ROBOTICS SEMINAR

EL4126 Robotika

PART I. ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS

I. ROBOT STRUCTURE

1. An Edible Actuator for Ingestible Robots

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/an-edible-
actuator-for-ingestible-robots

2. Inception Drive: A Compact, Invinitely Variable Transmission for Robotics

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/inception-
drive-a-compact-infinitely-variable-transmission-for-robotics

3. Martian Inspired Tripod Walking Robot Generates Its Own Gaits

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/martian-
inspired-tripod-walking-robot-generates-its-own-gaits

4. Salto-1P Jumping Robot

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/salto1p-is-
the-most-amazing-jumping-robot-weve-ever-seen

5. Boston Dynamics’ Marc Raibert on Next-Gen ATLAS

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/boston-dynamics-
marc-raibert-on-nextgen-atlas

6. Cockroach Robot Grows A Tail Does Flips

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/cockroach-
robot-grows-a-tail-does-flips

II. MANIPULATION AND INTERFACES

7. Clever Modular Robots Turn Legs Into Arms On Demand

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/clever-
modular-robots-turn-legs-into-arms-on-demand

8. Extra Pair of Robotic Arm

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/heres-that-
extra-pair-of-robot-arms-youve-always-wanted

9. Control Extra Robotic Limbs

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/how-to-
control-those-extra-robotic-limbs-youve-always-wanted
10. Armored-Exoskeletons Help Roachbots Go Anywhere
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/armored-
exoskeletons-help-roachbots-go-anywhere

11. Soft-Robotic-Exosuit Can Help Stroke Patients

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/soft-robotic-
exosuit-can-help-stroke-patients

III. SENSING AND PERCEPTION

12. Ingestible Sensors - Fitbit for The Stomach

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/fitbit-for-the-
stomach

13. Drone With Event Camera Takes First Autonomous Flight

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/drone-with-event-
camera-takes-first-autonomous-flight

14. A Free Falling Camera Robot For Filming Skydivers

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/a-free-
falling-camera-robot-for-filming-skydivers

15. Visual SLAM of Piaggio’s Cargo Robot

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/piaggio-cargo-
robot

IV. MOBILE AND DISTRIBUTED ROBOTICS

16. Robots Merge Split Brains Form New Modular Robots

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/robots-
merge-split-brains-form-new-modular-robots

V. AI REASONING METHODS FOR ROBOTICS

17. Can Machines Be Conscious

https://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/imaging/can-machines-be-conscious

18. What Intelligent Machines Need To Learn From The Neocortex

https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/software/what-intelligent-machines-
need-to-learn-from-the-neocortex

19. Can We Quantify Machine Consciousness?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/can-we-quantify-machine-
consciousness
20. Will the Future of AI Learning Depend More on Nature or Nurture?
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/robotics/artificial-intelligence/ai-and-
psychology-researchers-debate-the-future-of-deep-learning

VI. ROBOTICS OPERATING SYSTEM AND MODELING

21. Row Bots Test Whether Human Rowers Have Been Doing It Wrong
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/row-bots-test-
whether-human-rowers-have-been-doing-it-wrong

PART II. FIELD AND SERVICE ROBOTICS – NEW EMERGING

ROBOTICS

VII. INDUSTRIAL ROBOTICS

22. Drone-based RFID Relay to Track Boxes in Warehouses

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/consumer-electronics/gadgets/mit-
builds-drone-based-rfid-relay-to-track-boxes-in-warehouses

VIII. ROBOTIC IN AGRICULTURE FORESTRY

23. Autonomous Robots Plant, Tend, and Harvest Entire Crop of Barley
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/autonomous-
robots-plant-tend-and-harvest-entire-crop-of-barley

24. Roomba Inventor Joe Jones On Weed Killing Robot

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/roomba-inventor-
joe-jones-on-weed-killing-robot

25. Bosch Deepfield Robotics Weed Control

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/bosch-
deepfield-robotics-weed-control

IX. AERIAL ROBOTICS

26. Drones and AI Take On Sharks

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/drones-and-ai-take-on-
killer-sharks-down-under

27. Drone Like A Dog

https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/robotics/drones/how-is-a-
drone-like-a-dog-ask-a-cop
28. Collapsable Delivery Drone
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/epfl-collapsable-
delivery-drone-protects-your-package-with-an-origami-cage

29. Perching on Fixed-Wing UAV

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/reliable-perching-
makes-fixedwing-uavs-much-more-useful

30. Indoor Flying Robots

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/drones/blimps-seem-like-the-
friendliest-kind-of-indoor-flying-robots

X. ROBOTIC IN CONSTRUCTION

31. EU Developing Robot Badgers For Underground Excavation

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/eu-
developing-robot-badgers-for-underground-excavation

XI. SEARCH AND RESCUE ROBOTICS

32. CMU Snake Robot on Searching Mexican Earthquake Survivors

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/cmu-snake-
robot-mexico-earthquake

33. Honda Unveils Prototype E2-DR Disaster Response Robot

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/iros-2017-honda-
unveils-prototype-e2dr-disaster-response-robot

XII. MEDICAL ROBOTICS AND COMPUTER INTEGRATED SURGERY

34. In Fleshcutting Task Autonomous Robot Surgeon Beats Human Surgeons

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/in-fleshcutting-
task-autonomous-robot-surgeon-beats-human-surgeons

35. Magnetic Control Could Help Robots Navigate Inside Your Body
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/medical-robots/selective-
magnetic-control-could-help-robots-navigate-inside-your-body

36. Medical Microbots Take A Fantastic Voyage Into Reality

https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/medical-robots/medical-microbots-take-a-
fantastic-voyage-into-reality
XIII. REHABILITATION AND HEALTH CARE ROBOTICS

37. Self-Driving Wheelchairs Debut in Hospitals and Airports

https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-human-os/biomedical/devices/selfdriving-
wheelchairs-debut-in-hospitals-and-airports

XIV. INTELLIGENT VEHICLE

38. Social Aspect of Self-Driving Cars

https://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/self-driving/the-big-problem-with-
selfdriving-cars-is-people

39. Autonomous Driving with Deep Learning

https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/how-
driveai-is-mastering-autonomous-driving-with-deep-learning

40. Autonomous Cars Communication

https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/driveai-
solves-autonomous-cars-communication-problem

41. Level Autonomy of Self-Driving Cars

https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/the-audi-
a8-the-worlds-first-production-car-to-achieve-level-3-autonomy
https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/advanced-
cars/driverless-tech-startups-are-driving-past-a-trilliondollar-opportunity

42. Sensors of Self-Driving Cars

https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-driving/under-
the-hood-of-luminars-long-reach-lidar

43. Animal Detection System

https://spectrum.ieee.org/cars-that-think/transportation/self-
driving/autonomous-cars-vs-kangaroos-the-long-furry-tail-of-unlikely-events

XV. DOMESTIC ROBOTICS

44. Delivery Robots

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/starship-
technologies-autonomous-ground-delivery-robots

45. A Dynamic and Talented Robot Delivery Ostrich

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/industrial-robots/agility-
robotics-introduces-cassie-a-dynamic-and-talented-robot-delivery-ostrich
PART III. HUMAN-CENTERED AND LIFE-LIKE ROBOTICS

XVI. HUMANOIDS

46. Jet Powered iCub Could Be the First Flying Humanoid Robot
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/jet-powered-icub-
could-be-the-first-flying-humanoid-robot

47. Lifesize Humanoid Robot is Designed To Fall Over and Over and Over
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/lifesize-humanoid-
robot-is-designed-to-fall-over-and-over-and-over

XVII. SOCIAL ROBOTS THAT INTERACT WITH PEOPLE

48. Robots For Kids: Designing Social Machines That Support Children’s Learning
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/designing-
robots-for-kids

49. Robots Could Act As Ethical Mediators Between Patients and Caregivers
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/artificial-intelligence/robots-
could-act-as-ethical-mediators-between-patients-and-caregivers

50. Social Domestic Robot – Smart Home Assistant

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/vyo-robotic-
smart-home-assistant

51. Social Robotics from Cornell and Google

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/blossom-a-
creative-handmade-approach-to-social-robotics-from-cornell-and-google

52. Wagging Tails Help Robots Communicate With Humans

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/wagging-tails-
help-robots-communicate

53. Telepresence Robot

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/ohmni-an-easy-
to-use-telepresence-robot
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/co-parenting-
with-telepresence-robots

54. Toio Cubes Robotic Toys

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/sony-adds-toio-
cubes-to-its-arsenal-of-strange-robotic-toys
55. Anki’s Cozmo Robot
https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/diy/anki-code-lab-brings-
sophisticated-graphical-programming-to-cozmo-robot

56. Aibo Robot Dog

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/sony-bringing-
back-aibo-team-to-develop-new-robot-dog

XVIII. BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED ROBOTS

57. DNA Robots Can Deliver Molecular Packages

https://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/robotics/medical-robots/dna-robots-can-
deliver-molecular-packages

XIX. ROBOETHICS: SOCIAL AND ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF ROBOTICS

58. Can We Trust Robots

https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/artificial-intelligence/can-we-trust-robots

59. Do We Want Robot Warriors To Decide Who Lives Or Dies?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/military-robots/do-we-want-robot-
warriors-to-decide-who-lives-or-dies

60. Can You Program Ethics Into A Self-Driving Car?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/transportation/self-driving/can-you-program-ethics-
into-a-selfdriving-car

61. Would You Trust A Robot Surgeon To Operate On You?

https://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/medical-robots/would-you-trust-a-robot-
surgeon-to-operate-on-you

XX. ROBOTICS COMPANY

62. Starting a robotics Company

https://spectrum.ieee.org/view-from-the-valley/at-work/start-ups/starting-a-
robotics-company-sell-a-service-not-a-robot