OPEN CALLS
2nd Open Call of ARISE is officially open!
Get your Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) solution funded
The ARISE 2nd Open Call is now launched and offers a unique opportunity for your organisation to develop innovative HRI solutions and receive up to €200,000 in funding.
Why should you participate?
- Funding: Receive a grant of up to €200,000 per project.
- Support and Mentoring: Benefit from a 12-month support program designed to help you succeed.
- Collaboration: Work with leading experts in the field of HRI.
- Innovation: Develop cutting-edge solutions that will shape the future of industry.
Eligible applicants:
- Main Technology provider (mandatory): An SME (including Startups) and Mid-Caps responsible for development of HRI capabilities.
- A second Technology provider (optional): may be an entity of any type with a technical profile;
- End-user (mandatory) proposing the use-case setting the needs of the HRI application. Conditions:
- If the main Technology provider is an SME, the end-user may be either the same SME or another entity of any type.
- If the main Technology provider is not an SME, or if there is no second technology provider, or if the second Technology provider is not an SME, the end-user has to be an SME
We are particularly interested in projects that focus on:
- Dismantling and assembly of high-value products
- Complex Product Picking in industrial warehouses
- Flexible Collaborative robots
- Smart Programming
- Enhanced robot functionality through multimodal HRI interactions
- Fetch & carry tasks in healthcare environments
- HRI for improving the efficiency of workers in high precision flexible tasks
- HRI for improving ergonomics in high precision tasks
Submission of applications starts on: 3rd of December, 2025
Application deadline: 4th of February, 2026
Webinar
We will soon be launching our next ARISE webinar to tell you more about the whole project, the application process, and answer all questions live during a Q&A session with our experts. Follow our social media to be up-to-date.
Join the Discord Community!
The ARISE Discord server is open to all interested in exploring HRI based resilient, sustainable and human-centric work environments. It offers space for general interaction and matchmaking, as well as focus groups, info channels on upcoming opportunities and our Open Call help desk.