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IMOL 2025 | Workshop, activities and overview
Read more: IMOL 2025 | Workshop, activities and overviewResearchers from the UDC and the CNR attended the IMOL Workshop in London to present the poster entitled: “A Motivational Architecture for Open-Ended Learning Challenges in Robots”. The article is written by Alejandro Romero, Gianluca…
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IEEE ICDL Conference Workshop Results
Read more: IEEE ICDL Conference Workshop ResultsSuccessful Workshop ‘Alignment through Purpose in Autonomous Robots’ at ICDL 2025 On September 16th, 2025, the workshop Alignment through Purpose in Autonomous Robots was successfully held at the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning…
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Report on perception modules
Read more: Report on perception modulesBrief description of the results achieved In the PILLAR-Robots project, the ARC team is focused on developing advanced multimodal perception modules that address the needs of the three main use cases: agriculture, edutainment, and industrial…
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Socio-economic, ethics and legal implications of open-ended learning systems
Read more: Socio-economic, ethics and legal implications of open-ended learning systemsThe CNR leads Work Package 10, with the support of all partners, to analyse the broader socio-economic, ethical, and legal implications of introducing open-ended learning technologies and purpose-driven artificial agents (PILLAR-Robots). Socio-economic assessment This activity…
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ADRF 2025: Where AI Meets Robotics
Read more: ADRF 2025: Where AI Meets RoboticsOn 23-24 September 2025 PAL Robotics will take the stage at the ADRA Forum (ADRF) in Stavanger, Norway, representing the PILLAR project. ADRF is one of Europe’s most dynamic gatherings on the future of artificial…
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Highlights from ERF 2025: Workshop on Mobile Manipulation of Rigid and Deformable Objects
Read more: Highlights from ERF 2025: Workshop on Mobile Manipulation of Rigid and Deformable ObjectsAt the 2025 European Robotics Forum (ERF) in Stuttgart, Germany, the workshop on Mobile Manipulation of Rigid and Deformable Objects: Community Challenges and Opportunities brought together some of Europe’s most forward-thinking researchers and innovators in…
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Stakeholders Engagement | Status and Updates
Read more: Stakeholders Engagement | Status and UpdatesSince our last update, the PILLAR-Robots project has made significant strides in stakeholder engagement. The structured approach adopted by the consortium has proven effective in integrating valuable external perspectives, strengthening collaboration, and refining the technological…
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PILLAR Community | Sister Projects Meeting at ERF2025
Read more: PILLAR Community | Sister Projects Meeting at ERF2025Our consortium continues to actively engage with our sister projects—ten initiatives funded under the same call—to foster collaboration and share insights. To date, we have convened on three occasions: Looking ahead, we have scheduled an…
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TIAGo Industrial Scenario
Read more: TIAGo Industrial ScenarioIn PILLAR-robots, the industrial use case is designed to demonstrate how purposeful, lifelong-learning robots can help workers in professional settings. Industrial environments present unique challenges, requiring accurate decision-making in open worlds, interaction with non-expert users…
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Turing Award honours reinforcement learning pioneers: PILLAR and the future of AI
Read more: Turing Award honours reinforcement learning pioneers: PILLAR and the future of AIThe prestigious Turing Award, known as the ‘Nobel Prize in Computing’, was awarded to the pioneers of reinforcement learning, Andrew G. Barto and Richard S. Sutton. This discipline has revolutionised the field of artificial intelligence…
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Interview with Adriano Capirchio
Read more: Interview with Adriano CapirchioWhat unique contributions does AI2Like bring to the PILLAR consortium, and how do you see its impact on the agri-food robotics sector? How will the project’s efforts benefit stakeholders in this field who are following…
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ERF25 | Mobile Manipulation of Rigid and Deformable Objects: Community Challenges and Opportunities
Read more: ERF25 | Mobile Manipulation of Rigid and Deformable Objects: Community Challenges and OpportunitiesWe are pleased to announce that at the European Robotics Forum 2025 (ERF2025), PAL Robotics and PILLAR-Robots will co-organise the workshop Mobile Manipulation of Rigid and Deformable Objects: Community Challenges and Opportunities alongside leading experts…