As universities are sensible to international partnerships, BFH succeeds in bringing together several partners to construct the european consortium of the project
This consortium includes: one large company (CABKA), seven SMEs (ICPE, IKOR, MOSES, MrNEC, NUTAI, STAM, SteriPack), five research centers (BIBA, Fundacion AITIIP, SIGMA Clermont, Irish Manufacturing Research Company, Vicomtech), two universities (Bern University of Applied Sciences and University of Deusto) and two clusters (EMC2 and Robocoast). The partners are located in 9 European countries and every partner are working in all the areas necessary for the smooth development of the project.
With this consortium rich in skills, they were able to answer to the Call for proposals: "Robotics in Application Areas and Coordination and Support" on the Innovation Action type of action.
Among the 30 proposals that have been submitted, only 6 have funded including the ACROBA Project which was able to obtain funding of € 7 million out of a total budget of approximately € 8 million.