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Professor Tony Prescott, Professor of Cognitive Robotics in the Department of Computer Science and Director of Sheffield Robotics provides an introduction to Cognitive Robotics.
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Our students (working in groups of 3 or 4) had to develop a robot to solve a "Navigation, Search and Approach" challenge. This was done using the open source robot simulator Webots. The…
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Join the 2nd year General Engineering students at the culmination of their Interdisciplinary Design Project. Over the past semester they have been designing, prototyping, building and programming…
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In this video, Professor Tony Prescott introduces the IntelliTable, a universal cantilever table able to move around by itself, or under user control, in an indoor environment. Future homes will…
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Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
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Meet the educators from Sheffield Robotics who contribute to the free online course 'Building a Future with Robots.'
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Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
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Each of our educators has a vision for a future with robots. We ask, has learning about the current research and development and where it’s potentially going given you some insight into why…
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Our experts share what the future will look like for team working robots. First up, Dr Jonathan Aitken gives us a glimpse into the factories of the future, explaining how the Kuka iiwa robot arm…
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Who might be working with robots in the future? Could the study of robotic systems be the key to unlocking your future career? In this video, academics and students from The University of Sheffield…
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As we have seen in previous videos, a human-robot team, the robot knows how to act because the human controller is telling it what to do. However, in a robot-robot team, the robots must interact and…
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The Royal Hallamshire Hospital in Sheffield is home to one of the world’s most advanced medical robots: The daVinci Si. In this video, Urological surgeon David Yates discusses his working…
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Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
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Swarm robotics provides another mechanism for the coordination of multi-robot systems. In robot swarms, a desired collective behavior emerges from the interactions between the robots and interactions…
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Dr Mahnaz Arvaneh is developing a brain-computer interface (BCI) which uses electroencephalography (EEG) technology to read brain signals and convert them into actions on a computer screen. In this…
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We take a look into a realistic future for robots inspired by nature. Emily Collins is a PhD student in Psychology and in this video, she explains her research which explores how human psychology and…
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Traditional psychology and neuroscience can often struggle to fully understand how humans work. Synthetic psychology offers a complementary approach, taking theories and testing them out in robotic…
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Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
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In October 2016, Switzerland hosted the world’s first Cybathlon, where pilots with severe physical disabilities competed using advanced assistive technologies. The Cybathlon provides a…
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Automatic Control and Systems Engineering
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Natural organisms, through millions of years of natural selection, have evolved to take on the challenges of their environment. These attributes make them adaptable, versatile and robust and it is…
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