European Union
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The European Parliament has voted on a resolution to regulate the development of artificial intelligence and robotics. The proposed rules include establishing ethical standards for the development of AI, and introducing an insurance scheme for accidents involving driverless cars.
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On the face of it, robots should be good at picking and packing online supermarket orders. Unfortunately, most robotic manipulators can't be trusted with easily bruised fruit and vegetables. To address this, Ocado has been putting new soft robots to the test in its European warehouses.
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A traffic accident in Norway, involving a Model S with Autopilot engaged, two other vehicles, and a motorcycle, has prompted questions as to whether testing of Tesla's Autopilot system sufficiently took into account two-wheeled vehicles.
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The European safety organization Euro NCAP has announced the introduction of a new test to ascertain the effectiveness of pedestrian detection and autonomous braking and collision avoidance systems from different auto manufacturers.
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Ever thought about how sound could be used to bring a whole new level of automation? The Ear-IT project has been monitoring acoustics in the Spanish city of Santander, and says the results could improve lives of its residents in ways ranging from improved traffic flow to energy savings in the home.
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The EU has launched the first satellite as part of its Copernicus Earth observation program. Copernicus will provide a means of monitoring Earth's sub-systems, the atmosphere, oceans, and continental surfaces. The Sentinel 1A satellite was launched from French Guiana last Thursday.
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The Factory-in-a-Day project aims to give European manufacturing a competitive edge by developing robots that can be integrated into small and medium enterprise (SME) factories within 24 hours, resulting in optimized production and reduced labor costs.
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A new aircraft concept that combines features if an airship, plane, helicopter and hovercraft to give it short takeoff and landing capabilities is being developed as part of the European Commission's Extremely Short Take Off and Landing On any Surface (ESTOLAS) project.
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NanoMal, an EU consortium, is developing a hand-held blood analyzer to diagnose and optimize treatments for malaria in the field.
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Research funded by the European Union has resulted in a new low-cost, fingernail-sized radar chip package that could be implemented in the automotive, robotics and smartphones industries.
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A new EU law concerning browser cookies came into force in the U.K. this past weekend, though its efficacy is in doubt following a last-minute watering-down of the legislation by the Information Commissioner's Office.
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myCopter is an EU project that looks at taking vehicles off the road and launching them into the sky.
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