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    European Commission reveals details of proposed cuts to science | Science
    A controversial plan to use research funds to pay for economic stimulusbecame more concrete this week, as European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker unveiled proposed legislation to implement t...
    16 January 2015, by

    The Year of CoCoRo Video #02/52: Overview of largest swarm
    The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â€...
    11 January 2015, by
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    RoboThespian, with Will Jackson

    Transcript below In today’s podcast, Ron Vanderkley speaks with Will Jackson from Engineered Arts Limited about his team’s work making robot actors....
    10 January 2015, by

    iCub philosophy, history and recent results: Lecture by Giorgio Metta
    In this lecture, Giorgio Metta describes the history and philosophy behind the iCub project, and presents some recent results....
    08 January 2015, by

    The Year of CoCoRo Video #01/52: Overview of the Jeff robot
    The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â€...
    04 January 2015, by

    Robot simulators and why I will probably reject your paper
    Dear robotics and AI researcher, Do you use simulation as a research tool? If you write papers with results based on simulation and submit them for peer-review, then be warned: if I should review y...
    18 December 2014, by



    Berlin hardware startup Skysense launches drone range
    Skysense is a Berlin-based start up designing and manufacturing a range of products to enable the remote operation of drones. Their first two products are the Skysense Charging pad and Skysense Hanga...
    15 December 2014, by

    New CAA rules govern use of drones in built up areas
    The UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced updated rules that will give operators an annual permission to operate in built up areas....
    09 December 2014, by

    25% of KUKA shares trade hands
     Voith GmbH, among the biggest family-owned businesses in Europe, acquired 25% of robot maker Kuka AG by buying the shares held by Grenzebach GmbH. The transaction was valued at €555 million ...
    08 December 2014, by

    Ocean-going robot fleet successfully completes fish-tracking mission
    The second phase of an ambitious project to gather valuable information on ocean processes and marine life using a fleet of innovative marine robots has just reached its conclusion. Co-ordinated by th...
    04 December 2014, by

    Philae: A proof of concept for cometary landing
    We asked Alan Winfield what the first successful landing on a comet means for the future of space mining. Find out his answer below. The successful landing of Philae on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasim...
    01 December 2014, by

    EU Robotics Week is on!
    The fourth annual EU Robotics Week is on across Europe, with more than 300 activities happening this week in 25 EU countries. Industry, research institutes and universities all over Europe will be...
    25 November 2014, by

    Touchdown! Rosetta’s Philae makes first ever landing on a comet
    UPDATE: ESA's Rosetta mission has soft-landed its Philae probe on to the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The signal confirming the successful touchdown arrived on Earth at 16:03 GMT (17:03...
    12 November 2014, by

    ROBO-STOX® introduces European Robotics and Automation Index
    ROBO-STOX® licenses their proprietary index to ETF Securities to provide European investors with highly diversified access to a new age of growth in robotics and automation....
    06 November 2014, by

    £1.25M advanced drone lab gets the go ahead
    Imperial College London today announced it is to develop the UK's most advanced aerial robotics laboratory. The drone lab to be known as The Brahman Vasudevan Aerial Robotics lab will be two stories a...
    06 November 2014, by

    RoboLaw: Why and how to regulate robotics
    The issue is often raised whether robotics needs to be regulated. While some believe that there is no need to intervene because regulation may stifle innovation, others believe that indeed there is ne...
    29 October 2014, by

    Opensource 3D printed “Poppy” humanoid enables experimentation in robot design
    Funded by the European Research Council (ERC), Poppy is a 3D printed open source humanoid designed by the Inria's Flowers lab, a French research facility that creates computer and robotic models as t...
    28 October 2014, by

    Google adds to DeepMind, acquiring 2 UK startups and partnering with Oxford U
    In January, 2014, Google acquired London-based DeepMind Technologies for $643 million. Now it is adding to that purchase with two more companies, ten new hires and a substantial contribution to Oxford...
    27 October 2014, by

    RE.WORK: Meeting the challenges of commercialising robotics
    Robots to install underfloor insulation in draughty homes, bots for edutainment, intelliTables and tiny robust drones flying with real bees wings - tantalising glimpses of a technology on the cusp of ...
    16 October 2014, by

    ESA confirms primary landing site for Rosetta | ESA News
    ESA has given the green light for its Rosetta mission to deliver its lander, Philae, to the primary site on 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on 12 November, in the first-ever attempt at a soft touchdown o...
    15 October 2014, by

    CoCoRo CeBIT
    The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â€...
    08 October 2014, by

    British National Oceanographic Centre launches major unmanned exploration mission
    Collecting oceanographic data is usually accomplished by a combination of satellites, buoys and research ships. All those methods have their limitations (e.g. buoys are only gathering info from a fixe...
    06 October 2014, by

    DHL UAS parcel delivery gets first test
    DHL launches first authorized autonomous delivery flights by "parcelcopter" to and from the North Sea island of Juist, 7.5 miles off the coast of Northern Germany....
    24 September 2014, by

    Governmental funding of strategic robotic projects
    Many governments have determined that robotics will play a significant role in contributing to their economy and have set up projects to fund bottlenecks to speed up the process....
    11 August 2014, by

    Short CoCoRo AUV swarm underwater video
    The EU-funded Collective Cognitive Robotics (CoCoRo) project has built a swarm of 41 autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) that show collective cognition. Throughout 2015 – The Year of CoCoRo â€...
    16 July 2014, by

    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

    EU launches world’s largest civilian robotics programme – 240,000 new jobs expected
    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....
    03 June 2014, by

    Robot helps 94-year-old Italian grandmother live independently at home
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pTPrA9nH6E EU invests in new technology to support silver generation At 94, Grandma Lea could not live alone anymore, but she wanted to stay at home. She still doe...
    05 May 2014, by

    EuRoC Info Day is just around the corner
    The European Robotics Challenge (EuRoC) Info Day will take place on May 5, 2014 at the Fraunhofer IPA auditorium in Stuttgart, Germany. Interested participants will have the opportunity to present t...
    28 April 2014, by

    ECA Group acquires UAV copter maker Infotron for $10 million
    Groupe Gorgé, via their subsidiary ECA S.A., has acquired French UAV copter provider Infotron for €2.5 million and 375,000 shares of ECA - a combined value of around $10 million. The acquisition s...
    22 April 2014, by

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