Year: 2014

Official launch of SPARC, the PPP in Robotics, with the European Commission at AUTOMATICA 2014 opening

Press Release €2.8 billion to strengthen EU lead in robotics Brussels, 3 June 2014 - The European ...

EU launches world’s largest civilian robotics programme – 240,000 new jobs expected

Press release by the European Commission Brussels, 3 June 2014 EU launches world’s largest civilian robotics ...

Mars rovers from all around the world compete in Poland

European Rover Challenge 2014 The European Rover Challenge, or ERC, is an international competition organized ...

Enabling researchers to innovate in small scale for the factory of the future

For research, teaching and application development for the factory of the future, this robot is here to stay: the ...

From ‘SMErobot’ to ‘SMErobotics’: Robots for SME manufacturing

The European Robot Initiative for Strengthening the Competitiveness of SMEs in Manufacturing SMErobot™ was an ...

Nuclear Decommissioning

Demonstration of LaserSnake (Image credit: OC Robotics) Snake-arms laser their way Robots for confined ...

Robots on the fields

Autonomous infield transporter optimises the volumes of harvest of two harvesters such that the harvesters can ...

Inspection robots in the North Sea

Underwater Inspection and Maintenance Subsea 7 is one of the world’s leading global contractors in ...

Autonomous cars

Electric vehicles hold the promise of sustainable mobility for the years ahead. But current technology has ...

Robots care cows, ease job of farmers

Agriculture faces enormous challenges over the coming decades, to keep pace with rapid population growth and to ...

A humanoid robot to gain important insights on artificial cognition

A European humanoid – based on interdisciplinary research The iCub is a humanoid robot shaped as a ...

Legged robotic systems

Walking excavators of Menzi Muck (Image credit: ETH Zurich) Legged robots are a great promise for future ...