Educational Robotics for all: the first booklet is ready!
Thanks to the EU project E-Media Literacy the booklet on educational robotics is ready to be downloaded. In this booklet, you can learn how to use robotics as an educational tool. Read more
Domenico Appendino: Robotics still growing (despite the crisis)
The President of SIRI, Domenico Appendino, comments on the data on the growth of the robotics sector in the world. Italy in a central position. Read more
IFR World Robotics Report: optimistic fugures for 2019 robot installations and sells
Preliminary statistics from the World Robotics Report confirm a new record of globally installed robotic units in 2018 - a 6% increase over the previous year. Read more
Bruno Siciliano: from the second edition of Springer Handbook of Robotics to Robotics Goes MOOC and the launch of I-RIM
Bruno Siciliano, Editor together with Oussama Khatib of the Springer Handbook of Robotics, talks about the results of the dissemination of the second edition published in October 2016 and other projects that followed. Read more
Roboable: An article on Roboable in Form@re, international magazine of the University of Florence
Form@re Magazine publishes an article on Roboable, the kit dedicated to inclusive education. Read more
Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics: Topical Issue on Roboethics
Papers by O. Bendel, W. Barfield, B. Berendt, T. Kimura, C.C. Santos.Lang, J. Galliott, M. Anderson and S. Leigh Anderson, F. Ficuciello, G. Tamburrini, A. Arezzo, L.Villani, Bruno Siciliano. Read more
American Academy of Pediatrics has lifted its recommendation discouraging all electronic media use in children under the age of 2.
In a marked shift from recommendations first adopted in 1999, the American Academy of Pediatrics has lifted its recommendation discouraging all electronic media use in children under the age of 2. The new recommendations for children's media use acknowledge that some media exposure can have educational value for children as young as 18 months, but it should be high-quality programming—the AAP specifically referenced "Sesame Street," and children's programming provided by PBS. Read more
IROS, Korea: Presentation of Springer Hanbook of Robotics II edition 2016
The Springer Handbook of Robotics second edition (2016) will be officially presented at IROS 2016. The 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2016) will be held in Daejeon, Korea, October 9-14, 2016, at Daejeon Convention Center (DCC). Read more
Springer Handbook of Robotics second Edition: A research- and application-oriented handbook that covers one of the hottest topics in science and technology
The second edition of this handbook provides a state-of-the-art cover view on the various aspects in the rapidly developing field of robotics. Reaching for the human frontier, robotics is vigorously engaged in the growing challenges of new emerging domains. Interacting, exploring, and working with humans, the new generation of robots will increasingly touch people and their lives. The credible prospect of practical robots among humans is the result of the scientific endeavour of a half a century of robotic developments that established robotics as a modern scientific discipline. Read more
The Yes WE STEM free ebook (Women Empowerment in STEM) released to public
The Italian Wister network (Women for Intelligent and Smart TERritories) has just released a free ebook outlining many "Yes WE STEM" issues in Women&Technology field. The book was edited with the support of Italian Ministry of Education, Research, and University, displaying studies by many women in the fields of communication, social sciences, science and technology. Read more