Announcements

Improving Health Using Robots Inspired by the science fiction stories of her childhood, and Isaac Assimov’s books in particular, Associate Professor Liz Broadbent has chosen a career pathway that spans engineering, health psychology and robots.  On Sunday 13 August...

Innovative Robotic Hands Never stop innovating!  The inspiring prosthetics research of Dr. Minas Liarokapis has been highlighted in the new University of Auckland media promotions.  Dr. Liarokapis specializes in robot grasping and manipulation, human-robot interaction...

Exciting World-First in Bio-Inspired Soft Robots Inspired by nature, Professor Iain Anderson and his team have created the world’s first and only crawling robotic caterpillar that uses artificial muscles to move himself along.  This is a new technology that uses soft...

Robots Create a Ripe Future for Winegrowers Incorporating robotic technologies into vineyards has the potential to revolutionise the industry.   Jamie Bell, a PhD student in the CARES team, gave a recent presentation on robotics at the Organic and Biodynamic...

Inaugural NZ Robot Olympiad attracts school students Young robot fans battled it out last week at the University of Auckland’s inaugural NZ Robot Olympiad.  Under the leadership of Dr Ho Seok Ahn, over 100 Auckland school students from Year 2 – Year 13 took part in...

Recognising the Robot Revolution in Agritech The robot revolution is changing the face of farming.   This was especially evident in Hamilton last week at ‘Fieldays 2017′, the largest agricultural event in the Southern Hemisphere.   This year’s theme ‘Leading Change’...