INBOTS White Paper on Interactive Robotics market analyses and support tools for SMEs (business models and exploitation strategies)

Deliverable 12 will summarise conclusions of WP1 This document will include recommendations to promote entrepreneurship and to support SMEs 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 eg of the European Commission countryspecific funding policies as well as in specific cases localregional initiatives Smallandmediumsized 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 Recommendations and guidelines