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
School of Robotics Honorary President, Gianmarco Veruggio will be speaking at TEDxCNR in Roma, on October 8th 2016. He will elaborate on his vision of the future of robotics, the Roboethical issues, and the challenges facing the new generation of roboticists. Read more
The Municipality of Carpi and the Castello dei Ragazzi (The Castle of Kids) are organizing a two days of plays with robotics kits and many technological devices. School of Robotics will manage conferences, demos, laboratories, and many many robotics experiences. Read more
School of Robotics Emanuele Micheli will be attending the inspirational event organized by Sardinian region in collaboratiomn with Intel Education. Micheli's event theme is the education to reality, or the education THROUGH reality. Read more
Palazzo Reale, TEDxNapoli - where x = independently organized TED event. At TEDxNapoli event, TEDTalks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. Robotics scientist Bruno Siciliano will be speaking at TEDxNapoli with a talk on robotics, "Robots and Humans", and Roboethics. Read more
The return of the machinery question. After many false starts, artificial intelligence has taken off. Will it cause mass unemployment or even destroy mankind? History can provide some helpful clues, says Tom Standage. There is something familiar about fears that new machines will take everyone’s jobs, benefiting only a select few and upending society. Read more
The School of Robotics Honorary President, Gianmarco Veruggio, is key note Speaker at CLAWAR conference with a talk on "Roboethics - Focus on Drones". The presentation, after an introduction on Roboethics, will outline the new issues posed by the increasing spread of the use of drones beyond the scope of their traditional employments for research and military aims. Read more
The aim of Open Roberta is to lower the barriers of programming for kids, teachers, and schools and to set up a open source community. Open Roberta is part of the Fraunhofer Initiative “Roberta – Learning with Robots” (www.roberta-home.de). Open Roberta and School of Robotics are carrying on their almost ten-year collaboration. Read more
The School of Robotics, thanks to the funding by Costa Crociere Foundation is starting a project where the plastics recovered frtom the sea and the beaches will be used to produce the spools for 3D printers. These will procude in turn educational kits inspired by the protection of the ocean. Read more
Automatica’s exhibitors were trumpeting Industry 4.0. Is this the turning point for robotics? Industry 4.0 – the fourth industrial revolution – was the main theme at the largest robot and automation fair in the world, Germany’s AUTOMATICA, which took place in Munich throughout last week. But what exactly is Industry 4.0 and how do developers and manufacturers big and small believe it will revolutionise production? Read more
