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Frequently Asked Questions About joining EURON Note that EURON stops accepting new members on Jan 20th. If you are processing your application, please make sure that you meet this deadline! If you are still thinking about joining, you are probably too late to get everything processed in time. Who may join EURON? In order to join EURON, you need to have three things. a base within the European Union or associated states. a reasonable level of R&D in subjects related to robotics. a legally constituted entity that can sign the forms. [More details ...] Who decides the "reasonable level" of R&D? The EURON Board makes the actual decision, acting on the recommendation of your country's National Representative. How do we join EURON? First you apply, following the instructions on the Join Us page. Then you wait for approval. Then your "formal member" has to sign the membership agreement. Do we need to sign the contract - Form A - accession to the core contract? You don't need to do anything with the core documents - Form A and main CA. These documents are signed by 26 contracting members (the national representatives building the EURON board). The rest of the non-contracting members only need to send us two signed copies of the Membership agreement to enter the network through the Coordinator (KTH). How do we get onto the list of members in Annex 1 to the contract? At the end of each period (in May) we revise the Technical annex to the Contract and include all new members into the list. Is there any difference between being a contractual or a non-contractual member? Not in effect.		Robot of the Week Surgery worm An aid for heart surgeons Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) replaces the wide incision used for classic operations with a few small incisions, through which the tips of robot arms are inserted: one holding a camera and others holding surgical tools. These arms are controlled by the surgeons carrying out the operation. Our surgery worm is an articulated arm designed for heart surgery, more precisely Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG). The articulated snake-like forearm can carry various tools along twisting paths, minimising impact on the patient. This reduces patient trauma, postoperative pain and recovery time The fixture is a good example of a Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS), with force-actuation and shape-control being intrinsic properties. A prototype of the surgical instrument has been machined in Paris and will be tested in vivo. We are currently developing new task-oriented end-effectors, such as a self-operating sewing rig able to operate with a single thread. The surgery worm was developed by a collaboration between the PMAR Lab of EURON member 95, the University of Genova, Italy, and the LRP laboratory of the University of Paris 6, France.



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