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September

Award to the best comunication at JA2016-GRob by Robotnik

Researchers from the CAR-CSIC/UPM center received the Award to the best comunication at “Jornadas de Auomática 2016” held from 7th-9th of September in Madrid. The awarded work was entitled “EVALUACIÓN DE UN SISTEMA DE RADIO UWB PARA POSICIONAMIENTO PRECISO DE VEHÍCULOS” authored by Antonio R. Jiménez, Jorge Godoy, and Fernando Seco.

A prize of 300€ was sponsored by the robotics company ROBOTNIK.

More info at: http://www.robotnik.es/xxxvii-jornadas-de-automatica-2016/

23

May

XII Premio ABC Solidario

Los profesores Miguel Hernando y Alberto Brunete, y el alumno Koldo de Miguel, de la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería y Diseño Industrial de la UPM, e investigadores del Centro de Automática y Robótica UPM-CSIC, han recibido el XII Premio ABC Solidario en la modalidad de Investigación Solidaria, dotado con 10.000 euros, por el proyecto «Sistema de detección de caídas para personas mayores».

El proyecto consiste en un sistema para la detección de caídas de personas mayores que viven solas basado en una cámara y un PC embebido de bajo coste

11

April

ROBOCITY16 OPEN CONFERENCE – Robotize Your Ideas

The robotics challenge “Robotize Your Idea” will offer the possibility of presenting the innovative ideas in the RoboCity16 Conference.
For more information visit the next link: http://www.car.upm-csic.es/events/robocity16/

08

April

Robocity2030 – Open Conference on Future Trends in Robotics

The Open RoboCity16 Conference, organized by the Centre for Automation and Robotics (CAR, CSIC-UPM), will be held on May 26-27, 2016, at the ETSII-UPM, C./ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2, Madrid.
Chairs: Roemi Fernández, Héctor Montes, Manuel Armada

Open RoboCity16 Conference aims to present the efforts of Madrid’s RoboCity2030 consortium focusing
in the future trends and recent robotic research and applications. This conference welcomes good
quality works developed at RoboCity2030* consortium or from any region or country (open). The conference
will pay special attention to recent advances in robotics and expect to have contributions presenting
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