PAL Robotics’ CEO Francesco Ferro re-appointed to euRobotics’ Board of Administrators
Francesco Ferro, CEO of PAL Robotics, was (re-)elected Director of euRobotics, the main robotics affiliation in Europe representing roughly 250 members, for a three-year time period. Elected for the primary time in 2015, Francesco has served the euRobotics Board of Administrators ever since, and can now proceed to be a part of the Board till March 2026.
The euRobotics Basic Meeting has taken place in Odense, Denmark, on the Odeon Congress Centre (location of the annual ERF – European Robotics Discussion board). In the course of the Basic Meeting, elections happen to fill eight seats on the Board – 4 every from each Business and Analysis.
Francesco’s re-election comes after his current appointment as Director of ADRA (the not too long ago established AI, Knowledge and Robotics Affiliation).
The newly elected Administrators of euRobotics are:
- Francesco Ferro (PAL Robotics, Business)
- Mike Mayer (Schunk, Business)
- Franziska Kirstein (Blue Ocean, Business)
- Alessandro Piscioneri (COMAU, Business)
- Christophe Leroux (CEA, Analysis)
- Jose Saenz (Fraunhofer IFF, Analysis)
- Juha Röning (College of Oulu, Analysis)
- José Ramiro Martínez de Dios (Universidad de Sevilla, Analysis)
- Nicola Vitiello (Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Analysis)
Exceptionally this 12 months a brand new Vice President for Analysis was appointed by the Board, Juha Röning. Bernd Liepert was reappointed President of euRobotics, and Francesco Ferro was appointed Treasurer.
The Board of Administrators that manages the euRobotics affiliation consists of 24 Administrators, half of that are from trade, and the opposite half are from analysis. One-third of the Board is elected yearly on a rotation foundation (8 out of 24 members).
The Board exists to direct and coordinate the actions of euRobotics. Since euRobotics exists to serve its Members’ pursuits, the Board’s composition is chosen to signify all its Members. These elected as a Director, due to this fact, signify one of many classes of Members on the Board. Listening to and consolidating the views of different Members in the identical class of membership is a part of the consultant function.
For extra info:
euRobotics is a Brussels-based worldwide non-profit affiliation for all stakeholders in European robotics. It was based in September 2012 with the purpose of strengthening Europe’s competitiveness in robotics, and making certain industrial management of producers, suppliers, and end-users of robotics technology-based programs and companies.
ADRA was based on 21 Might, 2021, by 5 European organisations: BDVA, CLAIRE, ELLIS, EurAI and euRobotics. ADRA was created because the non-public facet of the European Public Non-public Partnership on AI, Knowledge and Robotics, one of many European Partnerships in Cluster 4 (digital, trade, and area) inside the Horizon Europe programme.
Overview of euRobotics
euRobotics AISBL (Affiliation Internationale Sans However Lucratif) is a world non-profit affiliation for all stakeholders in European robotics. Their workplace is predicated in Brussels, Belgium. They at present have round 240 Member organisations. Their attain is even broader than their membership: the European Robotics Discussion board grew to 800+ contributors, in earlier editions of the ERF (European Robotics Discussion board) occasion. The group mailing record has greater than 5000 subscribers. Their workplace in Brussels is run by the Secretary Basic, Dr. Reinhard Lafrenz.
Their goals are to spice up European robotics analysis, growth, and innovation and to foster a optimistic notion of robotics. They purpose to:
- strengthen competitiveness and guarantee industrial management of producers, suppliers and end-users of robotics technology-based programs and companies;
- promote the widest and greatest uptake of robotics applied sciences and companies for skilled and personal use;
- promote the excellence of the science base of European robotics.
About PAL Robotics: robotics and automation applied sciences since 2004
At PAL Robotics our mission is to reinforce folks’s high quality of life by service robotics and automation applied sciences. Since 2004, we’ve designed and manufactured extremely built-in and dependable robotic options for service industries and analysis establishments, in addition to being actively concerned in EU-funded analysis initiatives.
We now have offered our robotic platforms in additional than 35 international locations and all platforms are designed and manufactured in Europe. PAL Robotics is among the founding members of euRobotics, and we’ve partnered in over 40 collaborative initiatives.
We firmly consider robotics will come to play a much bigger and larger function in making our day by day lives simpler, from serving to older folks at dwelling, helping in hospitals, and enhancing operations in manufacturing and trade.
Go to the PAL Robotics web site to seek out out extra about us, the analysis initiatives we participate in, and our robotic platforms. To ask extra don’t hesitate to contact us. To remain up-to-date with PAL Robotics and our work, keep in mind to go to our weblog.
