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Roboticist

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@SciReports
Scientific Reports
6 months
First impressions of a humanoid social robot with natural language capabilities https://t.co/jb9t8QERzk
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nature.com
Scientific Reports - First impressions of a humanoid social robot with natural language capabilities
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@UniCanberra
University of Canberra
2 years
At the latest innovation event hosted by the Canberra Cyber Hub and @UniCanberra, Adam Haskard from Bluerydge and @damith_herath from UC, led a fascinating conversation about the realities and complexities of security in robotics systems. #UniCBR
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@alaviers
Amy LaViers
2 years
.@CatieCuan in Yokohama kicking off #icra2024 #robotsandart with her work at #everydayrobots — making a world she wants to live in (and she wants her dad to live in) 🩷
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@alaviers
Amy LaViers
2 years
Come to our ICRA workshop on artist residencies in robotics labs and movement notation!
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@rodneyabrooks
Rodney Brooks
2 years
This is so very insightful @MikellTaylor. Thank you!!
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@rodneyabrooks
Rodney Brooks
2 years
Voyager 1, launched Sept 5, 1977, is furtherest human artifact from Earth, over 15B miles, 24B kms. Magnificent remote debugging has it back sending understandable data after 6 month outage. Flight Data Subsystem computer, 7400 series TI chips (see image), with 8K 16 bit words of
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@Ken_Goldberg
Ken Goldberg
2 years
Calling all roboticists! The terrific @IEEE Robots Guide with the latest news and thousands of robot profiles is a finalist in the Science Category for @TheWebbyAwards: please take 15 seconds to vote — Today is the last day to vote! (Please repost) https://t.co/WH6FiuzEPg
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@fbongiornoanu
Frank Bongiorno
2 years
I'm glad someone's noticed ... Australia’s research sector chases rankings over quality and is ‘not fit for purpose’, chief scientist says
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theguardian.com
Dr Cathy Foley says overhaul needed to improve confidence in how researchers are assessed for hiring, promotion and funding
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@ylecun
Yann LeCun
2 years
An article about my vociferous support of open source AI platforms. Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman (among others) have scared governments about what they claim are risks of AI-fueled catastrophes. I know that Demis, at least, is sincere in his claims, but I think
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@ijhcs_journal
IJHCS
2 years
First, "Role-Taking and Robotic Form: An Exploratory Study of Social Connection in Human-Robot Interaction" where participants felt as 'seen' by robots as other human collaborators based on their design. By @Jenny_L_Davis @damith @A_grogg & @tonyplove https://t.co/AhZcnoepjd
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@UniCanberra
University of Canberra
2 years
Who’s responsible when robots go rogue? Join @stelarcstelarc @damith @brucearnoldlaw and @Nicci_Rossouw as they dive deep into the intricacies of human-robot relationships on 7 July, at Uncharted Territory festival in Canberra. Register here👇 https://t.co/3VhEMMknXb
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@UniCanberra
University of Canberra
2 years
Book in for A Conversation with a Robot! Chat to Pepper, the most advanced AI-driven retail robot in the world at #UnchartedTerritoryCBR, with this project helmed by @damith, @jzombie and @Jenny_L_Davis Register here: https://t.co/FNiZMjt5Sm #UniCBR
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@uc_hct
UC_HCT
3 years
Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic MP visiting the UC HCT Collaborative Robotics Lab and talking to @damith and students showcasing various #Robotics projects, before launching the National Robotics Strategy discussion paper
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@stongedav
David St-Onge
3 years
This collection of papers gives a (very good) glimpse at some of the *essential* perspectives artistic collaborations can bring to roboticists work. I really enjoyed co-editing this with @damith, Christian Kroos and Elizabeth Jochum. ------------ Cet ense… https://t.co/VvD8TZ5plu
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@alaviers
Amy LaViers
3 years
An *open-source* introductory text on robotics—perfect for artists who want an in depth primer—by the amazing @damith and funded by @KinovaRobotics https://t.co/yEoo1wJDSw
foundations-of-robotics.org
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@damith
damith
3 years
Come join us for a book launch event with @suekeay @eltwilliams, Dr Max Cappuccio, and Bhante Sujato, with @willozap as the moderator. This should be fun, challenging and enlightening at the same time! The book is "Foundations of Robotics" @KinovaRobotics @stongedav
@UCSciTech
UC Faculty of Science and Technology
3 years
Robotics is a fast-changing discipline that is no longer just engineering. It has implications across society and the economy - are you keeping up with these developments? Join us for a conversation about where Australian Robotics is heading. 🤖Book now https://t.co/BPKYdwRzwd
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@damith
damith
3 years
I miss(ed a bit of) SLAM
@RosinolToni
Toni Rosinol
3 years
A small update on the history of SLAM, and its future :) Last year, NeRFs sparked a new and ongoing era of geo/photometric SLAM! What lies ahead? I think some exciting avenues will leverage LLMs, diffusion models, or use light fields as maps! Same problem, new tools🚀
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@UCSciTech
UC Faculty of Science and Technology
3 years
Robotics is a fast-changing discipline that is no longer just engineering. It has implications across society and the economy - are you keeping up with these developments? Join us for a conversation about where Australian Robotics is heading. 🤖Book now https://t.co/BPKYdwRzwd
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@damith
damith
3 years
I had the privilege of talking to wonderful 🤖@Nicci_Rossouw about robots, art and entrepreneurship recently on her podcast "Let's talk robotics". Check it out and also all the other fabulous guests on this podcast series.
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@damith
damith
3 years
Seen it all - particularly like the one on HRI and SLAM!
@rosorg
Robot Operating System (ROS)
5 years
Types of robotics papers.
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