EUROPEAN ROBOTICS NETWORK OF EXCELLENCE - STRENGTHENING THE REAL INTEGRATION OF THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA

8th International Scientific Conference - SGEM2008, www.sgem.org, SGEM2008 Conference Proceedings/ ISBN: 954-918181-2, June 16-20, 2008, Vol. 2, 701-710 pp

ABSTRACT

Robotics is expanding into a number of new application domains and it offers new
opportunities to study human-robot augmentation (human-bionic system), advanced
autonomy and user interfaces, and in addition the integration of communities of
“simple” robots opens new opportunities in terms of task achievement and flexibility.
The EURON network has been successful in the coordination of (relatively) diverse
national programs. With the introduction of a European program focused on robotics
(the “Beyond Robotics” program) there were a possibility for European integration in
robotics and for Coordination across the sponsored integrated projects in robotics. The
network will also assists in dissemination, community efforts, and industrial transfer.

Keywords: network, beyond robotics, future and emerging technologies, knowledge dissemination