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Video Friday: Ascento Pro

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ICRA 2022 – May 23-27, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, USA Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. Engineered Arts ] At USC Center for Advanced Manufacturing, students have taught a robot to make pour-over coffee. MIT ] Space rovers like Zhurong or Perseverance are currently exploring the surface of Mars.

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Former Berkeley Dean of Engineering David A. Hodges Dies at 85

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Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. Hodges continued that line of research at UC Berkeley, which he joined in 1970 as a professor of engineering.

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Former IEEE Chief Financial Officer Richard Schwartz Dies at 77

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Mancino Former manager of engineering reliability at RCA Life senior member, 93; died 24 September For most of his career, Mancino worked as an engineer at RCA , which was headquartered in New York City. Mancino began his career at RCA in 1951 as an electromagnetic compatibility engineer in Camden, N.J. While serving in the U.S.

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Video Friday: Welcome to 2022

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ICRA 2022 – May 23-27, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, USA ERF 2022 – June 28-30, 2022 – Rotterdam, Germany Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. Engineered Arts ] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Xiaomi Robotics Lab! Happy Holidays from Voliro! Voliro ] Thanks, Daniel! Xiaomi ] Thanks, Yangwei!

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Video Friday: FridgeBot

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ICRA 2022 – May 23-27, 2022 – Philadelphia, PA, USA Let us know if you have suggestions for next week, and enjoy today's videos. MIT CSAIL ] NASA is sending a couple of robots to Venus in 2029! We'll also be posting a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months; here's what we have so far ( send us your events

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Video Friday: Strandbeest

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ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, Philadelphia IEEE ARSO 2022 : 28–30 May 2022, Long Beach, Calif. Strandbeest ] MIT CSAIL scientists created an algorithm to solve one of the hardest tasks in computer vision: assigning a label to every pixel in the world, without human supervision. Please send us your events for inclusion. Palantir ] Dr.

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Video Friday: No Time to Dance

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ICRA 2022 : 23–27 May 2022, PHILADELPHIA IEEE ARSO 2022 : 28–30 May 2022, LONG BEACH, CALIF. MIT ] The Sechseläuten ("the six o'clock ringing of the bells") is a traditional spring holiday in the Swiss city of Zürich, and this year, it had a slightly less traditional guest: ANYmal! Please send us your events for inclusion.

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