The main current research programs (like Horizon 2020) have, as specific challenge, the promotion of multidisciplinary R&D and innovation activities like technology transfer via use-cases and industry-academia cross fertilization mechanisms. The aim is to gear up and accelerate cross-fertilization between academic and industrial robotics research to strengthen synergies between their respective research agendas through joint industriallyrelevant scenarios, shared research infrastructures and joint small- to medium-scale experiments with industrial platforms. 

Aim of this Workshop is to bring the current state-of-the-art of robotics technology transfer into focus through successful examples of conversion of scientific findings from research laboratories into useful products, processes and services. Relevance is given to the innovative content of the developed applications and to their technology and commercial impact, as well as to their contribution to the spread of robot systems and to successful solutions for a stable industry-academia collaboration. This collaboration can be also spread to research institutes, universities, industry organizations and stakeholders, technology transfer offices and governments as well.