Frequently Asked Questions
About the EURON website
- Is the Euron website all we need in order to find information
about future events/activities?
- The website contains information about all events that the
webmaster finds out about! So it should be all you need, as long as
people keep the webmaster informed. However, if you prefer to be
emailed about events, you should also join the euron-dist
mailing list.
- Is the Euron website all we need in order to contact other Euron
members?
- The website does not advertise email addresses for
anyone except the key people, but
it does give URLs for each formal member and many research groups. These are
also available sorted by
country.
Advertising
- May we put our robot on the
Robot Pictures page?
- Any EURON-member research group may submit one or two robots to
the robot gallery, and next to their entry on their country page. To
qualify for inclusion, a project needs a good web page/site giving
real information, and a nice picture. Just email the webmaster with
details.
- Do we have to be a member to be able to advertise on your website?
- You do not have to be a member to advertise events, but you do to
advertise robots. Other items of particular interest to members may be
added to the resources lists at the webmaster's discretion -- see the
type of thing that is there already.
- Is it possible to advertise products through your website?
- Not exactly, though you are welcome to write your own (short)
entry for the Industrial and
Commercial Members page, and to put your most interesting robots
in the Robot Pictures page.
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Robot of the Week
Eyebot
A flying swarm of eyes
Eyebots
are autonomous flying robots with powerful sensing and communication
abilities for search, monitoring, and pathfinding in built
environments. Eyebots operate in swarm formation, as honeybees do, to
efficiently explore built environments, locate predefined targets, and
guide other robots or humans.
Eyebots are being developed as part of the Swarmanoid project, where they
guide other robots with simpler sensing abilities. Eyebots can also
be used independently to locate: humans who may need help, suspicious
objects, or traces of dangerous chemicals. Their programmability,
combined with individual learning and swarm intelligence, makes them
rapidly adaptable to several types of situations that may pose a
danger for humans.
Eyebot
is produced by the Laboratory of
Intelligent Systems of EURON member 5, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
(EPFL).
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