Objective
Inspection and Maintenance (I&M) represents a huge economic activity (450 Bn€ market) spanning across sectors such as energy, transport, civil engineering. EU hosts over 50% of I&M robotics offer but there is a bottleneck connecting it to the market and high potential applications. RIMA is a 4-year project aiming to establish a network of 13 Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) on robotics sharing best practices and providing services to facilitate uptake of I&M technologies.
Our challenge is to reinforce this connection and to provide education and training on robotics I&M and to connect the value chain - research, technology companies, service providers, end users and investors- for accelerating economic growth in the field:
- RIMA is building upon the network pioneered by SPRINT Robotics extending it to all relevant sectors across the value chain.
- The RIMA network encompasses:
o leading research organizations supporting one DIH per region aligned with regional policies and industry sectors.
o Sectorial associations who will make a bridge with end users and industries.
- RIMA will offer services including support to testing and technology transfer, coaching and training on robotics for I&M, process optimization and communication. 50.5% of RIMA’s budget will be distributed to SMEs to run experiments using FSTP
- RIMA will advise on funding opportunities relying on the S3 Thematic Platform on robotics for I&M federating the common ambition of 13 EU regions.
- Network sustainability will be ensured by adapting the SPRINT business model
Expected results are (i) increased competitiveness of EU I&M Robotics, (ii) economic added value by increased productivity and availability of the critical infrastructure (iii) social and environmental impact through improved safety and less emission of hazardous substances (iv) the constitution of a sustainable and scalable (open to new members) DIH network aligned with the industrial and European policies and ambitions
Fields of science
Call for proposal
H2020-DT-2018-1
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
75015 Paris 15
France
Participants (22)
80125 Napoli
7034 Trondheim
02-305 Warszawa
67663 Kaiserslautern
265 04 Rio Patras
02150 Espoo
2630 Taastrup
7522 NB Enschede
1223 DA Hilversum
41004 Sevilla
3036 Lemesos
042 00 Kosice
02 486 Warsaw
YO10 5DD York North Yorkshire
2595 DA Den Haag
51147 Koln
1000 Bruxelles
1030 Brussels
1200 Bruxelles
1030 Bruxelles
41039 La Rinconada Sevilla
91120 Palaiseau