The Robotdalen Innovation Award – for robotics solutions with commercial potential

The Swedish robotics initiative Robotdalen invites researchers, inventors and entrepreneurs, with commercially valid robotics solutions, to participate in the international competition for the Robotdalen Innovation Award. The winners will be given the opportunity to further develop their innovations in cooperation with Robotdalen. The last date of entry is October 31, 2011.

The Robotdalen Innovation Award is directed towards innovators, entrepreneurs, graduate and postgraduate students from all over the world who have ideas, concepts or solutions with commercial potential and breakthrough technology, addressing the following fields of robotics and automation:
• Field robotics - solutions for mobile robots,
• Industrial robotics - robotics and automation solutions for small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s),
• Technology for Independent Life - solutions for the health care and for the elderly.

Enabling commercial success
The Robotdalen Innovation Award replaces the Robotdalen Scientific Award which was established in 2007. The aim of the Robotdalen Scientific Award was to find new and untried methods for robot technology and automation. That goal is still valid but the new award has a stronger emphasis on the innovation and commercialization aspects.

- The competition focus aligns with Robotdalen’s mission to enable commercial success of new ideas and research within robotics and automation, says Lennart Karlsson, Internationalization Manager. The award is still open for young researchers all over the world, but the new focus on innovation also opens up for inventors and entrepreneurs to participate.

An opportunity for further development
The winner receives € 6,000, as well as a possibility of receiving additionally € 6,000 to further develop the robotics solution in cooperation with Robotdalen. The same goes for the second contestant, who receives € 4,000, with a possibility of receiving additionally € 4,000 for concept development. The third contestant receives € 1,000.

The winners will be announced at The Robotics Innovation Challenge, an international Robotdalen event taking place in Sweden on February 9, 2012.

Robotdalen is a Swedish robotics initiative with the mission to enable commercial success of new ideas and research within robotics & automation. Robotdalen is financed by VINNOVA (the Swedish Innovation Agency), the European Regional Development Fund and a number of public institutions, universities and companies in Central Sweden. Please visit www.robotdalen.se/en for further information.

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