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Robot Pilot Program for Market Creation

Introduction

  • A kind of project to link completely developed (R&D) robot products to actual demands by building testbed and verifying commercialization
    • Establishment of virtuous circulation for spreading the robot market + Promoting export industrialization
    • The purpose of Robot Pilot Program is to open a market by making success stories.

Basic Direction

  • To prepare a structure to allow constant spread with policies and systems prepared by the responsible departments and linking to the actual demands after Robot Pilot Program.

History of Robot Pilot Program

  • Korea Institute for Robot Industry Aduancement ('10 ~ Continue)
  • 2011

    31.0 million 16 projects

  • 2012

    22.4 million 17 projects

  • 2013

    19.0 million 18 projects

  • 2014

    12.5 million unsettled

History of Robot Distribution Project
Item 2011 2012 2013 2014
Total Project Fund 31 million USD 22.4 million USD 19.0 million USD 12.5 million USD
Supported Budget per a Project
  • Max 5. million USD per Dept.
  • Max 1.5 million USD per Idea.
  • Max 4.0 million USD per Dept.
  • Max 1.5 million USD per Idea.
  • Max 2.0 million USD per Dept.
  • Max 1.5 million USD per Idea.
  • Max 1.2 million USD per Dept.
  • Max 1.0 million USD per Idea.
Supported Area Domestic & Oversea Domestic & Oversea Domestic & Oversea Domestic
Supported Subject Robot (HW) + Service Robot (HW S/W Contents) + Service Robot (HW S/W Contents) + Service Robot (HW S/W Contents) + Service
Project Period 8 Months 1 Year 1 Year 1 Year
Selection Method Designation & Contest Designation & Contest Designation & Contest Designation & Contest

Promotion System

Operation
  • - MOU between related departments, Robot Industry Policy Council
      (14 departments: Chairman - 1st Vice-minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
  • - Generalizing evaluation and management by the Robot Industry Promotion Division of KIRIA
Promotion System (2014)