The trinational student competition in mechatronics – Trinatronics – is going into the next round, again with the participation of the Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld. On March 19 and 20, the 50 participants met in the Vosges Mountains for a first joint event, which also included three students and three supervisors from the Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld and project…
On March 16th, the robotics laboratory of the University of Liege welcomed 15 high school students for an activity on robotics. The students were able to compete in a programming competition of the collaborative robot Sawyer as well as discover the small mobile robot Turtlebot. During this half-day activity, the students asked many questions about…
On March 16 and 17, 2022, this year’s Student Information Days took place at the Environmental Campus Birkenfeld (UCB). High school students had the opportunity to inform themselves about the study programs offered and to gain insights into everyday study life at the Umwelt-Campus. In addition to a whole series of information booths, there were…
On March 15, RICAIP, the Research and Innovation Centre on Advanced Industrial Production in Prague, hosted an online training session on sensitive robot applications based on integrated torque sensors. The training/tutorial presented force-controlled applications in the field of robotics. Participants were able to learn how to plan a robot sensitive application, use a suitable measurement…
The Fond National de Recherche FNR, the national funding agency of Luxembourg, organized from March 14 to 18 interactions/discussions between local researchers (having obtained or preparing their PhD) and secondary school students. Researchers from all scientific disciplines described to the students their life as a researcher: from their beginnings as a student, to their motivation…
This year the Robotix Academy Roadshow took place in Liege on March 10, 2022. Approximately 25 people from the academic and industrial world were able to discover, among other things, the latest advances in research work within the Robotix Academy. A presentation of Pôle Mécatech was proposed and followed by several demonstrations on the acquisition…
The IUT Nancy-Brabois organized its annual open house on Saturday, March 5, 2022. For a year now, as part of the new degree, Bachelor of Technology, the GMP department (Mechanical Engineering and Production) of the IUT has integrated robotics courses into its training. In addition to illustrating the content of the robotics courses, on the…
On Friday, March 4, ENIM organized its 2nd open day dedicated entirely to Lorraine high schools. Within this framework, a presentation of activities related to robotics was organized, partly animated by the Robotix Academy team of the University of Lorraine. This presentation included a visit of the robotics platform of the school, demonstrations of the…
The 8th IFToMM D-A-CH conference (International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science, www.iftomm.net) was held on February 24-25, 2022. Due to the restrictions related to the Corona pandemic, the conference was once again set up in an online format this year. IFToMM is one of the largest international associations in the field…
On February 21, 2022, the project partners of the Robotix-Academy met with the Project Monitoring Committee (PBA) at the Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld for their first project meeting 2022. Due to the partly still valid restrictions in the course of the Corona pandemic, the meeting took place as a hybrid event. The Project Monitoring Committee (PBA) could…