SoCS Research Seminar Series on 27/11/2015: Prof Nick Taylor (HWU)

The School of Computer Science is pleased to welcome Prof Nick Taylor (from Heriot-Watt University) for a research talk as part of the School’s research seminar series. Prof Taylor will be presenting current research from “The Edinburgh Centre for Robotics”.   When? Fri 27/11/2015, 10am Where? David Chiddick Building, Room BL1105 (1st Floor) Abstract: The Edinburgh Centre for Robotics harnesses…

Users in focus – Creating service robots for and with people

Dr Astrid Weiss from Technical University Vienna, will be presenting in the SoCS research seminar. Her work is at the crossroads of robotics, computer science, Human Computer Interaction, and social sciences; investigating robotic applications in public space, elderly care and factory settings. This is a research seminar open to attendees across the university, in particular…

SoCS Research Seminar: Robots making (non-linguistic) sounds to communicate – R2D2 and other beeps

Dr Robin Read from the University of Plymouth to present his research on “A Study of Non-Linguistic Utterances for Social Human-Robot Interaction” at the School of Computer Science Research Seminar. Robin will shed some light on the questions if and how sounds like R2D2’s beeps are powerful means of communication for a robot. Time/Date Wed,…

L-CAS robot “Linda” competing in Robot Marathon

Researchers at the Centre for Autonomous Systems are studying how mobile robots can learn from long-term experience to provide service in security and care scenarios. As part of the European STRANDS project, they contribute to the development of robots that are able to operate autonomously, without the need of human intervention, in regular indoor environments like offices…

Research Presentation by Prof Ales Leonardis on Wed 29/05, 4pm

Prof Ales Leonardis (University of Birmingham) is presenting his research on “Combining compositional shape hierarchy and multi-class object taxonomy for efficient object categorisation”  in a joint Psychology and Computer Science seminar on Wed, 29th May at 4pm (in room MC1001). All students and staff are invited. Here the abstract of Ales’ presentation: Visual categorisation has…

Another Job Opportunity in Robotics

The Lincoln Centre for Autonomous System (L-CAS) is looking for another Research Assistant to work in the STRANDS project. Consider applying if you are excited about mobile robots and long term behaviour, and you are looking for a great opportunity to also pursue a PhD. We need a great communicator, robot programmer, and system integrator;…

Presentations of the new FP7 project “STRANDS” at ERF and ICRA

Tom Duckett and Marc Hanheide of the Lincoln Centre for Autonomous Systems will be presenting the general aims and objectives of the new FP7 project “STRANDS: Spatio-Temporal Representations and Activities For Cognitive Control in Long-Term Scenarios” – and L-CAS’ role in its research work plan in particular – at ICRA 2013 and ERF 13 conferences, respectively. The project’s aim is “… to…

New PostDoc and PhD positions available in Robotics

The Centre for Autonomous Systems is seeking to recruit two Postdoctoral Fellows and one PhD student in the context of a European collaborative project, involving six academic institutes and two industrial partners across four European countries. The project aims to enable robots to achieve robust and intelligent behaviour in human environments through adaptation to, and the exploitation of,…

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