European
Human-centric Digital Twin Approaches to Trustworthy AI and Robotics for Improved Working Conditions (AI4WORK)
AI4Work will
investigate practical methods and tools for optimal sharing of work between
humans and AI/robots. AI and robotics are likely to be most powerful means for
radical improvement of working conditions in diverse domains, as they can
support human operators in diverse tasks starting from difficult and tedious manual
labor tasks up to complex decision - making tasks. The vision of the AI4Work
project is to improve communication and collaboration between humans, AI and
robots, allowing for an improvement of the working conditions within different
processes in organisations in several domains in terms of increased efficiency
of work, reduction in stress upon employees, increased confidence in
decision-making process etc. Due to the high level of uncertainty in modern
organisations an appropriate balance between human and machine activities must
be found. The key assumption is that to cope with the required flexibility and
dynamics, Sliding Work Sharing (SWS), where this balance varies during the
operation depending on the situational context, machine-based confidence levels
and human interactions, is likely to be the most appropriate for modern
organisations. The key challenge of the project is to develop a set of common
methods and tools (methodology framework, digital twin service platform, SW
building blocks for SWS) that can be applied in diverse sectors and with
different AI/robotics services, allowing for an effective experience exchanges.
The project will make use of living digital twins of working systems as a mean
to increase efficiency and trustworthy of AI/robotics solutions. By this, the
project, aiming at improved quality of jobs and creating more decent work for
human operators, will contribute to the acceptance of the AI/robots support of
work in diverse domains. The project will be driven by six pilots in different
sectors: logistics, manufacturing industry, construction, healthcare,
education, agriculture.
Project Details
Reference
GA n. 101135990
Status
Running
Start date
January 2024
Duration
36 months
Funding Entity
European Commission
Total Financing
8.197.154,38€
CITAB/UTAD Financing
306.750€
Website
Responsible institution
INSTITUT FÜR ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMTECHNIK BREMEN G - Germany
Partners
CITAB - UTAD
FONDAZIONE BRUNO KESSLER – Italy
LAPPEENRANNAN-LAHDEN TEKNILLINEN YLIOPISTO LUT – Finland
UNIVERSITY OF YORK - United Kingdom
TTS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SYSTEMS SRL - Italy
RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT GRONINGEN - Netherlands
TURUN YLIOPISTO - Finland
UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS RESEARCH CENTER – Greece
UNPARALLEL INNOVATION LDA – Portugal
THE OPEN GROUP LIMITED - United Kingdom
CIRCULAR EONOMY FOUNDATION – Belgium
BIOASSIST SA – Greece
OAS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT - Germany
I.M.A. INDUSTRIA MACCHINE AUTOMATICHE SPA – Italy
DIAGNOSTIKON KAI THERAPEFTIKON KENTRON ATHINON - Greece
KUKA ASSEMBLY & TEST GMBH - Germany
QUINTA DO CRASTO S.A. Portugal