Funding for waste-handling robotics development
The research will focus on robotic arms, hands and sensing systems including: developing new kinds of robotic hardware and mechanisms, new kinds of interfaces for human-controlled (tele-operated) robots, and new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms for vision, sensing, planning and control to enable the robots to execute grasps and manipulative actions autonomously. Read more
6.4 EU Funding for Autonomous Nuclear Waste Sorting Robot
A project aimed at developing a robotic manipulation system capable of handling millions of cubic metres of unsorted radioactive waste has been awarded 6.4 million by the European commission. Read more
$87 million in European robotic projects funded
The EU, under Horizon 2020, the mechanism the European Commission is using to stimulate robotics-related research, has co-funded 17 new robotics-related projects. RoMaNS - This (Robotic Manipulation for Nuclear Sort and Segregation) project will solve an urgent market and societal need cleaning up the past half century of nuclear waste. Corporate partners: National Nuclear Lab. Read more
