SILVER – Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) for robot innovations to improve elderly’s everyday life
Procurement laws for the healthcare sector in Europe makes it difficult for companies to develop and market new technical solutions. Meanwhile Europe faces the challenge of an increasingly older population in need of health care, often times in their homes. This is what the EU-project SILVER addresses through Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP), aimed at giving innovative companies the opportunity to develop new robot based solutions. The Swedish companies Bestic AB and Bioservo Technologies AB have been selected to participate in the project.The project SILVER (Supporting Independent LiVing