ALSTOM Inspection Robotics receives highly respected European technology transfer award
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On 11 March 2010, ALSTOM Inspection Robotics Ltd – together with Alstom, ETH Zurich and EPF Lausanne – won the prestigious EURON/EUROP Technology Transfer Award in a competition among 18 entrants from across the continent, in San Sebastian, Spain.
The highly respected EURON/EUROP Technology Award is granted for outstanding innovations in robot technology and automation that result from cooperative efforts between research and industry. Competing with 18 entrants, Alstom Inspection Robotics won the 1st prize for its transfer of the latest robotics technology research into practical tools. The winner convinced the jury – comprised of robotics experts from both industry and research – thanks to its ability to demonstrate the industrial application of inspection robots as a result of its close collaboration with Alstom and the two Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology in Zurich and Lausanne.
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EURON/EUROP Technology Award Finalists
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