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ARM Institute West Coast meeting review

Andra Keay and Silicon Valley Robotics 29 Jun 2017

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...

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...

New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: BADGER

SPARC 26 May 2017

New Horizon 2020 robotics projects, 2016: An.Dy

SPARC 19 May 2017

New Horizon 2020 robotics projects – 2016 presented at #ERF2017

SPARC 27 Apr 2017

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...

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

SPARC 19 Dec 2016

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...

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

Robohub Editors 07 Dec 2016

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...

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

SPARC 29 Nov 2016

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...

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...

The Robot Economy: Interview with MEP Mady Delvaux

SPARC 08 Oct 2016

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 ...

The Robot Economy: Interview with Alan Manning

SPARC 27 Sep 2016

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...

The Robot Economy: Interview with Alan Winfield

SPARC 24 Aug 2016

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’...

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

Frank Tobe 25 May 2016

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....

Why making robots is still hard

SPARC 23 Mar 2016

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...

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...