Autonomous Robotic Inspection and Manipulation via Elastic Hybrid Vision-Language-Action (EH-VLA) modelsbroad
ARIM · Horizon Europe grant · 2026-09-01–2027-05-31
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About the data
Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-EIC-2026-AIC · scheme HORIZON-EIC · topic HORIZON-EIC-2026-AIC-01. CORDIS record →
Objective
Europe’s critical infrastructure faces a dual crisis: a projected 7-million-worker shortage by 2030 and hazardous manual maintenance. While autonomous robotics currently support monitoring, the transition from ""seeing"" to ""doing"" remains the final frontier. Energy Robotics, Europe’s leader in autonomous inspection, is bridging this gap via the ARIM project. ARIM introduces a modular Physical AI software stack that integrates real-time perception, reasoning, and safe physical intervention (Sense-Think-Act). By adding ""Act"" capabilities to a hardware-agnostic platform, we transform robots and humanoids into autonomous maintenance workmates capable of complex tasks in harsh environments. This represents a fundamental reconfiguration of industrial reliability and sovereignty. By bridging the gap between digital perception and physical execution, ARIM significantly contributes to securing Europe’s energy future and solving the structural labor deficit.""
Beneficiaries (1)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENERGY ROBOTICS GMBH | DE | coordinator | €300,000 | Yes |
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