Project description
Powering the social and personal robot revolution
The robotics industry is growing and will continue to grow significantly over the coming years. However, robotic development is very expensive and time-consuming. In this context, the EU-funded LUOS project will reduce many of the development difficulties to simplify the process and make it accessible to any company related to robotics. In particular, the project will develop a modular set of compact electronic boards that allow fast prototyping and industrialising for robotic devices. The project’s aim is to make robotic product development accessible as never before. This envisages the transition of robotics to a horizontal industry where companies become specialised in one layer of the robotic value chain.
Objective
Our vision is to make robotic product development as accessible as online publishing is today. Our aim is to power the social and personal robotic revolution.
Today robotic companies have vertical models, they source, conceive, build, mass produce and distribute their own robots. This is a high cost and high risk endeavour that put the brakes on innovation and on the exploration of new markets. To reach its full potential, robotic must transition to a horizontal industry where companies become specialized in one layer of the robotic value chain.
We have conceived a disruptive modular robotic architecture, called Luos, that makes robotic product development much simpler. It takes the form of a set of embedded code libraries, hardware interfaces and control software that enables to bring robots to market in months rather than years. It is the result of years of expertise with patented technologies.
Our envisioned business model is one of a platform. Our basic tools are available in open source to create win-win situations and enable fast market uptake. Robotic companies would pay for premium features recurrently and in proportion with their revenues.
The expected impact is to enable more companies, and primarily technological startups, to develop products involving robotic technologies. This revolution will reach and disrupt a wide range of new markets previously unattainable with conventional development methods. As a result, more innovative products will be created which will lead to an improvement of living standards in our societies. To achieve this potential, it is crucial to build on a first mover advantage to gain time and market shares over competitors.
Our objective for this proposal is to bring our technology to TRL6 level. We target to develop three robotic platforms with three companies in three distinct markets. We will pursue market research and business analysis to identify a first niche market to demonstrate our technology and build reputation.
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H2020-EU.2.3. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Innovation In SMEs
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H2020-EU.3. - PRIORITY 'Societal challenges
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H2020-EU.2.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies
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SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020
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33300 BORDEAUX
France
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