Shipyards of the future (ZEWT Partnership)
Funds deployment of robotics, automation and digital tools in small and medium European shipyards, demonstrated in at least three shipyards.
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The Commission wants innovative technologies — automation, robotics, advanced digitalisation and circular-economy processes — deployed and demonstrated in small and medium-sized EU/EEA shipyards to improve newbuild, repair and retrofit competitiveness. It wants proposals to develop biodiversity-friendly strategies for shipyard sites and a skills-development strategy for the sector.
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