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From: euRobotics communication@eu-robotics.net Subject: euRobotics September 2024 Newsletter Date: 12 September 2024 at 09:24:20 CEST To: jacek.malec@cs.lth.se Reply-To: euRobotics communication@eu-robotics.net
September 2024 Newsletter Inside this Issue Welcome and intro x-msg://201/#WELCOME In Profile: Radhika Gudipati x-msg://201/#radhika FutureLabs Live: White paper launched on lab robotics x-msg://201/#futurelabs Robotic dexterity challenge: your chance to give feedback x-msg://201/#challenge One 6G – euRobotics signs MOU x-msg://201/#6g ERF 2025 latest x-msg://201/#erf2025 Hosting ERF 2027 – final call x-msg://201/#erf2027 ERW x-msg://201/#erw TG News x-msg://201/#tg Next newsletter: preview x-msg://201/#next In the news x-msg://201/#NEWS Calendar x-msg://201/#CALENDAR Welcome to our latest edition Autumn returns, the holidays are over, schools are back and ‘normal’ routines resume for a great many of us. We hope the summer has been good for you and you are full of energy and ready for the rest of 2024. During the autumn months we’ll be experimenting with a lighter bulletin format and some changes to the design before a relaunch in January. Meanwhile, we’re pleased to bring you our latest selection of stories. You’ll see a growing focus on the people behind the news, too. We’re a community and the people in it are as important to us as news about projects and events. Please give us your feedback, too. We’d love to know what you think. You can speak to anyone in the euRobotics office team or send us a message via communication@eu-robotics.net mailto:communication@eu-robotics.net. Meanwhile, we hope you enjoy our latest newsletter.
The Newsletter Team
Editorial and Production This Newsletter has been written and produced by the euRobotics newsletter production team: Reinhard Lafrenz, Corina Radu (design), Marie Fortems (proof-reading), Inge Rehorst and Steve Doswell (editor and writer). All comments, enquiries and requests to reproduce content from the newsletter should be sent to the euRobotics Office team via communication@eu-robotics.net mailto:communication@eu-robotics.net.
Next edition: Deadline for contributions: 24 September.
In profile: Radhika GUDIPATI
In our latest profile of personalities within the euRobotics community, the Newsletter had the pleasure of speaking to Radhika Gudipati last month. In the latest stage of an interesting and varied career, Radhika has just moved to ARIA, the Advanced Research and Funding Agency, launched in 2023 as a research funding agency of the UK government.
Read full story https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=aac74ea482&e=2dbc6ee097 FLL: White paper launched on lab robotics euRobotics well-represented at Future Labs Live
Future Labs Live took place in Basel at the end of June and euRobotics was well-represented both as an official partner and via the active involvement both by members of the euRobotics team and by several well-established euRobotics members. The reach of Future Labs Live was impressive, spanning start-ups and innovators from academia and a spread of sectors, many highly relevant to robotics, including Biotech, Pharma, Chemicals and Agrifood, also architects and planners.
Read full story https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=b4e0791e61&e=2dbc6ee097 Robotic dexterity challenge Your chance to give feedback
“What if, instead of just making robots smarter, we focused on making them more nimble too?”
Many roboticists reading that will say: ‘Precisely!’ Robots are essentially physical and their dexterity and manoeuvrability are key elements of their usefulness. The quote is taken from a blog post https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=1db72b45a6&e=2dbc6ee097 published last month (August 2024) by Challenge Works https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=61047bcf66&e=2dbc6ee097, an innovation agency and the prize partner for ARIA https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=30c34218c9&e=2dbc6ee097, the UK government’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency. This sets the scene for a proposed innovation competition in support of ARIA’s Robot Dexterity Programme https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=b64dff6886&e=2dbc6ee097. Challenge Works developed an outline design for a competition but are now looking for feedback to help refine the competition model. If you’d like to know more and offer your own feedback, just complete the ARIA Robotic Dexterity Challenge feedback form https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=698a82d677&e=2dbc6ee097.
one6G Association and euRobotics sign MOU
The one6G Association and euRobotics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance research, knowledge exchange, and the development of 5G and 6G technologies in robotics. Javier Luque, euRobotics’ senior project officer was in Valencia to present the signed MOU on behalf of euRobotics.
Read full story https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=cdc12b174f&e=2dbc6ee097 ERF 2025 is calling – but you’ll need to be quick!
Caption: Planning for another memorable event: ERF 2025 organisers on a site visit to Stuttgart.
After receiving 127 workshop proposals – a record number! - the ERF programme committee is now busy condensing these into an expected 55 final workshops.
Meanwhile the Call for Papers https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=4e3edabdec&e=2dbc6ee097 is still open but you’ll need to be quick as time is now short.
Deadlines are:
contribution submission: 30 Sept 2024 (12:00PM CET)
notification of acceptance: 30 Sept 2024 (12:00PM CET)
final submission: 15th December 2024
Accepted papers will be published in the series “Springer Proceedings in Advanced Robotics” with the series editors Bruno Siciliano and Oussama Khatib.
The latest available information about ERF 2025 can be found on the ERF 2025 website https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=9addd7085f&e=2dbc6ee097
Hosting ERF 2027 – final call
Many of us have very positive memories of how well the local ERF host teams have risen to the challenge by delivering excellent ERF events over the years. Since the pandemic, successive hosts have equalled the quality reached by their predecessors. And then they’ve managed to add something extra, distinct and specific to their city. We saw that in Rotterdam, in Odense and earlier this year in Rimini. Next year we have no doubt that the Stuttgart team will rise to the challenge (no pressure...!). The following year it will be Stavanger’s turn. And in 2027...? In fact we don’t yet know where the following ERF will be – but the process has begun. Expressions of interest are invited for bid teams who are willing to host ERF 2027. The deadline for this first stage will be 13th September this year. Full details of the requirements and process are included in the Call for Hosting European Robotics Forum 2027 https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=60cf82e865&e=2dbc6ee097.
Aragon calling ERW Central Event to be held in Zaragoza
November sees the return of European Robotics Week, with hundreds of events planned by national coordinators across Europe. Meanwhile, planning is well advanced for the latest annual ERW showcase activity, the Central Event https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=b5b2a0e1b5&e=2dbc6ee097, which this year will be held in Zaragoza, Spain’s fifth largest city and capital of the historic region of Aragon.
Presented by euRobotics, HispaRob and the Aragon Institute of Technology, the Central Event in Zaragoza will shine a three-day spotlight on the world of robots from 13-15 November. Sponsorship packages https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=64896a3a40&e=2dbc6ee097 are available.
Read full story https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=0225433004&e=2dbc6ee097 TG News
Fully previewed in last month’s newsletter, TG Harsh Environments’ latest webinar takes place later this month. Full details at Lessons Learned from Application of Robotics in Fukushima-Daiichi NPPs (robotics-portal.eu) https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=0bcd22d55d&e=2dbc6ee097
Date/time: 27 September 2024, 10.00-12.00 CEST
You can book your place via Robotic Work for Fukushima-Daiichi NPPs https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=09388a1e4a&e=2dbc6ee097
TG Harsh Environments co-ordinators Ladislav Vargovcik and Rustam Stolkin look forward to seeing euRobotics members at what promises to be a fascinating webinar.
OCTOBER NEWSLETTER PREVIEW: ERF and Innovation Networks
By the time of the October newsletter we’ll be counting down the final weeks to the start of European Robotics Week. We expect to have plenty to tell you about plans for national activities around Europe - and we’ll certainly have a lot to say about the Central Event in Zaragoza, Spain.
The robotics community will also have an opportunity to assess the progress of the Innovation Networks at the Innovation Networks Summit planned to take place on 17th October. What is their scope? What are their plans? What are the opportunities? The newsletter will begin to explore these questions over several editions, starting next month with an Innovation Networks Summit preview.
Plus news from ICRA@40 which takes place later this month (see Calendar below)
In the News Robotics in the public media In each newsletter, we share a couple of stories to reflect how robots and robotics are perceived and represented in the public sphere.
The BBC visits a humanoid factory: The BBC technology series Click showcases humanoid robots and visits the UK factory of Engineered Arts, manufacturer of the Ameca model (28 July). Source https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=ee87226b98&e=2dbc6ee097
Handelsblatt assesses ‘Der Geist aus der Maschine’ and its author:Dűsseldorf, Germany-based newspaper Handelsblatt assesses an acclaimed, fast-paced history of the digital age and its author Andrian Kreye (30 August). Source https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=32a3369327&e=2dbc6ee097 (in German)
Calendar: Save the date! 23rd-26th Sep ICRA@40, Rotterdam https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=2c92ab7077&e=2dbc6ee097 23rd-26th October 16th International Conference on Social Robotics +AI, Odense, DK https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=54a885555e&e=2dbc6ee097 29th-30th October SPRINT Robotics: World Conference for Inspection & Maintenance Robotics, Antwerp https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=b47e7422e8&e=2dbc6ee097 6th-8th November Robot 2024: 7th Iberian Robotics Conference, Madrid https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=67e483a458&e=2dbc6ee097 13th-15th November European Robotics Week Central Event, Zaragoza, Spain https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=279fb87992&e=2dbc6ee097 25th-27th March 2025 ERF 2025 https://eu-robotics.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=36b89872e2810a58c7223f042&id=be5d400da4&e=2dbc6ee097, Stuttgart, Germany
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