DIH^2

DIH^∧2 is a network of 26 DIHs, with a target to reach over 170 DIHs. The sole aim of the network is to spark incremental (cut 50% cost of advance robotics solutions, double the growth of robotics market) and disruptive (maximum productivity & optimum agility) innovations in over 300,000 Manufacturing SMEs and Mid-Caps. It will support SMEs in their Agile Production challenge (50% increase in productivity) and unleash their digitalization potential by enabling robot solutions that are more cost effective at lower lot sizes. DIH^∧2 relies on:

• A Common Open Platform Reference Architecture for Agile Production (COPRA-AP) -based on Industrial Data Space Reference Architecture Model and FIWARE technologies- to serve the needs of SMEs by means of a continuously growing set of Robotic-based Open Standard Enablers (ROSE-AP).

• A marketplace as one-stop-shop for SMEs to access essential services for digital transformation including business modelling, technical support, access to skills and finance.

• 2 competitive Open Calls to launch an ambitious Technology Transfer Program with 260 Agility Audits, 26 cross border Technology Transfer Experiments and 26 ROSE-AP, leveraging over 26M€ of public & private funding in advance robotics solutions for Agile Production.

• Members deeply rooted in their regional Smart Specialization Strategy (bringing €5M additional funding on top of EU funds), ensuring ‘working distance’ services for every SME in Europe – whichever the sector, wherever the location, whatever the size.

• A Corporate Sponsorship Program from equipment and automation suppliers committed with the network to get access to wider market and latest research in robotics.

DIH^∧2 will transform this network into a self-sustainable non-profit association with members all over Europe.

DIH^∧2 will demonstrate that public funded research can help SMEs & Mid-Caps achieve digital excellence and global competitiveness through adopting advanced robotics solutions in Agile Production.

Consortium

• Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy (VTT), Finland

• C.R.E.A.T.E. CONSORZIO DI RICERCA PER L’ENERGIA L AUTOMAZIONE E LE TECNOLOGIE DELL’ELETTROMAGNETISMO (CREATE), Italy

• FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. (IML), Germany

• EFFIZIENZCLUSTER MANAGEMENT GMBH (ECM), Germany

• STICHTING ROBOVALLEY (RoboValley), Netherlands

• FUNDACIO EURECAT (EUT), Spain

• CHALMERS TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLA AB (CHALMERS), Sweden

• AALBORG UNIVERSITET (BB), Denmark

• SIRRIS HET COLLECTIEF CENTRUM VAN DE TECHNOLOGISCHE INDUSTRIE (SIRRIS), Belgium

• LINZ CENTER OF MECHATRONICS GMBH (LCM), Austria

• PROXINNOV (PRX), France

• IRISH MANUFACTURING RESEARCH COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE (IMR), Ireland

• PRODUTECH-ASSOCIACAO PARA AS TECNOLOGIAS DE PRODUCAO SUSTENTAVEL (PRODUTECH), Portugal

• ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS (CERTH), Greece

• PRZEMYSLOWY INSTYTUT AUTOMATYKI I POMIAROW PIAP (PIAP), Poland

• CY.R.I.C CYPRUS RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTER LTD (CyRIC), Cyprus

• SOFIA TECH PARK JSC (STP), Bulgaria

• INOVACIJSKI CENTAR NIKOLA TESLA (ICENT), Croatia

• INTEMAC SOLUTIONS, SRO (INTEMAC), Czech Republic

• OU IMECC (IMECC), Estonia

• PANNON GAZDASAGI HALOZAT EGYESULET (PBN), Hungary

• NODIBINAJUMS VENTSPILS AUGSTO TEHNOLOGIJU PARKS (VHTP), Latvia

• LIETUVOS ROBOTIKOS ASOCIACIJA (LRA), Lithuania

• FILIALA TRANSILVANIA A ASOCIATIEI ROMANE PENTRU INDUSTRIA ELECTRONICA SI DE SOFTWARE (ARIEST), Romania

• National Centre of Robotics (NCR), Slovakia

• POMURSKI TEHNOLOSKI PARK PODJETJE ZA POSPESEVANJE PODJETNISTVA V POMURJU DOO (PTP), Slovenia

• ELEKTROTEHNICKI FAKULTET UNIVERZITET U BEOGRADU (ETF), Serbia

• FUNDINGBOX ACCELERATOR SP ZOO (FBA), Poland

• INTERNETSIA, S.L. (ISDI). Spain

• EUROPEAN DYNAMICS ADVANCED SYSTEMSOF TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFORMATICS AND TELEMATICS SA (ED), Greece

• BLUMORPHO SAS (BLM), France

• LOUPE 16 LTD (L16), United Kingdom

• FIWARE FOUNDATION EV (FIWARE), Germany

• INDUSTRIAL DATA SPACE EV (IDSA), Germany

• PROYECTOS Y SISTEMAS DE MANTENIMIENTO SL (EPROS), Spain

• FUNDINGBOX RESEARCH APS (FBR), Denmark

• ITECHNIC GMBH (iTechnic), Germany