. RAISE
Robotics and AI for Socio-economic Empowerment
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.
25 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
Pepper meets visitors: Spoke 4 at the Aquarium
On June 13, 2025, an innovative experiment in the field of robotics and artificial intelligence took place at the Aquarium of Genoa, as p...
Spoke 2 presents EVA Navi at the Hamlyn Symposium
A team from Spoke 2 presented the EVA Navi surgical navigation system at the Hamlyn Symposium on Medical Robotics 2025 in London with a s...
UBICA at the SIBM Congress: progress in monitoring gorgonian forests
In June, in Naples, UBICA, partner of the NEPTUNE™ project (Neural Rendering & Edge AI Platform for 4D synthetic Twins generation d...
AI and logistics: RAISE hosts Smart Routes event
On Thursday, June 26, the Talent Garden in Genoa hosted the fifth event of the P2 | BASIC AI & ROBOTICS APPLICATIONS4SMEs project, pa...
Robotics and AI for social innovation: at Imperia, the Officinae RAISE Bootcamp rewards technology in service of the elderly
From June 3rd to 6th, the Bootcamp of the P3 Officinae RAISE project took place in Imperia. This initiative, promoted by the University o...
VERO robot cleans the Nervi Marina
On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, the Nervi Marina hosted the environmental awareness event “The Sea Begins Here”, dedicated to collecting c...
Liguria Region’s program for Expo 2025 Osaka presented: spotlight on innovation with the RAISE ecosystem
The official presentation of the Liguria Region’s program for its dedicated week at the Universal Exposition in Osaka, Japan- sched...
Pepper and Alter Ego at Stazione Marittima for Spoke 4: welcoming cruise ship passengers and inviting them to evaluate the experience
In May and June, at the Stazione Marittima in Genoa, departing cruise ship passengers met the humanoid robots Pepper and Alter Ego, toget...
AI in business operations at the core of the P2 project seminar, part of the Spoke 5 Training Program
On June 10, at the Talent Garden in Genoa, the fourth seminar dedicated to AI-based applications in business operations took place, organ...
RAISE ecosystem participates in conference on AI and robotics
The sixth stage of the “Fabbrica della Realtà” Roadshow took place in Genoa on June 16th at the Galata Museo del Mare, dedicated to ...
EcoMonitoring and RAISE officially presented at the Chamber of Deputies
On May 29, 2025, the official presentation of the project EcoMonitoring: Innovation for Coastal and Lake Environmental Monitoring took pl...
Spoke 4's quadruped robot for port safety
Spoke 4 of RAISE has launched its field testing phase, marking a concrete step toward transforming ports into intelligent and sustainable...
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.