Project

Robocoast EDIH

Project sponsors

Project type
Development project
Focus area
Innovative Learning
Implementation time
1.10.2022 - 30.9.2025
Project unit
School of Technology
Financing program
Digital Europe - EDIH
Project description

ROBOCOAST EDIH supports the manufacturing industry to use digital technology to promote sustainable growth and competitiveness (Industry 4.0). ROBOCOAST EDIH offers one-stop access to EDIH services and networks of European best digital experts, which helps SMEs to become more skilled, innovative, and competitive.

ROBOCOAST EDIH has local service nodes and expert resources in the nine regions of Finland, where almost 50% of Finnish manufacturing companies are located. Through EDIH services, ROBOCOAST EDIH services are designed to meet the needs of the manufacturing industry with the expertise of universities and technology companies. ROBOCOAST has been Digital Innovation HUB since 2017 and its services have been well received and impactful.

ROBOCOAST EDIH has high-level expertise in Cybersecurity and know-how to support companies to apply new digital technologies (AI, Robotics, IoT, 5G, Industry 4.0, Energy Technology and HPC) for developing processes, products, and services. ROBOCOAST EDIH Consortium consists of 15 universities and several RDI laboratories and testbed environments, including over 9 000 digital technology specialists and over 800 Cybersecurity, Robotics, AI, and ICT companies.

Based on testing and R&D resources, the Cyber Security Professional Association strongly recommends ROBOCOAST as EDIH. The Finnish Information Security Cluster (FICS) is an organization founded by large Finnish information security companies with almost 80 members. ROBOCOAST EDIH will be one of the leading centers of cybersecurity in the Digital Europe Program.

The competetive centers of ROBOCOAST EDIH: University of Vaasa (UVA), University of Turku (UTU), University of Jyväskylä (JYU), Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU) Vaasa University of Applied Sciences (VUAS), Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences (JAMK UAS), Lapland University of Applied Sciences (Lapland UAS), Oulu University of Applied Sciences (Oulu UAS), Centria University of Applied Sciences (Centria UAS), South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences (XAMK UAS), Novia University of Applied Sciences (Novia UAS), Turku University of Applied Sciences (TUAS) Satakunta University of Applied Sciences (SAMK UAS), University Consortium of Pori (UC Pori) - the administering university is the University of Tampere and University Consortium of Kokkola (KUCC) - the administering university is the University of Jyväskylä.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

Project results

An online course platform produced and published: https://robocoast.eu/en/robocoast-digital-learning/