Recognising the increasing role that robots will play in our society in the next years, Ortelio is working in two areas: Research and development of an artificial robot brain that will be able to interact with human users. Ortelio is collaborating with research organisations and industry from UK, Ireland, Czech Republic and Greece. Research and[…]

With the acquisition of Boston Dynamics in December 2013, Google already possesses eight robotic companies. The last seven robotic companies that Google bought were all startups. Boston Dynamics is not. It was founded 20 years ago and is designing robots for the US department of defence. Boston Dynamics possesses the most technologically advanced robots in[…]

Ortelio is attending the kick-off meeting of the FP7 funded project RAPP, in Thessaloniki, Greece. RAPP has gathered a team from 7 organisations in 5 European countries to support the creation and delivery of robot assistive applications for the elderly. Ortelio is leading the team’s software development efforts.