Sheffield Robotics

@livingmachinesconf.bsky.social
📍University of Sheffield, The Diamond
📅 15-18 July
The conf. themes encompasses biomimetic methods for manufacture, repair, and recycling inspired by natural processes such as reproduction,digestion,morphogenesis, and metamorphosis.
livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/

🚀 Living Machines 2025 – Call for Papers! 🤖💡

The 14th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (July 15-18, 2025)

📝 Submission Deadlines:
🔹 Full & Short Papers: March 30, 2025

📩 Learn more & submit: livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/call-fo...

University of Sheffield spinout company receives £4 million investment to unleash full potential of robotics A University of Sheffield spinout company that is set to help developers overcome the cost and complexity of programming robots, has secured £4 million in funding.

Exciting News!
Spinout company, BOW, has secured a massive £4 million investment from NorthGritstone to unleash the power Robotics!

BOW will bridge the gap between different robotic systems, allowing developers to focus on creativity instead of technical hurdles.

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bit.ly/3PTcwRh

8th IEEE UK & Ireland RAS Conference 2025:

“Society-centric Robotics: Integrating Sustainability, Safety, and Adaptability”

📅 20th & 21st Feb 2025
📍Queen's University Belfast

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ras-2025-8...

Episode 105 – Working with robots in industry - Robot Talk Claire chatted to Gianmarco Pisanelli from the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre about how to promote the use of robots in manufacturing.

📢 New Episode Alert!

This week, I chatted to Gianmarco Pisanelli from the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre about how to promote the safe and intuitive use of #robots in manufacturing. 🤖 🏭

Listen now: www.robottalk.org/2025/01/17/e... #Robotics #Manufacturing #AI

Living Machines 2025
📅 15 - 18 July
📍The Diamond, Sheffield, UK

livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/plenary...

PLENARY SPEAKERS - Living Machines 2025

Delighted to announce that Dr Kaushik Jayaram, from the University of Colorado, a leading light in the field of robot modelling of legged animals will give a plenary talk at Living Machines 2025 in Sheffield in July. CfP now open. #lm2025 livingmachinesconference.eu/2025/plenary...

Every year wildfires spread quickly and affect large geographic areas. A team at the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering has been developing AI and Machine Learning solutions for real time fire detection and localisation with a swarm of UAVs.

www.aerosociety.com/media/24997/...

Research Associate in AI & Machine Learning Methods for Robots Inspecting Underground Sewer Systems at University of Sheffield Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Associate in AI & Machine Learning Methods for Robots Inspecting Underground Sewer Systems on jobs.ac.uk!

Research Associate in AI & Machine Learning Methods for Robots Inspecting Underground Sewer Systems, School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Closing date: 12.01.2025

Further information 👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLD408/r...

📅 23.01.2025
🕙 17.30
📍The Diamond, Sheffield

Machine Learning Methods for Enhancing Autonomy of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Wildfire Detection and Localisation (C4-ELE-Mihaylova) at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Machine Learning Methods for Enhancing Autonomy of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Wildfire Detection and Localisation (C4-ELE-Mihaylova) at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD: Machine Learning Methods for Enhancing Autonomy of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Wildfire Detection and Localisation

Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Closing date: 29th January 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Are Social Robots Deceptive? It’s Complicated… There is increasing interest in social robots as assistive technologies to support a wide range of potential user groups.  Nevertheless, the widespread use of robots has been challenged in ter…

Are social robots deceptive? In this new blog post, I argue that social robots are not deceptive when they are designed to respect some important principles based on a relational view of ethics tonyjprescott.com/2024/12/15/d...
#robotics #socialrobots #robotethics

Take a look at the presentations from the Winter Showcase
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drive.google.com/file/d/1i5VH...

​Best Lesson Learned

David Wilkinson, Robotics and Autonomous Manufacturing Systems Lab, University of Sheffield
Title: Time-optimal trajectory generation for precision motion control

Best Innovation

Kavyan Zoughalian, Sheffield Hallam University
Title: Revolutionizing Healthcare with SAR: Secure, Private, and Transparent Robotic Solutions

​Best Presentation

Muhammad Aitsam, Sheffield Hallam University
Title: Can Neuromorphic Computing Redefine the Future of Robotics and Vision Systems?

Best Innovation: Kavyan Zoughalian, Sheffield Hallam University Title: Revolutionizing Healthcare with SAR: Secure, Private, and Transparent Robotic Solutions

Best Lesson Learned: David Wilkinson, Robotics and Autonomous Manufacturing Systems Lab, University of Sheffield Title: Time-optimal trajectory generation for precision motion control

​Best Presentation: Muhammad Aitsam, Sheffield Hallam University Title: Can Neuromorphic Computing Redefine the Future of Robotics and Vision Systems?

📢Winners of the Best Presentation; Best Innovation and Best Lesson Learned at the Sheffield Robotics Winter Showcase👏​

Centre for Machine Intelligence Supported by a multi-million pound investment by the University of Sheffield, the Centre for Machine Intelligence is a strategic initiative dedicated to the transformation and acceleration of our rese...

Hello @bsky.app

We are the Centre for Machine Intelligence!

Backed by a multi-million pound investment from the University of Sheffield, we advance AI through cutting-edge research, innovation, and education - driving a smarter, better future.

Find out more here: www.sheffield.ac.uk/ai

LIVING MACHINES 2025
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@chaona-chen.bsky.social 👏👏

pipebots.ac.uk

The story of Pipebots YouTube video by Pipebots

The story of Pipebots: a 6 year grant programme grant funded by EPSRC.
The video chronices the execution of the program grant, collaborations with industry and interviews with researchers, PhD students and industry partners
youtu.be/Q2loVe5_NcE?...

Are Robots Just Objects?

Join us at Sheffield Hallam University for a Human-Robot Interaction Study to explore how people perceive and interact with a humanoid robot using tangible objects.

👉 Registration link: shorturl.at/6TdfU

@shefrobotics.bsky.social

👏Congrats to Chaona Chen, who has been elected to the Executive Committee of the EPSRC UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Network. In her role as Executive Representative for Pillar 3: Enabling Early Career Researchers, she will lead efforts to advance interdisciplinary research
uk-ras.org.uk

AI tech from University of Sheffield is enabling drones to detect and tackle UK wildfires faster with thermal imaging and self-coordinated fire response.

Find out more: electrooptics.com/article/swar...

LIVING MACHINES 2025
Call for Papers 👇

@shefrobotics.bsky.social #robotics #machining #fusion #sheffield

Trust in Distributed Surveillance Systems at University of Sheffield on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Trust in Distributed Surveillance Systems at University of Sheffield, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD Studentship: Trust in Distributed Surveillance Systems
(Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide))

Are you interested in Machine Learning and Signal Processing methods and their applications to autonomous systems and surveillance?

Closing date: 31.12.2024
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...