| Project name: | AI MAnufacturing Testing and experimenTation network For EuRopean industrieS |
| Acronym: | AI-MATTERS |
| Project website: | https://ai-matters.eu/ |
| ID code: | 101100707 |
| Supported by: | European Union, Digital Europe |
| Call: | DIGITAL-2022-CLOUD-AI-02 (Cloud Data and TEF) |
| Project duration: | 01/2023- 12/2028 (60 months) |
| Principal investigator at CIIRC: |
prof. Ing. Vladimír Mařík, DrSc., dr. h. c.
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| Coordinator: | CEA, France |
| Project partners: | Fraunhofer, Germany DTI, Denmark BIC, Netherlands CTU, Czechia TECNALIA, Spain TUO, Czechia BUT, Czechia LMS, Greece TNO, Netherlands TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, Netherlands MADE SCARL, Italy ENGINEERING – INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA, Italy FBK, Italy TF-CC, Greece AIMEN, Spain PTB, Germany ARENA2036, Germany UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART, Germany FORCE TECHNOLOGY, Denmark ALEXANDRA INSTITUTTET, Denmark FORENINGEN ODENSE ROBOTICS, Denmark ITA, Spain INVEMA AFM, Spain |
| Budget: | Total budget: 59 996 818 EUR EU support: 29 998 409 EUR of which support for CIIRC CTU: 2 760 340 EUR |
Anotation
The objective of AI-MATTERS project is creation of a framework enabling unified access to reference testing and experimentation facilities – TEF (often referred to by the term testbed) across EU states. The key ambition is to support new AI solutions for industrial practice and to accelerate their real implementation in various manufacturing sectors.
The AI-MATTERS consortium represents a functional network consisting of seven regional nodes and one satellite. The aim is to increase the resilience and flexibility of the European manufacturing sector through the introduction of the latest technologies using artificial intelligence, advanced robotics or intelligent autonomous systems for flexible production. Selected reference excellent workplace will allow SMEs to test their concepts and innovative technologies using AI in representative conditions, bringing them closer to their deployment in key industries. The European Commission, as a co-investor via the DIGITAL Europe program, expects that AI technologies are able to participate in solving of some current challenges faced by the industry (shortage of workers at the blue-collar level, increasing product quality including safety, new disciplines or areas connected to the energy transition, process optimization in the manufacturing sector, etc.). This initiative can also support innovation in manufacturing sectors that have suffered during pandemic crises.
The project is coordinated by CEA company from the innovation ecosystem in Paris – Saclay and joins together a consortium of organizations from eight European countries (Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Greece, Spain and France). All members of the consortium bring their unique expertise from various manufacturing sectors such as the automotive industry, circular economy, space and mobility, textile industry, material production, etc. In the above context, the overarching goal is to implement concrete steps to strengthen the EU’s position and leadership in the implementation of artificial intelligence systems with an emphasis on so-called human-centered AI. This makes it possible to solve and deploy robotics and other advanced technologies for the essential transformation of the production ecosystem in the EU.
The project has received funding from the European Union’s Digital Europe programme under grant agreement No 101100707.
