#ERW2018 in Tweets and Posts

Brussels, 30 November 2018 – The European Robotics Week (ERW) is achieving a major success with around 1200 interactive robotics related events across Europe, showing how robots will impact the way we work, live, and learn both now and in the future. The #ERW2018 hashtag has reached over 4,5 million impressions on social media for the past 9 days. Let’s have a look at some snapshots from #ERW2018 in various countries in Europe.

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In Finland, Tampere University of Technology held public talks focusing on the future of robotics.

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Belgium organised some 20 creative events about robots and artificial intelligence, under the theme “Mon père, ce robot ?”.

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Germany announced over 130 events, beyond the Central Event of #ERW2018 held in Augsburg.

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Austria held a Robotics Day 2018 in Vienna:

Robotics Day Vienna
23. November 2018
Save the date!Infos coming soon#roboticsdayvienna #PRIA #TGM #Wunderwuzzi #Roboter— Wunderwuzzi Roboter (@Wunderwuzzis) September 6, 2018

France focused on the “cobotique” and had two simultaneous interventions in Auvergne Rhône-Alpes and Daegu, South Korea:

Coboteam a fait très fort le 15 novembre : parler en même temps de la cobotique en @auvergnerhalpes et à #Daegu en Corée du Sud . Fier d’avoir eu deux événements labellisés dans le cadre de la semaine européenne de la robotique #ERW2018 pic.twitter.com/ociLLRNzPs— Cluster Robotique Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Coboteam (@CoboteamRA) November 16, 2018

Spain organised over 300 events, amongst which a Spanish opening event, discussing robotics for equality, under the high auspices of Queen Letizia of Spain.

https://twitter.com/londones/status/1065896264590680064/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1065896264590680064%7Ctwgr%5E52569ac873e5c2975dea5903b7c10ebd02d4d6d2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fold.eu-robotics.net%2Frobotics_week%2Fnewsroom%2Fpress%2Ferw2018-in-tweets-and-posts.html%3Fchangelang%3D4

In Italy, Scuola di Robotica and many university labs, drove the organisation of over 380 events, including open-doors, all over the country.

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In Cyprus, Robotex and other NGOs set-up some 70 events and competitions.

https://twitter.com/georgiougeorge/status/1065502211831140352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1065502211831140352%7Ctwgr%5E52569ac873e5c2975dea5903b7c10ebd02d4d6d2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fold.eu-robotics.net%2Frobotics_week%2Fnewsroom%2Fpress%2Ferw2018-in-tweets-and-posts.html%3Fchangelang%3D4

In Romania, the e-Civis association, organiser of the European Robotics Forum 2019 in Bucharest, coordinated over 70 events in rural schools around the country.

https://www.facebook.com/RoboHubRomania/photos/a.499630393399504/2343210572374801/?type=3&ref=embed_post

Bosnia and Herzegovina bridged between the European events of #ERW2018, organising over 30 events in the country and having students visit the Central Event in Augsburg.

In Croatia, Futura Dubrovnik Foundation organised several robotics classes for children.

[RADIONICE ROBOTIKE 2018-2019] https://t.co/AQ38IuSzTZ @eu_Robotics #erw2018#futura #Arduino #robotika #robotics #robocup #robots #radionice #workshops #unidu#ArduinoUno #stem #engineering #iot #genuino #3Dprint #3Dprinter #3Dprinting #makers#drone #raspberrypi #soldering pic.twitter.com/NmZgafmFUN— Futura Dubrovnik (@FuturaDubrovnik) November 24, 2018

European countries who organised events as well included: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.

Beyond Europe, Kazakhstan, Israel, Turkey and Mexico joined #ERW2018.