibot is the brainchild of Professor Mike Topping and his team which is based at the University's Centre for Rehabilitation Robotics. A world-wide... view more... (2001-06-11)
Robotic Revolution
A revolutionary new concept in robotics which would give disabled people greater independence has been developed by an expert at Staffordshire University. The Flexibot is being developed by a team led by Professor Mike Topping from the Centre for Rehabilitation Robotics. According to Mike the snake-like device can perform an array of tasks... view more... (2001-02-22)
New Centre To Help Bridge UK's Technology Skills Gap
A state-of-the-art learning centre intended to provide a national model to help the UK fill its skills shortage in technology-related sectors has been launched by Staffordshire University and engineering giants JCB. The Staffordshire University and JCB Schools Design and Technology Centre is a special collaboration between higher education,... view more... (2000-04-18)
First for Plymouth Student
Under the terms of its cooperative agreement with the University, Becton Dickinson has loaned two PUMA560 industrial robots - complete with the necessary support and maintenance back-up - for use on the robotics course. Since a typical, medium-sized industrial robot costs in the region of £50k, this gives Plymouth an important advantage over... view more... (1999-08-04)
Robot Volleyball
For the contest each University will design, build and programme two autonomous robots which will act as a Volleyball team in an attempt to beat all others. In order to compete the robots will need to communicate with each other, respond quickly and adaptively when the ball enters their court, and get the ball back over to the opposition with... view more... (1999-06-10)
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