Örebro University is one of the largest universities in Sweden with over 17,000 students and 1,200 staff members, of which 106 are full professors. The University is taking an active part in the development of the region with strong contacts with industry and the community. Örebro University is represented in AI4EU by the Center for Applied Autonomous Sensor Systems (AASS, http://aass.oru.se). AASS is one of the strong research environments within the University’s strategic research profile.

AASS has gained world-wide reputation reputation for its research at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. AASS has pioneered work on Integrative AI (hybrid task and motion planning, multi-robot motion planning, coordination and control) and Physical AI (integration of AI and Robotics, ecologies of robots in smart environments, artificial olfaction, anchoring). AASS is the coordinator of the euRobotics topic group on “Artificial Intelligence and Cognition in Robotics”. Within AI4EU, AASS is in charge of the research work-package, and it acts as scientific manager.