October 27th, 2010
The School of Psychology is currently looking to recruit 1 or 2 professorial chairs in computational neuroscience as part of the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive Robotics, of which the IRLab is a part. The job advert (which will appear in Science on November 5th) can be found here (PDF).
October 27th, 2010
Catherine Harris, a PhD student in the IRLab, and previously an undergraduate in the School of Computer Science recently took part in the Student Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Challenge Europe (SAUC-E). She writes about her experience below.
October 11th, 2010
During the summer we took Dora, our self-motivated exploring robot for a week of tests in a student flat in the Vale Village. While doing this, the New Scientist came along to document the experience. You can watch the video embedded below, or read the full article here.
March 15th, 2010
We are now recruiting for two Professorial Chairs to lead the new CNCR centre. The advert and further particulars for the Chair in Robotics , and the Chair in Computational Neuroscience , are available.
November 20th, 2009
The IRLab is pleased to be part of a major new research initiative within the University of Birmingham. The Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and Cognitive (CNCR) is a new interdisciplinary research centre focusing on research in computational neuroscience and cognitive robotics. It will use techniques such as brain imaging and robot modelling to try to understand more about how the brain works. One of the aims of CNCR is to exploit this new understanding. This will be by using it to develop new rehabilitation techniques for patients with brain injury or dysfunction; to develop new kinds of robot controllers; and to use these both for rehabilitation of patients, and as assistive technologies where rehabilitation is insufficient.
You can read the full press release here or visit the CNCR website.
September 18th, 2008
We are delighted to announce another grant success. Richard Dearden will lead a project on Automated Diagnosis for Fault Detection, Identification and Recovery in Autosub6000. This project will help make autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) more reliable by enabling them to deal with potentially dangerous faults they may have. Read the rest of this entry »
June 2nd, 2008
Zeyn Saigol, a PhD student in the Intelligent Robotics Lab has won an internship to spend the summer at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) . Read the rest of this entry »