Looking for a great way to introduce kids to robotics? There is now a video of “How to Train Your Robot,” a children’s book by […]
Robotics
CPAR Seminar Series – Ayanna Howard
The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values with Brian Christian
How to Train Your Robot
Ken Goldberg on AI, Automation, and Work in the Age of Anxiety
CITRIS People and Robots Director Ken Goldberg was recently featured on the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco‘s Virtual Wednesdays event AI, Automation and Work in […]
Deepfake Education Competition Winners Announced!
Winners of the Deepfake Education Competition have been selected. Thank you to everyone who participated. The CITRIS Policy Lab and the Silicon Valley Leadership Group […]
Complementarity: Work in an Age of Anxiety about AI and Automation
Grace Hopper Celebration: Finding a Job when AI is “Hiring”
A Recap of Women in Tech Initiative Director Jill Finlayson’s Grace Hopper Celebration 2020 Session Increasingly, AI-enabled tools are used in every facet of the […]
CPAR Seminar Series – Lydia Kavraki
CPAR Seminar Series – Alberto Rodriguez
Open Problems for Robots in Food Supply Chain
Ada Lovelace Day Celebration of Women in Robotics
COVID-19, Robots and Us
Open Problems for Robots in Surgery and Healthcare
Combating COVID-19—The role of robotics in managing public health and infectious diseases
COVID-19 may drive sustained research in robotics to address risks of infectious diseases. CITRIS People and Robots Director Ken Goldberg is one of multiple authors […]
Jonathon Schofield
Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Davis
Berkeley Robotics highlighted at TechCrunch event
Researchers and entrepreneurs in the fields of artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics emphasized the social impact of the technologies at the day-long “TechCrunch Sessions: Robotics […]
New Ambidextrous Robot May Redefine The Warehouse
Research published in Science Robotics this week announced a new “ambidextrous” robot that could change the fundamentals of warehouse distribution. The robot, developed by researchers at the University of […]
Artificial Intelligence will diversify human thinking, not replace it
New blog post by CITRIS People and Robots director Ken Goldberg describes how artificial intelligence will help humans work together in new ways. Tata Communications: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is […]
Million Hands
Hand prosthetics have come a long way since Daniel Lim created a “super hand” in the CITRIS Invention Lab in 2015 for an eight-year-old with symbrachydactyly, thanks to CITRIS seed-funded projects led by Professors Alice Agogino and Grace McConnell and collaborators across campus and beyond.
Irrigation robots could help grow wine grapes in California
Faced with shortages of water and workers, winemakers are working with CITRIS researchers at UC Merced and UC Berkeley on a robot-assisted precision irrigation delivery system that uses machines to monitor and adjust water emitters
How to interact with robots without embarrassing yourself
“All these robots suffer from the same challenge: they need to anticipate,” says CITRIS researcher Anca Dragan. Doctoral students working with CITRIS Sustainable Infrastructures director […]
Ken Goldberg wins award recognizing faculty research in the public interest
The open source, e-participation Collaborative Assessment and Feedback Engine platform (CAFE), developed by CITRIS People and Robots Director Ken Goldberg and team, was recognized with a public service award from Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ in April.
How flight simulation tech turns robots into surgeons
Borrowing techniques from flight simulation technology, CITRIS researchers have now developed an undulating platform to train surgical robots to operate on breathing, pulsing patients. Wired, March […]