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Assistive robots compete in Bristol
SPARC
26 Jun 2017
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....
New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: Co4Robots
SPARC
09 Jun 2017
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...
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...
New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: BADGER
SPARC
26 May 2017
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...
New Horizon 2020 robotics projects – 2016 presented at #ERF2017
SPARC
27 Apr 2017
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 one pro...
European Robotics League gearing up for 2017-2018 season
SPARC
11 Apr 2017
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...
Sneak peek inside two Robotics Innovation Facilities (RIFs) in Europe
Kassie Perlongo
03 Mar 2017
Robotics Innovation Facilities, or RIFs, are robotic labs, financed via the ECHORD++ project by the European Commission. They offer access to high-tech robotic equipment and expertise at zero risk; us...
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...
Air, land, and sea: ERL Emergency Robots competition dates announced
Marta Palau Franco
15 Nov 2016
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...
Robots at your service and empowering healthy ageing at #ERW2016
Robohub Editors
07 Nov 2016
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...
Schiaparelli, are you there? The high risks of space robotics again crash home
Alex Kirkpatrick
20 Oct 2016
In Darmstadt, Germany, European Space Agency (ESA) teams are scrambling to confirm contact with the Entry, Descent and Landing Demonstrator Module (EDM), Schiaparelli—the spectre of Philae still hau...
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...
Holiday robot videos 2015: Part 2
Robohub Editors
22 Dec 2015
New videos from the Bristol Robotics Lab and KU Leuven. Have a holiday robot video of your own that you’d like to share? Send your submissions to info [at] robohub.org!...
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
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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...
On the ethics of research in robotics, with Raja Chatila
In this video lecture, IEEE Fellow Raja Chatila shares his views on [tweetquote]why roboticists are duty-bound to educate the wider public on the state of advanced robotics[/tweetquote], and also t...
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....
