CERVI ROBOTICS

Their core work

CERVI ROBOTICS is a Polish robotics SME specializing in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), with a particular focus on hybrid systems that combine both platforms. Their applied work spans autonomous drone development, hybrid air-ground robotic systems for logistics and relocation tasks, and participation in the emerging urban air mobility ecosystem. They contributed to defining operational concepts and regulatory frameworks for U-space — the EU's air traffic management layer for drones in urban environments. Based in Jasionka near Rzeszów, they operate within Poland's Aviation Valley industrial cluster, giving them proximity to aerospace manufacturing know-how and testing infrastructure.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

CERVI ROBOTICS entered H2020 through HUUVER (2019–2022) with a hardware-first, vehicle-platform focus — building a physical hybrid UAV-UGV system for a specific logistics use case (vessel relocation). Their second project, Uspace4UAM, marks a shift toward the regulatory, operational, and ecosystem level: U-space frameworks, urban air mobility concepts of operations, safety certification, and smart city integration. This trajectory — from building the vehicle to shaping the rules of the sky — suggests a maturing organization moving up the value chain from hardware developer toward systems integrator and policy-relevant technical contributor.

CERVI ROBOTICS is moving from hardware prototyping toward UAM ecosystem roles — operational concepts, safety certification, and smart city integration — making them an increasingly relevant partner for consortia addressing drone regulation, urban mobility infrastructure, or air traffic management in European cities.

How they like to work

CERVI ROBOTICS has both led (HUUVER) and followed (Uspace4UAM) within their two-project H2020 portfolio, demonstrating flexibility in consortium roles. Their network of 19 unique partners across 8 countries — notably large for a two-project SME — suggests they operate in substantial, multi-partner consortia rather than tight bilateral collaborations. This breadth implies they are comfortable contributing specialist robotics and drone expertise within larger aviation or smart city consortium structures.

Despite only two H2020 projects, CERVI ROBOTICS has built a network of 19 unique consortium partners across 8 countries, reflecting the large consortium structures typical of Innovation Action projects in the UAM and U-space domain. Their geographic spread is pan-European, consistent with working in EU aviation research consortia that require cross-border demonstration activities.

What sets them apart

CERVI ROBOTICS occupies an unusual niche as a Polish SME with hands-on hybrid UAV-UGV development experience combined with demonstrated involvement in shaping the U-space regulatory framework — a combination that very few small companies can offer. Their Jasionka location places them within Poland's Aviation Valley, one of Central Europe's most concentrated aerospace manufacturing ecosystems, providing access to testing grounds, supply chains, and aerospace industry networks that most robotics startups lack. For consortia needing a technically credible SME with both hardware roots and UAM policy exposure, they represent an uncommon profile in the Central/Eastern European robotics landscape.

Highlights from their portfolio

• HUUVER
  CERVI ROBOTICS served as coordinator on this technically distinctive project combining UAV and UGV platforms into a single hybrid system for vessel relocation — demonstrating both project leadership capability and original hardware innovation.
• Uspace4UAM
  This project placed CERVI ROBOTICS inside a large consortium defining the operational and regulatory framework for urban air mobility in Europe, including flying taxi concepts of operations and U-space certification requirements — a significant step beyond vehicle development.