Welcome to SHERO

The SHERO project is funded under the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) programme of the European Commission (grant agreement ID 828818). The radical vision of the SHERO project is the ambitious development of fully-autonomous self-healing soft robotic devices, by integrating engineered functional materials, smart sensing and active actuation and control capabilities into soft robots.

International Symposium on Smart Materials: REGISTRATION OPEN

11th January 2023 By SMARTITN The Polymer Competence Center Leoben (PCCL) invites SMART programme members to register for the International Symposium on Smart Materials, 14-15 June 2023 REGISTRATION PROGRAMME ORGANISER INFORMATION: The Polymer Competence Center Leoben (PCCL) has led collaborative research in polymer technology and polymer science in Austria for more than a decade. Our hundred and

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SMART workshop 3: APPLICATIONS OF SMART MATERIALS AND SOFT ROBOTICS, 29 August – 1 September 2022

This time the SMART ITN offers a multidisciplinary training by combining two emerging fields of smart materials and soft robots with meaningful societal and economic impact (T-model). The topic of the 3rd training event is “Applications of smart materials and soft robotics”. It includes training sessions on transferrable skills, such as “Writing successful grants” and

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What is FET?

Whether it’s about green cities, robots, new materials, or cancer therapies, countless ground-breaking opportunities which can shape our society are opening up. With the European Innovation Council, Europe is now calling out to innovators, scientists and researchers who can tackle the issues-at-large using new and innovative technologies that are not yet available in the market.

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SMART workshop 2: Integration smart materials in soft robotics, 16-18 March 2021

SMART workshop 2: Integration smart materials in soft robotics This time the SMART ITN offers a multidisciplinary training by combining two emerging fields of smart materials and soft robots with meaningful societal and economic impact (T-model). The second training event will be organised either virtually (ZOOM) or physically if the current quarantine situation will be

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