ENGAGE! This word so familiar to all Star Trek fans and beyond is an apt acronym for the new Horizon Europe project funded under Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Networks starting today (01.10.2025).
The full name “Educating Europe`s future engineers for the next generation of mobile working machines: AI driven sustainability, productivity, and safety” tells you that the Engage consortium is really reaching for the stars. GIM Robotics is proud and honoured to be onboard for the journey.
Mobile working machines (MWM) are ubiquitous in mining, construction, harbours, forestry, and farming, and without doubt vital for economic and industrial advancement of our society and as such key to sustainability and productivity of our society. Ambitious goals for sustainability, productivity, and safety, coupled with a shortage of human resources, have prompted the European mobile working machines ecosystem to come together in proposing this innovative network of Industrial Doctorates. ENGAGE network will train a new generation of engineers to build next generation mobile working machines for green and autonomous operations. Key European machine manufacturers (Volvo CE, Liebherr, Ponsse, AGCO), and technology suppliers (Bosch Rexroth, Bosch, Novatron, Algoryx, GIM Robotics) have joined forces with 6 academic groups (Tampere University, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Umeå University, Aalto University, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik, Technical University of Munich) highly specialised in AI, robotics, and mechanics from Finland, Germany, Sweden, and Austria to deliver ENGAGE.
ENGAGE is committed to systematically train a new generation of 13 engineers to pioneer AI-driven mobile working machines designed for sustainable and autonomous operations. ENGAGE provides a structured and impactful doctoral training framework by seamlessly integrating academic and non-academic sectors to address the unique challenges of MWMs. The non-academic sector is fully immersed in shaping the ENGAGE programme by hosting the selected doctoral candidates, providing extensive experimental infrastructure and data, delivering applied training, and driving network-wide events.
The coordinator: Professor Reza Ghabcheloo, Tampere University
Period: 1.10.2025–30.9.2029
More information: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101226234
