TRADR and Alcor in Piombino for the European Robotics League (ERL) Event
On September 17 2017, I was with the Alcor and TRADR teams in Piombino, for the European Robotics League event. We gave
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TRADR Summerschool on Human-Robot Teaming
Here you can find the link to the Summerschool The Summerschool is organized by the the TRADR project. TRADR is
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TRADR on EuroNews
The TRADR EU project is on Euronews. The video report shows the simulated disaster scene we used in the last
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Handle – the new creature of Boston Dynamics
Handle is definitely a big Wow. From the youtube video description: “Handle is a research robot that stands 6.5 ft
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Driverless cars that ‘see’ the road ahead
Micheal Milford explains how to make a driverless car see the road ahead. From his Google+ post: “We were asked to
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Mekamon and AR battles
A nice meka with the option to engage AR battles
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Do we need self-driving cars?
This post reports that a self-driving Uber car was involved in a high-speed crash in Tempe, Arizona. No one was
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TRADR Year 3 Review in Montelibretti – Work Package 4 Obtained an Excellent Evaluation
This year, the TRADR review took place at the Scuola Di Formazione Operativa of Vigili del Fuoco (Italian Firefighters) in
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Best Late Breaking Report at SSRR 2016
Our recent work with ETHZ was awarded Best Late Breaking Report at SSRR 2016 “3D Localization, Mapping and Path Planning for
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DJI launches ultraportable iOS-connected Mavic Pro camera drone
Drone maker DJI unveiled its latest flying camera: a foldable, portable, sub-$1,000 device dubbed the Mavic Pro. This seems to
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Agile Drone Flight through Narrow Gaps with Onboard Sensing and Computing
From Google+, Davide Scaramuzza presents his last work on perception aware path planning for quadrotors. “I am happy to share
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The Going Rate for Self-driving Talent is $10 million per Person, word of Sebastian Thrun
According to this post, Sebastian Thrun said “Uber has just bought a half-a-year-old company [Otto] with 70 employees for almost $700
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TRADR Team and Vigili del Fuoco in Amatrice
It was a great life experience being part of the TRADR team who successfully deployed two UGVs and three drones
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Italian Earthquake: Recommendations for using Rescue Robots
On this page Dr. Robin Murphy posted very useful recommendations for using ground and aerial robots for immediate lifesaving. “…A video camera,
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A Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month – Uber Steps on the Accelerator
Uber is definitely stepping on the accelerator… “Starting later this month, Uber will allow customers in downtown Pittsburgh to summon
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