January 2013

Call for "2013 euRobotics Technology Transfer Award", Submission Deadline 8 Feb 2013 (extended to 13 Feb 2013)

The aim of the "euRobotics Technology Transfer Award" (now in its tenth year!) is to showcase the impact of robotics research and to... (more)

November 2012

Call for workshop proposals for the European Robotics Forum 2013

Deadline for proposal submission: 20 December 2012 For the upcoming European Robotics Forum (19-21 March 2013 in Lyon, France), the European... (more)

November 2012

Call for suggestions and feedback on euRobotics Topic Groups

Members of euRobotics are expected to become active in the so-called Topic Groups, which will be a key instrument for the association to realise... (more)

October 2012

EU Funding Opportunities Workshop at IROS 2012

On October 11 DG Connect organised a workshop alongside the IEEE IROS conference in Vilamoura/Portugal to inform the European robotics community... (more)

October 2012

PPP Roadmapping Workshop

An important part of the process of setting up the new Public Private Partnership in Robotics is the update of our Robotics Strategic Research... (more)

October 2012

Call to participate in the European Robotics Week 2012

Robots for everyone - From the 26th of November to the 2nd of December 2012 the second European Robotics Week will take place. ... (more)

October 2012

Call for euRobotics aisbl membership

On 17 September 2012 the European robotics community joined together in Brussels founding the euRobotics aisbl, a non-profit-organisation for... (more)

October 2012

ICT Competitiveness Week

Over the period from 17th to 20th of September 2012 the European Commission organized the ICT  (Information & Communication... (more)

September 2012

Commission and Robotics Community Commit to a Stronger Robotics Sector

The European Commission, industry and academia have agreed to launch a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in Robotics, to help Europe-based... (more)

September 2012

The Founding of euRobotics aisbl - Building the Future of European Robotics

The European robotics community joined together on 17 September 2012 to support the foundation of euRobotics aisbl, a Brussels... (more)

September 2012

Supporting Independent Living for the Elderly through Robotics

The first EU co-financed PCP (Pre-Commercial Procurement*) project SILVER (Supporting Independent Living for the Elderly through Robotics)... (more)

July 2011

European Commission's FP7 Call 10 now online

The information for the European Commission's FP7 Call 10 project proposals is now available online.  Please click here. ... (more)

July 2012

European Robotics Forum, 19-21 March 2013, hosted by GdR Robotique & INNOECHO in Lyon

European Robotics Forum, the largest gathering of the European robotics community, will take place from 19 to 21 March 2013, hosted by GdR... (more)

June 2012

Robotics Community Gave a Thumbs Up for Public Private Partnership in European Robotics

The European Robotics Public Private Partnership (PPP) is the teaming up of the robotics industry, research, academia and the European Commission... (more)

June 2012

Robocoaster and Universal Robots - Joint winners of the IERA Award 2012

The 8th annual Invention and Entrepreneurship Award in Robotics and Automation (IERA) was presented to Gino De-Gol, Robocoaster Ltd. and Esben H.... (more)

May 2012

AUTOMATICA 2012

Robots and automation technology display solutions and innovations across industries   700 manufacturers and 31,000 visitors took... (more)

May 2012

DARPA Robotics Challenge

Deadline: May 31, 2012  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is soliciting innovative research proposals in the area... (more)

March 2012

European Robotics Projects at AUTOMATICA 2012

At the AUTOMATICA International Trade Fair for Automation and Mechatronics, 22-25 May 2012 in Munich, EUnited Robotics European Robotics... (more)

March 2012

AUTOMATICA 2012 free for students by registering online

With prior registration online, students and groups of students have a chance to attend AUTOMATICA 2012 with a free one-day ticket. Student... (more)

March 2012

European Robotics Week 2012

The next European Robotics Week will be from 26 November to 2 December 2012. Following the overwhelming success of the first European Robotics... (more)

March 2012

euRobotics Technology Transfer Award 2012

The ninth euRobotics Tech Transfer Award was presented during the European Robotics Forum 2012.  This year, the winner was ARMin, a... (more)

March 2011

Call for proposals: organize the European Robotics Forum 2013

Submission deadline: 1 June 2012 The Executive Board of EUROP and the EURON Board jointly announce this Call for candidate organizers for... (more)

March 2011

ICT-AGRI 2nd Call is now open

The ICT-AGRI 2nd Call is open for submission of pre-proposals with deadline 7 May 2012, 13:00 CET. The complete call text is available in the... (more)

March 2012

Gathering of the European Robotics Community in Odense

European Robotics Forum, the largest robot industry and academia gathering in Europe, was held this year at Odense, Denmark, on 5 -7... (more)

February 2012

European Robotics Forum 2012

For registration information, programme (now available online) and other details please refer to:  http://www.europeanrobotics12.eu/ ... (more)

January 2012

European Robotics Forum 2012 - registration is now open!

Registration is now open for the European Robotics Forum 2012 which will take place at the Magasinet in Odense, Denmark, March 5th to 7th... (more)

January 2012

Call for participation in Exhibition - European Robotics Forum

Once again the European Robotics Forum (5th to the 7th of March taking place in Odense, Denmark) will be accompanied by a robotics exhibition,... (more)

January 2012

IERA Award 2012 - Apply Now !

Presentations in May at the AUTOMATICA in Munich Deadline for applications:  29 February 1012 On 23 May 2012, the finalists of... (more)

January 2012

Horizon 2020 - The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

Horizon 2020, the new proposal for the 80-billion-euro programme and successor of the 7th framework programme, was published by the European... (more)

December 2011

FET Flagship RoboCom Info. Day for Industry

On January 27, 2012, (13:00-18:00 hrs), VDMA (the German Engineering Federation) will host an information day specifically for the industry... (more)

December 2011

Call for workshop proposals for the European Robotics Forum 2012

Deadline for proposal submission: 10 January 2012 For the upcoming European Robotics Forum (5-7 March 2012 in Odense, Denmark), the... (more)

December 2011

CALL FOR PAPERS - 7th GERMAN Conference on Robotics - ROBOTIK 2012

Symposium Topic: All about ROBOTICS - industrial robotics, service robotics and related aspects. Submission details and the Call can be... (more)

December 2011

European Robotics Week - Great Success

The European Robotics Week (Nov. 28 - Dec. 4 2011) is now behind us and thanks to the European robotics community 80,000 people have been... (more)

December 2011

Call for Participation - RoboCup German Open 2012

Registration is now open Deadline for registration: 15 January 2012 The RoboCup German Open 2012 will be the 11th open RoboCup... (more)

November 2011

Call for the 2012 Georges Giralt PhD Award

Submission deadline:  December 31, 2011 All PhD theses defended between December 2010 and December 2011 (included) at one of the EURON... (more)

November 2012

Call for Applications: euRobotics Technology Transfer Award 2012

Deadline for applications:  January 27, 2012 The aim of the euRobotics Technology Transfer Award (now in its ninth year) is to... (more)

November 2011

Cognitive Systems and Robotics: Call 9 plus info. day

ICT Call 9 of the 7th Framework Programme will open on 18th January 2012 and close on 17th April 2012. The indicative budget for Objective 2.1... (more)

November 2011

The first European Robotics Week well on its way at full steam

Over 340 robotics related activities organised by more than 125 organisations in 18 countries across Europe during the European... (more)

November 2011

New Communication Channels set up by the EC

The European Commission, Unit E5 Cognitive Systems and Robotics, has recently created a page on Facebook and an account on Twitter. Robotics... (more)

November 2011

View activities of the European Robotics Labs during the European Robotics Week

Ongoing activities in Europe during the European Robotics Week can be viewed worldwide.  As you know the European Robotics week... (more)

November 2011

IFR ACCEPTS APPLICATIONS FOR IERA 2012 AWARD

Deadline for application submission:  29 February 2012   The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS) and the... (more)

September 2011

European Robotics at IROS

  The euRobotics Coordination Action and the ECHORD project (European Clearing House for Open Robotics... (more)

September 2011

All-time-high for industrial robots and continued growth for professional service robots

Substantial increase in industrial robot installations After another significant rise of 18% in industrial robot sales in 2011 to... (more)

September 2011

Call for participants - euRobotics Challenge "The Tower of Hanoi for Robotics"

A contest in mobile manipulation for undergraduate and graduate robotics students in association with the 1st European Robotics... (more)

July 2011

Third Factories of the Future Call for Proposals

The 2012 call will be published on July 20, 2011 Deadline for proposal submission:  Thursday, 1st December, at 17h00 In July... (more)

July 2011

Horizon 2020 - the next Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

80 billion € funding proposed for 2014-2020 to boost research and innovation in Europe On 21 June, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (European... (more)

June 2011

IERA award goes to Bruno Maisonnier, founder of Aldebaran Robotics

The 7th annual Invention and Entrepreneurship Award in Robotics and Automation (IERA) was presented to Bruno Maisonnier, CEO of Aldebaran... (more)

June 2011

European Robotics Week, Nov. 28 - Dec. 4, 2011

The European Robotics Weeks, Nov. 28 - Dec. 4, 2011, offers one week of various robotic related activities across Europe for the... (more)

May 2011

Call for the Robotdalen Innovation Award – for robotics solutions with commercial potential

Deadline for Entry:  October 31, 2011  The Swedish robotics initiative Robotdalen invites researchers, inventors and... (more)

May 2011

Khalil Rouhana, new Director for Digital Content and Cognitive Systems in DG INFSO

Khalil Rouhana is the new director for digital content and cognitive systems in DG INFSO responsible for digital content policy in the Digital... (more)

May 2011

DLR and ZTS - Two new members of EUROP Board of Stakeholders

At the EUROP members assembly which took place during the euRobotics Forum, on April 6th in Västeras, DLR (Germany) and ZTS (Solovakia) were... (more)

May 2011

EUROP Position Paper - Comments on the EC's Green Paper

On February 9th, 2011, the European Commission presented a Green Paper "From Challenges to Opportunities:  Towards a Common Strategic... (more)

May 2011

Calls for Lunar Science and Technology and Lunar Mini Robots are now open

The Barcelona Moon Team is the official Spanish team participating in the Google Lunar X prize competition. The main goal of the... (more)

May 2011

Aldebaran Releases Software as Open Source

Aldebaran Robotics, the European humanoid robotics company announced at ICRA 2011 its decision to share a significant part of its source code... (more)

May 2011

PASCAL2 invites submissions of proposals for Harvest Projects

As part of its activities to promote interaction with other disciplines, the PASCAL 2 NoE (http://www.pascal-network.org/) runs a "Harvest... (more)

April 2011

European Robotics Forum in Västeras - Largest gathering of European robotics experts

The three day Forum, 6-8 April 2011 at the Aros Congress Center in Västeras, Sweden superseded everyones expectations. Over 340... (more)

March 2011

Green Paper on a Common Strategic Framework for future EU Research and Innovation Funding

On 9th February 2011, the European Commission presented a Green Paper which proposes major changes to EU research and innovation funding to make... (more)

February 2011

ARTEMIS JU Information Day for Call 2011

The ARTEMIS JU Call 2011 will be launched on 28 February. To help organisations in building quality consortia and drafting their... (more)

January 2011

Call for Applications: euRobotics Technology Transfer Award

Deadline for applications: 18 February 2011  A special Technology Transfer session will be held at the European Robotics (euRobotics)... (more)

December 2010

The European Robotics Test Panel looking for new members

The European Commission is running a so-called European Business Test Panel (EBTP) in which about 4000 European companies participate. These... (more)

December 2010

Call for applications: host for the European Robotics Forum 2012

Are you interested in hosting the euRobotics Forum (former EURON / EUROP Annual Meeting) in 2012? After the very successful first joint... (more)

December 2010

Call for Nominations: IEEE/IFR Invention & Entrepreneurship Award

Outstanding Achievements in Commercializing Innovative Robot and Automation Technology, in conjunction with IEEE/IFR Joint Forum on Innovation... (more)

December 2010

Fraunhofer IPA & Festo - winners of the German Future Prize 2010: Bionic Handling Assistant

On December 1, 2010, Dr. Peter Post and Markus Fischer from Festo, as well as Andrzej Grzesiak from Fraunhofer IPA were awarded with the German... (more)

November 2010

New robotics study published by the European Commission

The Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry (DG ENTR) and the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (JRC-IPTS) have launched a... (more)

October 2010

FP7 ICT Call 7 is now open

Publication Date: 28 September 2010 Closing Date: 18 January 2011 Budget: € 778 500 000 Cognitive Systems, Interaction and... (more)

October 2010

Nicola Tomatis Recipient of the Best Presentation Award

On Tuesday, September 28, at the Investment Forum during the ICT Conference 2010 in Brussels, Nicola Tomatis, CEO of BlueBotics SA and Executive... (more)

September 2010

Call for Project Proposals based on the ROBOSKIN technology

Call Opening: September 2010 Deadline for Proposals: January 10, 2011 Results: January 31, 2011  ROBOSKIN is an EC-funded FP7... (more)

September 2010

Worldrobotics 2010 available now

The IFR Statistical Department, hosted by the VDMA Robotics + Automation association, publishes the study "World Robotics"... (more)

September 2010

The European Robotics Forum - Formerly the EURON / EUROP Annual Meeting

The 2011 "European Robotics Forum", formerly known as the EURON / EUROP Annual Meeting will be held on April 6-8, 2011 in... (more)

September 2010

KUKA youBot: mobile manipulation on your desk

Mobile manipulation is more and more considered a key technology in service robotics. Many potential service robotics applications in industrial... (more)

September 2010

The Antonio D’Auria Prize 2010

SIRI – Italian Association of Robotics and Automation – announces a prize of 3,000 Euros for studies, plans, patents and ... (more)

August 2010

The Third Call for ECHORD Experiment Proposals Is Now Open

The deadline is October 1st 2010, 17:00 Brussels time. More information can be found on ECHORD's web site:... (more)

August 2010

Find your ICT PARTNERS face2face at ICT2010 Conference

Find your ICT PARTNERS face2face” on the 28th September 2010 in EXPO Brussels, Belgium. In order to support participants to... (more)

August 2010

Information day on the FP7 NMP calls - 9 September 2010

An 'Information day on the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) 'Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies' (NMP)... (more)

July 2010

FP7's 3rd Call for Proposals: Positioning, Navigation & Timing Applications, Info. Day, 22 Sept

The European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) - on behalf of the European Commission - has just launched the 3rd call for proposals for... (more)

July 2010

Standardisation Efforts in Robotics

Within the EU-funded project euRobotics (http://www.eurobotics-project.eu), standardisation efforts on robot safety are promoted and communicated... (more)

July 2010

ICT Call 7 - Get prepared!

On 28th September 2010, the European Commission will launch the ICT Call 7 of the 7th Framework Programme with an overall budget... (more)

July 2010

ESA looking for Partners for R&D Cooperation to promote common R&D-projects

On behalf of the European Space Agency (ESA), the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering is looking for companies that are interested in... (more)

July 2010

IMS 2020 Supporting Global Research for 2020 Manufacturing Vision

IMS2020 is a project funded by the NMP division of the European Commission within the IMS Framework, conducted by an international consortium of... (more)

July 2010

Open Call for Proposals - Factories of the Future 2011

The Public-Private Partnership "Factories of the Future" - Cross-Thematic call implemented between NMP and ICT Call Identifier:... (more)

July 2010

Quote for Robotics Equipment for ECHORD's Third Call Is Now Open

Quote for robotics Equipment related to the third call for ECHORD experiment proposals is now open. The deadline is 30 July, 2010 17:00... (more)

June 2010

FP7 INFORMATION DAY for the Public Private Partnerships

In order to support the preparation of proposals, the Directorates General for Research, Information Society and Media, Energy, and for Mobility... (more)

June 2010

European Robotics Projects at AUTOMATICA 2010

This year at the AUTOMATICA International Trade Fair for Automation and Mechatronics, 8-11 June 2010 in Munich,... (more)

June 2010

EUROP's New President - Bernd Liepert, CTO of KUKA AG

  Bernd Liepert, Chief Technical Officer of KUKA AG, has been officially elected as the new President of EUROP by the EUROP... (more)

5 May 2010

ISR/ROBOTIK 2010 - Early Bird Registation before 14 May

Registration instructions plus all other details concerning the schedule and the speakers are now available for download.  The joint... (more)

April 2010

ICT-AGRI Call Announcement & Find Partners for Transnational Project Consortia in the Meta Knowledge Data Base

The ICT-AGRI Call for research projects has now been opened.  Call Topic: Integrated ICT and automation for sustainable agricultural... (more)

February 2010

IERA 2010 Award - application deadline extended

The 7th IEEE/IFR Invention & Entreprenuership Award will be held as part of a specially organized IEEE/IFR Joint Forum on... (more)

March 2010

The Robotdalen Scientific Award

Last date of entry: May 31, 2010   For the 4th time the Swedish robotics initiative Robotdalen arranges the international... (more)

17.03.2010

Second call for ECHORD experiment proposals is now open

The second call for ECHORD experiment proposals is now open. The deadline is April 30th 2010, 17:00 Brussels time. In the context of... (more)

March 2010

The first joint EURON/EUROP Annual Meeting - a success story

More than 230 roboticists from both, industry and academia, met for three days in Donostia, San Sebastian in Spain. The overall vision for the... (more)

1 March 2010

Call for Transnational Research Projects - ICT-AGRI ERA-NET

Deadline for submission of pre-proposals is 31 May 2010 Online submission is open on 15 April 2010  ICT-AGRI is launching... (more)

February 2010

New Commissioner responsible for Robotics

The new European Commission has been formally approved by the European Parliment and took office as of February 10, 2010. Ms. Neelie... (more)

February 2010

ECHORD - 2nd quote for robotic equipment now open

Call relevant for manufacturers of robotic equipment only Deadline for submission: March 12, 2010 - 5 p.m. ECHORD (European Clearing House for... (more)

February 2010

Call for Proposals: PR2 Beta Program

Proposal due date:  March 1, 2010 Willow Garage is unveiling the PR2 Beta robot. They are also announcing the opening... (more)

February 2010

2010 Oporto International Film Festival celebrating robotics as their main theme

FANTASPORTO – Oporto International Film Festival will be held on February 22 - March 6th.  This film festival will take... (more)

January 2010

EURON/EUROP Annual meeting 2010

As previously announced, the first joined EUROP and EURON Annual Meeting including various robotics workshops will be held at the MIRAMAR PALACE... (more)

December 2009

Call for Participation - the 2010 "EUROP / EURON Robotics Technology Transfer Award"

Submission deadline: Feb. 1, 2010  The aim of this award (now in its seventh year) is to improve the impact of robotics research and... (more)

December 2009

Funding opportunities for SMEs in Robotics

Calls open till March 31, 2010 Currently the 9th CORNET call and the 7th EraSME call are open for proposal submission until March 31, 2010.... (more)

December 2, 2009

Information Day on Cog Sys - FP7 ICT Challenge 2

January 14, 2010 - Information Day on Cog Sys - FP7 ICT Challenge 2 Registration is open till December 15, 2009 - registration is required... (more)

December 2, 2009

Cognitive Systems and Robotics - Call 6

On 24th November 2009, the European Commission launched ICT Call 6 of the 7th Framework Programme. It will close on 13th April 2010. The... (more)

November 2009

EUROP/EURON Annual Meeting 2010

The 2010 EUROP and EURON annual meeting will be on March 10-12, 2010 in San Sebastian, Spain. The three day event consists of: -... (more)

November 2009

New Research Centre on Automation and Robotics in Spain

Thanks to an agreement between the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) a new... (more)

October 2009

Formation of the IEEE-RAS Technical Committee on Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking for Robotic and Automation Systems (TC-PEBRAS)

(TC-PEBRAS) will serve as a forum to address performance evaluation and benchmarking for robotic and automation systems, in general. Currently,... (more)

October 2009

Robotics in Healthcare

The European Commission has assigned TNO the task of exploring the possible healthcare applications of robotics. Together with eighty experts... (more)

Deadline November 13, 2009

ISR/Robotik 2010 - Call for Papers

The joint conference of the 41st International Symposium on Robotics (ISR 2010) and the 6th German Conference on Robotics (ROBOTIK 2010) takes... (more)

August 2009

Fourth Status Report on European Technology Platforms under the 7th Framework Programme

This forth status report provides information on the current status and planned activities of 34 European Technology Platforms. The Report... (more)

Deadline for applications: March 31, 2010

Invention and Entrepreneurship Award - Call for Applications 2010

  In a joint event the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and the International Federation of robotics will recognize and... (more)

October 2009

World Robotics 2009 is now available

For the first time, the IFR Statistical Department has published two separate studies for the two main robot categories: ... (more)

October 2009

ECHORD - Call for experiment proposals

The first ECHORD call for experiment proposals was published on October 5th, 2009. Research institutions, universities, enterprises and... (more)

September 2009

The next EUROP Members' Assembly in 2010 will be in San Sebastian, Spain

The EUROP Executive Board members announced that the next EUROP Members' Assembly in spring of 2010 will be held in San Sebastian,... (more)

September 2009

ECHORD - Presentations of the Information Day are online

ECHORD Opening Event On September 4, 2009, at Deutsches Museum, Ehrensaal, in Munich, Germany   The ECHORD team, led by... (more)

May 6 - May 9 2010

Call for Proposals by The Cité des sciences et de l’industrie

The Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, a science center located in Paris, France, is launching its first annual mass event on... (more)

August 2009

ECHORD - Information Day

ECHORD Opening Event On September 4, 2009, 10 am – 4 pm, at Deutsches Museum, Ehrensaal, in Munich, Germany   ... (more)

July 2009

Factories of the Future

Factories of the Future - funding possibilities for robotics  "Factories of the Future" (FoF) is one of the three Public-Private... (more)

July 2009

ECHORD - Call for robotic equipment

ECHORD (European Clearing House for Open Robotics Development) is a new EC-funded project aiming to strengthen the cooperation between scientific... (more)

July 2009

Presentation of the new SRA for robotics in Europe

On 7 July 2009, we started a new chapter in the history of robotics in Europe. The presentation of the new Strategic Research Agenda took... (more)

May 2009

ECHORD – New European Project to Support Robotics Research

EU has set aside19 million Euros to support the robotics research “ECHORD” (European Clearing House for Open Robotics Development)... (more)

May 2009

Presentation of the European Robotics Strategic Research Agenda 2009

Update: more information on this event and the SRA can be found here:  >SRA In cooperation with partners from research and industry... (more)

April 2009

EUROP/EURON Technology Transfer Award April 2009

The final presentations and award ceremony of EUROP/EURON Technology Transfer took place in Leuven, Belgium, on 09 April, 2009. In total, there... (more)

April 2009

EURON Annual Meeting 2009

During the EURON Annual Meeting in Leuven on 07 April 2009, Rainer Bischoff, Chair of the EUROP Executive Board, and Bjoern Juretzki, European... (more)

March 2009

EUROP, EURON & EC: "Closing the Gap"

EUROP, EURON and the European Commision: joining forces to empower the European robotics industry For the first time the three key... (more)

January 2009

EUROP / EURON Technology Transfer Award 2009: Call for Applications

The aim of the EUROP / EUROP Technology Transfer Award is to improve the impact of robotics research and to raise the profile of technology... (more)