More interesting things about robotics! (extra)

null

We're back in person.... robot! Demos from: Micropsi with UR ??? Bring your robot demos to show'n'tell! We'll have an open mic for robotics companies/projects. Are you hi

This is a flagship invitation only network that will bring CTOs, technical founders and senior engineers together to talk technology. And how can SVR help. Discussion topics and presentations included SLAM, mapping and navigation, design tools for robotics manufacturing, ROS 2, advanced control systems and sensor fusion, and a tour of Autodesk's workshop and robotics research lab.

We're starting a standards working group for URDF or another format for Universal Robot Descriptor Framework - if you're interested in getting involved, email me: andra@svrobo.org

And it turns out we're not the only ones thinking about URDF. Peter Corke and Daniella Tola have released a survey on Robot Simulation using URDFs

Most roboticists these days simulate their robots before deploying the software onto the physical system. One of the popular methods for describing robots is the Unified Robot Description Format (URDF). Although, it is already commonly used in simulation, many issues with this standard still exist and need to be addressed. To identify these challenges, we have created a 10-minute questionnaire to gain insight in the knowledge and experience of roboticists all over the world.

We hope the results can be used to provide guidance to robotics developers and researchers to determine where improvements can be made. The results of the questionnaire will be made publicly available. The questionnaire is anonymous and for academic use.

If you would like to help us and the robotics community, then now is your chance to help by participating in the 10-minute survey through the link<https://survey.au.dk/LinkCollector?key=UU4ZZCDXJJ1N>

null

Just in time for holiday shopping: Black in Robotics have just launched the BiR Store whose funds support our outreach activities https://blackinrobotics.org/store And we have two new funding opportunities for students, these are listed under BiR Resources on the homepage (https://blackinrobotics.org/) along with the resume book (signup code: BiRSignUp2022) and reading list. As new resources […]

null

Giraffe360's HDR "3 in 1" camera lets developers quickly whip up 360-degree virtual tours of their real estate, without hiring a professional photographer.

China now has more industrial robots per 10,000 workers than the United States, according to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).

The post IFR: China surpasses U.S. in robot density appeared first on The Robot Report.

The deal includes the planned development of robotic-assisted orthotic and prosthetic devices, the companies said.

The post Ekso Bionics buys Parker Hannifin’s exoskeleton business for $10M appeared first on The Robot Report.

null

Autonomy Talks are open to every­one and no re­gis­tra­tion is re­quired. The goal of the talks is the ex­change among dif­fer­ent groups, in­side and out­side ETH Zürich, work­ing on in­nov­a­tions in the broad fields of Autonomy, Ro­bot­ics and Con­trol. You can also watch the whole series playlist on youtube.

We’re over the moon to announce the three early-stage startups that will take the stage and go head-to-head in the pitch competition at TC Sessions: Space — next Tuesday, December 6, in Los Angeles. There’s still time to join this mission. Buy your pass right now to watch these early-stage space aces square off in […]

Meet the startups competing at TC Sessions: Space by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch