ROBOT - ERA

• International Summer School on Social Human-Robot Interaction, 26-30 August 2013, Cambridge (UK)

  

  The International Summer School on Social Human-Robot Interaction welcomes PhD students and early career researchers for an intensive five days of lectures and ateliers covering a wide range of topics in social HRI.
  It receives support from the FP7 ALIZ-E, ACCOMPANY and ROBOT-ERA projects, the euCognition Network of Excellence and the IEEE RAS Summer Schools programme.
  Interested students need to apply to the summer school via the online application process. Applications are accepted until 10 May 2013. There are a limited number of scholarships available which cover participation and accommodation fees. Full fees are available to non-European participants, while European participants can apply for reduced fees.

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• The objective of the Robot-Era project is to develop, implement and demonstrate the general feasibility, scientific/technical effectiveness and social/legal plausibility and acceptability by end-users of a plurality of complete advanced robotic services, integrated in intelligent environments, which will actively work in real conditions and cooperate with real people and between them to favour independent living, improve the quality of life and the efficiency of care for elderly people.