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Robotic weekend in Patince

Aug 31, 2021 |

Like every year, the members of the National Robotics Center helped to create an interesting program for the Robotics Weekend organized by the Wellness Hotel Patince. As part of the program, we demonstrated to young people flying drones, a compliant robotic manipulator IIWA, a powerball robotic arm from Schunk, drawing with a robot, using the … read more

The National Centre of Robotics supported the Road2FEI competition

May 5, 2021 |

Road2FEI is a robotic competition for high school and elementary school students. The goal is to create an autonomous robot that will be able to follow the specified path. The president of the National Centre of Robotics – František Duchoň – took over the patronage of the competition. You can learn more about the competition … read more

Cooperation with Stäubli

Apr 27, 2021 |

The National Centre of Roboticscooperates intensively with private companies. At present, the end effector exchanger for industrial robots from Stäubli have been acquired by the National Robotics Center. The exchanger has coupled with the ABB IRB 4600 robot, and the following end effectors are used: a gripper from Schunk, a drawing pen and a Bernoulli … read more

Apr 22, 2021 |

In recent days, we have significantly strengthened our cooperation with the digital innovation hub PARA (Professional Association of Robotics and Automation) based in Bulgaria. You can learn more in the article: https: / /www.trendingtopics.eu/slovak-ai-robotics-players-join-hands-with-bulgarian-counterparts-to-develop-business-centric-scientific-solutions/ You can watch the first of the meetings between the two organizations here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=495618654950930&ref=watch_permalink

Apr 14, 2021 |

The team led by Ing. Tölgyessyho, Ph.D., deals with a complex collaborative robotic workplace. The research is focused on a multimodal robot-human interface, which should use natural human communication, for example by gestures. The approach is therefore centralized to the human being. You can see the results of the research of Ph.D. student Marek Čorňák … read more

A unique diploma thesis at the time of COVID

Mar 24, 2021 |

The pandemic also complicates the implementation of practical diploma theses in robotics. The cooperation of Sensodrive GmbH, the Slovak University of Technology, and the National Centre of Robotics led to the diploma thesis to create an interface for a unique SCARA robot. As students are not currently allowed to work in laboratories, Sensodrive was willing … read more

European challenges for you

Feb 8, 2021 |

The activities of the National Centre of Robotics in Europe are mainly focused on the DIH² and Better Factory projects. DIH² is a network of 26 DIHs, with a target to reach over 170 DIHs. The network is led by Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy and is in total composed of 37 European partners. DIH²’s ultimate … read more

Thank you for your support in 2020

Feb 5, 2021 |

The National Centre of Robotics would like to thank all the supporters for their support in 2020. We would especially like to thank the subjects who shared 2% of the tax paid in 2019 for our activities: Ing. Tomáš Poláček doc. Ing. František Duchoň Ing. Jozef Dúbravský Ing. Michal Tölgyessy, PhD. Ing. Zuzana Kovaríková Ing. … read more

National Centre of Robotics certified for Change2Twin

Feb 3, 2021 |

The National Centre of Robotics, as the only entity from Slovakia, is certified for cooperation in the Change2Twin project. The aim of the project is to bring digitization, in particular the digital twin, to manufacturing SMEs in the European Union. You can learn more about the Change2Twin project here:https://www.change2twin.eu/

Better Factory invites you to cooperate

Jan 21, 2021 |

Made in Europe: Art and tech disrupting the European Manufacturing industry Better Factory unlocks funding and provides equity-free funding opportunities and premium services for collaborative experiments to bring the European Manufacturing Industry to the forefront of the digital transformation. The project prioritizes the following industry sectors: Plastic and Rubber; Furniture and Wood; Food and Agriculture; … read more