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Now available: virtual reality tour of the RIF in Paris-Saclay

Did you ever wonder what a robotics laboratory looks like? Are you interested in using one of our Robotics Innovation Facilities (RIFs) and would like to know what you can expect to find there? ECHORD++ has created a brand new 360-degree-tour through our RIF at CEA LIST in Paris-Saclay. CEA (Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique et […]



ICRA 2017 workshop on industry of the future: Collaborative, Connected, Cognitive

Right now, manufacturing processes are being extensively transformed and several actions are being launched to drive this change. At ICRA 2017, the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, the workshop “IC3 – Industry of the future: Collaborative, Connected, Cognitive” will showcase how robotics is involved in this change. At the workshop, ECHORD++ scientists Paolo […]


ECHORD++ at the Innorobo Open Stage on May 18th

May 18th, the last day of Innorobo 2017, is dedicated to International Cooperations. ECHORD++ has many years of experience with funding cross-national research projects , and will use this opportunity to present two current experiments on the Innorobo Open Stage at 2 p.m. Picture from left to right: Claudio Semini from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia […]


Smart Regions with Smart Robots

Smart robots are becoming more and more useful and can greatly help people in everyday lives, in private and professional spheres. Europe is a leader in this sector and cannot afford to miss opportunities offered by robotics. To take full advantage of it, the European Commission is determined to join forces at all levels, from […]


Innorobo 2017 – visit ECHORD++ in “Dock Pullmann” at stand Q20

Innorobo 2017 is the event where passionate thinkers and makers of the robotics transformation gather to accelerate emerging robotics innovations to market. Innorobo 2017 will take place from 16th – 18th May in Paris, France. You can meet ECHORD++ in “Dock Pullmann” at stand Q20 and discover the outstanding robotics technology developed by our experiments HyQ-REAL, […]


How public entities drive robotic innovation – paper published

How can public bodies drive innovation in robotics? On this topic our colleagues from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya have published a Paper called “Public entities driven robotic innovation in urban areas” in the Elsevier journal “Robotics and Autonomous Systems.” The paper, written by Ana Puig-Pey, Yolanda Bolea, Antoni Grau and Josep Casanovas, focuses especially […]


Get free tickets for Hannover Messe and Innorobo 2017

Two major events for robotics and automation are just around the corner and ECHORD++ is happy to offer you free tickets for both of them.   Hannover Messe From 24th – 28th April, Hannover Messe 2017 will open its gates for visitors. Four awesome ECHORD++ experiments will present their work at the world’s most important […]


Hannover Messe 2017 – meet ECHORD++ in hall 17, stand C70

Hannover Messe 2017 is getting closer and closer. From 24th – 28th April four awesome ECHORD++ experiments will present their work at the world’s most important industrial tradeshow in Hannover, Germany. Meet us in hall 17, stand C70 and see the latest advantages in EU-funded robotics technology development: CoCoMaps, Collaborative Cognitive Maps, uses an expanded […]


Agrifood workshop @ ERF 2017 in Edinburgh

Professor Paolo Dario, Director of The BioRobotics Institute of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA) and Professor Alberto Sanfeliu, Director of the Instituto de Robotica i Informatica Industrial – IRI (UPC-CSIC) offered a workshop on Agrifood at this years’ European Robotics Forum in Edinburgh. Four ECHORD++ experiments presented their work at the ERF workshop: The cucumber harvesting experiment […]