Welcome to the Innovation Network Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance
Inspection and Maintenance (I&M) represents a large economic activity spanning across multiple sectors such as energy, oil&gas, water supply, transport, civil engineering and infrastructure. There is massive potential for robotic applications, to increase productivity and improve safety, but the total market size of robotics is still negligible in relation to the overall market size.
Currently EU is a global leader in this rapidly growing field with more than half of all manufacturers of I&M robots based in Europe. EU hosts over 50% of I&M robotics offer but there is a bottleneck connecting it to the market and high potential applications.
RIMA (Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance) was a 4-year project aiming to tackle this gap by establishing a network of 13 Digital Innovation Hubs (DIH) and industry associations to support the uptake of robotics – and help small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) to develop novel solutions for different industry sectors. RIMA was funded by European Union’s Horizon2020 initiative.
To continue the achievements of the RIMA project, the RIMA partners have formed a RIMA Alliance. The alliance is a sustainable structure that aims to promote knowledge creation and transfer between its member and the value chain around them.
The RIMA Alliance brings the following value proposition to its members and affiliates:
Stay ahead: Access and stay updated on cutting-edge technologies, know-how, technology and research challenges, and innovations.
Attract new customers, employees and partners: Improve and make visible research, business and ecosystem services and needs.
Build strategic and trustworthy collaborations: Within and between value chains, with customers, partners and suppliers – to initiate projects and deliver value to EU companies and public sector.
Shape the next-generation technology and services: Shape the innovations and know-how to your organization’s needs.
Identify business opportunities: Understand the needs and opportunities in the market across sectors.