ESMERA (European SMEs Robotics Applications) is a starting block for European SMEs designing and developing robotic solutions ... . To unlock the innovation potential of these SMEs, ESMERA promotes applied robotics technology developed for industrial challenges set by key European companies. Thereby the SMEs get a chance to realise new technologies that address real life problems and thus already have a market. ESMERA offers direct financial support to the solution-providing SMEs, through a cascade funding mechanism. On top, the core partners of ESMERA will provide the beneficiaries with an environment for developing, evaluating, testing and demonstrating novel robotic technologies, alongside with nontechnical mentoring and support. read more