The
European Robotics Research Network (EURON) was founded in 2001 (with funds from the Fifth Framework Programme of the
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), and currently has more than 200 member institutes all over
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or
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). These members are all
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and
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centres in
roboticsRobotics is the engineering science and technology of robots, and their design, manufacture, and application. Robotics is related to electronics, mechanics, and software. The word robot was introduced to the public by Czech writer Karel Čapek in his play R.U.R. , published in 1920...
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institutes (such as the
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Fraunhofer Gesellschaft or the French National Centre for Scientific Research), or from
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(such as ABB or
KUKAKUKA Robotics is a leading German producer of industrial robots for a variety of industries - from automotive and fabricated metals to food and plastics...
).
The
European Robotics Research Network (EURON) was founded in 2001 (with funds from the Fifth Framework Programme of the
European CommissionThe European Commission acts as an executive of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union.The Commission operates in the method of cabinet government, with 27...
), and currently has more than 200 member institutes all over
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
(including
associated countries such as
TurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey
, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe...
,
IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
or
RussiaRussia , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia . It is a semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
). These members are all
basicBasic Research is an herbal supplement and cosmetics manufacturer based in Salt Lake City, Utah that distributes products through a large number of subsidiaries. In addition, their products are sold domestically and internationally through a number of high-end retailers. Dennis Gay is the...
and
applied researchApplied research is research accessing and using some part of the research communities' accumulated theories, knowledge, methods, and techniques, for a specific, often state, commercial, or client driven purpose. Applied research is often opposed to pure research in debates about research ideals,...
centres in
roboticsRobotics is the engineering science and technology of robots, and their design, manufacture, and application. Robotics is related to electronics, mechanics, and software. The word robot was introduced to the public by Czech writer Karel Čapek in his play R.U.R. , published in 1920...
, from
universitiesA university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
, from
technology transferTechnology transfer is the process of sharing of skills, knowledge, technologies, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing and facilities among governments and other institutions to ensure that scientific and technological developments are accessible to a wider range of users who can then...
institutes (such as the
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Fraunhofer Gesellschaft or the French National Centre for Scientific Research), or from
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(such as ABB or
KUKAKUKA Robotics is a leading German producer of industrial robots for a variety of industries - from automotive and fabricated metals to food and plastics...
). The goal of the network is to stimulate and promote research, education and technology transfer around robotics in Europe. It also serves as a central contact point to the
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, mainly to prepare roadmaps and funding proposals in the area of robotics research, mainly in the current
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of the
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.
Henrik I. ChristensenHenrik Iskov Christensen is a Danish roboticist and a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science in the School of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. At Georgia Tech, Christensen served as the founding director of the Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines and the...
from the Royal Institute of Technology in
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, was the network's founding president, and was instrumental in giving EURON an internationally recognized face. When moving to Georgia Tech in the United States of America in 2007, the network chose Herman Bruyninckx from the
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,
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,
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, as his successor.
The funding by the European Commission ended in April 2008, and the network continues as a community-driven organisation. Its two major new goals are to bridge the gap with the
industrial roboticsThe European Robotics Platform is a European Technology Platform initiative to improve the competitive situation of the European Union in the field of robotics in three domains: Industrial robot systems, service robots and Space and Security robots.The programme is a joint initiative of the...
actors in Europe, and to improve the education and training of
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students in robotics all over Europe.
See also
- Sixth Framework Programme
The Sixth Framework Programme was the Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development from 2002 till 2006 set up by the European Union in order to fund and promote European research and technological development. It was a collection of the actions at EU level...
of the European CommissionThe European Commission acts as an executive of the European Union. The body is responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the Union's treaties and the general day-to-day running of the Union.The Commission operates in the method of cabinet government, with 27...
- European Robotics Platform
The European Robotics Platform is a European Technology Platform initiative to improve the competitive situation of the European Union in the field of robotics in three domains: Industrial robot systems, service robots and Space and Security robots.The programme is a joint initiative of the...