Abstract
This paper provides a synthetic description of a selection of PNRR-funded research projects led by roboticists of several Italian Universities. The Italian PNRR is a part of the Next Generation plan launched by the European Union after the COVID-19 pandemic with strategic investments in digitalization and innovation, ecological transition, and social inclusion. In this context, we present the ASSIST PRIN project developed by the Universiy of Padua and Rome Tor Vergata, the activities on PNRR projects at University of Calabria, the Agritech National Center and the Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem, in which the University of Udine and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano are involved. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.