Category Archives: Europe

A Bigger and Better Robotics Industry for Europe

The European Commission recognizes Robotics as a key industry for the future of Europe The European Commission has recently agreed to launch a Public Private Partnership in Robotics (PPP) between academia and industry for 2013. 

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The 2012 Living Machines Conference

Here’s a taste of what went on over the 3 day event organized by the Convergent Science Network Electro sensors inspired by fish who navigate their way through murky waters, robots that dance with the honeybees, and artificial muscles and … Continue reading

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Fishing for New Ways to Monitor Water Pollution?

The SHOAL project develops robotic fish to help keep our waters clean! SHOAL is a European research project that aims to produce a network of robotic fish to monitor pollution in aquatic environments.The project is being lead by BMT Group … Continue reading

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More Humanoids in Action

Check out some of the most life-like robots out there! The  HRP-4C Humanoid  robot was developed by The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) of Japan and Kawada Industries. As you can see above, this robot can … Continue reading

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Robot Companions

The goal is ambitious but there’s a motive behind it! The video above by Reuters features some of the robots that were on display at this year’s INNOROBO Conference in Lyon, France. A recent article in the BBC which featured … Continue reading

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Robotic Feeding Assistants

A new Swedish product takes us far away from this classic scene of chaos! For anyone who’s a Charlie Chaplin fan, this scene from the 1936 film Modern Times is a must watch! When Chaplin’s forced to give it a … Continue reading

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ROBOLAW

Europe supports more research on robotics and the law The two year European project  ROBOLAW (Regulating Emerging Robotic Technologies in Europe: Robotics facing Law and Ethics) is scheduled to start in March of this year. The main goal of this … Continue reading

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Robots Vs Humans !

Check out some of the bots at this year’s  CES Tradeshow in Las Vegas while CNET’s Luke Westaway entertains us with several duels of man Vs machine

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iCub Never Forgets a Face…

Check out a new model for face recognition software from SPECS! Many mammals have an amazing ability to recognize objects under distinct conditions. Tasks that may seem simple are in fact only possible thanks to the great complexity of the … Continue reading

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Robots Shed Light on Evolutionary Processes

Machines give us clues about communication in the animal kingdom Chimps, birds and bees are just a few of the many animals that communicate with each other when searching for food. Since everyone’s got to eat, communication during foraging is … Continue reading

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