Good bye RoBétArmérs!

Exactly four years ago, we held our first online RoBétArmé project pre-kick-off meeting.  It was followed by the in-person kick-off meeting a month later in Thessaloniki, where the project partners got to know each other and embarked on the challenging journey of building two robot systems to help automate the shotcreting process.

Over the course of four years we communicated regularly with the technical developers and use-case partners, discussed, brainstormed and exchanged ideas, striving to find solutions and overcome various technical complexities, as well as organisational and cultural changes.

And during the final project review this week, the time has come to take a moment to reflect on these four years of hard work and celebrate what has been achieved.

It was a tremendous privilege for the DS4 team to be part of the RoBétArmé project consortium, which brought together a large number of talented, committed, and hardworking professionals.  The transparency, mutual respect, and sheer hard work displayed across the board were nothing short of inspiring.  Not only did we create advanced robotic technology, but we also made friends for life. That is really something special.

Thank you RoBétArmérs!

8ra Annual Summit 2026

IPCEI CIS General Assembly & 8ra Open Conference – March 2026

In the DS4 capacity as a partner of the ENACT project, our Managing Director Nikolay secured participation at the 8ra Annual Summit 2026 in Rotterdam and learned more about this funding initiative and potential interactions with Horizon Europe projects and other EU funding programmes.

IPCEI (Important Projects of Common European Interest), which is a new funding mechanisms in Europe, promotes strategic technologies, such as cloud-to-edge infrastructure, and drives EU economic growth.  IPCEI-CIS (IPCEI on Cloud Infrastructure and Services) involves 12 Member States providing funds for Europe’s next generation cloud services.

Following Nikolay’s fruitful participation, DS4 and our project partners will explore further support that 8ra can provide to our ENACT project.

And as seen below, Nikolay happened to bump into a collaborator from about 20 years ago. Surprise opportunities always arise within this small world!

RoBétArmé Project Final Conference – 19 February 2026

After 45 months work on the RoBétArmé project all partners got together one more time in the project final conference and presented their many achievements. 

The construction industry stakeholders are all well aware of the challenges that the construction industry is facing including labour shortages, safety challenges, cost overruns and climate change.   Our project addressed some of them through human-robot collaboration and advances in digitization, perception, mobility and shotcrete automation.

The final conference participants in the likes of construction and digitalisation industry experts and researchers had the opportunity to hear more about the project innovations, impact and outcomes through technical demonstrations and fruitful discussions sessions.  Our DS4 team led the session on “The impact of Robots and AI in the Construction Industry”.   Alongside our use cases partners from ARUP, Bouygues Construction and Christiansen & Essenbæk the discussion focused not so much on theory but what really works and what this means for jobs, productivity and project implementation. 

Thank you Caelan, Christina, Mads, Bruno and Xavier for joining in our presenter Nikolay and showcasing your in-depth knowledge and professional expertise during our session.  It’s been a pleasure collaborating with you 🙂