Lunar Robotics Challenge

A lunar rover designed by students of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid has participated to the Lunar Robotics Challenge of the ESA, an international competition held in the Teide Volcano, together with other seven prototypes form various european Universities. In this landscape, similar to the one that can be found in the moon s craters, the robots had to descent into a crater and collect soil samples, overcoming locomotion, communications and teleoperation difficulties in an harsh environment. The team hes been supervised by professors and researchers of the Robotics and

Esta semana se publicará el libro Robotics and Automation in Construction (I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria, ISBN: 978-953-7619-13-8). Los editores son los miembros del grupo de investigación Robotics Lab (UC3M) Carlos Balaguer y Mohamed Abderrahim.

This week a new book entitled Robotics and Automation in Construction will be published by I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria (ISBN: 978-953-7619-13-8). The book is edited by the members of the Roboticslab Prof. Carlos Balaguer and Dr. Mohamed Abderrahim.

4th RoboCity2030 Workshop (Personal and assistive robots) took place in Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (May 29th). The workshop was a great success and there was a lot of networking between members of RoboCity2030. A conference book was also edited.

El cuarto Workshop de RoboCity2030 (Robots personales y asistenciales) tuvo lugar en la Univeridad Carlos III de Madrid (29 de mayo de 2008). El workshop fue un gran éxito y hubo gran interrelación entre los miembros del programa. Asimismo se editó un libro con los artículos presentados.

Se han subido nuevas fotos de la participación de RoboCity2030 en la feria Madrid es Ciencia. Toda las imágenes están en Documentos dentro de la sección Actividades

New pictures from RoboCity2030 s participation have been uploaded. To find visual data from this event click on Activities link and documents therein.

La presencia de RoboCity2030 en la feria Madrid es Ciencia fue un gran éxito. Los robots y sistemas robóticos mostrados atrajeron a multitud de visitantes. Puedes encontrar información gráfica en la sección de documentos (dentro de Actividades).

The presence of RoboCity2030 in Madrid es Ciencia fair was a great success. Robots and robotic systems from all the research groups appealed visitors. To find visual data from this event click on Activities link and documents therein.

24-27 de abril de 2008. Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I. IFEMA. Madrid. Pabellones 12 y 14. Entrada gratuita. Stand 136.