TORNADO – 1st Newsletter

The first issue of the TORNADO project newsletter has just been released, presenting an overview of the project’s vision, key focus areas, and upcoming activities.

In this first edition, readers can discover the main pillars guiding the project’s work and gain early insights into its objectives and expected impact.

Among others, the newsletter highlights:

- The project’s key focus areas, including research and innovation, experimentation and validation, impact and sustainability, and stakeholder engagement

- The launch of the TORNADO YouTube channel, featuring an introductory video presenting the project’s vision and partners

- An overview of what to expect in upcoming issues, including work progress, partner interviews, results, events, and collaboration opportunities

The newsletter provides a first introduction to the TORNADO project and its approach to advancing cloud robotics and human-robot interaction in complex real-world environments.

About TORNADO

The TORNADO project aims to develop an innovative and adaptive cloud robotics platform supporting autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) operating in complex, dynamic, and human-populated indoor environments. The project enables advanced capabilities such as manipulation of soft and deformable objects, human-robot interaction through gestures and speech, and adaptive task execution using AI-based Foundation Models. It also integrates human trust modeling to ensure smooth societal adoption. TORNADO will be validated across three key use cases: industrial manufacturing, healthcare environments, and logistics/distribution centres, demonstrating its potential across diverse real-world scenarios.

Explore the full newsletter here.