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The theme of Companion Robotics Research was first proposed as a dedicated large scale Collaborative RTDI Programme by the CompanionAble Consortium, led by Atta Badii, in May 2007 and subsequent to the approval of the project as an Integrated Programme under the auspices of the EC ICT-FP7 eInclusion Directorate, the CompanionAble Consortium (www.companionable.net) organised the first international workshop on the Companion Robotics theme in November 2008 at the ICT 2008 in Lyon which attracted a large number of participants. This was followed by a second successful workshop in Bilbao, December 2008, and the third workshop at the AmI 2009.
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