Who RESSORT is for
Connecting the Full Soft Robotics Value Chain
RESSORT is designed for stakeholders across the full pathway from scientific discovery and component development to system integration, end-user validation, operational deployment, regulation, investment and societal acceptance. Its primary adopters are robotics manufacturers, integrators and end users in healthcare, food and logistics, and inspection and maintenance.
Public Authorities, Regulators and Standards Bodies
European, national and regional authorities; ISO, CEN and CENELEC communities; aviation authorities; notified bodies; and market-surveillance organisations can use RESSORT evidence to understand emerging safety, certification and performance needs for soft robotic systems.
Robotics OEMs and Component Buyers
Manufacturers of robots, grippers, wearable interfaces, sensors and automation equipment can evaluate new materials, structures, tactile technologies and control solutions for integration into existing or new platforms.
End-User Operators
Healthcare providers and rehabilitation professionals, food-processing, manufacturing and logistics companies, and inspection and maintenance operators can assess how soft robotics may improve safety, adaptability, ergonomics, uptime and access to difficult environments. The project’s technologies may also support future applications in service robotics, home assistance and elderly care.
System Integrators and Automation Providers
Integrators can use project architectures, interfaces, design workflows and validation evidence to support brownfield retrofits, cell design, commissioning and cross-sector deployment.
Advanced Manufacturing and Materials Actors
Additive-manufacturing service bureaus, materials converters and production specialists can explore standardised processes for complex soft components, including repeatability, quality control and lifecycle assessment.
Research and Testing Communities
Universities, RTOs, laboratories and students can access publications, datasets, models, CAD resources, test methods and training materials to advance research and improve reproducibility.
Patients, Workers and Professional Associations
Patient groups, therapists, workers, operators and safety representatives contribute practical requirements and user perspectives that help ensure the technologies are useful, comfortable, ethical and safe.
Investors, Accelerators and Corporate Venture Units
Innovation finance actors can engage with validated technologies, business models, market evidence and commercialisation roadmaps emerging from the project.
Civil Society, Media and the Wider Public
Citizens, NGOs, responsible-technology communities and media audiences can follow how soft robotics may contribute to safer work, improved rehabilitation, environmental sustainability and responsible European AI and robotics.
Opportunities to Engage
- Attend project webinars, workshops and demonstration events.
- Follow publications, policy briefs and open project outputs.
- Explore and reuse resources from the RESSORT Open Toolkit.
- Connect with project experts and discuss potential synergies.
- Subscribe to project updates and follow RESSORT on social media.