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Can Robots Support Social Distancing within the Home?

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Can Robots Support Social Distancing within the Home?

Hear from Professor Lynne Baillie from the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, who, along with Computer Science graduate Neve Curnyn, investigated whether MiRo could assist with social distancing within the home.

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In Conversation Video: Blended Learning in Universities with MiRoCLOUD

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In Conversation Video: Blended Learning in Universities with MiRoCLOUD

With the need for blended learning - the combination of online and on-site learning being at the top of the agenda for education in 2021; this video shares how the University of Sheffield have started to apply the blended learning approach to their courses.

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The winner and finalists that trained MiRo to help people

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The winner and finalists that trained MiRo to help people

During the month of September and October, we received coding programs from budding coders from all over the world!

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12 Key Research Challenges for the Future Use of Robots in Social Care

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12 Key Research Challenges for the Future Use of Robots in Social Care

As technology companies and product designers begin to focus on developing robots for social care, they will also start to consider the research challenges. Professor Tony Prescott highlights twelve key research challenges.

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The Isolation Pandemic.

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The Isolation Pandemic.

Humans are social creatures. One of the consequences of the current Covid19 situation is that many of us have now experienced social isolation as the by-product of social distancing or shielding. We know first-hand how it feels and the inevitable impact it has on one’s mental well-being.