Summary
Funding for consortia to transfer and validate the FORTIS human-robot interaction solution in new civilian sectors and application environments.
OC#2.2 aims to transfer the FORTIS solution to new civilian sectors. The call itself mentions areas such as agriculture, logistics, healthcare, airports, and forestry, so it could be particularly interesting for companies in the ecosystem that want to validate collaborative robotics in a sector-specific use case, such as agritech, logistics, retail and healthcare.
Description
TYPE OF PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED: Technology transfer and cross-sector validation projects that exploit the FORTIS solution in new, non-core civilian human-robot interaction domains. Projects must demonstrate the adoption of the FORTIS solution in a new sector and advance from TRL 4–5 to TRL 7.
SECTORS / DOMAIN: Open to non-core civilian human-robot interaction sectors, with examples including agriculture, healthcare, events and retail.
INDIVIDUAL OR CONSORTIUM: Consortium applications are required. Each consortium must consist of two eligible entities, including at least one SME. Single-country consortia are allowed.
SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Eligible entities may include universities/RTOs, mid-caps, SMEs, startups and end-users. At least one consortium member must be an SME. Projects must enter at TRL 4–5 and aim to achieve TRL 7 by project completion.
SPECIFIC TOPICS OR CHALLENGES: Open topic for technology transfer and cross-sector validation of the FORTIS solution in non-core civilian human-robot interaction domains, such as agriculture, healthcare, events and retail.
PROJECTS DURATION: 10 months, splitted into 3 sprints (3 + 3 + 4 months).
BUDGET, FUNDING RATES AND PAYMENT CONDITIONS:
Funding rate: 100% for non-profit entities such as universities/RTOs and 70% for SMEs and other for-profit entities.
With an indicative contribution of up to €170,000
CLOSES: 04/11/2026
Should you have any questions, feel free to contact Mar Coromina mcoromina@secartys.org | 623 35 59 80, and we'll do our best to help you.
