Funding for waste-handling robotics development

A project to develop new robotic techniques for use in the autonomous handling of radioactive wastes is among those recently selected for funding by the European Commission.

In January, the European Commission announced the first robotics projects to receive funding under the Horizon 2020 program. The list of 17 projects includes medical and rescue robotics, industrial and service robotics as well as cognitive interaction and precision agricultural techniques.

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