AUTOMATICA 2016, the leading trade fair for robotics and automation, has come to an end and exceeded all expectations: around 45,000 visitors (+30 percent) and 839 exhibitors from 47 countries (+16 percent) clearly show that from 21 to 24 June it was the place to be for every professional roboticist. And right in the […]
The ECHORD++ experiment EXOTrainer, developing an Exoskeleton which will help maintaining the physical state of children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), has won the ECHORD++ best picture award. The picture of a child affected by SMA, walking for the first time in his life, trying to reach his parents, has received the highest scores from […]
What does it take to bring robots from the lab to the market? Well, if you ask us, it’s a close collaboration of industry and academia, a good sense of the user’s needs and, of course, money for research and development. At Automatica fair 2016, the leading trade fair for industrial automation and mechatronics, seven […]
From 1st – 3rd June 2016, RoboBusiness Europe, the event where robotics means business, will take place in Odense, Denmark, at Odense Congress Center. The purpose of RoboBusiness Europe is to provide robotics developers and end-users with a place to gather together and work on the essential connection between the development of the industry and […]
Can you imagine robots to become a part of our daily life? They could drive the bus taking us to work, clean the street in front of or homes, sort the trash, guide tourists and be useful in our towns and cities in many ways we can hardly imagine today. What sounds like a future […]
A child born today can expect to live more than 30 years longer than one born in 1900. This positive trend leads towards an ageing society, in 2012 over 800 million people were aged 60 and over and their number is expected to more than double until the year 2050. In this context health services […]
Are you planning to visit Hannover Messe between 25th and 29th April 2016? Then you should definitely schedule some time to come and see what ECHORD++ has to offer to the visitors of the world’s most important industrial trade fair. At the joint booth of Bayern Innovativ in hall 2, stand A52 and at the […]
From April 11–17 bauma, the world’s largest trade fair in the construction industry, will take place in Munich, Germany. Meet us at the 31st edition of this leading trade fair and have a look at how robots can support construction and building. In hall B0, stand B0.230 we will present the Flooring Fellow (2F) experiment […]
“Municipalities, regions, public hospitals and other state-owned enterprises still have a long way to go when it comes to using robots for their daily assignments,” says Marie-Luise Neitz, project manager of the EU-funded robotics research project ECHORD++. In her opinion public bodies often lack the knowledge which robotics technology is available on the market, whereas […]
As of 1 February 2016, ECHORD++’s scientific project manager Reinhard Lafrenz will serve as the new Secretary General of euRobotics in succession of Uwe Haass. Reinhard signed his contract at the euRobotics Board meeting in Twente in January 2016, after the Board decided to select him based on a suggestion by the search committee. euRobotics […]
