GIZELIS ROBOTICS ANONYMI VIOMICHANIKI EMPORIKI ETAIREIA

Their core work

Gizelis Robotics is a Greek industrial robotics company that designs and integrates robotic systems for advanced manufacturing environments. Their core work involves deploying collaborative robots, augmented reality tools for shop-floor operators, and AI-assisted exoskeletons to make manufacturing processes more flexible and worker-friendly. In EU projects, they act as technology providers — bringing real hardware and integration expertise into consortia that are designing the factories of the future. Their focus has expanded from traditional robotized production cells into human-robot collaboration, particularly in demanding environments like shipyards.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (AVANGARD, 2019), Gizelis focused on system-level manufacturing architecture — replicable microfactories, distributed production networks, and blockchain for supply chain traceability. By their second project (Mari4_YARD, 2020), the focus shifted decisively toward the human dimension of manufacturing: worker-centric solutions, collaborative robots, AR guidance tools, and AI exoskeletons for physical support. This reflects a broader industry shift from automating processes to augmenting people, and suggests Gizelis is deliberately repositioning toward human-robot collaboration as its distinguishing capability.

Gizelis is moving deeper into human-robot collaboration technologies — AR, exoskeletons, cobots — making them an increasingly relevant partner for any consortium that needs to address the human and ergonomic dimensions of industrial automation.

How they like to work

Gizelis has participated in two projects exclusively as a partner, never as coordinator, which positions them as a specialist technology contributor rather than a consortium architect. Their 40 unique partners across 13 countries despite only two projects indicates they joined large, multi-partner Innovation Actions where they likely own a specific technical work package. This suggests they are comfortable being one technology node among many, brought in for their robotics hardware and integration know-how rather than for project management leadership.

Despite only two projects, Gizelis has built connections with 40 distinct partners spanning 13 countries — an unusually wide network for a two-project participant, reflecting the scale of the Innovation Actions they joined. Their geographic reach extends well beyond Greece, covering major EU manufacturing nations.

What sets them apart

Gizelis occupies a rare niche as a Greek robotics company with demonstrated capability across both discrete manufacturing and maritime/shipyard environments — two sectors with very different operational demands. Their combination of collaborative robotics hardware, AR operator tools, and AI exoskeletons in a single portfolio is uncommon, especially from a Southern European industrial company. For consortium builders, they bring both technology depth and a Greek/Balkan industrial network that is underrepresented in most robotics consortia.

Highlights from their portfolio

• AVANGARD
  Gizelis's largest funded project (EUR 328,125), tackling the ambitious challenge of replicable microfactories with blockchain-backed distributed manufacturing — a rare combination of robotics and supply chain traceability.
• Mari4_YARD
  Applies collaborative robotics, AR, and AI exoskeletons specifically to SME shipyards — a demanding, underdigitized sector — demonstrating Gizelis's ability to bring advanced robotics into non-standard industrial environments.