That's my friend from the Bristol Robotics Laboratory!

That's my friend from the Bristol Robotics Laboratory!

#robotics #brl #bristol

Originally shared by ScienceDaily
http://dlvr.it/Kyvrxq

My desk was just outside the "window". (They are in a house mounted inside #BRL for training robots).

My desk was just outside the "window". (They are in a house mounted inside #BRL  for training robots).

Originally shared by UWE Bristol (University of the West of England)

The first @TEDx talk delivered by robot proxy http://ow.ly/Wg5VF

#robotics #swarmrobotics #brl #bristol #uwe #happyholidays

#robotics   #swarmrobotics   #brl   #bristol   #uwe   #happyholidays  

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert

Our Swarm Holiday Wishes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP6eWW3dDeQ&feature=share

A startup from a group at the BRL - Bristol Robotics Laboratory.

A startup from a group at the BRL - Bristol Robotics Laboratory. I would surely want one, even if just for curiosity to know the air I breath at home is clean and healthy.

#sensor   #startup   #kickstarter   #brl   #bristol  
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sensly/sensly-a-smart-portable-pollution-sensor-for-your

#robotics #biomimicry #animals #bristol #uwe #brl

#robotics   #biomimicry   #animals    #bristol   #uwe   #brl  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv1U2WB4f8M&feature=share

Swarming Nanomedicine | Sabine Hauert | TEDxWarwick

Swarming Nanomedicine | Sabine Hauert | TEDxWarwick

Dr. Sabine Hauert is a Swarm Engineer at the University of Bristol and Bristol Robotics Laboratory, where she designs swarms of nanobots for biomedical applications.

Swarm strategies are either inspired from nature or are automatically designed using machine learning and crowdsourcing. Sabine has designed swarms of nanoparticles for cancer treatment at MIT and deployed large aerial swarms for use as communication relays at EPFL. Her work has been featured in mainstream media including The Economist, CNN, and New Scientist.

Sabine is passionate about science communication and, as well as having produced award-winning videos viewed over 250,000 times, is the Co-founder and President of Robohub, a non-profit dedicated to connecting the robotics community to the rest of the world - Robohub already features over 1000 blog posts and 1.5 million podcast downloads!

#robotics   #swarmrobotics   #health   #tedtalks   #brl   #uwe   #bristol  

Originally shared by Sabine Hauert

https://youtu.be/sn1gmcs-HXU
https://youtu.be/sn1gmcs-HXU

#robotics #brl #uwe #bristol

#robotics   #brl   #uwe   #bristol  

Originally shared by Ecoinventos

Ecobot III, un robot que funciona con orina humana. http://ecoinventos.com/ecobot-iii-un-robot-que-funciona-con-orina-humana/

Rise of the machines: robots in the real world

Rise of the machines: robots in the real world

Robots are making moves into everyday life - even on our roads and in our homes. What does that mean for us? How will they change our lives and what should we be thinking about?

Join our panel of experts from both of Bristol's universities for an entertaining and informative evening of quizzes, discussion and demonstrations - down the pub!

We'll hear about cutting edge research and have plenty of opportunity for Q&A.

#robotics   #bristol   #brl   #pintofscience   #uwe  
http://pintofscience.co.uk/event/rise-of-the-machines/

Letting Robots Build Their Own Bodies And Make Their Own Minds

Letting Robots Build Their Own Bodies And Make Their Own Minds 

A 3 minutes presentation about my PhD research on the co-evolution of morphology and behavior in swarm robotics.

#robotics   #swarmrobotics   #swarms   #coevolution   #morphologicalcomputation      #3dprinting   #geneticalgorithms   #evolution   #artificialintelligence   #artificialevolution   #jessicameyer   #uwe   #brl   #bristol   #3mt   #epuck  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTx1itvOjKg&feature=share

A collection of some papers from my supervisor on Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Ethics, etc..

A collection of some papers from my supervisor on Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Ethics, etc..

#robotics   #artificialintelligence     #ethics     #swarmrobotics   #brl   #uwe   #alanwinfield  
http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alan_Winfield

Bristol Bright Night

Bristol Bright Night

I am finding even more posts mentioning me. This one is related to the short talk I gave at the Bristol Bright Night 2014 and my supervisor's Robots vs. Animals talk at the same night.

How do ants build bridges? What can you teach a robot? Could a robot be more like a bee? Come along to see how studying the behaviour of swarms is inspiring engineers in state-of-the-art robotics. Prof. Alan Winfield from the University of the West of England and Ben Coleman from Bristol Zoo will demonstrate how swarming behaviour in the natural world is helping engineers to develop robots that can solve problems and work collaboratively.

We are also part of “Bite Size Research” with a short talk by Jessica Meyer on designing robots for swarm behaviours (7.30pm) and another by Shane Windsor on bird flight and aerial robotics, both in the Watershed.

#robotics   #swarmrobotics   #bristolbrightnight   #bristol   #brl   #uwe   #alanwinfield   #robotsvsanimals   #animals   #swarms   #jessicameyer   
http://robotsvsanimals.net/2014/09/23/bristol-bright-night-robots-vs-animals-talk/

I have just found this blog post from when I took part at the Festival of Nature.

I have just found this blog post from when I took part at the Festival of Nature.

Dave Naish from Bristol Zoo and Professor Alan Winfield from UWE demonstrated how swarms of animals interact  and work collaboratively, and how swarm intelligence is being used in robotics.

Dave explained how ants can achieve complex engineering feats such as building bridges by working collectively. Alan then showed how analysing the behaviour of groups of  insects was informing the design of innovative robots.

Using the idea of “swarm intelligence,” groups of robots can work collectively to collect information about their surroundings and interact with each other. Programming robots to perform such tasks helps to understand how swarms function in nature, and also develops new capacities for emerging robotics technologies.
 
The Robots vs. Animals project is a collaboration between the Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Bristol Zoo and the UWE Science Communication Unit supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering Ingenious Awards.

#robotics   #swarmrobotics   #festivalofnature   #bristol   #brl   #uwe   #alanwinfield   #robotsvsanimals   #animals   #bristolzoo   #jessicameyer  
http://robotsvsanimals.net/2014/06/26/roaches-vs-robots-at-the-festival-of-nature/

Robots vs. Animals

Robots vs. Animals

More on the news about my session on Swarm Robotics at the Robots vs. Animals project, with the official photos.

#robotics   #robotsvsanimals   #robots   #animals   #brl   #uwe   #bristolzoo   #bristol   #swarmrobotics   #evolution   #biomimicry   #jessicameyer  
http://robotsvsanimals.net/2014/12/02/bristol-zoo-school-sessions-a-great-success/

More on the news about my session on the Robots vs. Animals

More on the news about my session on the Robots vs. Animals

The students enjoyed a presentation on the evolution of certain animals and learnt how their behaviours have inspired robots being developed in BRL (Bristol Robotics Laboratory) before they got to see the robots at work. One behaviour demonstrated was ‘swarming’; just like birds, fish and insects that sense one another around them and  follow  the trail of others, the group saw robots performing the same action using sensors and cameras. Pupils got to handle cockroaches, a skink and observe rats communicating with one another through different methods.

#robotics   #robotsvsanimals   #robots   #animals   #brl   #uwe   #bristolzoo   #bristol   #bristolgrammarschool   #swarmrobotics   #evolution   #biomimicry     #jessicameyer  
http://www.bristolgrammarschool.co.uk/News/Behaving-like-animals.aspx

I have kick started the project Robots vs.

I have kick started the project Robots vs. Animals at the Bristol Zoo. Mine was the first session! The kids had great fun, and us too.

During the session, the students investigated human-robot interaction, learning about why engineers make robots yawn, dance and gesture like humans in order to make the robots more approachable and engaging. Students saw how evolution is shortening the legs of the blue-tongued skink. This helped them understand how robots are evolving – and one day might be able to change their shape rapidly like Transformers.

#robotics    #brl   #robotsvsanimals   #uwe   #bristol   #bristolzoo   #swarmintelligence   #swarmrobotics   #robots   #animals   #biomimicry     #jessicameyer  
http://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/news.aspx?id=2988

That's my session on the Robots vs Animals project as part of the EU Robotics Week 2014.

That's my session on the Robots vs Animals project as part of the EU Robotics Week 2014. 

Description: What can animals do that robots can't? What can we try and learn from animals to improve robots? What can engineering insights teach us about how animals move and sense? These are just some of the questions we will develop in educational sessions at Bristol Zoo Gardens. The sessions are aimed at school groups in Key Stage 3 (11-14 year olds), and run on a selected number of days in 2014/15. Tuesday 25th November has been selected as an event date to coincide with EU Robotics Week.

In each one-hour session, students will learn how animals are the inspiration for new technologies – biomimetics and bio-inspiration. Incorporated into each session will be the chance to interact with live animals and state-of-the-art robots from the BRL – from touch sensors based on rodent whiskers to electricity production inspired by digestion processes.

Students will gain first-hand insight into the scientific processes of research, developing prototypes and experimentation. The sessions will be co-led by BRL robotics engineers and Zoo education officers. Together, they will bring to life the connections between diverse scientific disciplines. They can show students how robotics research is being applied to solve real-world problems such as finding clean energy sources and better surgical tools.

This project is a collaboration between the Bristol Robotics Lab, UWE Science Communication Unit and Bristol Zoo Gardens.

#robotics   #animals   #brl   #bristolzoo   #eurobotics   #euroboticsweek   #roboticsweek   #bristol   #uwe   #europeanunion  
http://www.eu-robotics.net/cms/index.php?idart=3064

Co-Evolution of Morphology and Behavior in Self-Organized Robotic Swarms

Co-Evolution of Morphology and Behavior in Self-Organized Robotic Swarms 

My first very spontaneous attempt at a 3 Minutes Thesis Presentation, where we only have 3 minutes and 1 slide to describe our PhD Thesis for a non-specialist audience. 

Synopsis: The idea of the research is to co-evolve both shape and controller of a robotic swarm, in order for them to work better as a whole. Small robots are not so powerful individually, but when cooperating with each other, by physically hooking together forming a larger organism for example, they become able to solve more complex tasks in robust ways. The shape each robot has influences the way they physically interact with each other; and taking advantage of the morphological computation phenomena, it is believed that a more complex shape can spare the complexity of the controller. Therefore, simultaneously evolving both morphology and behavior should accomplish the highest benefits for the swarm. In order to reach this goal, I am evolving the shape of arm-like structures for the robots’ bodies and, further on, their controllers as well.

#phd   #robotics   #swarmrobotics   #evolution   #3dprinting   #3MT   #3minutesthesis   #video   #uwe   #brl   #geneticalgorithms   #coevolution   #artificialintelligence   #epuck     #jessicameyer  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ9W3M0K0xo&feature=share

BBC news will broadcast from UWE in Bristol tonight

BBC news will broadcast from UWE in Bristol tonight

BBC is filming live from my lab tonight at 6 pm, check it out if you want to know more about the Bristol Robotics Lab. 

BBC anchors will be stepping out from behind their news desks to broadcast from the Bristol Robotics Lab (BRL) at UWE this evening.

The special report, which will feature on the BBC News at Six, is the last in a three-part series of pre-budget features on hi-tech innovation - fronted by BBC News at Six anchor, George Alagiah and chief economics correspondent Hugh Pym.

BRL, which is the largest multi-disciplinary lab in the UK and a shared facility between UWE and the University of Bristol, was approached by BBC News at Six producers who decided UWE would be the ideal location to film the feature about developments in technology.


#bbc   #brl   #robotics   #uwe   #bristol   #bbcnews
http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/BBC-news-broadcast-UWE-Bristol-tonight/story-20799406-detail/story.html#null

Robotics: a very short introduction

Robotics: a very short introduction

A robotic book by my supervisor. Very actual! It shows most of the robots that are being developed at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL), where I study.

A nice reading for who wants to keep updated in the field, also serving as an introduction for beginners as the title mentions of course. ;)

Robotics is a key technology in the modern world. Robots are a well-established part of manufacturing and warehouse automation, assembling cars or washing machines, and, for example, moving goods to and from storage racks for Internet mail order. More recently robots have taken their first steps into homes and hospitals, and seen spectacular success in planetary exploration. Yet, despite these successes, robots have failed to live up to the predictions of the 1950s and 60s, when it was widely thought - by scientists and engineers as well as the public - that by turn of the 21st century we would have intelligent robots as butlers, companions, or co-workers. This Very Short Introduction explains how it is that robotics can be both a success story and a disappointment, how robots can be both ordinary and remarkable, and looks at their important developments in science and their applications to everyday life.

#robotics   #books   #brl   #bristol     #alanwinfield  
http://alanwinfield.blogspot.com/p/robotics-very-short-introduction.html

The Symbrion EU project in the beginning. This is the project that I'm currently working on :)

The Symbrion EU project in the beginning. This is the project that I'm currently working on :)

The aim of the ‘Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms’ project, or ‘Symbrion’, is to understand the principles that govern how robots can form themselves into a single artificial organism. The technique enables them to interact collectively with the physical world, and might ultimately be applied to real-world tasks such as rescuing earthquake victims.

‘Multi-robot organisms’ are made up of large swarms of individual robots, each slightly larger than a sugar cube, which work together to form a single artificial life-form. The organisms are able to share information and energy with one another, and to manage their own hardware and software.

#robotics   #symbrion   #replicator   #uwe   #brl   #swarmintelligence   #swarmrobotics   
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-software/symbrion_and_replicator_swarm_robot_projects