Organisers
Christophe Leroux, CEA Tech, France
Francesco Maurelli, TUM Munich, Germany
Ali Muhammad, VTT, Finland
Brane Semolic, TCS with LENS Living Lab, Slovenia
The objectives of the workshop are to inform the participants about existing and planned physical infrastructures for easy access to robotics in several places across Europe. The workshop will give a short introduction and highlight the benefits for the community, which include:
• Organized “one stop shop” to support introduction of robots in small and medium-sized companies
• Organized access to the necessary technologies and knowledge providers
• Organization of the international professional virtual communities in the field of robotics,
• Popularization of robotics, their perspectives and related solutions
Agenda of the workshop
10.45 – 11.00 : EU Network of Competence Centres (CoC) on robotics – Horse Project business case (Dr. Christophe Leroux, CEA Tech, France)
11.00 – 11.15 : CoC TUM business case (Dr. Francesco Maurelli, TUM Munich, Germany)
11.15 – 11.30 : Innovation hubs (Dr. Muhammad Ali, VTT, Finland)
11.30 – 11.40 : CoC as part of industry innovation ecosystem – TCS&3L business case (Dr. Brane Semolic, TCS&3L, Slovenia)
11.45 – 12.15 : Round table: what are CoC’s critical success factors (CSFs)