The goals and objectives of the Collaborative robots boosting the sustainable growth in welding machine shops project fit well with the goals of The Innovation and Skills in Finland 2021–2017 Programme and the Satakunta Fair Transition Plan. The main objective of the project is to modernise and diversify the regional economy and business sector in Satakunta through RDI activities and to promote the transition to a climate-neutral economy. The reduction of peat production in Satakunta requires additional investments in RDI activities, incl. the development of new operating models, innovations and production processes and making them accessible and usable by companies. The project will focus on a strategy of smart specialisation, incl. increasing automation and robotics related RDI activities and strengthening people's digital skills, thus strengthening the transition towards a green economy. The project invests in improving companies' know-how and innovation opportunities based on experiments and joint development. As a result of the project, e.g. calculation models to improve the productivity and quality of welding workshops, increase material and energy efficiency, as well as an exemplary production process to be utilized by the companies in the area is produced. Meanwhile, the know-how acquired in this work is transferred to the use and operation of SMEs. The goal is to optimize the cooperation of the collaborative robot, welding power source and artificial intelligence to improve the production speed and quality of SMEs and to reduce the material and energy consumption and CO2 emissions of the current production processes. The transfer of new technology know-how to machine shops is done based on experiments and tests carried out at the RoboAI research and development center. Based on the preliminary studies, the welding workshops in Satakunta need new automatic, digital and robotic production technology to increase productivity and competitiveness. The project pilots a production process that creates economic growth for SMEs and enables low-carbon and resource-efficient production. The piloted production process is carefully documented, open and publicly available to all interested parties. Any company/organization can freely adopt the process. The project is implemented by the experts of RoboAI research and development center. The actions of the project consist of preliminary studies, experiments, tests and published presentations, which increase the programming and robotics know-how of Satakunta SMEs and the willingness to invest in collaborative robotics and artificial intelligence. The actions will increase cooperation between SAMK and companies and joint development in the Satakunta area will be strengthened. The goal is to find suitable materials and welding parameters for the development targets identified in the companies, as well as for joint welding, coating and repair manufacturing. Based on preliminary studies, tests and experiments, the goal is to develop calculation models that focus on improving the productivity and quality of welding workshops and optimizing resource-efficient production processes for sustainable development. The project welds and studies steels, some of which are made from recycled raw materials and produced with emission-free energy, thus also combatting the challenges of a carbon-neutral circular economy. At the end of this project, an automatic and digital production process that uses artificial intelligence has been produced as an example for machine shops. Similarly, calculation models have been developed for machine shops to optimize resource efficiency (energy, material and CO2 emissions) and productivity as well as product quality. After the project, the machine shops in Satakunta that utilize the results of the project operate more resource-efficiently, more productively, and with higher quality and thus develop their production in a sustainable way.