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January 26, 2021

RobotUnion disrupted the European robotics market through the acceleration of 20 companies

RobotUnion, the leading pan-European acceleration programme fully focused on robotics has announced its results as the three-year initiative funded under the Horizon 2020 programme comes to an end.  The project supported 20…
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January 8, 2021

2020 Odense Investor Summit

On the 9th of December of 2020, the Odense Investor Summit took place both online and in-person. Our nine RobotUnion Superstar Scale-ups that finished the Stage 4 of the program pitched their groundbreaking robotic solutions to investors, key stakeholders, and other companies. Additionally,…
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November 9, 2020

Boost regional smart specialization strategy with Robotics: RobotUnion’s experience from EU Week of Regions and Cities

Last October 13th, the EU Week of Regions and Cities gathered FundingBox, Mobile World Capital Barcelona, Invest in Odense and MADE during the workshop “Regional smart specialization: Robotics” to share their insights about the deployment of…
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October 23, 2020

Venture Jury Day: Second batch

2nd Batch RobotUnion Superstars selected! On the 8th of October (2020) the 10 companies, accelerated by RobotUnion in the second batch of the programme, pitched in front of a jury of…
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October 14, 2020

MX3D | RobotUnion Success Story

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October 14, 2020

Proxima Centauri | RobotUnion Success Story

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October 14, 2020

Rebartek | RobotUnion Success Story

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October 14, 2020

Cyber Surgery | RobotUnion Success Story

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October 14, 2020

Rigitech | RobotUnion Success Story

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October 14, 2020

Bin-e | RobotUnion Success Story

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October 14, 2020

Formhand | RobotUnion Success Story

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October 14, 2020

Automato | RobotUnion Success Story

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October 14, 2020

Aether | RobotUnion Success Story

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October 14, 2020

Second Batch | RobotUnion Startups

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September 28, 2020

TOP European robotics startups at GREX 2020

During the next 20th and 21st of October, the main actors of innovation, Industry 4.0 and robotics, will meet in a 100% digital scenario where RobotUnion will have a special…
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September 1, 2020

Smooth Robotics | RobotUnion Success Story

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August 31, 2020

PODCAST: THE STORY BEHIND YOUR NEW ROBOT COLLEAGUE

Listen the full podcast here Post by MADE In the first episode of the podcast series "My Robot Friend" (Min Robotven), we talk about the collaborative robot, it's origin, and…
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August 27, 2020

Smart Specialization in Robotics session at EU Week of Regions and Cities

Most developing regions struggle to find innovation instruments that enhance the so-called “entrepreneurial discovery process” behind the Smart Specialisation, a concept in Robotics. RobotUnion consortium believes that the processes and methodologies used…
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August 3, 2020

Over 800m EUR invested in Odense-based robotics cluster!

Our RobotUnion partner Odense Invest has just published the report The investment landscape around the Odense’s ecosystem has been growing exponentially since 2015, at the beginning of 2020 surpassing the…
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June 25, 2020

How to accelerate robotics companies? We explained everything at ICRA 2020!

On 10 June, the successful live session was organised by Fundingbox together with ISDI, BLUMORPHO, Mobile World Capital Barcelona and KEWAZO in the frame of the 2020 edition of the…
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June 18, 2020

Aether Biomedical raises seed round to make bionics accessible to all

Poznan, Poland - Medical robotics company, Aether Biomedical, has raised a seed round of EUR 750,000 from Sunfish Partners, Chiratae Ventures India, and Joyance Partners. Aether Biomedical’s goal is to…
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June 15, 2020

HOW TO OBTAIN EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE OF MACHINES IN YOUR COMPANY

“If your planning is based on an unenlightened foundation then it is just a change. If we want to make improvements, we must base the decision processes on data,” an…
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June 8, 2020

First batch: the story behind!

First batch of RobotUnion journey is finished! What is the story behind? Check out our timeline and see all the acceleration process which started back in 2018.
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June 2, 2020

SELF-PROPELLED ROBOTS IN VOLA’S NEW FACTORY: “IT’S NOWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD”

Source: MADE The Danish manufacturer of quality bathroom and kitchen fixtures VOLA has opened an innovative factory of the future enabled by a large number of collaborative robots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL8oPWZgjm0&feature=emb_logo Volas…
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May 18, 2020

HOW DO YOU TEACH A ROBOT TO FIND SCRATCHES? WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Source: MADEWith the help of artificial intelligence, a new robot will automatically find scratches and errors on components and provide quality control that is more effective than the human eye.…
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May 7, 2020

ROBOTUNION FIRST BATCH COMPANIES RESULTS!

We are proud to share the results on how the robotics start-ups that entered our acceleration programme a year ago have grown.   What it takes to accelerate 10 robotics companies A lot of money...  Within the last 16 months (November…
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April 7, 2020

First Batch | RobotUnion Startups

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April 1, 2020

How RobotUnion partners and startups fight against coronavirus

In light of the latest developments of the Coronavirus pandemic and its impact on public and private entities across Europe, activities of Robotics companies might be affected in different ways,…
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March 31, 2020

BotsAndUs | RobotUnion Success Story

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March 18, 2020

Faromatics | RobotUnion Success Story

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March 17, 2020

Robotics: From the global technological revolution to Horizon Europe and Made in Europe

The EU needs to enhance its autonomy in case they want to compete in equal conditions in the next -and digital- era. This is a fact. When examining the viability…
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March 17, 2020

Cliin | RobotUnion Success Story

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February 25, 2020

Watch what happened at our Second Master Training Camp!

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February 25, 2020

Venture Jury Day in Paris!

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February 19, 2020

Smooth Robotics | RobotUnion Success Story

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February 10, 2020

HIGH-PRECISION SURGERY ROBOTS: MORE THAN AN ASSISTANT FOR SURGEONS

Photo by JAFAR AHMED on Unsplash Will at some point surgeries be fully automated and surgeons and assistant health practitioners be obsolete? Not yet, but there is no doubt about how crucial to…
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February 4, 2020

Master Training Camp in Madrid: one week of high level training with top international experts for 10 RobotUnion startups

January 27th – 31st, 2020, 10 robotics Scaleups who started their acceleration journey 3 months ago have gathered in Madrid to kick off the business mentoring part of the programme…
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January 28, 2020

Tendo | RobotUnion Success Story

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January 23, 2020

Interview with Thomas Bach Nielsen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=ZuAik7ISjro&feature=emb_title%20%20 For two years, Thomas Bach Nielsen has led the Novo Nordisk Robotics department to expand the use of robots in the pharmaceutical giant's 13 factories worldwide. The Danish company…
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January 18, 2020

RobotUnion is looking for mentors and facilities to join our pool of Acceleration services

Would you like to become a part of Robotics revolution together with RobotUnion ScaleUps and Consortium? Join our pool of external services providers, experts and facilitites! What kind of services…
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December 30, 2019

RobotUnion rocked 2019 and is going for more!

RobotUnion closes this year with the big success of more than 400 applications submitted to our two Open Calls, 1st batch of companies acceleration almost finished and 2nd batch started!   Our Robotics Heroes: accelerated companies …
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December 10, 2019

Venture Jury Day

1st Batch RobotUnion Super Stars selected! After 10 months of intensive acceleration program with Technical and Business mentors, it´s time to select 4 most promising and best-performing companies from the…
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December 10, 2019

Watch what went on at the Welcome Camp in Odense!

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December 2, 2019

Do robots dream of electric hot dogs? The future of Robotics in the agri-food industry

Photo by Prateek Katyal on Unsplash By 2050, humans will have to double the current food production in order to feed the growing world’s population and adapt to evolving consumption habits. However, considering…
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November 26, 2019

Experience the Jury Day 2019 in first person!

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November 18, 2019

Kewazo | RobotUnion Success Story

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November 18, 2019

Nido | RobotUnion Success Story

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November 4, 2019

Springa | RobotUnion Success Story

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October 23, 2019

Somnox | RobotUnion Success Story

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October 11, 2019

Welcome Camp in Odense!

During the 2nd and 3rd October 2019, RobotUnion has started the second acceleration round with the Welcome Camp event. Representatives of 20 startups , RobotUnion partners and technical mentors were…
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October 8, 2019

Under the sea: Submarine drones for ocean exploration

Have you ever wondered how big is the ocean and how robots can help us explore it? According to the Smithsonian Institute, this massive body of water holds over 1.3…
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September 13, 2019

Master Training Camp in Madrid: one week of high level training with top international experts for 10 RobotUnion startups

September 9th - 13th, 2019, 10 robotics startups selected for the 1st Batch were participating RobotUnion one-week business acceleration program organized by ISDI at their headquarters in Madrid. Founders and…
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July 29, 2019

28 startups, 130 investors and 300 DKK million at the Odense Investor summit

The Odense Investor Summit, the biggest event in Europe for direct investments in robotics, took place in Denmark on the 26th of June. The summit is bridging the gap between…
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July 25, 2019

3 needs that the RobotUnion Marketplace can help you meet

“The best robots in town, your life is about to change forever, make your choice!” Well, that’s more or less in essence what the newly-launched RobotUnion MarketPlace is about. Granted, selling robots…
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July 23, 2019

Robot Union Master Training Camp in Madrid

The RobotUnion Master Training Camp for the Startups from the 1st Batch is coming! The 5 days of face-to-face intensive training of relevant entrepreneurial topics will help Startups to deal…
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July 12, 2019

It’s a Bird…It’s a Plane, It’s a Drone!

Photo by Ricardo Gomez Angel on Unsplash Drones, also called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) or Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), are robots that can fly controlled or autonomously through software flight plans with the…
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July 8, 2019

RobotUnion selects the 20 best European robotics startups

44 startups which were invited to the RobotUnion 2nd Jury Day were selected from 206 applications from 33 countries which applied to the 2nd RobotUnion Open Call. The best startups…
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July 8, 2019

Tech-Synergy: The colliding world of Robotics and Augmented Reality

With the countless changes we’ve seen in the last years in technology it’s not hard to imagine how all these innovations support and collaborate with each other in order to…
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July 1, 2019

RobotUnion Jury Day: 44 best robotics startups in one place

The RobotUnion Jury Day is just around the corner and we’re very excited to meet the 44 robotics startups selected from the 206 submitted applications from the second open call.…
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June 28, 2019

The Second RobotUnion Jury Day session is coming!

The Second and Final RobotUnion Jury Day session will take place on July 3rd at PIAP Headquarters in Warsaw (Poland). 44 Robotic companies from all around the world will meet…
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June 11, 2019

Welcome camp video!

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June 6, 2019

Robots and Music: How robotics is changing the musical landscape

The science of robotics has brought us incredible changes through all kinds of areas, from industry to business, going through the medical sector and beyond. Robots are now part of…
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May 31, 2019

The European robotics tour: Madrid, Paris and Amsterdam

RobotUnion team keeps on going with the journey to the Robotics revolution! RobotUnion partners and accelerated startups were very busy during the month of May where they participated in different European…
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May 7, 2019

Great Investment Opportunities in Danish Robot Growth Comets of the Future

Odense, Denmark, May 2019. The biggest event for direct investment in Odense, home to the world-famous Danish robotics cluster, Odense Investor Summit, will take place on the 26th of June.…
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May 3, 2019

RobotUnion closes the last open call with 226 applications submitted

40 startups and SMEs selected in the second RobotUnion Open Call will be invited to the Jury Day in Warsaw to pitch in front of Jury and win the possibility…
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April 25, 2019

Second Open Call Webinar Session

The past April 24th we held a webinar session about our second open call, open until April 30th at 13:00 CEST. Watch the video to hear the insights of our…
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April 15, 2019

Robotics startups in the Medical Device sector

Author: Leire Martínez | Source: Tecnalia  The global medical device market is expected to reach an estimated $409.5 billion by 2023, and it is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4.5%…
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April 5, 2019

Health and tech: A robot could take care of you when you are old

Robotic technology in the field of health has had a great impact in recent years. In fact, by 2019, the application of artificial intelligence in robots to work dynamics is…
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March 25, 2019

Robotics revolution in Bucharest with RobotUnion and Rima

How many times have you heard about the upcoming “Robotics Revolution”? Probably a lot if you have been in Bucharest this week. The capital of Romania has become the hub of the robotics industry in…
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March 20, 2019

RobotUnion Info Sessions: Webinars and Meetings

  RobotUnion is an initiative designed to increase the number of startups and SMEs in Europe in robotics-related fields. We will invest €4 million in 40 companies during 2 open…
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March 18, 2019

3 videos to understand Social Robotics

What is a social robot? They are robots where social skills and interaction play a key role in their development. They should be capable of showing emotions, have capacity to…
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March 4, 2019

Robots in manufacturing: Three things to look out for in 2019

Amanda Koppel | Via: I4MS As we have heard numerous times, the robots are coming — and they’re coming in larger numbers than ever before. Especially in manufacturing, robots have made their mark on…
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February 25, 2019

RobotUnion unicorns rocked the robotic world at 4YFN

The most expected event of the year for startups took place in Barcelona February 25 to 27, framed in the Mobile World Congress. Four Years From Now (4YFN) is the…
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February 9, 2019

RobotUnion launches its second open call with €4 million public funding for startups and SMEs

Launched within the framework of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme, it is the first European acceleration project that discovers, supports and funds innovative projects in the robotics industry In…
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February 9, 2019

Win a fast track to the RobotUnion jury day 2019!

Call for participants: Entrepreneurship Workshop and Award 2019 We invite all entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs in the robotics field to join the competition for the prestigious Entrepreneurship Award. The euRobotics…
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February 5, 2019

RobotUnion News! 10 STARTUPS ENTER THE PRODUCT ACCELERATION PHASE

Great news are coming for the 1st RobotUnion Acceleration program! Last 2 months Technical and Business Mentors were working with 20 Startups who has started a Feasibility Stage on Welcome…
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January 10, 2019

“People’s fears towards robots are way ahead of reality” – Ali Muhammad

Amanda Koppel | Via: MADE In Denmark and internationally, robotics is one of the hottest topics in manufacturing. Automation and robotics are key areas of interest when it comes to…
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December 19, 2018

180 robotics startups heard about RobotUnion at Slush 2018, the best European tech event

Author: Roi Rogríguez | Source: FundingBox Until 10 years ago Slush was just snow or ice partially melted in Helsinki(Finland), but since then, the startup and tech event that started with just some hundreds of attendees,…
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November 22, 2018

Robotex 2018 will gather startups and tech leaders in the field of robotics

From November 30 to December 2, Tallinn will be home to Robotex International 2018, on of RobotUnion's community partners and one of the biggest robotics festival, gathering more than 30 000…
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November 21, 2018

The Welcome Camp took place in Yes!Delft

During the 14th and 15th of November RobotUnion starts the first acceleration round with the presence of 20 startups and around 40 partners and mentors. The kick-off was hosted by…
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November 20, 2018

Experience the Jury Day 2018 in first person!

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November 20, 2018

How will robotics affect the European economy?

Astonishing technological advances in the field of robotics and Artificial Intelligence are being reported every day. According to the International Federation of Robotics, last year, global sales of industrial robots…
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October 1, 2018

RobotUnion announces the 20 startups selected to enter the acceleration programme

Each of the winners, selected among 204 applications from 32 countries, will receive up to €223,000 in equity-free funding, alongside acceleration and mentoring services. RobotUnion is offering a total of…
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September 30, 2018

Barcelona Drone Center is one of the 10 civilian drone test sites worldwide

Last August the partners of Mobile World Capital Barcelona visited the Barcelona Drone Center, located in Moia (Barcelona). It is a segregated airspace and runway with 2500 ha, it serves as…
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September 10, 2018

The RobotUnion Jury Day session is coming!

The RobotUnion Jury Day session will take place at Tecnalia HQ in San Sebastian (Spain) 44 Robotic companies from all around the world will meet and compete! Don't miss any…
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September 9, 2018

3 videos to learn and get inspired by soft robots

What are soft robots? They are robots that are composed primarily of deformable materials such as gels or soft polymers. Sometimes they have a rigid skeleton, but other times the whole…
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August 31, 2018

RobotUnion will be present at DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival 2018

RobotUnion will join the Mobile World Capital Barcelona team at DLD Tel Aviv Innovation Festival during the 4-6 September 2018. A selection of startups from the European Projects IMPACT Connected…
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July 17, 2018

RobotUnion closes its first call with 204 submissions from 32 countries

20 applicants will receive acceleration services and will be financed with up to €223,000 in equity free cash. The robotic solutions participating in RobotUnion will take part in the digitalisation…
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July 10, 2018

Robots trending in the AgTech industry

In 2015, the global market for agricultural robots was $2.8 billion and it is predicted that in 2020 it will reach $16 billion (Statista). Source: https://www.nesta.org.uk According to the report,…
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June 27, 2018

Skyx: robotics technology for agricultural spraying

Eylon Sorek, Skyx Founder and CEO has been interviewed by RobotUnion's team. Skyx is an agricultural-robotics technology company enabling a modular swarm of autonomous drones for spraying. The company named…
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June 21, 2018

“Less invasive surgery and remote procedures are possible now with the aid of robots”

Ángel Lanuza is senior Advisor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Internationalization & Innovation Department of FENIN, as well as Coordinator of the Spanish Innovation Platform on Healthcare Technology FENIN…
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June 19, 2018

Video: Interview to Merete Nørby – MADE (Denmark)

MADE's international chief consultant Merete Nørby talks about RobotUnion and presents the Danish SMEs and startups participating in the 1st call of the programme. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0UTJa5UCrc&feature=youtu.be
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June 18, 2018

“New robotics solutions can change the way we think of and work with manufacturing”

MADE is most active in the Manufacturing vertical. Can you tell us how robotics can disrupt this vertical? Robotics play a big and important role in factories and in the…
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June 18, 2018

Getting your robotic startup past the valley of death

By Leire Martinez “Nobody said it was easy; No one ever said it would be this hard”  The lyrics to Coldplay’s love song could well be suited for the thousands of…
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June 18, 2018

“Robotics will disrupt civil engineering through efficiency and safety at work”

Interview to Francisco Luque Cañones leads the innovation project of Ferrovial at the Ci3 division (Centro de Innovación de Infraestructuras Inteligentes) and one of the experts at RobotUnion Ferrovial is most…
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June 15, 2018

RobotUnion at Automatica Fair in Munich this week

RobotUnion partners will be present at automatica in Munich, Germany from 19 – 22 June 2018. Discover the pioneering projects right here in the MWCapital Start-Up Arena and see how robotics and automation is shaping our future!…
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June 15, 2018

“The need for robotics is on the rise”

The use of robotics is steadily increasing around the world. According to the 2017 World Robot Statistics, issued by the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), the top 10 most automated…
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April 17, 2018

RobotUnion launches its first open call with €8 million equity-free funding for startups and SMEs

  Launched within the framework of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme, it is the first European acceleration project that discovers, supports and funds innovative projects in the robotics industry…
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