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Questions to be answered

Goal of the workshop is to inspire, discuss and deepen joint understanding of the European Innovation instruments and insights in how they can help SME’s with their robotics technology-based innovation and market uptake.

Important questions are: What is the role of the innovation structures and networks? How can the challenge of technology transfer be addressed?

Description

This workshop explores how European innovation instruments and networks drive the adoption of robotics technologies across Europe. The session highlights best practices and initiatives, emphasizing impact, scalability, and cross-sector applications.

Organisation of the WS

8:30 - 8:35 Opening: Christophe Leroux, CEA, France

8:35 - 8:45 Overview European Instruments: Iddo Bante, University of Twente, Netherlands

8:45 - 9:15 Short Inspiring Pitches (5 min each)

• EDIH Test-before-Invest: Christian Wogerer, EDIH AI5Production, Austria
• TEF Test and Experimentation Facilities: Raffaele Giaffreda, AgrifoodTEF, Italy
• SME Funding: Jesus Contreras, EIT Digital
• Regional innovation with EDIH: Ernest Clark Fuller, EDIH Odense, Denmark
• Innovation Networks of euRobotics: Francoise Siepel, DIH-HERO, Netherlands

9:15 - 9:40 Panel session (all presenters; moderator Agate Suwala) with audience involvement to discuss:

• What does and what doesn’t work
• How European instruments can support technology transfer challenges to enable commercialization of robotics technologies,
• The interactions between European instruments and regional/national robotics communities and how to organize the interactions between these networks,
• What other European instruments are needed?

9:40 - 9:45 Closing: Christophe Leroux, CEA, France

Intended outcome

Better understanding of European instruments and how they can foster innovation and adoption of robotics technology.

Results of the Workshop will be used as input for Task 4.4 of the European ADRA-e CSA project.

Speakers, Panelists, etc

Speakers & Panelists:

• Iddo Bante – University of Twente, Netherlands
• Christophe Leroux – CEA, France
• Christian Wogerer – EDIH AI5Production, Austria
• Jesus Contreras - EIT Digital
• Ernest Clark Fuller – EDIH Odense, Denmark
• Francoise Siepel – DIH-HERO, Netherlands
• Agata Suwala – Manufacturing Technology Centre, UK

Topic Groups and/or Innovation networks involved

ADRA Topic Group Innovation, Uptake and Deployment of AI-Data-Robotics technologies, TG Entrepreneurship, TG Healthcare,

Projects involved

Further information

Organisers

• Iddo Bante, University of Twente (Netherland), I.Bante@utwente.nl
• Agata Suwala (Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC)) agata.suwala@the-mtc.org