RIMA Alliance

Inspection and Maintenance (I&M) represents a large economic activity – global market estimated at 8+ billion USD by 2030 – spanning across multiple sectors such as energy, water supply, transport, civil engineering and infrastructure. 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. The RIMA Alliance was initiatied by the RIMA project (Robotics for Inspection and Maintenance). The RIMA project 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. The RIMA project was funded by Horizon2020 initiative.