Preliminary report on Interactive Robotics market analyses and support tools for SMEs (business models and exploitation strategies)

Deliverable 1.1 will describe the intermediate achievements and conclusions of WP1. It will include: - Robotic market analysis: Description of specific desk researches, performed by each partner in its field, in order to identify what is still needed for each specific market. will be able to analyse its specific robotic field, researches on the available resources in order to identify the geographical distribution of the robot demand in each specific application field of robotics, define the economic size of the target market of robot demand. - Support tools for SMEs: Collection and analysis of appropriate international Instruments (e.g. of the European Commission), country-specific funding policies as well as in specific cases local/regional initiatives. Small-and-medium-sized enterprises with assistance related to the management of their Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio, which may include trademarks, patents, utility models, copyrights, designs and confidential information. A guideline for young entrepreneurs that provides advise in the often very difficult first years of activity.