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CORDIS: “THE MAIN INNOVATION UNDER THE PROJECT AEROARMS LIES IN THE WORLD’S FIRST INTELLIGENT AERIAL ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS”
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17 Jun

CORDIS: “THE MAIN INNOVATION UNDER THE PROJECT AEROARMS LIES IN THE WORLD’S FIRST INTELLIGENT AERIAL ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS”

The latest updated “Results in Brief” of CORDIS (The European Commission’s primary service for EU-funded research results, in six languages) published the article with the title “AI-powered drones for...
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Rei Jaume I awards ceremony
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17 Nov

Rei Jaume I awards ceremony

Anibal Ollero has won the 31st King Jaume I Award in New Technologies. These awards are very prestigious counting with 19 Nobel prizes in the Jury and are endowed with 100.000 euros. The jury award...
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Anibal Ollero Will Receive The Rei Jaume I Prize On November 25th
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14 Nov

Anibal Ollero Will Receive The Rei Jaume I Prize On November 25th

The GRVC head Anibal Ollero won the Rei Jaume I Prize in New Technologies in June of this year. On November 25th he will collect this important spanish award in the prize-giving ceremony held in Lonja...
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Dissemination of AEROARMS in IROS 2019
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14 Nov

Dissemination of AEROARMS in IROS 2019

This year the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robotic Systems (IROS) has been held in Macau (China) between November 4th and some papers with advances discovered inside the AEROARMS ...
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Third period summary
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16 Jul

Third period summary

Recently the participants of AEROARMS project performed the last technical demonstration in a german refinery. The advances that took place during the last period of AEROARMS are shown in the video be...
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AEROARMS project summary
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14 Jul

AEROARMS project summary

The H2020 AEROARMS project started in October 2015 and since then has produced a huge amount of publicationes, experiments with aerial robotics and appearances in the media. This video shows the whole...
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Final review in Germany
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12 Jul

Final review in Germany

The week the final review of AEROARMS have been held in a german refinery. The member of the whole project consortium discussed all the thing developed inside the project and checked by themselves how...
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Interview to Anibal Ollero in a spanish tv programme
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21 Jun

Interview to Anibal Ollero in a spanish tv programme

This Tuesday June 18th the AEROARMS coordinator Anibal Ollero talked with the spanish tv programme crew La Tarde en 24h, which is daily broadcasted in the 24 Hours Channel. Ollero talked in this tv...
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The AEROARMS project performs new integration experiments in Germany
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12 Jun

The AEROARMS project performs new integration experiments in Germany

After the integration experiments performed at the cement factory of Holcim-Lafarge (Jerez de la Frontera, Spain), a refinery located in Germany has been the next stage for the industrial integration ...
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AEROARMS’ third period advances presented at ICRA 2019
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30 May

AEROARMS’ third period advances presented at ICRA 2019

On May 23rd the ICRA 2019 workshop "The Future of Aerial Robotics: Challenges and Opportunities" was held in Montréal, Canada. During this event experts from several institutions and enterprises as Un...
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AEROARMS Campaign of industrial experiments
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9 May

AEROARMS Campaign of industrial experiments

A campaign of industrial experiments and demonstrations is being conducted in the H2020 European Research and Innovation project AEROARMS funded by the European Commission.  In these demonstrations th...
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Upcoming plenary talk at ISAR ’19
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30 Apr

Upcoming plenary talk at ISAR ’19

This year in the month of May the 3rd International Symposium on Aerial Robotics (ISAR) will be held in Toronto, Canada. The head of GRVC Anibal Ollero is part of the organization committee and he wil...
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AEROARMS presentations at ICRA 2019
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22 Apr

AEROARMS presentations at ICRA 2019

This year the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation will be held at Montréal, Canada. The workshop entitled "The Future in Aerial Robotics: Challenges and Opportunities" was recentl...
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AEROARMS appears in Real Economy (Euronews)
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16 Apr

AEROARMS appears in Real Economy (Euronews)

The tv series from Euronews Real Economy has included the AEROARMS innovations as a tool to boost the investment through its artificial intelligence and aerial robotics skills. AEROARMS is currently i...
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AEROARMS starts its integration phase with positive results
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12 Apr

AEROARMS starts its integration phase with positive results

In this moment AEROARMS is currently in its third and last period, so now its partners are starting to test how the advances consecuted in the second period could be applied to an industrial environme...
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A video of AEROX ranks 1st in the 2019 Engineering Drone Video of the Year Contest
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3 Apr

A video of AEROX ranks 1st in the 2019 Engineering Drone Video of the Year Contest

On Sunday March 31st the 2019 Engineering Drone Video of the Year Contest organized by AUVSI finished its voting time in the social networks. The result was that the AEROX video of FADA-CATEC ranked 1...
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AEROARMS presence at Hannover Messe 2019
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3 Apr

AEROARMS presence at Hannover Messe 2019

Last week the FADA-CATEC member Miguel Ángel Trujillo participated in conjuction a Tüv Nord in the Hannover Messe 2019 industrial fair. The project partner Tüv Nord provided a stand in the event and s...
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AEROARMS innovations has been exposed at ERF 2019
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25 Mar

AEROARMS innovations has been exposed at ERF 2019

On the past March 21st the workshop “Aerial robotics technologies and application with the new european UAS regulation” was held at the European Robotics Forum in Bucharest, Romania. Anibal Ollero...
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AEROARMS presentation at ERF 2019
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15 Mar

AEROARMS presentation at ERF 2019

One of the most robotics events of Europe is going to start: European Robotics Forum, also known as ERF. This meeting will be held this year at Bucharest (Romania) from 20 to 22 March. This yea...
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Stand at ICT 2018 (Vienna, Austria)
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17 Dec

Stand at ICT 2018 (Vienna, Austria)

The H2020 AEROARMS project, had a stand at ICT 2018 (4-6 December 2018, Vienna, Austria) where the porject coordinator Aníbal Ollero and the FADA-CATEC member Miguel Ángel Trujillo exhibited a poster ...
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Interview to Aníbal Ollero in spanish daily “El País”
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19 Nov

Interview to Aníbal Ollero in spanish daily “El País”

Aníbal Ollero, head of the GRVC and scientific advisor of FADA-CATEC explained in a interview published in the spanish daily "El País" which are the capabilities of the AEROARMS project's drones and h...
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AEROARMS presence at IROS 2018
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8 Oct

AEROARMS presence at IROS 2018

From October 1st to October 5th took place the IROS 2018 edition at IFEMA of Madrid. The GRVC from the University of Seville group provided two stands to the assistants so they could find out informat...
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Interview to Aníbal Ollero at Cadena SER (Spain)
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24 Sep

Interview to Aníbal Ollero at Cadena SER (Spain)

After the AEROARMS project was approved by the European Comission, its coordinator Aníbal Ollero came near to the spanish radio broadcast Cadena SER to talk about the project result and the possible c...
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The industrial inspection drone project called AEROARMS has sucessfully pased the European Comission’s evaluation.
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24 Sep

The industrial inspection drone project called AEROARMS has sucessfully pased the European Comission’s evaluation.

This week some members from the European Comission reviewed the current progresses during the growth of AEROARMS project. These innovations involve the multi-sensor map building, interactions with ano...
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AEROARMS experiments on gas refinery in Germany
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8 Aug

AEROARMS experiments on gas refinery in Germany

Last 11th and 12th July the AEROARMS project performed on a gas refinery in Germany the first outdoor experiments. The AEROX system developed by FADA-CATEC flew to reach an elevated pipe and performed...
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Visit of Navantia to the AEROARMS spanish partners facilities
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26 Jul

Visit of Navantia to the AEROARMS spanish partners facilities

This Tuesday the spanish civil and military shipbuilding enterprise Navantia visited the facilities of FADA-CATEC and University of Seville. Firstly they approached to the FADA-CATEC headquarters and ...
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New appearence of AEROARMS on the tv media
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27 Jun

New appearence of AEROARMS on the tv media

In the early hours of June 26th a tv report about AEROARMS was broadcasted on spanish tv. The tv documentarists came to the CATEC’s facilities to talk with Aníbal Ollero and Antidio Viguria about this...
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AEROARMS presentation at ICUAS ’18
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15 Jun

AEROARMS presentation at ICUAS ’18

Between the days June 13th and 15th the International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS) took place at the Dallas Marriot City Center in Dallas, TX (USA). During this event our members An...
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AEROARMS presentations at ISAR ’18
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12 Jun

AEROARMS presentations at ISAR ’18

On June 11th Aníbal Ollero in conjuction with the GRVC group member Arturo Torres were at the 2nd International Symposium on Aerial Robotics in Philadelphia (USA). The topic of the conference was “New...
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EUROPEAN LEADERSHIPS AWARDS 2018
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23 Mar

EUROPEAN LEADERSHIPS AWARDS 2018

AEROARMS coordinator  Anibal Ollero was nominated by Euronews and the European Business Summit (EBS) for the European innovator of the year title at this edition of the European Leadership Awards 2018...
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Our presence in ERF 2018
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13 Mar

Our presence in ERF 2018

On March 13th. 2018  the workshop entitled “Aerial Robotics for Industrial Inspection, Maintenance and Transportation” took place with remarkable success. More than 50 attendees from companies, resear...
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Euronews cover AEROARMS Prize
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7 Dec

Euronews cover AEROARMS Prize

The international news media EURONEWS has reported about ICT 2017 Overall Prize, awarded to the AEROARMS inspection technology developed by CATEC last November 9th in Budapest. This report was publish...
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Overal Winner of the Innovation Radar Prize 2017
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12 Nov

Overal Winner of the Innovation Radar Prize 2017

The European Commission 2017 Innovation Radar Prize has been awarded to the AEROARMS innovation developed by CATEC https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/2017-innovation-radar-prize-win...
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AEROARMS Innovation finalist in the European Commission Innovation Radar Prize
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23 Oct

AEROARMS Innovation finalist in the European Commission Innovation Radar Prize

The AEROX prototype from FADA-CATEC has been selected as one of the finalists in the “Industrial & Enabling Tech” category of the European Commission Innovation Radar Prize. The innovation is s...
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SEIDROB Sister Society of IEEE-RAS
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23 Oct

SEIDROB Sister Society of IEEE-RAS

Anibal Ollero, head of the GRVC and President of the Spanish Society for Research and Development in Robotics (SEIDROB) has signed an agreement with Satoshi Tadokoro, President of the IEEE Robotics &a...
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Aerial Robotics 2017
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1 Aug

Aerial Robotics 2017

Anibal Ollero (from University of Seville) was present in International Symposium on Aerial Robotics, last June 19-20, 2017 in Philadelphia, PA, USA giving presence to Aeroarms team. http://aerialrobo...
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AEROARMS team was present in ICUAS 2017!
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1 Aug

AEROARMS team was present in ICUAS 2017!

The 2017 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, ICUAS'17, took place last June 13-16 in the city of Miami, FL. http://www.uasconferences.com/program.php AEROARMS team gave some regu...
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AEROARMS participation in ICRA 2017
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5 Jun

AEROARMS participation in ICRA 2017

AEROARMS in ICRA 2017 AEROARMS team was present in the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), which was held in Singapore, May 29-June 3, 2017. The venue for ICRA 201...
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Success of the ERF 2017 workshop
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17 Apr

Success of the ERF 2017 workshop

On March 24th. 2017  the Workshop entitled “Aerial Robotics, from prototypes to industrial applications” took place with remarkable success. More than 50 attendees from companies, research centers and...
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ERF 2017 Workshop: Aerial Robotics Inspection, from prototypes to industrial applications
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19 Feb

ERF 2017 Workshop: Aerial Robotics Inspection, from prototypes to industrial applications

AEROARMS and its coordinator are co-organising the Workshop entitled "Aerial Robotics, from prototypes to industrial applications" to be held next March 24, 10.45-12.15, at the European Robotics Forum...
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AEROARMS in the French TV
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12 Feb

AEROARMS in the French TV

Aeroarms has been disseminated in several French TV  channels. A video report with interviews and video segments of demonstrations,  performed  last February 7 at LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse, has been broad...
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Aeroarms passed the first period review
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12 Feb

Aeroarms passed the first period review

AEROARMS has passed successfully the review of the first period (18 months), February 8 and 9 at LAAS-CNRS in Toulouse (France). The review included presentations of the work performed in all the Wor...
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AEROARMS public demonstrations
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12 Feb

AEROARMS public demonstrations

AEROARMS performed several demonstrations in Toulouse February  6-7, 2017. CNRS demonstrated in the indoor testbed the tilted 6- rotor platform performing contact inspection, tethered landing and t...
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AEROARMS in the Spanish Construction Platform 2016
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17 Nov

AEROARMS in the Spanish Construction Platform 2016

Aeroams was presented by the coordinator, Prof. Anibal Ollero, at the 12th Workshop on "Innovation in the construction processes",  of the Spanish  Construction Tecnology Platform, which took place la...
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AEROARMS in the Inspection and Maintenance Robotics Seminar 2016
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31 Oct

AEROARMS in the Inspection and Maintenance Robotics Seminar 2016

AEROARMS was disseminated in the Inspection and Maintenance Robotics Seminar, which was held in Amsterdam (Netherlands) on October 25-26, 2016. The objective was also to know possible applications of ...
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AEROARMS in IROS 2016
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1 Sep

AEROARMS in IROS 2016

AEROARMS will be present in the 2016 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2016), which will be held in Daejeon, Korea, October 9-14, 2016. The venue for IROS 2016 ...
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Workshop: Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance (ROBIM)
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3 Aug

Workshop: Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance (ROBIM)

AEROARMS coorganized the Workshop ROBIM in Madrid last July 7, 2016. The programme included presentations about the European Framework (Anne Bajart from the European Commission and Reinhard Lafrenz...
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AEROARMS In AUTOMATICA 2016
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1 Aug

AEROARMS In AUTOMATICA 2016

The AEROARMS project was present in the biannual industrial fair AUTOMATICA 2016 which took place in Munich from 21 to 24 of June within the SPARC-euRobotics booth. The aerial manipulation prototypes,...
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AEROARMS in ICUAS 2016
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25 Jul

AEROARMS in ICUAS 2016

AEROARMS was present in Washington, USA, in The 2016 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS) with the following presentation: "A Robust Decentralised Strategy for Multi-Task C...
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AEROARMS is presented to the King of Spain
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30 May

AEROARMS is presented to the King of Spain

The King of Spain, Felipe VI, accompanied by the the Queen Letizia, the President of Andalucia and the Spanish Minister of Employment, visited the facilities of FADA-CATEC last May 2016. Our coordi...
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AEROARMS in ICRA 2016
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15 May

AEROARMS in ICRA 2016

AEROARMS will have a strong participation in ICRA 2016. Thus we will have the following presentations: 1. Keynote talk May 19, ThK1T3, 8:00-8:20, Room A2 Anibal Ollero (University of Seville, Sp...
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AEROARMS  in the EUROPEAN ROBOTICS FORUM 2016
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4 Feb

AEROARMS in the EUROPEAN ROBOTICS FORUM 2016

The project AEROARMS supported, together with the project AEROWORKS, the organization of the Workshop “Aerial Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance (ARIM)” in the European Robotics Forum (21-23 Marc...
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FP7 ARCAS Concluded with excellent results
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4 Feb

FP7 ARCAS Concluded with excellent results

The project Aerial Robotics Cooperative Assembly Systems (ARCAS), funded by the European Commission under FP7, has concluded with excellent results achieving all its objectives. The final review was i...
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2015 Guido Dorso Award
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24 Oct

2015 Guido Dorso Award

Our colleague Bruno Siciliano has been the recipient of the 36th edition of the "Guido Dorso Award" which recognizes every year those fellows who have contributed their work to support the needs of de...
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Booth IROS 2015
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12 Oct

Booth IROS 2015

The ARCAS and AEROARMS projects had a joint booth in IROS 2015. In the booth, DLR exhibited the Flettner helicopter with a KUKA LWR arm and the University of Seville a multi-rotor system with two fou...
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Applications/specifications meeting
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30 Jul

Applications/specifications meeting

The meeting was held in the offices of Alstom Inspection Robotics at Technopark in Zurich. The goals achieved in the meeting were: Identified the specific inspection and maintenance tasks we wou...
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Kick-off meeting
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29 Jul

Kick-off meeting

The kick-off meeting of the AEROARMS Project was held in Sevilla (Spain) last 2-3 June 2015.
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