Apply AI: AI-Driven Robotics for Industry: Enabling System Integration and Adoption (IA) (Partnership in AI, Data and Robotics)

What is this call about?

The topic funds one innovation action that builds a modular integration framework, toolkit and adoption guide for AI-driven robotics in industry. It aims to help system integrators and SMEs adopt robotics faster.

What does this call fund?

Scope

The topic addresses Europe's gap in system integration capabilities for industrial robotics. The project should build expertise among system integrators on state-of-the-art hardware and software components and interoperability, and speed up the integration of AI-driven robotics in industry, especially in SMEs. Energy-efficient AI models and hardware, open standards, and simulation or digital twins for testing are encouraged.

Deliverables

• A modular, deployable integration framework validated in at least three real-world industrial pilots covering different scenarios and company sizes.
• An integration kit with ready-to-use modules, example configurations and tools for system integrators and companies.
• Digital twin testbeds linked to pilots where relevant.
• Reusable datasets and benchmark tasks for the robotics and AI community.
• A step-by-step adoption guide for SMEs and other end-users, including regulatory and certification guidance.
• Contributions to open standards and guidance on certification pathways.

Expected outcomes

Wider and faster deployment of robotics, modular and interoperable integration frameworks, and improved competitiveness of European industry, notably SMEs. The project should use existing resources on the AI-on-Demand Platform and allocate tasks for cohesion activities with the AI, Data and Robotics partnership.

Technology readiness

Activities start at TRL 4 and reach TRL 7.

When is the deadline?

18 March 2027 (132 days)

18 March 2027 (single-stage submission).