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PKF ATTEST INNCOME SL

Spanish SME providing benchmarking, assessment, and governance frameworks for robotics, drone systems, and smart water technologies.

Innovation consultancydigitalESSME
H2020 projects
4
As coordinator
0
Total EC funding
€5.9M
Unique partners
73
What they do

Their core work

INNCOME is a Madrid-based innovation consultancy and SME that specializes in evaluation, benchmarking, and standardization within emerging technology domains. Their H2020 portfolio shows them contributing to robotics testing frameworks, drone traffic management, and smart water systems — suggesting they provide assessment methodologies, performance benchmarking, and compliance/standardization expertise rather than building the core technologies themselves. They appear to act as the "how do we measure and certify this?" partner in technically diverse consortia.

Core expertise

What they specialise in

Robotics benchmarking and standardizationprimary
2 projects

EUROBENCH (their largest project at EUR 5.2M) focused on bipedal locomotion benchmarking frameworks, and INBOTS addressed inclusive robotics for society.

Assessment and testing methodologiesprimary
2 projects

EUROBENCH keywords explicitly include testing facilities, standardization, assessment, and test benches — pointing to systematic evaluation as a core competence.

UAV and U-Space traffic managementemerging
1 project

LABYRINTH project addressed 4D path planning for drone swarms and UAS transport management within the U-Space framework.

Smart water and climate resilienceemerging
1 project

REWAISE project (running until 2026) focuses on resilient water innovation, energy recovery, and climate change adaptation for smart economies.

Evolution & trajectory

How they've shifted over time

Early focus
Robotics benchmarking and testing
Recent focus
Drones and smart water governance

INNCOME entered H2020 in 2018 focused squarely on robotics — specifically benchmarking wearable robots, exoskeletons, humanoids, and building standardized testing facilities (EUROBENCH, INBOTS). By 2020, they pivoted toward entirely different domains: drone traffic management (LABYRINTH) and climate-resilient water systems (REWAISE). This shift suggests their core value is transferable methodology — assessment, benchmarking, and governance frameworks — rather than deep domain expertise in any single technology.

INNCOME is broadening from robotics into environmental and transport applications, indicating they are positioning their assessment and governance expertise as a cross-sector service applicable to any emerging technology domain.

Collaboration profile

How they like to work

Role: specialist_contributorReach: European17 countries collaborated

INNCOME has participated exclusively as a partner — never as coordinator — across all four projects, which is typical for an SME contributing specialized services within larger consortia. With 73 unique partners across 17 countries from just 4 projects, they operate in large, diverse consortia (averaging ~18 partners per project). This pattern suggests they are easy to integrate into big multi-partner frameworks and comfortable working alongside many organizations without needing to lead.

Despite only four projects, INNCOME has built a wide network of 73 partners spanning 17 countries, reflecting the large consortium sizes of their projects. Their reach is firmly pan-European with no visible geographic concentration beyond their Spanish base.

Why partner with them

What sets them apart

INNCOME's distinguishing trait is their ability to apply assessment, benchmarking, and governance methodologies across wildly different technology domains — from humanoid robotics to drone traffic to water systems. This cross-domain versatility makes them valuable for any consortium that needs structured evaluation frameworks or standardization expertise but doesn't want to hire a domain-locked partner. For coordinators building proposals that require benchmarking work packages, INNCOME offers a proven track record of fitting into large consortia and delivering assessment-related outputs.

Notable projects

Highlights from their portfolio

  • EUROBENCH
    By far their largest project (EUR 5.2M total EC funding), building a European-wide benchmarking framework for bipedal robots — a foundational infrastructure effort.
  • REWAISE
    Their longest-running project (until 2026) and a strategic pivot into climate and water resilience, signaling a durable move beyond robotics.
  • LABYRINTH
    Addresses the rapidly growing U-Space drone traffic management domain, combining 4D path planning with safety — a high-demand regulatory area.
Cross-sector capabilities
Transport — drone traffic management and U-Space complianceEnvironment — water governance and climate resilience assessmentManufacturing — robotics testing and performance standardizationSecurity — drone swarm safety and regulatory frameworks
Analysis note: With only 4 projects and no coordinator roles, the profile is moderately confident. The cross-domain pattern is clear but the specific nature of INNCOME's contributions within each project (whether technical assessment, project management, or dissemination) cannot be fully determined from project-level data alone. The PKF Attest parent brand suggests an auditing/consulting lineage, which aligns with the benchmarking and governance role observed.