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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
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 of 778.5... [more]

July 2010
Open Call for Proposal - Factories of the Future 2011
Theme: Information and Communication Technologies; Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Publication... [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
IFR's Statistical Overview of the European Robotics Industry 2009-2010
2009 is the year most robotics manufacturers would like to leave behind. The global financial and economic crisis heavily impacted the... [more]

June 2010
EUnited Robotics' New Chairman - Henrik A. Schunk, Managing Partner of Schunk GmbH & Co. KG
    At the recent EUnited Robotics Members' Assembly on June 12th in Rottach-Egern, Mr. Henrik A. Schunk,... [more]

June 2010
Recent EUnited Robotics Members' Assembly - 12 June 2010 in Rottach-Egern
EUnited Robotics, European Robotics Association, had its members' assembly on 12 June 2010 in Rottach-Egern following the AUTOMATICA... [more]

June 2010
Recipient of the IERA Award - Professor Alexander Verl, Fraunhofer IPA and EUnited Robotics Cooperation Partner
    On 8 June 2010 at the Gala Dinner of the  International Symposium on Robotics ISR 2010 in conjunction with... [more]

June 2010
EUnited Robotics Member Receives Prestigious Engelberger Robotics Award
    At the 41st International Symposium of Robotics 2010 on 10 June in Munich, Mr. Heinz-Dieter Schunk, Managing Partner... [more]

June 2010
AUTOMATICA 2010 - Summary
The concept of "Green Automation" was the main highlight of the AUTOMATICA 2010. It established the theme of the trade... [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
Invention and Entrepreneurship Award 2010
Extended deadline for applications - April 18, 2010  In a joint event the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society and the International... [more]

March 2010
EUROP/EURON Technology Transfer Award 2010
The presentation of the EUROP / EURON Tech Transfer award 2010 on March 11th, was the highlight of the EURON / EUROP Annual Meeting in San... [more]

March 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
The three day meeting of EUROP and EURON in Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain brought together not only more than 245 roboticists... [more]

March 2010
From Economic Recovery to Sustainability
The fourth conference on the FP7 "the European RTD Framework Programs: From Ecomomic Recovery to Sustainability" will take... [more]

February 11, 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.... [more]

February 2010
EURON/EUROP Annual meeting 2010 - Register now!
As previously announced, the first joined EUROP and EURON Annual Meeting including various robotics workshops will be held at the MIRAMAR PALACE... [more]

 

February 2010
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,... [more]

 

January 14, 2010
Information Day on Cog Sys - FP7 ICT Challenge 2
Registration is open till December 15, 2009 - registration is required to attend the information day - As you might be interested in... [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 3, 2009
The upcoming EUnited Robotics Members Assembly
The next Eunited Robotics Members’ Assembly will be held on 3 December 2009 (9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.) in Brussels. There will be... [more]

 

December 2009
Cognitive Systems and Robotics - Call 6
Closing Date - April 13, 2010  On 24th November 2009, the European Commission launched ICT Call 6 of the 7th Framework... [more]

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
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]

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
Successful presentation of the new SRA for robotics in Europe
07 July 2009 marked a new chapter in the history of European robotics. The  presentation of the new Strategic Research... [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]

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]

February 2009
IEEE/IFR Invention & Entrepreneurship Award - call for applications
The purpose of this award is to highlight and honor the achievements of the inventors with value creating ideas and entrepreneurs who propel ... [more]

January 2009
EUROP / EURON Technology Transfer Award - call for applications
The aim of this award is to improve the impact of robotics research and to raise the profile of technology transfer between science and industry.... [more]

 

December 2008
JTI on manufacturing technologies
The Commission proposes to launch a Joint Technology Initiative (JTI) on enabling technologies and related production processes to support... [more]

October 2008
EUROP nominates EUnited Robotics as Secretariat
On 30 October the EUROP General Assembly approved of a new structure and elected the Executive Board, Board of Stakeholders and... [more]

July 2008
ISR 2009 - Call for Papers
The 40th International Symposium on Robotics will take place on 10 - 13 March 2009 in Barcelona, Spain. It is organized by IFR, the... [more]

June 2008
Commissioner Viviane Reding at AUTOMATICA 2008
Viviane Reding, the Commissioner for Information Society and Media, has recently opened AUTOMATICA 2008 in Munich. At the occasion of this event,... [more]

June 2008
AUTOMATICA 2008 – a success story
AUTOMATICA 2008, the 3rd International Trade Fair for Automation, which took place between 10 and 13 June 2008 has beaten all records: Over 30.000... [more]

April 2008
EUROP - revision of structure
A new governance structure for EUROP, the EUropean RObotics Platform, was put in place during the last EUROP Members' Assembly on 10 April 2008. ... [more]

May 2008
IEEE-IFR Industry Forum: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Robotics & Automation (IERA'08)
The IERA'08 Forum aims at promoting innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as synergy between academia and industry, in the robotics and... [more]

March 2008
5th EURON/EUnited Robotics Technology Transfer Award
The EURON/EUnited Robotics Technology Transfer Award is jointly presented each year in recognition of outstanding achievements in EUropean robot... [more]

February 2008
5th EURON/EUnited Robotics Technology Transfer Award - call for applications
To enhance excellence in research and to raise the profile of technology transfer between research and industry, the "EURON/EUnited Robotics... [more]

June 2007
EUnited Robotics expands into Service Robotics
Many service robot suppliers followed EUnited Robotics’ invitation to the special event “European Service Robotics – Teaming up... [more]

June 2007
ISR 2007, Rosemont (Chicago), Illinois, USA
The International Symposium on Robotics (ISR) is the worldwide leading conference in the field of robotics, with a history that dates back to the... [more]

June 2007
Engelberger Robotics Award 2007
Martin Hägele (Head of the Department of Robot Systems, Fraunhofer IPA, Stuttgart, Germany - EUnited Robotics Cooperation partner) received the... [more]

March 2007
4th EURON/EUnited Robotics Tech-Transfer Award
The EURON/EUnited Robotics Tech-Transfer Award is presented every year in recognition of outstanding innovations in the field of robotics and... [more]