At Automatica 2014 in Munich this year, the ECHORD++ project asked roboticists like Vijay Kumar, Uwe Haass, Pere Homs, and Christian Schlegel one simple question: “What do you think is the future of robotics?” Find out just how bright they think the future of robotics will be in this video.

Project ECHORD++

The aim of ECHORD++ is to strengthen knowledge transfer between scientific research and industry in robotics and to stimulate their cooperation. ECHORD++ is a joint project of Technische Universität München (project coordinator), Blue Ocean Robotics, Bristol Robotics Laboratory, Commissariat à lÉnergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, R.U. Robots, Scuola Superiore SantAnna and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

If you liked this article, you may also be interested in these ECHORD interviews on academic and industry collaboration:

• Academic and industry collaboration (Part 1): Interview with Rodney Brooks
• Academic and industry collaboration (Part 2): Interview with Hiroshi Ishiguro
• Academic and industry collaboration (Part 3): Interview with Minoru Asada
• Academic and industry collaboration (Part 4): Interview with Raffaello D’Andrea

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