https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Spanish scientists have launched a bid to develop the first bionic exoskeleton that will allow wheelchair-bound children to take their first steps - and they are using crowdfunding to do it. https://www.thelocal.es/20150729/spaniards-develop-first-bionic-walking-robot-for-kids Wed, 29 Jul 2015 16:37:22 +0200 spaniards-develop-first-bionic-walking-robot-for-kids Doctors in Barcelona have successfully conducted Europe’s first transplant completely performed by robotic surgery. https://www.thelocal.es/20150716/spain-performs-first-all-robot-transplant-in-eu Thu, 16 Jul 2015 19:08:21 +0200 spain-performs-first-all-robot-transplant-in-eu Hundreds of robotics experts and their whirring, flashing robot creations gathered in Madrid on Wednesday for a top world congress on humanoid technology. https://www.thelocal.es/20141120/new-wave-robots-strut-stuff-in-madrid-expo Thu, 20 Nov 2014 09:56:00 +0100 new-wave-robots-strut-stuff-in-madrid-expo More than half of the jobs currently being done in Spain could be taken over by robots in the next 20 years, according to a think-tank. https://www.thelocal.es/20140724/robots-could-take-half-of-jobs-in-spain Thu, 24 Jul 2014 16:16:00 +0200 robots-could-take-half-of-jobs-in-spain