🗨️ Today at the Winter School on Robot Handling of Deformable Objects (Kranjska Gora #Slovenia), Júlia Borràs (@juliaborrassol.bsky.social) presented her talk “Planning and Manipulation of Deformables; Project Partners” as part of the ROMANDIC Project

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📍 This week we’re participating in the Winter School on Robot Handling of Deformable Objects (Feb 9–13, Kranjska Gora #Slovenia), as part of the ROMANDIC Project

Organized by JSI, @iri-robotics.bsky.social, @kit.edu

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💫 IRI is participating in the Senior Researcher Seminar of the #ProjectROMANDIC, which is been held this week at KIT InformatiKOM1, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology #Germany

📸 CarmeTorras during her keynote talk “The puzzle of endowing robots with cloth manipulation skills”

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👏 Thanks to all speakers and participants for your contributions and open discussions!

💡 Workshops like these are vital for building a strong foundation for collaborative, innovative research across Europe 🇪🇺

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🧠🤝 We close with a roundtable debate on institutional strategies, lessons learned, and how to better support researchers across Europe and concluding remarks by Guillem Alenyà

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Eva Kühhirt from the #KIT European Office, continues with presenting their strategies, challenges, and success stories in managing EU projects at institutional level 🇪🇺

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We then hear from the #JSI European Office with Romana Jordan and Maja Leber

🇪🇺🌐 Great exchange of ideas across countries

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Marisa Écija presents the structure of the #CSIC European Unit, sharing insights on internal procedures & support mechanisms 🧠📋

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♀️🔬 Day 2 starts with a Gender Equality in Research discussion led by Mª Carmen Mayoral from #CSIC ’s Women and Science Committee — a core dimension of Horizon Europe and a priority for all ROMANDIC partners

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🌟 We end the day with a cultural activity at the Cau Ferrat and Palau de Maricel Museums #Sitges

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📑⚙️ We continue with Víctor Vílchez and Giorgio Barbato from IRI’s Strategic Office, detailing how we guide researchers through EU calls — from training to proposal submission to project execution

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💬✨ We open with a welcome from Guillem Alenyà (IRI), followed by Andrej Gams (JSI) introducing the workshop and the wider context of ROMANDIC

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Today, we gather the representatives from the three ROMANDIC partner institutions:

🟢 Jožef Stefan Institute
🟢 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
🟢 IRI (CSIC-UPC)

…to discuss how we manage and support European R&D at the institutional level 🌍🤝

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ROMANDIC stands for:
'RObot MANipulation of Deformables through dynamIC actions'

A Horizon Europe project focused on robotics & AI for handling deformable objects like textiles — a growing field with major societal impact

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