News archive for May 2016 | Edinburgh Centre for Robotics

ECR Directors present at Society of Petroleum Engineers webinar

Submitted by Anne Murphy on Mon, 30/05/2016 - 11:33

On 25th May Professors David Lane and Sethu Vijayakumar were invited by the Society of Petroleum Engineers DSATS (Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section) to present their thoughts on how robotics could address some of the challenges faced by the drilling industry.

Of particular interest to the audience was the adoption of automation in drilling, such as remote operation, underwater vehicles, human-machine interface, machine learning, visualization and analytics.

Professor David Lane attends The Times round-table on Disruptive Technologies

Submitted by Felicity Nixon on Tue, 17/05/2016 - 16:54

"Do you know a disruptive technology when you see it? The answer is no..."

ECR Director Professor David Lane was invited to London to participate in a round-table discussion on the implications of disruptive technologies, and how best to embrace them. The discussion took place on 6th May, and was in association with defence technology industry leader BAE Systems.

Valkyrie and The ECR Attract National Media Coverage

Submitted by Felicity Nixon on Tue, 17/05/2016 - 14:46

On May 4th, BBC journalists and crew came to the Robotarium East at the University of Edinburgh to report on our NASA Valkyrie Project for a special BBC News feature that was live streamed on the BBC Facebook page at 6pm.