Abstract
The use of disruptive technologies—as the robotic one—to solve societal challenges is described in this article through the innovative PDTI (Public end users Driven Technological Innovation) instrument, were the public entity drives the research and development of innovative solutions assisted by a technological expert team. The PDTI and the use case developed in urban scenarios through the ECHORD++ European Project offered us the opportunity to check the procedure of the innovative public procurement PCP (Pre Commercial Procurement) instrument and propose changes and improvements in order to improve public services or create new ones boosting robotic SMEs, products and services to the market. This novel procedure, the PDTI, is based in the participation of all the stakeholders involved along the process. The ECHORD++ Urban PDTI results bring two pre commercial robotic solutions waiting for a large order to be commercialized and 14 innovative robotic challenges proposed by European cities that could be the starting point for new innovative public procurement PCPs or PDTIs. The specific results obtained in this robotic use case could be generalized to other technological domains and to other scenarios.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Edler, J., Georghiou, L.: Public procurement and innovation-resurrecting the demand side. Res. Policy 36, 949–963 (2007)
Dalpé, R.: Effects of government procurement on industrial innovation. Technol. Soc. 16(1), 65–83 (1994)
Georghiou, L., Edler, J., Uyarra, E., Yeow, J.: Policy instruments for public procurement of innovation: choice, design and assessment. Technol. Forecast. Soc. Change 86, 1–12 (2014)
Edquist, C., Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, J.M.: Public procurement for innovation as mission-oriented innovation policy. Res. Policy 41, 1757–1769 (2012)
Cohen, B., Amorós, J.E.: Municipal demand-side policy tolos and the strategic management of technology life cycles. Technovation 34, 797–806 (2014)
Delbecq, A., Van de Ven, A., Gustafson, D.: Group Techniques for Program Planning. Scott Foresman and Company, Glenview IL (1975)
Lember, V., Kalvet, T., Kattel, R.: Urban competitiveness and public procurement for innovation. Urban Stud. (2011)
Uyarra, E., Edler, J., García Estevez, J., Georghiou, L., Yeow. J.: Barriers to innovation through public procurement: a supplier perspective. Technovation 34, 631–645 (2014)
Dalkey, N.C., Helmer, O.: An experimental application of the Delphi method to the use of experts. Manag. Sci. 9, 458–467 (1963)
Paré, G., et al.: A systematic assessment of rigor in information systems ranking-type Delphi studies. Informat. Manag. 50, 207–217 (2013)
Acknowledgements
This work has been funded with “ECHORD++ EU Project FP7-ICT-2012-601116”.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Puig-Pey, A., Sanfeliu, A., Solé-Parellada, F., Bolea, Y., Casanovas, J., Grau, A. (2020). Public End-Users Driven Technological Innovation (PDTI) in Urban Scenarios. In: Grau, A., Morel, Y., Puig-Pey, A., Cecchi, F. (eds) Advances in Robotics Research: From Lab to Market. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 132. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22327-4_4
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22327-4_4
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-22326-7
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-22327-4
eBook Packages: Intelligent Technologies and RoboticsIntelligent Technologies and Robotics (R0)