Proximity in Industry-Academia Collaborations: The Case of the ECHORD Project
Sascha Griffiths, Laura Voss, and Florian Röhrbein
Technische Universität München, Robotics and Embedded Systems, Munich, Germany
Abstract—In this contribution the authors examine robotics research itself. We look at the data which the European funded ECHORD project (European Clearing House for Open Robotics Development) generated. The project began in January 2009 with the ambitious goal of bringing together European robotics manufacturers with the European research institutions and it ended in 2013. We will especially look at the effects of physical, geographical distance between partners in each of the sub-projects which are called experiments in the ECHORD terminology. We take dissemination activities and reporting outcomes as the measures of performance. Judging from the statistics we will show that collaborations across country borders show positive outcomes with regard to project outcomes. This shows that European robotics projects do indeed perform well if several partners from more than one European country are involved.
Index Terms—university-industry, knowledge transfer, geographical proximity, robotics and automation
Cite: Sascha Griffiths, Laura Voss, and Florian Röhrbein, "Proximity in Industry-Academia Collaborations: The Case of the ECHORD Project," International Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 71-76, March 2015. doi: 10.12720/ijmse.3.1.71-76
Index Terms—university-industry, knowledge transfer, geographical proximity, robotics and automation
Cite: Sascha Griffiths, Laura Voss, and Florian Röhrbein, "Proximity in Industry-Academia Collaborations: The Case of the ECHORD Project," International Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 71-76, March 2015. doi: 10.12720/ijmse.3.1.71-76
General Information
ISSN: 2315-4527 (Print)
Abbreviated Title: Int. J. Mater. Sci. Eng.
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Emeritus Dato' Dr. Muhammad Yahaya
DOI: 10.17706/ijmse
Abstracting/ Indexing: Ulrich's Periodicals Directory, Google Scholar, Crossref
E-mail: ijmse@iap.org
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