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Artificial intelligence: Europe needs a “human in command approach,” says EESC

European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) 01 Jun 2017

The EU must pursue a policy that ensures the development, deployment and use of artificial intelligence (AI) in Europe in favor, and not conducive to the detriment, acts of society and social welfare,...

Livestream: Committee to take stance in the European debate on artificial intelligence

Kassie Perlongo 31 May 2017

Today, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) is going to debate its stance in the European discussion on AI and will express conflicting views on certain issues, especially on the questi...

Avatar interviews and portable scanners to speed up border crossings

Horizon Magazine 15 Feb 2017

by Ethan Bilby Anastasia Garbi from European Dynamics in Luxembourg is working on a system that uses facial recognition to begin screening people before they leave home. ‘You can use what you have...

EU needs to take the lead on regulating robots and artificial intelligence, MEPs suggest

Robohub Editors 16 Jan 2017

EU rules for the fast-evolving field of robotics, for example, compliance with ethical standards and liability for accidents involving driverless cars, should be put forward by the EU Commission, urge...

Lessons from Brexit and learning to better communicate robotics research and innovation

Michael Szollosy 27 Jul 2016

As part of the UK’s National Robotics Week, The University of Sheffield hosted the 17th Towards Autonomous Systems (TAROS) conference from 28-30 June. Among the papers and discussions on the develo...

Octopus points to the future for keyhole surgery

Horizon Magazine 02 May 2016

by Rex Merrifield Keyhole, or minimally invasive, surgery can offer many benefits over more traditional, open operations, including reduced risk of infections, quicker recovery times and less scarrin...

Robots that may help you in your silver age

SPARC 07 Apr 2016

By 2020, a quarter of Europeans will be over 60. In their silver age, many would like to stay in their homes and will require care from family or social workers....

#ERF2016 webcam: Horizon2020 project pitches

Robohub Editors 01 Apr 2016

Robohub was at the European Robotics Forum in Lubljana, Slovenia last week. We captured pitches from some of the European projects presented at the conference and funded under the last Horizon2020 cal...

Horizon 2020 earmarks € 98M for new wave of european robotics

Sabine Hauert 19 Jan 2016

The EU is co-funding 21 new projects in robotics totalling € 98.7 million spread over 2-5 years....

New insect-inspired vision strategy could hasten development of mini-drones

Guido de Croon 07 Jan 2016

New research published today in the Journal of Bioinspiration and Biomimetics by the Micro Air Vehicle laboratory of TU Delft shows that an insect-inspired vision strategy can help indoor flying drone...

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Construction Drilling, with Konrad Fagertun

Audrow Nash 27 Dec 2015

Transcript below. In this episode Audrow Nash interviews Konrad Fagertun, Chief Operating Officer of nLink in Norway....

The Year of CoCoRo Video #51/52: Big Vision

Thomas Schmickl 22 Dec 2015

Our penultimate video features the initial "Big Vision" trailer we produced at the beginning of this project. The video showcases the basic components of the robotic system we targeted (surface st...

Scaling up underwater swarmbot research from tabletop ‘aquarium’ to the Venice Lagoon (CoCoRo Video #50/52)

Thomas Schmickl 15 Dec 2015

Our underwater swarm research started in a few cubic centimeters of water with some naked electronics on a table. Over the next three and a half years, our swarm increased by a factor of 40, and ...

The Year of CoCoRo Video #49/52: Base stations

Thomas Schmickl 08 Dec 2015

During the past year we have shown many swarm algorithms in various experiments. The spotlight was always on the Lily and the Jeff robots. However, there is now another star in the team and this tr...

A helping hand for high-tech firms

Horizon Magazine 03 Dec 2015

by Jon Cartwright Joel Gibbard started out designing prosthetic hands in his bedroom out of sheet metal, but found himself drawn to 3D printing because of its universality and low cost. Now his co...

Body-enhancing exoskeletons could be stepping into industrial trials next year

Horizon Magazine 01 Dec 2015

by Jon Cartwright Wearable technology uses electric motors and springs to augment the strength and balance of the human body. It has long been the subject of military research, but now engineers be...

The Year of CoCoRo Video #48/52: Workshops

Thomas Schmickl 01 Dec 2015

Most of the videos from The Year of CoCoRo were shot during workshops we held throughout the project. These workshops, which were usually focussed on one or several specific demonstrators, were wha...

Robots at #ERW2015: From imagination to market

Adriana Hamacher 27 Nov 2015

[clear] Bridging the gap between cutting-edge research in academia and the vibrant robotics startup ecosystem is no easy task. This Wednesday in the UK city of Bristol, a free public event titled ...

Major debate on robots & society sets scene for #ERW2015 European Robotics Week

Adriana Hamacher 26 Nov 2015

A mouthwatering array of over 750 events has been taking place throughout Europe this week as the continent celebrates Robotics Week 2015. The festivities began with an eye-opening debate on "Robots a...

The Year of CoCoRo Video #47/52: Underwater robots swarm at CEBIT consumer electronics show

Thomas Schmickl 24 Nov 2015

In March 2014, we exhibited CoCoRo in Hannover, Germany at the CEBIT -- Europe's largest consumer electronics fair. At first we thought we might be out of place and that our exhibit would be overshad...

European Robotics Week #ERW2015: 600+ events focusing on robots & society

euRobotics AISBL 19 Nov 2015

Over 600 events across the region will look at how robots will impact the way European citizens work, live and learn, as part of the 2015 European Robotics Week (#ERW2015), running 23-29 November....

The Year of CoCoRo Video #46/52: JeffShoaling

Thomas Schmickl 17 Nov 2015

The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo – w...

Emotionally literate tech to help treat autism

Horizon Magazine and Sophie Hebden 06 Nov 2015

Few could deny the power of computer games and avatars to entertain us and perhaps even educate us. But now researchers are turning to internet and robotic technologies to develop new ways of helping ...

Autonomous underwater system for monitoring health of Venice Lagoon demos at #EXPO2015

Thomas Schmickl 15 Oct 2015

Monitoring the ocean for pollution, ecology and climate change effects is a costly and elaborate task, especially in a complex area like Venice, with its lagoon, its many channels, cable and pipe...

Live tweets and pictures from #IROS2015

Sabine Hauert 29 Sep 2015

The 2015 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) is taking place this week in Hamburg, Germany....

The Year of CoCoRo Video #37/52: Combined scenario two

Thomas Schmickl 15 Sep 2015

The Year of CoCoRo Video #36/52: Relay swarm

Thomas Schmickl 08 Sep 2015

CoCoRo: Tracking the development of the world’s largest autonomous underwater swarm

Thomas Schmickl 04 Sep 2015

The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built the world’s largest swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout the first half ...

The Year of CoCoRo Video #35/52: Relay chain communication

Thomas Schmickl 01 Sep 2015

The Year of CoCoRo Video #34/52: Relay chain basics

Thomas Schmickl 25 Aug 2015

The Year of CoCoRo Video #33/52: Combined scenario number one – relay chain

Thomas Schmickl 18 Aug 2015

The Year of CoCoRo Video #32/52: Combined scenario number one – target find

Thomas Schmickl 11 Aug 2015

The Year of CoCoRo Video #31/52: Combined scenario number one – base station arrival

Thomas Schmickl 04 Aug 2015

The Year of CoCoRo Video #30/52: Combined scenario number one

Thomas Schmickl 29 Jul 2015

The Year of CoCoRo Video #29/52: Jeff – preprogrammed trajectory

Thomas Schmickl 22 Jul 2015

The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo �...

The Year of CoCoRo Video #28/52: All magnet finding

Thomas Schmickl 14 Jul 2015