Project description
Responsible research and innovation in robotics
The rapidly evolving field of robotics faces a significant challenge due to the lack of clear understanding and effective communication among stakeholders. This hinders crucial discussions and agreements on both technical and non-technical aspects. To address this, the EU-funded INBOTS project focuses on interactive robots, which closely engage with humans. Specifically, the project will establish a working synergy across four pillars: technical expertise; business expertise; ethical, legal and socio-economic expertise; and end users, policymakers and the general public. By facilitating collaboration and sharing of experiences, the project accelerates technology transfer, regulation and legislation in the field. Ultimately, the project strives to cultivate EU leadership in robotics, promoting debate and responsible innovation.
Objective
The main challenge that INBOTS wants to overcomes is the lack of a clear understanding and communication between all the involved stakeholders. These limitations hinder current efforts to successfully discuss and agree on the many important technical and non-technical aspects in the field. Therefore, with the purpose of optimizing the outcomes of the coordinate and support action, INBOTS will focus mainly on Interactive Robots, which we define as any robot that is interacting in close proximity with humans.
In this context, the overall objective of this project is to create a community hub that can bring together experts to debate and create a responsible research and innovation paradigm for robotics. To this end, INBOTS provides a platform to establish a working synergy between four pillars that covers all stakeholders in Interactive Robotics: the technical expertise pillar, the business expertise pillar, the ethical, legal and socioeconomic expertise pillar, as well as the end-users, policy makers and general public pillar. Therefore, the project strives at coordinating and supporting actions aimed at building bridges among these pillars to promote debate and create a responsible research and innovation paradigm that will potentiate EU leadership on robotics.
INBOTS CSA is relevant to the H2020 Topic ICT 28-2017: “Robotics Competitions, coordination and support”, scope a) “Non-technical barriers to robotics take-up”; b) “Standards and Regulation”; and c) “Community support and outreach”. Through a coordination and support action the INBOTS CSA consortium will build and support a strong European community based on the collaboration between all stakeholders. The project will serve as a platform for sharing experiences and accelerate the technology transfer, regulation and legislation in the field.
Fields of science
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managemententrepreneurship
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- social sciencessociologygovernancecrisis management
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementemployment
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringrobotics
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Funding Scheme
CSA - Coordination and support actionCoordinator
28006 Madrid
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Participants (24)
20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA)
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56127 Pisa
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28040 Madrid
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7522 NB Enschede
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1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
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8092 Zuerich
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53100 Siena
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IS-110 Reykjavik
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37115 Duderstadt
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10043 Orbassano
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28033 MADRID
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1932 Zaventem
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56025 Pontedera
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08005 BARCELONA
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100 44 Stockholm
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10787 Berlin
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10623 Berlin
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9 Dublin
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LS2 9JT Leeds
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1010 Wien
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3584 CS Utrecht
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EC1V 0HB London
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23100 SPARTA
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28020 Madrid
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