1 project
SHAREWORK (their largest project at EUR 444K) focused specifically on safe and effective human-robot cooperation, including human tracking, dynamic task planning, and ergonomic risk assessment.
Organization
GOIZPER S. COOP
Basque industrial cooperative providing real-world manufacturing environments for human-robot collaboration, predictive maintenance, and smart factory research.
Technology SMEmanufacturingESSMENo active H2020 projects
H2020 projects
3
As coordinator
0
Total EC funding
€905K
Unique partners
84
What they do
Their core work
Goizper is a Basque industrial cooperative that manufactures machine tools and industrial equipment, participating in EU research to modernize its own production processes. Their H2020 involvement focuses on integrating digital technologies into manufacturing — from cloud-based elastic manufacturing and predictive maintenance systems to safe human-robot collaboration on the factory floor. They bring real-world manufacturing use cases and shop-floor validation environments to research consortia, acting as an industrial end-user that tests and adopts advanced automation solutions.
Core expertise
What they specialise in
Cloud-based manufacturing systemssecondary
1 project
CREMA explored cloud-based rapid elastic manufacturing, indicating experience with flexible, cloud-enabled production approaches.
Predictive and proactive maintenancesecondary
1 project
MANTIS addressed cyber-physical system-based proactive collaborative maintenance, relevant to Industry 4.0 asset management.
Factory floor safety and ergonomicsemerging
1 project
SHAREWORK keywords explicitly include safety-productivity trade-off, ergonomic risk assessment, and human tracking — pointing to growing focus on worker safety in automated environments.
Evolution & trajectory
How they've shifted over time
Early focus
Cloud manufacturing and predictive maintenance
Recent focus
Human-robot collaboration and safety
Goizper's early H2020 projects (2015-2018) centered on digitizing manufacturing infrastructure — cloud manufacturing platforms (CREMA) and predictive maintenance via cyber-physical systems (MANTIS). Their most recent and largest project, SHAREWORK (2018-2022), marks a clear pivot toward human-robot interaction, workplace safety, and cognitive systems for shared workspaces. This evolution mirrors the broader Industry 4.0 trajectory: first connecting machines to the cloud, then making robots safe enough to work alongside people.
Goizper is moving toward intelligent, safe human-robot shared workspaces — expect continued interest in collaborative robotics, AI-driven task planning, and worker-centric automation.
Collaboration profile
How they like to work
Role: specialist_contributorReach: European15 countries collaborated
Goizper consistently participates as a partner rather than a coordinator, suggesting they contribute industrial use cases and validation environments rather than leading research agendas. With 84 unique partners across 15 countries in just 3 projects, they operate in large, multi-national consortia (typical of RIA and ECSEL projects). This makes them an accessible partner — experienced in large consortium dynamics and comfortable working with diverse academic and industrial teams across Europe.
Despite only 3 projects, Goizper has built a broad network of 84 partners spanning 15 countries, largely thanks to participation in large-scale RIA and ECSEL consortia. Their network is heavily European with no apparent geographic bias beyond their Basque Country base.
Why partner with them
What sets them apart
Goizper stands out as a manufacturing SME cooperative from the Basque Country — a region with deep industrial tradition and strong cooperative culture. Unlike research institutes that study factory automation in theory, Goizper provides real production lines where advanced robotics and digital manufacturing solutions can be tested under genuine industrial conditions. For consortium builders, they offer something hard to find: a committed industrial end-user willing to open its factory floor for validation and pilot deployment.
Notable projects
Highlights from their portfolio
- SHAREWORKLargest project (EUR 444K) and most thematically rich — combines human-robot collaboration, AI-based perception, ergonomic safety, and dynamic task planning in a single manufacturing context.
- MANTISPart of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (public-private partnership for electronics), indicating Goizper's involvement in strategic European industrial initiatives beyond standard research actions.
Cross-sector capabilities
Digital systems and cyber-physical platformsWorkplace safety and ergonomicsCollaborative robotics and AI perceptionIndustrial IoT and predictive maintenance
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