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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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A New Year’s Message from Neelie Kroes

Europe’s Vice President of the Digital Agenda shares some thoughts on 2011 and the promising future of ICT in Europe

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Safer, Quicker Brain Surgery

Europe develops robots to assist neurosurgeons The ACTIVE project (Active Constraints Technologies for III-defined or Volatile Environments) is a 4 year European project which started in April of 2011. The ACTIVE project stemmed from a previous European project called ROBOCAST … Continue reading

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