A New Era for Deep Reinforcement Learning

A New Era for Deep Reinforcement Learning

I thought it would be valuable to take a step back, add some historical context to some important work we publicized recently at Bonsai, and to start to explore what

Robohub Podcast: AI and the Law, with Nicolas Economou

Robohub Podcast: AI and the Law, with Nicolas Economou

In this episode Andrew Vaziri speaks with Nicolas Economou, CEO of the eDiscovery company H5 and co-founder and chair of the Science, Law and Society Initiative at The Future Society,

The Price of Secrecy

The Price of Secrecy

You may notice the gap in posts on this website between March 2016 and May 2018. Such a gap is common among personal blogs. People get busy, and they move

LSM9DSO Debugging

LSM9DSO Debugging

Backstory Recently I have kicked my job search into high gear. That means I have lots of phone interviews, coding challenges, and other pre-screen tasks to complete. Usually these pre-screens

FIRST Robotics with Team 5905

FIRST Robotics with Team 5905

I had a wonderful time volunteering as a mentor for Team 5905 of Basis Silicon Valley. They are are a rookie team competing in the FIRST Robotics Challenge for the

Robots Podcast: Automation and Employment, with Michael Osborne

Robots Podcast: Automation and Employment, with Michael Osborne

In this episode Andrew Vaziri speaks with Mike Osborne, Associate Professor in Machine Learning at the University of Oxford. They discuss how advancements in artificial intelligence may change the workforce,

The Fourth Industrial Revoltuion

The Fourth Industrial Revoltuion

Technology will change the world so fiercely in the coming years that economist expect a Fourth Industrial Revolution. From breakthroughs in nanotechnology to genetic engineering it seems the question is

Presenting: The World’s First 250lb Self Driving BattleBot*

Presenting: The World’s First 250lb Self Driving BattleBot*

Check out our application video for Battlebots Season 2, coming this summer on ABC! Looking Back I should tell you what the asterisk in the title is for. Our robot

Robots Podcast: The Airbus Shopfloor Challenge, with Curtis Carson

Robots Podcast: The Airbus Shopfloor Challenge, with Curtis Carson

--> In this episode, Andrew Vaziri speaks with Curtis Carson, Head of Research and Technology in Industrial Strategy and Systems at Airbus. They speak about the Airbus Shopfloor Challenge to

Robots Podcast: Multi-agent systems and human-swarm interaction, with Magnus Egerstedt

Robots Podcast: Multi-agent systems and human-swarm interaction, with Magnus Egerstedt

--> In this episode, Andrew Vaziri interviews Magnus Egerstedt, Professor at Georiga Tech, about his research in swarm robotics and multi-agent systems. They discuss privacy and security concerns, as well

3lb Plastic Combat Robot - Build Log

3lb Plastic Combat Robot - Build Log

So you want to know how to make a Battlebot out of plastic! Here you go: Milling the chassis and weapon, 3d printing the internal structure, and the finished product.

3lb Plastic Combat Robot - Design Review

3lb Plastic Combat Robot - Design Review

This is the first post in a three part series about my all plastic robot MJF, created for the WPFL. What is the WPFL? The WPFL is of course the