๐๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป-๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต & ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ: ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ข๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐
Creating human-centric robotics technologies, supporting their deployment, creating awareness of their possible impact and educating new generation of talents who will be able to support these processes in Serbia are main missions of ETF Robotics.
As the NOTRE | Interreg EUROPE project approaches its final phase, weโve had a moment to look back at how it broaden horizons and laid foundations that will continue to grow long after the project ends.
It started with our first ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐จ๐ฝ this summer. More than 10 startups joined us to discuss what it means to build human-centric innovation and business in Serbia โ the obstacles, regulatory gaps, funding challenges, and opportunities worth fighting for.
That meeting marked the start of a growing ecosystem.
Last week in November, we took it one step further with our two-day program โ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ ๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ โ ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ & ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต.โ
Together with Palata nauke – Zaduลพbina Miodraga Kostiฤa and Ovio care, we brought together students, founders, investors, regulators, civil-society representatives, and researchers to explore how future-shaping technologies can be developed responsibly โ and sustainably.
On Day 2, we hosted speakers whose perspectives shaped the discussion: Natasa Todorovic, Red Cross Serbia Nevena Sovic, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Serbia, Slaฤana Steลกeviฤ, NALED, Andrea Nikolic, FON, Alexander Martynov and Katarina Pavlovic
Their contributions made something very clear:
๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต & ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐, ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐.
A special part of the program was the involvement of startups, some established by ETF students from our HMI2MARKET project.
Through HMI2MARKET, we have spent the past year co-defining academic challenges, building a training toolkit for students and faculty, and strengthening the entrepreneurial mindset inside universities, particularly in domains where human-machine technologies must be designed for people, not around them.
Looking forward hashtag#NOTRE is ending, but the work is not. Our mission remains the same:
๐ to empower students and researchers,
๐ to build bridges between academia and industry,
๐ to support technology that improves life for older adults and other sensitive groups,
๐ and to help robotics find its rightful place โ not as a replacement for human work, but as a tool that makes society safer, fairer, and more humane.
๐ฌ A very heartfelt thank you to all panelists, startups, partners, and participants who shaped these two days with us.
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