“Connect Innovations to Markets”

SPARC – The European Robotics Strategy

INNOROBO, Lyon, 2 July 2015

Chris BourillonSecretary GeneraleuRobotics

Private Partner - euRobotics aisbl

Public Partner -European Commission

SPARC

• A Public Private Partnership (PPP)– Between euRobotics• The European association representing all stakeholders

– The European Commission

– SPARC is community driven.

SPARC

SPARC

• €700 M from EC (H2020)• €2.1 bn from EU Industry• Largest civilian robotics programme in the world

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-421_en.htm

Launched on 3 June 2014 during Opening Session of Automatica

SPARC

• “SPARC is the partnership for robotics in Europe to maintain and extend Europe’s leadership in robotics.”

• Different roles:– The robotics community (euRobotics):

Recommendations – The European Commission:

Decisions, Funding• Call 2 (ICT-24): Closed 15 April 2015

• Call 3 & 4 (16-17): Planning

Prognosis for Europe

Market data(turnover)

2011 – baseline figures

2020 – conservative market development, without PPP

2020 – optimistic market development with impact of PPP

Robotics market segment

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European share

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European share

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European share

Industrialrobots

19.4 32% 40.0 25% 43.0 35%

Professional service robots

2.2 63% 7.8 45% 16.4 65%

Domestic and personal robots

0.5 14% 1.9 14% 2.4 20%

Sum (turnover) / weighted average

22.1 35% 49.7 28% 61.8 42%

Agricultural Robots

Autonomous Navigation

Benchmarking and Competitions

Bio-Inspired Robots

Civil Robots

AI and Cognition in Robotics

Robot Companionsfor Assisted Living

Healthcare

Industrial Robotics

Maintenance and Inspection

Marine Robotics

Mechatronics

Miniaturised Robots

Natural Interactionwith Social Robots

Perception

Physical HumanRobot Interaction

Software Engineering, System Integration, Systems Engineering

Space Robotics

Telerobotics and Teleoperation

Entrepreneurship

Standardisation

People Transport

Ethical Legal and Socio-Economic Issues

Aerial Robots

Field/Service Robots in Unstructured Environments

Education

Social Intelligence

Logistics

Topic Groups

7

SPARC Documents

SRA: High level document Wide readership Strategy and targets Framework of description

MAR: Technical detail Updated each year Context and detail Will be available

from…www.eu-robotics.net

Strengths

•Markets– Industrial Manufacturing– Agriculture– Healthcare– Logistics– Transport

• Technologies– Functional– Adaptable – B2B– Social Interaction– Systems engineering

–Marine Robotics

• Attitude– Diverse community– Design, creativity,

Innovation

Weaknesses

• Turning innovation into commercial products• Heavy bureaucratic systems• Costs of production

Opportunities

• Innovation and Research support from governments• Scope for international cooperation– High level regulation (Airspace regulations for drones)– Certification– ELS issues

Threats

• Non-manageable barriers• Pioneering sectors dependent on non-technical barriers• Size of future market: technology ready, costs down, but public acceptability/adoption• Negative public image + robotics related negative event = no market