We speak to Steffi Paepcke, Lead Designer and Co-Founder of Open Source Robotics Foundation. Located in Silicon Valley this non-profit organization is focussed on help promote open source software in the field of robotics. This interview with Paepcke is part of our Women in Science and Technology series. Paepcke is the only non-engineer in her… Continue Reading
PODCAST: ON ROBOTS & ROBOT OPERATING SYSTEMS WITH BRAIN CORP’S DR. TODD HYLTON
Ever wondered about the brains of a robot or the robot operating systems (ROS)? Is there a standardized ROS for robots? How do robots learn? How do you teach a robot? And then there other questions about Artificial Intelligence (AI), ethics and the future of robots in our society. We spoke with Dr. Todd Hylton,… Continue Reading
VIDEO: SRI ROBOTICS RICH MALONEY ON SUPERFLEX EXOSUIT
Imagine attaching a one pound device to your leg and instanly adding strength to your joints and reducing fatigue? Imagine adding 200 pounds of pull from that one pound device. That is exactly what SRI Robotics has done with SuperFlex, a technology platform of light weight component technologies. SRI Robotics’ Dr. Rich Maloney explains how this… Continue Reading
VIDEO: ROBOT THAT HEALS ITSELF
Robots are coming. You have probably heard about the coming of robots with increasing frequencey in the past few month and how they may steal our jobs and hearts. You probably watched the new film “Ex Machina” an easily accessible film that takes you into the world of humans and sentient robots. Now, meet a robot… Continue Reading