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      • Dr Rika Antonova, University of Cambridge visits SLMC
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      • Prof. Ram Ramamoorthy to lead new Centre for AI for Assistive Autonomy
      • Launch of two JST-UoE Moonshot Programme Research Projects
      • Laura Sevilla - Keynote speaker at BMVC 24
      • Prof. Ram Ramamoorthy gives Future Informatics Talk
      • World Robotics Conference 2024
      • Papers accepted at ICRA@40
      • UoE-DUK Partnership for CoE in AI formally announced at India's first GenAI Conclave in Kochi
      • Innovation Through Future Care Approaches in Healthy Aging
      • Humanoid and Exoskeleton research featured in the Channel 5 Documentary: Mike Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body
      • Edinburgh Science Festival: Meet the Robots event
      • SLMC attend ICRA 2024 and ATR Symposium
      • AI in Healthcare Workshop - 30th May 2024
      • 25th Braid Scout of Edinburgh to visit Bayes Center
      • Informatics student inspired by tragedy begins robot trial
      • The Princess Royal visits the School of Informatics
      • Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Modern Approaches - final textbook version now released
      • Smart scalpel could help doctors hone surgical skills, study finds
      • AESIN Conference - Ram Ramamoorthy to appear as panelist
      • Pixconvey: Pioneering Autonomous Food Delivery Coupled with Innovative Research Platform
      • Ram Ramamoorthy among Asian Tech Pioneers 2023
      • New Textbook "Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Modern Approaches"
      • Journal publication - Arturas Straizys
      • BBC Radio 4 Beyond Belief: Ram Ramamoorthy appears as panel member
      • Edinburgh Science: Can Robots Care?
      • Edinburgh Futures Institutes Love Machines series: Living with Robots
      • Edinburgh Science: Games Robots Play
      • ICRA 2023 Embracing Contacts Workshop
      • MEMMO project winner of Étoiles de l’Europe
      • Dr. Stefano V. Albrecht awarded RAEng Industrial Fellowship
      • University of Edinburgh-Digital University Kerala MoU signing
      • PhD Studentship in Biomechanically Enabled Robot Support for Assisted Living
      • Laura Sevilla-Lara - Google Scholar Awards 2022
      • IEEE UK and Ireland RAS Chapter Conference 2022
      • The Future of Robotics WIRED documentary
      • India Science Festival (online event) - 21st January 2022
      • ATI - Special issue: Multi-agent systems research in the UK
      • Prof. Ram Ramamoorthy speaks at Validate AI Conference 2021
      • EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Robotics and Autonomous Systems win 2021 Minerva Informatics Equality Award
      • Informatics presentation at NeuroMONSTER 2021 conference
      • Prof. Ram Ramamoorthy takes on mentor role as part of new IEEE initiative
      • Stefano Albrecht to speak at "Meeting of Minds 2021"
      • Barbara Webb - panelist for Film Festival event
      • AI Research in Japan: Challenges at the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project - Online Event
      • Prof. Ramamoorthy features in the Computerphile podcast series
      • Professor Sethu Vijayakumar keynote speaker at Automatica Sprint 2021
      • IPAB members have papers accepted at IROS
      • IPAB and RAD group alumni successfully close pre-seed investment round
      • Ministerial Visit for Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
      • Prof Ramamoorthy talking at Φ-ML meets Engineering
      • COVIBOT project examines doctors' perception of robots helping out during the pandemic
      • Taku Komura named among the top 100 most influential researchers AI 2000 Most Influential Scholars list
      • Two papers accepted at SIGGRAPH 2021
      • Ram Ramamoorthy - Living with AI Podcast
      • Avatar XPrize Semi-finalists
      • Professor Vijayakumar secures two new Joint Industry Projects (JIP) with HONDA and Kawada
      • Barbara Webb awarded five-year EPSRC Advanced Career Fellowship
      • HARMONY project are recruiting for a Research Associate
      • Nine SLMC papers accepted at ICRA 2021
      • Harmony: Enhancing Healthcare with Assistive Robotic Mobile Manipulation
      • Scotsman Inside Science
      • Dr. Alex Li - Teaching a Robot Dog New Tricks
      • Sethu Vijayakumar to host Turing Lecture: Building Dynamic Robots with Boston Dynamics
      • Sebastian Starke wins first place in Thesis Fast Forward Competition.
      • Edinburgh Centre for Robotics is recruiting for Robotics Laboratory Manager
      • Talos six-foot humanoid robot arrives in Edinburgh
      • Hakan Bilen and collaborators to host ECCV tutorial
      • Seven SLMC papers accepted at IROS 2020
      • Professor Vijayakumar to talk at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC)
      • Subramanian Ramamoorthy taking part in "The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas" (CODI)
      • Subramanian Ramamoorthy awarded grant from the Royal Academy of Engineering
      • Professor Sethu Vijayakumar to present at RSE Artificial Intelligence Event
      • Dr Vladimir Ivan appears on Edinburgh: Space Data Capital
      • 2020 European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) Goes Online
      • Stefano Albrecht receives major grant from US Office of Naval Research
      • Barbara Webb has perspective article published in Science Magazine
      • EXOTica motion planning and control toolbox in the 15 most downloaded ROS packages in 2020
      • **CANCELLED**Sethu Vijayakumar represents ECR at EISF 2020
      • Steve Tonneau paper accepted in IEE Transactions on Robots Journal
      • TrimBot2020 launches animated short to encourage girls to get into STEM
      • Professor Vijayakumar to present at 'Hello Robot' exhibition
      • Edinburgh Centre for Robotics recruiting for Research Associates/Senior Research Associates
      • Sebastian Starke to present at SIGGRAPH Asia 2019
      • AR puppy presented at Adobe MAX
      • Members of RAD group awarded best paper runner up at robot learning conference
      • Professor Vijayakumar hosts UK-Japan Robotics and AI research collaboration workshop
      • Former IPAB student receives Presidential award
      • Dr Subramanian Ramamoorthy hosts RAI-NR workshop in Edinburgh
      • NEXTAGE Open Collaborative Humanoid Robot
      • Robotic autonomy in our complex world Event
      • Carl Allen and Timothy Hospedales awarded Best Paper Honourable Mention at ICML 2019
      • Pint of Science Festival 2019
      • CDT-RAS funding renewed
      • National Museum of Scotland exhibition - Robots
      • Michael Herrmann appointed as guest Professor with GIIM
      • SIGGRAPH 2018 - keynote speech includes UoE mention
      • Bayes Centre now open
      • Bob Fisher - UK representative
      • Bob Fisher - book publication
      • GIIM visit IPAB and Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
      • ANYmal at Goodwood Festival of Speed
      • Sony Playstation game launch - Bob Fisher
      • CVPR Tutorial 2018 - Hakan Bilen
      • Sethu Vijayakumar speaking at TEDx Glasgow
      • IPAB YouTube channel
      • Pint of Science Festival - Sethu Vijayakumar
      • Professor Sethu Vijayakumar speaks at Tech20
      • AI in the Cinema collection events
      • Karctic Subr secures funding
      • Festival of Creative Learning 2018: AI in the Cinema
      • Prof Sethu Vijayakumar on BBC Radio Scotland
      • Taku Komura delivers key note speech at CVMP 2017
      • IIT-Delhi GIAN Workshop - Sethu Vijayakumar
      • EPSRC RAI Hub Awards
      • Febrian Rachmadi receives Best Student Paper Award at IEE ICACSIS 2017
      • Sethu Vijayakumar - keynote speaker at IGD Leaders Forum: Dealing with Disruption
      • Taku Komura and Daniel Holden - Youtube video attracts nearly 500,000 views.
      • Sethu Vijayakumar - Franco-Scottish Lecture - Shared Autonomy: The Future of Interactive Robotics
      • The Robots for Resilient Infrastructure Competition - 1st prize win!
      • Simona Nobili won a travel award to the 2017 RSS Women in Robotics Workshop
      • Smart Robots for Intelligent Warehousing: from Research to Translation
      • Welcoming our robotic assistants @ Pint of Science
      • Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Climate Change in a Connected World
      • Bob Fisher selected to represent UK at IAPR
      • Successful bid to host 2020 European Conference on Computer Vision
      • Stanford AI Distinguished Speaker Series talk - Subramanian Ramamoorthy
      • Valkyrie and The ECR Attract National Media Coverage
      • Robot Lab and 'Technologies of the Future: Today' at the Edinburgh International Science Festival
      • Edinburgh Centre for Robotics hosts ERF 2017
      • ICRA 2023 Embracing Contacts Workshop
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      • Dr Rika Antonova, University of Cambridge visits SLMC
      • Professor Ram Ramamoorthy nominated for AIRR Leadership Award
      • Prof. Ram Ramamoorthy to lead new Centre for AI for Assistive Autonomy
      • Launch of two JST-UoE Moonshot Programme Research Projects
      • Laura Sevilla - Keynote speaker at BMVC 24
      • Prof. Ram Ramamoorthy gives Future Informatics Talk
      • World Robotics Conference 2024
      • Papers accepted at ICRA@40
      • UoE-DUK Partnership for CoE in AI formally announced at India's first GenAI Conclave in Kochi
      • Innovation Through Future Care Approaches in Healthy Aging
      • Humanoid and Exoskeleton research featured in the Channel 5 Documentary: Mike Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body
      • Edinburgh Science Festival: Meet the Robots event
      • SLMC attend ICRA 2024 and ATR Symposium
      • AI in Healthcare Workshop - 30th May 2024
      • 25th Braid Scout of Edinburgh to visit Bayes Center
      • Informatics student inspired by tragedy begins robot trial
      • The Princess Royal visits the School of Informatics
      • Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Modern Approaches - final textbook version now released
      • Smart scalpel could help doctors hone surgical skills, study finds
      • AESIN Conference - Ram Ramamoorthy to appear as panelist
      • Pixconvey: Pioneering Autonomous Food Delivery Coupled with Innovative Research Platform
      • Ram Ramamoorthy among Asian Tech Pioneers 2023
      • New Textbook "Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: Foundations and Modern Approaches"
      • Journal publication - Arturas Straizys
      • BBC Radio 4 Beyond Belief: Ram Ramamoorthy appears as panel member
      • Edinburgh Science: Can Robots Care?
      • Edinburgh Futures Institutes Love Machines series: Living with Robots
      • Edinburgh Science: Games Robots Play
      • ICRA 2023 Embracing Contacts Workshop
      • MEMMO project winner of Étoiles de l’Europe
      • Dr. Stefano V. Albrecht awarded RAEng Industrial Fellowship
      • University of Edinburgh-Digital University Kerala MoU signing
      • PhD Studentship in Biomechanically Enabled Robot Support for Assisted Living
      • Laura Sevilla-Lara - Google Scholar Awards 2022
      • IEEE UK and Ireland RAS Chapter Conference 2022
      • The Future of Robotics WIRED documentary
      • India Science Festival (online event) - 21st January 2022
      • ATI - Special issue: Multi-agent systems research in the UK
      • Prof. Ram Ramamoorthy speaks at Validate AI Conference 2021
      • EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Robotics and Autonomous Systems win 2021 Minerva Informatics Equality Award
      • Informatics presentation at NeuroMONSTER 2021 conference
      • Prof. Ram Ramamoorthy takes on mentor role as part of new IEEE initiative
      • Stefano Albrecht to speak at "Meeting of Minds 2021"
      • Barbara Webb - panelist for Film Festival event
      • AI Research in Japan: Challenges at the RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project - Online Event
      • Prof. Ramamoorthy features in the Computerphile podcast series
      • Professor Sethu Vijayakumar keynote speaker at Automatica Sprint 2021
      • IPAB members have papers accepted at IROS
      • IPAB and RAD group alumni successfully close pre-seed investment round
      • Ministerial Visit for Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
      • Prof Ramamoorthy talking at Φ-ML meets Engineering
      • COVIBOT project examines doctors' perception of robots helping out during the pandemic
      • Taku Komura named among the top 100 most influential researchers AI 2000 Most Influential Scholars list
      • Two papers accepted at SIGGRAPH 2021
      • Ram Ramamoorthy - Living with AI Podcast
      • Avatar XPrize Semi-finalists
      • Professor Vijayakumar secures two new Joint Industry Projects (JIP) with HONDA and Kawada
      • Barbara Webb awarded five-year EPSRC Advanced Career Fellowship
      • HARMONY project are recruiting for a Research Associate
      • Nine SLMC papers accepted at ICRA 2021
      • Harmony: Enhancing Healthcare with Assistive Robotic Mobile Manipulation
      • Scotsman Inside Science
      • Dr. Alex Li - Teaching a Robot Dog New Tricks
      • Sethu Vijayakumar to host Turing Lecture: Building Dynamic Robots with Boston Dynamics
      • Sebastian Starke wins first place in Thesis Fast Forward Competition.
      • Edinburgh Centre for Robotics is recruiting for Robotics Laboratory Manager
      • Talos six-foot humanoid robot arrives in Edinburgh
      • Hakan Bilen and collaborators to host ECCV tutorial
      • Seven SLMC papers accepted at IROS 2020
      • Professor Vijayakumar to talk at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC)
      • Subramanian Ramamoorthy taking part in "The Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas" (CODI)
      • Subramanian Ramamoorthy awarded grant from the Royal Academy of Engineering
      • Professor Sethu Vijayakumar to present at RSE Artificial Intelligence Event
      • Dr Vladimir Ivan appears on Edinburgh: Space Data Capital
      • 2020 European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) Goes Online
      • Stefano Albrecht receives major grant from US Office of Naval Research
      • Barbara Webb has perspective article published in Science Magazine
      • EXOTica motion planning and control toolbox in the 15 most downloaded ROS packages in 2020
      • **CANCELLED**Sethu Vijayakumar represents ECR at EISF 2020
      • Steve Tonneau paper accepted in IEE Transactions on Robots Journal
      • TrimBot2020 launches animated short to encourage girls to get into STEM
      • Professor Vijayakumar to present at 'Hello Robot' exhibition
      • Edinburgh Centre for Robotics recruiting for Research Associates/Senior Research Associates
      • Sebastian Starke to present at SIGGRAPH Asia 2019
      • AR puppy presented at Adobe MAX
      • Members of RAD group awarded best paper runner up at robot learning conference
      • Professor Vijayakumar hosts UK-Japan Robotics and AI research collaboration workshop
      • Former IPAB student receives Presidential award
      • Dr Subramanian Ramamoorthy hosts RAI-NR workshop in Edinburgh
      • NEXTAGE Open Collaborative Humanoid Robot
      • Robotic autonomy in our complex world Event
      • Carl Allen and Timothy Hospedales awarded Best Paper Honourable Mention at ICML 2019
      • Pint of Science Festival 2019
      • CDT-RAS funding renewed
      • National Museum of Scotland exhibition - Robots
      • Michael Herrmann appointed as guest Professor with GIIM
      • SIGGRAPH 2018 - keynote speech includes UoE mention
      • Bayes Centre now open
      • Bob Fisher - UK representative
      • Bob Fisher - book publication
      • GIIM visit IPAB and Edinburgh Centre for Robotics
      • ANYmal at Goodwood Festival of Speed
      • Sony Playstation game launch - Bob Fisher
      • CVPR Tutorial 2018 - Hakan Bilen
      • Sethu Vijayakumar speaking at TEDx Glasgow
      • IPAB YouTube channel
      • Pint of Science Festival - Sethu Vijayakumar
      • Professor Sethu Vijayakumar speaks at Tech20
      • AI in the Cinema collection events
      • Karctic Subr secures funding
      • Festival of Creative Learning 2018: AI in the Cinema
      • Prof Sethu Vijayakumar on BBC Radio Scotland
      • Taku Komura delivers key note speech at CVMP 2017
      • IIT-Delhi GIAN Workshop - Sethu Vijayakumar
      • EPSRC RAI Hub Awards
      • Febrian Rachmadi receives Best Student Paper Award at IEE ICACSIS 2017
      • Sethu Vijayakumar - keynote speaker at IGD Leaders Forum: Dealing with Disruption
      • Taku Komura and Daniel Holden - Youtube video attracts nearly 500,000 views.
      • Sethu Vijayakumar - Franco-Scottish Lecture - Shared Autonomy: The Future of Interactive Robotics
      • The Robots for Resilient Infrastructure Competition - 1st prize win!
      • Simona Nobili won a travel award to the 2017 RSS Women in Robotics Workshop
      • Smart Robots for Intelligent Warehousing: from Research to Translation
      • Welcoming our robotic assistants @ Pint of Science
      • Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas: Climate Change in a Connected World
      • Bob Fisher selected to represent UK at IAPR
      • Successful bid to host 2020 European Conference on Computer Vision
      • Stanford AI Distinguished Speaker Series talk - Subramanian Ramamoorthy
      • Valkyrie and The ECR Attract National Media Coverage
      • Robot Lab and 'Technologies of the Future: Today' at the Edinburgh International Science Festival
      • Edinburgh Centre for Robotics hosts ERF 2017
      • ICRA 2023 Embracing Contacts Workshop
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  • Professor Ram Ramamoorthy nominated for AIRR Leadership Award
  • Prof. Ram Ramamoorthy to lead new Centre for AI for Assistive Autonomy
  • Launch of two JST-UoE Moonshot Programme Research Projects
  • Prof. Ram Ramamoorthy gives Future Informatics Talk
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