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AUTOMATICA 2014
Top 10 take-aways from AUTOMATICA 2014
Frank Tobe
02 Jul 2014
When you see a slick robot - say for instance the new Aldebaran Pepper robot - you can easily be distracted by the design, the gestures, the interaction, the cuteness. But AUTOMATI...
Why was this man smiling at AUTOMATICA 2014?
Frank Tobe
17 Jun 2014
34,500 visitors from more than 100 countries came to Munich this June to visit AUTOMATICA 2014 and examine the robotics-related wares of 731 exhibitors from over 42 countries.
But why was Esben Ø...
IFR Maker/User Panel at AUTOMATICA
Frank Tobe
11 Jun 2014
In a crowded back room at AUTOMATICA 2014 in Munich, the International Federation of Robotics (IFR) sponsored a panel of prominent robot users explaining their needs to a panel of executives represent...
Research Group from University of Zurich wins KUKA Innovation Award
NCCR Robotics
10 Jun 2014
The team collect their award at the Automatica fair in Munich, June 2014.
Four researchers from Davide Scaramuzza’s Robotics and Perception Group at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have won ...
Recent funding announcements
Frank Tobe
09 Jun 2014
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...
IFR reports record 2013 industrial robot sales
Frank Tobe
04 Jun 2014
At a press conference this morning at AUTOMATICA 2014 in Munich, International Federation of Robotics (IFR) President Arturo Baroncelli announced that 179,000 industrial robots were sold in 2013, a 12...
EU launches world’s largest civilian robotics programme – 240,000 new jobs expected
the European Commission
03 Jun 2014
The European Commission and 180 companies and research organisations (under the umbrella of euRobotics) have launched the world’s largest civilian research and innovation programme in robotics....
