The start of the second European Robotics Week

Brussels, 26 November 2012 – Today is the start of the second European Robotics Week: From 26th of November to 2nd of December over 91 organisations in 21 European countries organise 199 robotics related activities across Europe, serving to educate the public about how robots impact society and to inspire students of all ages to study technology, science and engineering. This week will also highlight the growing importance of European robotics in a wide variety of application areas and celebrate the strong and competitive position of robotics in Europe.

Exciting events all over Europe
During this whole week there will be robot demonstrations, workshops about robotics, open labs for students and the public, hands-on activities for kids, robots visiting schools, art exhibitions, media events, just to name a few.
In Prague, Czech Republic, the Italian Human-Robot Band Cobol Pongide, will play a 30 minutes concert for kids and teenagers (27 Nov, offered by organiser “Vive Les Robots”). In Lauffen, Germany students without any prior knowledge will learn to program a toy robot in two days. The topic will be “Birthday“, so robots have to locate candles in a circle, collect gifts, and move flaps (26-28 Nov, offered by “Schunk”). At the Science Gallery in Dublin a night of Robotics demonstrations, talks and network building will take place where real robots and robots in development are shown (28 Nov, offered by “Robotics Ireland”) and in Chania, Greece, students of all ages are invited to watch a live show demonstration of robot dance and robot soccer with Nao and Aibo robots (30 Nov, offered by “Robotic Team Kouretes”), plus many more activities all over Europe.

Online viewing of activities
See what’s going on in the robotics labs across Europe during the European Robotics Week via Internet from anywhere in the world!
More than 97 European Robotics Labs open their doors to the public via live-streaming. Either pre-recorded videos or live-streaming cameras show the labs’ activities. All participating European Robotics Labs are grouped and displayed at http://www.robotics-labs.eu.

More information and full listing of all 199 events (sorted by country and date) at www.robotics-week.eu


Participating countries in the European Robotics Week
Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary Ireland, Italy, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Slovakia, Switzerland, The Netherlands, United Kingdom

Do you have further questions? Please contact Kira Schilling at EUnited Robotics.

Click here to view the press release with statements of some participating organisations.