In addition to more than 70 workshops and plenary sessions, the exhibition halls are packed with robots – both the stationary and the mobile ones, with humanoids attracting the most attention as they walk through the crowd.
The European Robotics Forum is organised by EU Robotics and travels between top scientific and industrial cities in Europe. ERF2026 came to Stavanger as a result of the dedicated efforts of local organizers NORCE Research and SINTEF Industry.
European Robotics Forum
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More than 1,000 participants from 40 countries are in Stavanger this week for the European Robotics Forum. Attracting top roboticists, companies, researches, and – of course – robots, ERF2026 is the European robotics community’s annual summit.
– It is a true honour to host the European Robotics Forum. We have been looking forward to this for a long time, said Kristin Flornes, Executive Vice President at NORCE in her remarks during the opening session Tuesday.
– Robotics is essential to resilience and the next wave of innovation. Robotics will open new paths to advances that could otherwise not have been realised, said Flornes, providing examples from European robotics projects which NORCE head or take part in.
Nabil Belbachir, Research Director at NORCE Research, has been instrumental in the organising of the event together with Gabor Sziebig, Research Manager at SINTEF Industry. They serve as General Chair and General Co-Chair of ERF2026
– ERF is a very important event with a very important message. In a world economy of war, Europe must find itself and build its resilience. Our future and our kids’ future depend on this. We need to leave the next generation a Europe that can withstand shocks. Building a strong robotics sector is one way for Europe to work together and stand together to be some self-sustained and self-reliant, says Belbachir.
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