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ARM Institute West Coast meeting review

Robotics manufacturing in the US will be getting federal support to match business or startup investments via the new Advanced Robotics Manufacturing (ARM) Institute. Perhaps more importantly, the ARM...

29 June 2017, by Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics

Assistive robots compete in Bristol

The Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) will host the first European- Commission funded European Robotics League (ERL) tournament for service robots to be held in the UK....

26 June 2017, by SPARC

New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: Co4Robots

In 2016, the European Union co-funded 17 new robotics projects from the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for research and innovation. 16 of these resulted from the robotics work programme, and 1 proje...

09 June 2017, by SPARC

New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: BADGER

26 May 2017, by SPARC

New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: An.Dy

19 May 2017, by SPARC

New Horizon 2020 robotics projects – 2016 presented at #ERF2017

27 April 2017, by SPARC

European Robotics League gearing up for 2017-2018 season

The European Robotics League has closed a successful first season. Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme for research, the ERL brings a common framework for two indoor robotics compe...

11 April 2017, by SPARC

Technology is a means not an end: Experts on robotics for elderly care at #ERW2016

At the pinnacle event, panellists from Robotics for Elderly Care engaged with audience members in a lively discussion about topics ranging from how quickly technology is developing to how perceptions...

19 December 2016, by SPARC

Latest release of Multi-Annual Roadmap (MAR) for Horizon 2020 now online

Europe’s roadmap for robotics released its latest version on 2 December. The MAR is updated annually as priorities, technologies and strategic developments shape European research development and i...

07 December 2016, by Robohub Editors

Considering robot care, ethics & future tech at #ERW2016 European Robotics Week

What ethical issues do we face in providing robot care for the elderly? Is there better acceptance with the public? What should we be mindful of when designing human-robot interactions? At the #ERW...

29 November 2016, by SPARC

Air, land, and sea: ERL Emergency Robots competition dates announced

The European Robotics League (ERL) is pleased to announce the dates for the major tournament of the ERL Emergency Robots competition. The 2017 challenge will be held in Piombino, Italy, from 15-23 Sep...

15 November 2016, by Marta Palau Franco

Robots at your service and empowering healthy ageing at #ERW2016

European Robotics Week 2016 (#ERW2016) is kicking off 18-22 November in Amsterdam. The central event 'Robots at your Service' is about focussing on robotic technologies to help ageing populations l...

07 November 2016, by Robohub Editors

The Robot Economy: Interview with MEP Mady Delvaux

In our final interview in The Robot Economy series, we speak with Mady Delvaux, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) and Chair of the Working Group on robotics. Mady has written an extensive draft ...

08 October 2016, by SPARC

The Robot Economy: Interview with Alan Manning

In today’s interview, we sat down with Alan Manning, Professor of Labour Economics at the London School of Economics. He is a leading author in his field, particularly in understanding the imperfect...

27 September 2016, by SPARC

The Robot Economy: Interview with Alan Winfield

Robots and their impact on the economy is on the forefront of everyone’s mind. Will robots increase productivity and jobs, improve society, and will wealth be shared? To address this question, we’...

24 August 2016, by SPARC

EU’s Horizon 2020 has funded $179 million in robotics PPPs

Over the past two years, research in 5G and robotics PPP projects have received the highest funding awards within Horizon 2020, the EU’s research and innovation program....

25 May 2016, by Frank Tobe

Why making robots is still hard

Making robots is no easy task. If you talk to roboticists, they will tell you that it took years before the last robot they built or programmed was any good at performing a specific task. And although...

23 March 2016, by SPARC

Recent funding announcements

Several robotics funding announcements have been made recently, the biggest of which was announced at AUTOMATICA 2014. The Partnership for Robotics in Europe launched SPARC - a €2.8 billion public-p...

09 June 2014, by Frank Tobe