https://www.create.unina.it/
As coordinating institution of FP7 and H2020 projects, CREATE is a key player in EU robotics. In addition to wide expertise provided in R&D and technology transfer as competence centre in I4MS focused on robotics, CREATE offers services including mentoring, technology scouting, feasibility studies, best practice evaluation and dissemination, with a focus on the Regional SMEs.
Coordinator: Bruno Siciliano For additional information, please see https://s3platform.jrc.ec.europa.eu/
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The form of the DIH CREATE and the team
Consorzio C.R.E.A.T.E. (CREATE) is a no profit research organisation possessing a legal personality; it belongs, according to the Italian law, to the class of Consorzi, where several subjects give life to an independent body intended to reach commonly agreed objectives. C.R.E.A.T.E. was founded on late 1992 by ABB-Ricerca and the University of Reggio Calabria with the aim of establishing a stable link between industry and university. Successively, the partnership was extended with Università di Napoli Federico II, Università di Cassino, Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Università Parthenope, Università della Basilicata and Ansaldo-Energia.The financial resources come from the funds given by the partners at the constitution date and to the additional resources gained directly by the partners during their activity.
The scientific and technical aims are pursued by means of the coordinated effort of experts acting as consultants. In addition, the Consortium takes advantage of temporary staff for technical and secretarial support. For 15 years is active a collaboration with PRISMA Lab (Projects of Industrial and Service Robotics Mechatronics and Automation) . The PRISMA team is committed for 30 years to pursuing research in robotics and automation and is internationally recognized in the community for their achievements on industrial and service robotics.
Over the years, CREATE has gained vast experience from participation and coordination of twenty FP7 and H2020 European projects in the field or robotics and automation in general and in Inspection and Maintenance in particular.
Business development
Category: Incubator/accelerator support
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Dedicated to spin off and start up, but executed directly by the local organisations belonging to the DIH with local autonomous organisation
Format (how?): individual contracts
Profile of DIH contact (who?): Experts in business creation
Involvement, effort from DIH: Meetings with experts in business development
Financial charge for customer: depending on each member organisation
Funding, business plan: to be developed in collaboration with the interested companies
Hands-on training
Category: Skills and education
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Training of operators, awareness-raising on teleoperation, and robotics
Format (how?): Courses and hands on training on equipment available at the DIH. On demand
Profile of DIH contact (who?): Technical expert
Involvement, effort from DIH: One day with participation of experts, supply of training reference material
Financial charge for customer: services against payment
Funding, business plan: Rates according to the trainer's profile
Research, development and innovation opportunities
Category: Project development
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Dedicated to organizations interested in collaborative research. Format (how?): Meetings, conference calls
Profile of DIH contact (who?): Business developer, technical expert
Involvement, effort from DIH: Meetings with experts in research, development and innovation in robotics
Financial charge for customer: Free
Funding, business plan: Subsidised by the DIH
Hosting to Spin off and Start up
Category: Offering housing
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Service is provided by the individual Create member universities
Format (how?): On demand
Profile of DIH contact (who?): Business facilitator
Involvement, effort from DIH: Office space, workspace, Internet infrastructure
Financial charge for customer: Paying service
Funding, business plan: Rates according to needs
Brokerage, Matchmaking
Category: Ecosystem service, Community building
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Organisation of meetings between organisations in the value chain to make demand and offer sides meet, share ideas and analyse opportunities and strategies
Format (how?): Two events per year at the DIH in collaboration with DIH Campania or online with presentations from stakeholders and dialogue b2b space
Profile of DIH contact (who?): Business facilitators, technical experts
Involvement, effort from DIH: Half a day event with participation of 3 to 4 experts from the DIH and DIH Campania, supply of communication material
Funding, business plan: Subsidised by the DIH and DIH Campania
Awareness creation
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Robotics awareness course for decision-makers
Format (how?): Workshop or webinar organisedby DIH or to which DIH is invited
Profile of DIH contact (who?): Technical experts
Involvement, effort from DIH: presentation by representatives
Dissemination
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Communication about the key activities of the DIH. Dissemination of results and key facts from European and national projects that Create is involved
Format (how?): Information distributed through e.g. web sites, social media, newsletters, mailing, newspapers and TV presentations and interviews
Profile of DIH contact (who?): DIH representatives supported by experts in communication
Involvement, effort from DIH: Involvement of the representatives belonging to the organizations involved in the DIH
Ecosystem building
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Putting people in touch with professional, sectorial associations certification bodies, public and private investors in region and in Europe
Format (how?): Possible contact with experts
Involvement, effort from DIH: Access to networks, clusters, associations and federations to which the organizations of the DIH belong
Technical advising
Category: Ecosystem service, Strategy development
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Advising on possible usage of robotics and automation
Format (how?): bilateral contacts with organisations
Profile of DIH contact (who?): Technical and application experts
Involvement, effort from DIH: individually based
Financial charge for customer: in this stage free, paid if it leads to contracts
Resources and knowledge sharing
Category: Ecosystem service, Ecosystem learning
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Organizing access and informing about resources, databases, seminars, workshops, conferences, field trips, newsletters and other information of interest
Format (how?): Reference information provided through the DIH and RIMA network web portal. Possible contact with experts for advanced consultancy
Profile of DIH contact (who?): project managers and senior researchers
Involvement, effort from DIH: Involvement of the communication experts of the organizations involved in the DIH
DIH network promotion, Promotion of the offer
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Promote both the DIH and its members
Format (how?): Organization of roadshows, exhibitions, dissemination, and otherwise represent interests (e.g., suppliers, end-users)
Involvement, effort from DIH: Involvement of the communication teams belonging to the organizations involved in the DIH.
Research and development collaboration
Category: Strategic RDI
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Research development, removal of doubts, specifications, research and development, validation in laboratory
Format (how?): Collaborative research with several partners in EU
Profile of DIH contact (who?): Project manager, technical experts
Involvement, effort from DIH: Support from experts in the submission of European or national proposals. Long term participation (over 2 years) of several experts from the DIH for technical research and development in robotics
Funding, business plan: Funded by European or national research programmes
Innovation projects: technology demonstrators, proof of concepts
Category: Contract research
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Research and development aiming at improvement of an application of existing technologies, validation in laboratory
Format (how?): Bilateral projects from one to a few years
Financial charge for customer: Paying
Funding, business plan: Funded by bilateral contracts, European or national innovation programmes, private investors
Lab facilities, equipment for lease/use (sensors, robots, robot tooling, etc.), rapid prototyping
Category: Provision of technology infrastructure
Description of activity, value proposition (what?): Demonstration with equipment held in the lab. Realization of interfaces with DIH equipment. Provision of test benches (for actuation, perception, etc.)
Format (how?): Conducting experiments with the assistance of Create staff
Involvement, effort from DIH:Participation of several experts from the DIH for maturation
Financial charge for customer: Paying, financial charge based on individual agreement and depending on the personnel involved, equipment used at the DIH and adaptation needed
Funding, business plan: Funded by bilateral contracts, European or national innovation programmes, investors