Overview
The capabilities of Autonomous Systems are growing: they can detonate unexploded bombs; provide care for the elderly and infirm; collect soil samples from hostile environments; and carry out significant surgical operations. The market for Autonomous Systems sector is poised for considerable growth; fuelled by the challenges of caring for a growing elderly population, increasing security threats to society, and coping with skills shortages.

Interesting development from colleagues in Pisa, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna reported by BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8313037.stm

Hope you enjoy it.
Farshid

Here you will find the latest article from JNER:
http://www.jneuroengrehab.com/content/6/1/38

Hope you enjoy reading it.

Best wishes,
Farshid

Science and Technology Research Institute
University of Hertfordshire

Applications are invited from candidates with good first degrees in computer science, information technology, electronic engineering, physics, biology or other relevant disciplines to join projects as research students for a three year period in Assistive, Rehabilitative and Assessment Robotics.

Successful candidate may be eligible for a research studentship award from the University (equivalent to £13,290 per annum bursary plus the payment of the standard UK student fees).

Dear All

The next meeting of the Society for Research in Rehabilitation will be held at the University of Salford on 2nd Feb.
The symposia are on "Implementing research in to practice" and "The implications for practice of recent research on stroke recovery" and there are free papers and posters.
There is a call for abstracts on any topic relating to rehabilitation – Deadline 5th November, details on the SRR website (www.srr.org.uk)

Please could you circulate the attached flyer to your contacts and networks, and consider coming yourself too of course.
See you there

Regards

Story From the Robot Report Mailing list published with permission from Frank Tobe

THE ROBOT REPORT has the largest online (free) directory of worldwide robotic businesses and research facilities and tracks the daily business of robotics on it's site.

Some might this an interesting read:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics/humanoids/the-reality-of-robot-surrogates

It is our pleasure to invite your for a KT-Equal sponsored workshop on the 24th of November.

Please find attached our preliminary agenda for the day. Attendance is free of charge but it is by registration and limited to the first 100 participants. Registration is via SPARC website below:
http://www.sparc.ac.uk/workshops/2009%2D11%2D24%2Drobots%2Dfor%2Drehabil...

Further information including directions and best ways to reach us can be found here:
http://www.sparc.ac.uk/workshops/2009-11-24-robots-for-rehabilitation/pr...

Please see here an interesting article from timesonline:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/features/article6...

Here you can see a video from Japanese group led by Professor Shigeo Hirose in Tokyo:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8069435.stm

Enjoy!
Farshid