Deadline: 15 February 2025
I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC), is inviting technologies/products/services with Technology Readiness Level, TRL>4, and patents (Filed/Published/Granted) with commercial potential in the domains of hardware robotics/cobotics in the following focus areas.
Focus Areas
- Drone Applications
- Intelligent Sensing and Secure Communications
- Healthcare Robotics
- Rehabilitation Robotics
- Agrobotics
- Assistive Robotics
- Industry Robotics
- Autonomous mobile robots & vehicles
- Diagnostic imaging robotics
- Nanorobotics
Funding Information
- Funding Amount: IHFC will invest up to INR 2 Crore for the approved submission in pursuit of its commercialization.
Eligibility Criteria
- Faculties, researchers, scientists, technologists, entrepreneurs, startups, or R&D institutions with technologies/products/services with Technology Readiness Level, TRL>4, and patents (Filed/Published/Granted) with commercial potential in the above-mentioned domains are eligible to submit their joint proposal along with their industry/startup/MSME partner. The technologies must demonstrate commercial potential and align with the specified focus areas.
- If you own multiple patents, whether filed, published, or granted, and wish to commercialize or do a tech transfer of the patents to third parties, please submit your proposal for each one individually.
Submission Process
- Submissions should include a detailed description of the technology, highlighting its novelty, commercialization potential, market analysis, and any relevant supporting documentation.
- A brief video (lasting 1-3 minutes) highlighting novelties, key features, and functionalities of your technology/product/prototypes is requested to be submitted along with the proposal.
- Patents with technology transfer to third parties, which however failed commercialization earlier, can also be considered under the present call.
- Financial and Technical contributions from the partnering organizations startup/MSME/Industry should be clearly defined.
- Shortlisted proposals will be invited to present to the evaluation panel for further assessment and clarification. The selected proposals will receive support from IHFC, including funding, technical assistance, mentorship, and access to their extensive ecosystem, to facilitate commercialization and implementation of their patented technologies.
- It would be beneficial if the proposal is submitted with the support of a video, explaining the technology novelty and its application, and providing a comparison of how this will bring change from existing products available in the market.
Evaluation Criteria
- Evaluation criteria include technological innovation, commercialization potential, societal impact, technical feasibility, and alignment with the focus areas
- Please note that the funding is for product-oriented research purposes and for taking the technology/prototype from lab to market.
- Researchers with a proven track record in patent-to-product concepts, and who have already completed Tech Transfer or commercialized their granted patents, will be preferred in this proposal.
For more information, visit IHFC.
