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Landmark new 10-year @BristolRobotLab agreement just signed between @UWEBristol and @BristolUni! What a great future we have planned! After the signing we showed our @SoftLabBristol robotic power clothing to both VCs, Evelyn Welch and Steve West.

One week before the deadline of Workshop/Tutorial Proposal Submission. We look forward to receipts of interesting proposals! More info: softroboticsconference.org/call-for-works… #SoftRobotics

Predicting properties of complex metamaterials - ift.tt/ZhcGQ31

Congrats to @m_alhafnawi for passing her PhD viva this week with minor corrections! Exciting work on expressive swarms. Also she designed & built 100 bots during lockdown! Special thanks to the chair @aislingannokane, examiners @MMGiuliani and @eliseofe, and co-supervisor O’Dowd.

4. Malaysian animation house Lil Critter Workshop (LCW) has setup an animation studio in the UK. The branch in Bristol focuses on developing the company’s own IP. They're working with creative talent, studios & co-production partners in the UK & Europe.

Next Week - GirlGeekDinners is back with Women in Robotics .. and ROBOTS!!! meetup.com/bristol-girl-g… @UKRobotics @UWEBristol @BristolUniMedia @kwmcthefactory @tech4goodSW

@WirBristol @girlgeekdinners Looking forward to it!

Dear Women in Robotics, we're excited to announce our upcoming in-person @WirBristol x @girlgeekdinners evening. Sign up on MeetUp and join us at 6pm on Tuesday 21st June to meet other members and enjoy the activities/food! (meetup.com/meetup-group-y…)

Richard Suphapol Diteesawat presented his posters on electro-lattice actuators and the electro-pneumatic pump @euroeap 2022 conference. Well done Richard! @bristolrobotlab @bristolengmaths @bristoluni

Sources & Photos: 1. m.malaysiakini.com/news/411044 2. thestar.com.my/news/nation/20… 3.Wikipedia 4. cilisos.my/malaysia-is-se…

Malaysia also has brilliant space scientists. One of them is Dr Wan Wardatu Amani. She became the first Malaysian to launch a NASA satellite to space. They used @elonmusk’s SpaceX rocket as part of NASA’s Journey to Mars mission.

Malaysia has great infrastructure, talent, IT capabilities & experience in semiconductor. Full article: forbes.com/sites/ralphjen…

“We noticed some research groups would rather not build it themselves.” - Elliott Rouse Now, the open-source leg is available to researchers off-the-shelf from @humotech. Read: robotics.umich.edu/2021/humotech-…

What is artificial intelligence, exactly? The question may seem basic, but the answer is kind of complicated. bit.ly/3o7xddf

Robot trained in a game-like simulation performs better in real life buff.ly/2Hsbwn6

Meet our dedicated mentors - Avye (@girlsintocoding), Sam (@samhohcm), Llewelyn (@tcreatelearn ), Ben(@BenMoneyCoomes ) & Graham (@GrahamCREATE ). They will be running 4 exciting workshops at our Virtual Girls Into Coding event #4 on Sunday! #womenintech #coding #stemeducation

Industrie 4.0 Technology Deep Dive buff.ly/3iPdRFO #Industry40

How Ada Lovelace's notes on the Analytical Engine created the first computer program @sciencefocus buff.ly/371yUCX #AdaLovelaceDay

Yet another cool example of nature exploiting morphology to work with the environment.

Really excited to have been brought on to be a part of this! Just had my first week, waiting for the facility at Fenswood to be ready so I can go out to the countryside 🌳🌳🌳🍃🍃