Priorities and funded actionsObjective
To provide a desirable new solution (product/service/process) to address users’ needs that will lead to a viable business in the next 1-2 years; the focus is on breakthrough innovation (radical, disruptive or transformative) that has reached sufficient maturity and needs an extra push for the business to become reality
Priorities
Priority 1 – Automation for human-centered factories
- Augmented and virtual operator
- Social and collaborative operator
- Super strong operator
- One-of-a-kind operator
- Healthy and motivated operator
Priority 2 – Collaborative robots and solutions for flexible manufacturing
- Cooperating robots
- Cognitive machinery
- Sensors and flexible tool
- Advanced material processing
Priority 3 – Smart technologies for circular and green manufacturing
- Manufacturing processes or sustainable materials to enhance the transition towards decarbonisation and/or a circular approach for manufacturing industries in compliance with the Green Deal strategy
Priority 4 – AI and digital twins for manufacturing systems
- Equipment maintenance
- Product design
- Dynamic production planning and control
- Inline quality check
- Machine tending/supervising
Additional information
- This call for proposals is a two stages call for proposals
- Initial duration of the action: between 12 and 24 months
- The starting point for the innovation activity proposal should be a technology at TRL 6 or higher
Eligibility
- At least 50% of the participants should be EIT Manufacturing Partners (Members, LTPs, Activity Partners, contracted young companies by the date of the closing of the Call, i.e 29 April 2022)