. RAISE
Robotics and AI for Socio-economic Empowerment
Ecosystem
Facts and Figures
The RAISE project, financed by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) with Investment 1.5 (M4C2) of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), has transformed Italy’s landscape of robotics and artificial intelligence by integrating research, education and innovation into a dynamic and international ecosystem. Through groundbreaking projects in healthcare, environmental protection, smart ports and urban mobility, RAISE has shown how multidisciplinary expertise can generate cutting-edge solutions with tangible impact across the country.
Ecosystem
Ecosystem
The RAISE project was financed by the Ministry of University and Research (MUR) with Investment 1.5 (M4C2) of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) which envisaged the creation and strengthening of innovation ecosystems on areas of technological specialization consistent with the industrial and research vocations of the reference territory, promoting and strengthening collaboration between the research system, the production system and territorial institutions.
27 partners from Academia and Research, institutions and companies join RAISE wich is coordinated by the University of Genoa (UNIGE), the National Research Council (CNR) and the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT).
Goals
RAISE aims to develop and market technological solutions based on robotic systems and artificial intelligence, responding to the real production and social needs of the Ligurian territory. The project aims to enhance and give value to research and development of these technologies in various areas of interest, including healthcare, environmental sustainability, smart ports and accessible and inclusive smart cities. RAISE focuses on the needs of people and the territory, encouraging the transfer of innovative technologies from research to the market, providing resources, knowledge and support to generate sustainable, inclusive and resilient innovation. Furthermore, the project aims to create a highly attractive ecosystem for companies, investors and researchers, both nationally and internationally.
- The Hub is the entity responsible for the start-up, implementation, management and coordination of the Innovation Ecosystem and represents the single point of contact with the MUR: receives the tranches of concessions granted, verifies and transmits the reporting of the activities carried out by the Spokes and their affiliates.
- The Spokes maintain an institutional role in communication and funding, particularly in impact areas. They are the primary source of information to convey specific themes based on the different actors involved in the project. Each project is generated within each Spoke where researchers, startups, SMEs, public administrations, institutions are actively involved. The Spokes are the living part of the project and represent the place where the primary objective is achieved: technological transfer to the market, moving from the laboratories to the real world of supply and demand on the market. In particular, among these, Spoke 5 acts as an intermediary between research and industry, the technologies deriving from the RAISE scientific Spokes (1-4) and companies. In addition to incubation, acceleration and training programs, Spoke 5 coordinates, develops and measures communication strategies, tactics and actions to support the HUB and the entire ecosystem.
What are Spokes?
RAISE is organized according to the Hub & Spoke governance system and it is divided into 5 areas of intervention on individual themes, dedicated to the development of innovative technologies in strategic areas for the territory (city – health – environment – port).
Each spoke has a coordinator and a specific committee has been designated by the hub to represent the research organizations involved.
Partners
Each spoke brings together researchers from different research centers (23 affiliated public and private entities) under conjoint coordination for the implementation of the strategic plan of the ecosystem.
News
Welcome, Ecorobotics! AI and robots at the service of the environment
On November 1st, 2025, the Genova Blue District hosted the final event of AperiRAISE, the series of scientific aperitifs organized by RAI...
The language of human movement: AI takes the stage at AperiRAISE
On Thursday, October 30, 2025, the Genova Blue District hosted a new event in the AperiRAISE series – the scientific aperitifs orga...
RAISEmotion brings art and science to the stage at the Festival of Science
On Wednesday, October 29, in the majestic Sala del Maggior Consiglio of Palazzo Ducale, RAISEmotion transformed the heart of Genoa into a...
RAISE More than human: the future is immersive
Until October 30, 2025, the Genova Blue District hosts the RAISE Village at the Science Festival, where the immersive environment RAISE M...
AI and ethics: an open dialogue at the Genoa Blue District
On October 26 at 6:00 p.m., the Cuspide A Hall of the Genoa Blue District hosted the second event in the AperiRAISE – Scientific Aperit...
AperiRAISE: first encounter with science, between robotics and curiosity
The AperiRAISE series, the scientific aperitifs promoted by RAISE as part of the 2025 Genoa Science Festival, began on October 25 at the ...
RAISE Spoke 1 awarded at the Smart Cities General Assembly
On October 20–21, 2025, the Altinate San Gaetano Cultural Center in Padua hosted the sixth edition of the Smart Cities General Assembly...
The RAISE Ecosystem envisions the visions of tomorrow
On October 24, 2025, the Sala delle Donne at Palazzo Ducale hosted the round table “The RAISE Ecosystem and the Visions of Tomorrow ...
Discovering innovation in the RAISE Village laboratories
On the opening day of the 2025 Genoa Science Festival, the RAISE Village welcomed the public with a rich program of educational workshops...
Spoke 4 at the 2025 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea
Climate change and the impact of human activities on the oceans, the sustainable future of research, and the use of artificial intelligen...
RAISE: dedicated page on cascade funding now online
A new section of the website dedicated to the cascade funding launched within the RAISE Innovation Ecosystem (Robotics and AI for Socio-e...
With the ARTECOM project, within Spoke 1, young people become co-creators of an interactive artwork
Throughout the day of September 26, at the Parco del Castello in L’Aquila, the project ARTECOM – ARt, TEchnology and COMmunity: d...
Calls and Tenders
The RAISE project, financed by the MUR with Investment 1.5 (M4C2), promotes a scheme based on cascade grands to support small and medium-sized enterprises, start-ups and other entities interested in the Hub’s themes and the topics covered by the Spokes. The cascading calls, activated by the Spokes, are issued for the recruitment of researchers and technologists, for funding external entities for research activities consistent with the program, as well as for the purchase of supplies, goods and services.