New ICRA and RAL papers

New ICRA and RAL papers

We got three new ICRA papers: Farraj, F. B.; Osa, T.; Pedemonte, N.; Peters, J.; Neumann, G.; Giordano, P.R.; (2017). A Learning-based Shared Control Architecture…

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AAMAS Tutorial on Policy Search Methods for Robotics

AAMAS Tutorial on Policy Search Methods for Robotics

Gerhard Neumann and Jan Peters from the TU Darmstadt will be giving a Tutorial on Policy Search Methods for Robotics at the Autonomous Agents and…

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Sun and memories help ants navigate backwards

Sun and memories help ants navigate backwards

Desert ants rank among the best insect navigators in the world, and now a scientific study shows their navigational skills are even more sophisticated than previously thought.

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LIAT’s very own Thorvald featured on BBC’s Countryfile

LIAT’s very own Thorvald featured on BBC’s Countryfile

BBC One’s flagship Sunday evening programme, Countryfile, this week featured the pioneering work of the Lincoln Institute for Agri-food Technology (LIAT). As part of the show’s Lincolnshire programme, Director of LIAT Professor Simon Pearson, introduced the University’s Thorvald robot, which is designed to support a range of agri-tech experiments in the field. The image featured

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