JUVANTIA for Horizon Europe
What is JUVANTIA?
Why the technopark is called JUVANTIA
We chose the name to reflect what the technopark is meant to be. JUVANTIA is not intended to feel like a sterile industrial hangar or a closed engineering facility. Alongside serious research and testing, it is designed to be a place that is approachable, engaging, and worth visiting.
As robots become part of everyday life, we believe they should be developed and evaluated in environments that resemble life—streets, spaces, routines, and interaction—rather than only in abstract lab setups. A miniature city setting makes experimentation more realistic, improves safety thinking, and supports interoperability between many different systems.
A technopark of teleoperated mini-robots, with no humans on site and a closed internal economy.
JUVANTIA is an outdoor facility designed for thousands of remotely operated mini-robots. The park provides unified infrastructure: reliable Wi-Fi coverage, a 24V low-voltage power grid, shared charging stations, and digital governance through smart contracts.
In short: an engineering, research, testing, and entertainment field for mini-robots — operated entirely remotely.
Project Stage
| Status | Timeline |
|---|---|
| Current | Concept & Documentation |
| Planned Launch | Early 2027 |
Value for the EU
JUVANTIA offers a real-world regulatory sandbox for robotics and digital infrastructure:
- Living Lab: A continuously operating environment where robotics, connectivity, safety standards, interoperability, and programmable finance can be tested under real conditions.
- Open Data: Reproducible, research-grade datasets for academia, industry, standards bodies, and public institutions.
- Regulatory Experiments: A controlled space to pilot new rules for autonomous systems, tokenised assets (RWA), MiCA-aligned payments, and decentralised infrastructure (DePIN) — before scaling to cities and industry.
The EU gains a miniature, observable testbed where emerging technologies meet real constraints — generating evidence for future policy and standards.
Data Publication Principles
JUVANTIA is built to release datasets and artefacts that are:
- Reproducible: Clear format specifications, versioning, and dataset documentation ("dataset cards").
- Comparable: Shared test scenarios, common metrics, and maintained benchmark suites for cross-team evaluation.
- Safe and lawful: Privacy-by-design (anonymisation, data minimisation, aggregation by default) and controlled access tiers when needed.
- Practical: Ready-to-use reference datasets, optional simulation packs (digital twin where applicable), APIs for access, and operational reliability reports.