Brussels, 07/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, Commissioner Viviane Reding officially launched EUROP, a European Technology Platform on Robotics, in the aim of fostering technologies to serve European citizens directly. The initiative, in which fifty European companies and research centres participate, was created by leaders in the technology sector: KUBA, ABB, COMAU, Philips, Finmeccanica, SAFRAN, EADS, Thales, INDRA, Dassault Aviation, BAE Systems, Electrolux, Zenon, RURobots,...