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Welcome to the Horizon Workplace Wellbeing and the Internet Project Team
Read moreThe Workplace Wellbeing and the Internet (W-WATI) project is one of Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute’s Welfare Campaign projects. The project team will be using the Cobot Maker Space throughout their research. The W-WATI project conducts a suite of activities to address different dimensions of wellbeing in the workplace as0…
Welcome to 20 New Users!
Read moreSince welcoming Phoebe to our facility in October, we have registered a further 21 new users! Xinyu, an Undergraduate student working on Software Engineering group project. Carolina, a Masters student aiming to develop and evaluate an IMU-based motion analysis system with 3D modelling capabilities that enhance upper limb rehabilitation for0…
RAi UK Co-ordinating Keystone workshop
Read moreLast week we hosted a workshop for our colleagues from RAi UK. The event highlighted five innovative, multidisciplinary projects developed in collaboration with stakeholders to tackle emerging AI challenges.
Driving new fundamental research
Read moreThe Cobot Maker Space is delighted to be hosting a workshop Autumn 2025 as part of the UK-RAS Networks Robotics and Autonomous Systems Project ‘Principles of Learning from Unstructured Human-Robot Interactions’. The community engagement workshop will take place with UK-RAS members and wider stakeholders and will include reflections on earlier0…
Welcome Pheobe
Read moreWe welcome Pheobe to the Cobot Maker Space. Pheobe is an Undergraduate student working on a project that aims to create a more user-friendly and efficient framework to allow users (people, nutritionists, dieticians, etc.) to exploit the multimodality of interaction (gesture, language, etc.) for specific use-cases of AI in the0…
Welcome Shaowei
Read moreWe welcome Shaowei to the Cobot Maker. Shaowei is an Undergraduate Student exploring mixed reality based multimodal interaction for remote telemanipulation.
Welcome Pedro
Read moreWe welcome Pedro to the Cobot Maker Space. Pedro is a PhD student focusing on improving the precision and efficiency of teleoperated robot arm control for pick-and-place tasks. The user will receive multiple feedback modalities, including visual, cutaneous, and mixed feedback, to guide them through the correct path and help0…
Welcome Nishi
Read moreWe welcome Nishi to the Cobot Maker Space. Nishi is an Undergraduate student working on a project encompassing autonomising drones to identify and prioritise high-risk areas post natural disaster. The aim of this research is to support first responders in lower income countries that suffer from increasing natural disasters who0…
Welcome Bushra
Read moreWe welcome Bushra to the Cobot Maker Space. Bushra is a Masters student exploring the use of Kinematic Data to support energy management in children with Ataxia through predictive models and smart guidance systems.
Welcome Raul
Read moreWe welcome Raul to the Cobot Maker Space. Raul is a PhD student at the Faculty of Science Doctoral Training Centre in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Nottingham. Raul’s research is focusing on learning from failures through human robot interaction in robotic vacuum cleaners
Welcome to the Horizon Workplace Wellbeing and the Internet Project Team
Read moreThe Workplace Wellbeing and the Internet (W-WATI) project is one of Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute’s Welfare Campaign projects. The project team will be using the Cobot Maker Space throughout their research. The W-WATI project conducts a suite of activities to address different dimensions of wellbeing in the workplace as0…
Welcome to 20 New Users!
Read moreSince welcoming Phoebe to our facility in October, we have registered a further 21 new users! Xinyu, an Undergraduate student working on Software Engineering group project. Carolina, a Masters student aiming to develop and evaluate an IMU-based motion analysis system with 3D modelling capabilities that enhance upper limb rehabilitation for0…
RAi UK Co-ordinating Keystone workshop
Read moreLast week we hosted a workshop for our colleagues from RAi UK. The event highlighted five innovative, multidisciplinary projects developed in collaboration with stakeholders to tackle emerging AI challenges.
Driving new fundamental research
Read moreThe Cobot Maker Space is delighted to be hosting a workshop Autumn 2025 as part of the UK-RAS Networks Robotics and Autonomous Systems Project ‘Principles of Learning from Unstructured Human-Robot Interactions’. The community engagement workshop will take place with UK-RAS members and wider stakeholders and will include reflections on earlier0…
Welcome Pheobe
Read moreWe welcome Pheobe to the Cobot Maker Space. Pheobe is an Undergraduate student working on a project that aims to create a more user-friendly and efficient framework to allow users (people, nutritionists, dieticians, etc.) to exploit the multimodality of interaction (gesture, language, etc.) for specific use-cases of AI in the0…
Welcome Shaowei
Read moreWe welcome Shaowei to the Cobot Maker. Shaowei is an Undergraduate Student exploring mixed reality based multimodal interaction for remote telemanipulation.
Welcome Pedro
Read moreWe welcome Pedro to the Cobot Maker Space. Pedro is a PhD student focusing on improving the precision and efficiency of teleoperated robot arm control for pick-and-place tasks. The user will receive multiple feedback modalities, including visual, cutaneous, and mixed feedback, to guide them through the correct path and help0…
Welcome Nishi
Read moreWe welcome Nishi to the Cobot Maker Space. Nishi is an Undergraduate student working on a project encompassing autonomising drones to identify and prioritise high-risk areas post natural disaster. The aim of this research is to support first responders in lower income countries that suffer from increasing natural disasters who0…
Welcome Bushra
Read moreWe welcome Bushra to the Cobot Maker Space. Bushra is a Masters student exploring the use of Kinematic Data to support energy management in children with Ataxia through predictive models and smart guidance systems.
Welcome Raul
Read moreWe welcome Raul to the Cobot Maker Space. Raul is a PhD student at the Faculty of Science Doctoral Training Centre in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Nottingham. Raul’s research is focusing on learning from failures through human robot interaction in robotic vacuum cleaners
Congratulations to @Elvira_PV who has today been named as 1 of the 100 Brilliant Women in #AI #Ethics 2025: @UoNComputerSci @UoNresearch @UoNScience @tas_hub @responsibleaiuk
Small spaces, big impact: Join a funded PhD program at @UniofNottingham to develop advanced #robotics for #SustainableEnergy with @UKAEAofficial. UK students apply by Jan 30, 2025.
This is the place where your PhD aspirations can be realised ➡️http://bit.ly/3D8r6RI
#Research
👏 @EmbodyingAi @profbenford @blasttheory @UoNComputerSci @UoNresearch @tas_hub
Controlling humanoids using mixed reality.
The ROBOTIS OP3 is a small, humanoid robot created for education and research, aimed at helping people explore robotics in an accessible, hands-on way.
Designed with advanced sensors and smooth movement capabilities, it allows students…
Robotic chef that can prepare you a steak! 🥩
In a recent video, chef and social media personality Nick DiGiovanni partnered with @1x_tech's humanoid robot NEO.
Nick and the robot competed to make the perfect medium-rare steak.
Though they had backup steaks ready in case NEO…
📢 New Episode Alert!
This week, I chatted to Dr. Gabriella Pizzuto (@gabriellapizz) from @LivUni about intelligent #robotic manipulators for laboratory automation.
Listen now: https://www.robottalk.org/2024/11/15/episode-98-gabriella-pizzuto/
There is still time to get involved with our 2nd robot theatre making session this Friday November 1st in Nottingham :)
We'll spend the day devising a finished piece of theatre using the robots from @MakerCobot
Get in touch if you want to be involved or have any questions!
We’re very excited to announce #AIR24; the UKRI AI and Robotics startup event on 20th November! Keep an eye on our socials in the coming days and weeks as we reveal more.
Can't wait?
Follow the link to sign up:
https://lu.ma/wpyuaeb5
Did @BostonDynamics Spot ask for a lunch break? 😉Looking forward to welcoming you again @EmbodyingAi
Congratulations 👏 - we were delighted to host the first @EmbodyingAi workshop last week, welcoming Lancel/Maat to discuss #EmbraceAngels @albinomosquito @AngieCHiggins @smncg @agiselarc @paultennent @gabriellapizz @aysekyz