NewsletterDear EUROP members,
We have several interesting and significant topics starting with the EURON / EUROP Annual Meeting on 10-12 March 2010. I must thank the European robotics community for its enthusiastic participation, support, and tremendous input. I can confidently say the members of the European robotics industry together with their academic counterparts have reached a new milestone concerning Robotics in Europe. We are definitely on the right track and will keep the trend going.
The following topics are included in this issue:
- The First joint EURON / EUROP Annual Meeting 2010
- The EUROP / EURON Technology Transfer Award 2010
- ISR/ROBOTIK 2010 - Full program is available now
- Joint Booth of the European Robotics Research Projects at the AUTOMATICA 2010
- ICT-AGRI Call Announcement & Find Partners for Transnational Project Consortia in the Meta Knowledge Data Base
- The Robotdalen Scientific Award
Enjoy the read, and as always, we welcome your comments, suggestions and feedback.
Looking forward to seeing you at the AUTOMATICA 2010 in Munich.
Rainer Bischoff
The First Joint EURON / EUROP Annual Meeting 2010 |
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| On 10 March 2010, more than 230 roboticists from both, industry and academia, met for three days in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain with the overall vision of closing the gap between industry and academia. Based on the enthusiastic participation of the European robotics experts, the conclusion is obvious: both communities, the European robotics industry and academia, want better communication, cooperation, and exchange of information. |  |
Read more about the first joint EURON / EUROP Annual Meeting 2010
The EUROP / EURON Technology Transfer Award |
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The EUROP / EURON Technology Transfer Award 2010 was presented at the recent EURON / EUROP Annual Meeting in Donastia-San Sebastian, on 11 March,.
The 6 finalists presenting their work were truly the highlight of the Annual Meeting. The inspiring presentations and their excellent quality made it particularly difficult for the jury to choose a winner and highly impressed the observers.
Finally the following winners were announced:
- First: ALSTOM and ETHZ / EPFL for Highly Compact Mobile Robots for Process and Power Facility Inspections
- Second: University of Seville, Technische Universität Berlin and Flying Cam for AeRial Robotic Vehicles
- Third: Team of Trimo investigators, the team of FE investigators, and the team of IFT investigators for High-tech robotic handler for e-construction
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| Finalists of the EUROP / EURON Tech. Transfer Award 2010 |
The € 6,000 award for the first place is sponsored by the EUnited Robotics members: ABB, COMAU, GÜDEL, KUKA Roboter, SCHUNK.
List of the EUROP / EURON Tech. Transfer Award finalists Press Release EUROP / EURON Technology Transfer Award
ISR/ROBOTIK 2010 - Full program is available nowIERA Award being held in conjunction with the ISR/ROBOTIK 2010 - 8 June 2010, 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
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You can now view the full program of the ISR/ROBOTIK 2010 including registration information in the attached PDF.
The joint conference of the 41st International Symposium on Robotics (ISR 2010) and the 6th German Conference on Robotics (ROBOTIK 2010) takes place in the International Congress Centre Munich in Germany from June 7 to 9, 2010. The joint conference is organized in conjunction with the robotics exhibition AUTOMATICA which will be held June 8-11, 2010.
The IERA 2010 Award will be held in conjuntion with the ISR/ROBOTIK 2010 at the International Congress Centre Munich, 8 June - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
IEEE/IFR Joint Forum on Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics and Automation (IERA) aims to highlight and honor the achievements of the inventors with value creating ideas and entreprenuers who propel those ideas into world-class products.
The ISR / ROBOTIK 2010 full program List of the IERA Award Finalists
Joint Booth of the European Robotics Research Projects at the AUTOMATICA 2010 |
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| This year at the AUTOMATICA 2010, EUnited Robotics, European Robotics Association, has organized a joint booth exhibiting four European robotics research projects funded under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission. |  |
The four projects are:
euRobotics - Coordinator: KUKA Roboter
BRICS - Coordinator: KUKA Roboter
ECHORD - Coordinator: Technische Universität München (TUM)
DEXMART - Coordinator: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (UNINA)
Come and visit us in hall A2, booth 538 at the AUTOMATICA 2010, 8-11 June 2010 in Munich.
Please contact EUROP Secretariat if you need any entrance tickets: secretariat@robotics-platform.eu
Read more about AUTOMATICA 2010 The AUTOMATICA website
ICT-AGRI Call Announcement & Find Partners for Transnational Project Consortia in the Meta Knowledge Data Base |
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The ICT-AGRI Call for research projects has now been opened.
Deadline for submission of Pre-Proposals is 31 May 2010, 13.00 CET.
The Call topic is: Integrated ICT and automation for sustainable agricultural production.
More information on the transnational call, guidelines for applicants, and the pre-proposal application form Call Announcement for Transnational Research Proposals (PDF) More information on finding partners for transnational project consortia in the newly launched Meta Knowledge Base
The Robotdalen Scientific Award |
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Last date of entry: May 31, 2010
For the 4th time the Swedish robotics initiative and the host of next year's EURON /EUROP Annual Meeting, Robotdalen, is the organizer of the international research competition "the Robotdalen Scientific Award" to encourage young, innovative researchers within the field of robotics. The prize sum is € 20,000. The winner will be announced on Robotdalen Day in Sweden in September.
Read more about the Robotdalen Scientific Award
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