Research Spotlight: Stable Grasping of Unknown Objects
How can you reliably grasp unknown objects and ensure that the grasp is stable? In this post we discuss a new research paper...
A History of Robot Programming Languages
There are so many different robot programming languages! Has it always been this way? Where did they all come from? We look...
Would You Trust Your Washing Machine in a Fire?
There have been a few high profile warnings over the past year about artificial intelligence and robotics. Elon Musk, Stephen...
Are Autodidactic Robots Coming to Industry?
Why is AlphaGo such a momentous step in Artificial Intelligence? What does it have to do with robotic depalletizing? In this...
Is Verbal Programming Really Feasible?
How long will it be before we can tell robots "go and do this task for me"? Will programming ever be so easy, or will we...
Do Roboticists Have to Reprogram the Wheel?
Robotics suffers from an unresolved issue - as a community, we tend to hate the idea of standardization. This isn't a problem...
How to Be a Great Robot Programmer
What makes a great robot programmer? In this post we ask why it's challenging to accurately comprehend the limitations of a...
How to Benefit from the Robotic Skill Shortage
Robotics is probably going to be one of the biggest job creators in modern history. But, are there enough qualified people to...
What Are the Different Programming Methods for Robots?
As the expression goes, "there's more than one way to skin a cat". You could equally say "there's more than one way to program...
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