Main question: Who will be the 2023 winner of the euRobotics Technology transfer award?

WS Description: Technology transfer is key to keeping European industry at the forefront of global competition – and nowhere more so than in automation and robotics. That’s why euRobotics places such an emphasis on technology transfer and demonstrates this via the euRobotics Technology Transfer Award. The session is dedicated to the finalists who applied for this award. Each finalist or finalist’s team will present their innovation or solution, followed by a short Q&A session. At the end of the session, the TTA winner will be announced and receives the award.

1.)    General information: Track -> Awards; Date and time: 14 March, 13:55-15:15; Location: Main Stage – Floor 1

2.)    Agenda:

a.       Welcome and Introduction: 5 min

b.       Finalists‘ presentations: 10 min plus 5 min discussion each

c.       Conclusion: 5 min

3.)    Finalists presenting during the workshop:

a.       Thiusius R. Savarimuthu, Søren A. Just, Johannes Schäferhoff, Johannes C. A. Jørgensen, Anders B.H. Christensen, Martin Hubel, Dan Jakobsen, Trine Winther (ROPCA): ARTHUR –  A robotic ultrasound imaging platform designed to scan the finger joints and wrists of patients

b.       Tom Walters, Sarra Mander, Alison Bosher, Ray King, Kieran Southward, Ben Scott-Robinson, Sam Watson Jones (Small Robot Co): Tom – Mapping & Monitoring robot

c.       Michael Ortner, Massimo Ferri, Christof Eberst, Mikko Sallinen (Convergent Information Technologies GmbH/CIT), Kristina Dachtler, Alexander Schiendorfer (THI): ML4AUTOMAPPPS – Machine Learning for AUTOMAPPPS

d.       Roman Weitschat, Dimitri Butsch, Jan Cremer (Leverage Robotics GmbH): Leverage Robotics ToolCubes – Passive Tooling for Highest Flexibility in Robotic Multi-Task-Applications

e.       Paul Maroldt, Constantin Dresel, Roman Hölzl, Julian Högner, Tilman Tschoeke (Robco): Robco

f.        Pieter Blok, Eldert van Henten, Toon Tielen, Karl Thomas (Wageningen University & research (WUR)): The Broccovator – Effortlessly harvesting broccoli with the power of robotics

4.)    Jury Members:

a.       Rainer Bischoff, General Manager Germany, Intrinsic, an Alphabet Company

b.       Herman Bruyninckx, Full Professor, KU Leuven, TU Eindhoven, Flanders Make

c.       Fariba Khatami, Manager Marketing and Communications, VDMA Robotics and Automation

d.       Werner Kraus, Head of Robotics, Fraunhofer IPA

e.       Nicola Tomatis, CEO, BlueBotics SA

f.        Georg von Wichert, Head of Autonomous Systems and Control, Siemens

5.)    Further information: https://eu-robotics.net/call-for-eurobotics-technology-transfer-award/

6.)    Organiser: Dr. Werner Kraus, wek@ipa.fhg.de, Fraunhofer IPA

Main questions to be answered: 

· Session devoted to the presentations of the PhD award finalists 

WS Description: The session is devoted at the presentations by the finalists of the 22nd edition of the euRobotics George Giralt PhD award: 

Andriella Antonio Spain Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, CSIC-UPC Personalising robot assistance for cognitive training therapy 

Balachandran Ribin Germany Technical University of Munich A Stable and Transparent Framework for Adaptive Shared Control of Robots 

Lachner Johannes Netherlands University of Twente A Geometric Approach to Robotic Manipulation in physical Human-Robot Interaction 

Mansfeld Nico Germany Technical University of Munich Safety Awareness for Rigid and Elastic Joint Robots: An Impact Dynamics and Control Framework 

Intended outcome: Award 

Approach: 5 minutes presentation by the coordinator followed by 15 minutes of pitches by the finalists. 

Contributors: The finalists will be selected after a 2 round process 

Further information: https://eu-robotics.net/eurobotics/activities/eurobotics-awards/#phd-award 

Organisers: 

· Gianluca Antonelli, antonelli@unicas.it, Univ. of Cassino

Main questions to be answered: 

· Who will be the 2023 winner of the euRobotics Entrepreneurship award? 

WS Description: Join this year’s award finalists competing for the title of the best robotic start-up 2023 in Europe! 

The workshop will start off with an inspirational talk by this year’s robotic entrepreneurship role-model Esben Østergaard. Esben co-founded Universal Robots in 2005, which was purchased by Teradyne Corporation in May 2015 for $350 million. So, he definitely knows how to turn a start-up into a viable business! 

Today Esben is CEO of REInvest Robotics – an accelerator platform to help start-ups create unique robotics solutions. Maybe your start-up fits right into their portfolio? 

Finally, the 5 award finalists will make their pitches to convince the jury why they should be receiving the prestigious euRobotics Entrepreneurship award this year. Everyone in the audience will be able to ask the finalists questions. 

And who knows, maybe you will get inspired to apply for the award in 2024? 

Intended outcome: Workshop discussion topics of common interest, success stories, use cases, etc, Workshop covering material new to ERF that the Robotics community should engage with, Award 

Approach: This will be an 80 minute workshop: 

00:00 – 00:05 Opening comments by the organisers 

00:05 – 00:30 Presentation by entrepreneurship role-model Esben Østergaard 

00:30 – 01:15 Pitches by award finalists 

01:15 – 01:20 Conclusion 

The award ceremony will take place on March 15 from 18:30 – 19:15 at University of Southern Denmark Auditorium U45. 

Organisers: 

· Oliver Pedersen, tovp@teknologisk.dk, DTI

· Jon Agirre Ibarbia, jon.agirre@tecnalia.com, Tecnalia 

· FranziskaKirstein, fk@blue-ocean-robotics.com, Blue Ocean Robotics