Formal Aims

Contribution to standards and policy development

As part of its effort, EURON will develop research benchmarks that can be used for comparative studies. For companies entering into robotics it is crucial to get access to comparative studies to truly assess the value of new methods. In addition, the Industrial Links area will actively work to establish gold standards in robotics to allow classification of new methods and thereby assist in the component-based integration of systems. The role of system integrators has often been neglected in automation and for this type of company it is crucial to have access to standard models for new methods. Consequently EURON will work with SMEs and systems integrators to establish standards for systems and components.

EURON will work actively to develop and maintain a roadmap for robotics research. The roadmap will not only outline how robotics can be used by the established industry, but also explore how robotics can be applied in new business sectors including robotic prosthetics, service robotics and large scale integration of system communities. As part of this activity, a number of issues in terms of human-robot co-existence and cooperation will need to be considered and policies will have to be developed to allow use of such systems. EURON will attempt to play a central role in this policy development.

In addition, EURON will endeavour to develop standard curricula for teaching of robotics (from an integrated point of view). Here it is anticipated that a standard model curriculum can be developed, and the question of how such a model can be integrated into the established educational system will be considered. As a first step, a database of existing courses will be gathered.

Further information on:

• Objectives,
• Contribution to standards and policy development,
• Potential impact and risk,
• Communication strategy.