MARKET by STAR: the insights on the current trends, success stories and future developments related to Safe and Trusted Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing

With the growth and improvement of production automation in manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems must be safe, trusted, and secure, even when operating in dynamic, unstructured and unpredictable environments. In this regard, one of the STAR project goals is to research and make available new technologies to enable standard-based, secure, safe, reliable and trusted human-centric AI systems in manufacturing environments.

MARKET by STAR is the entry point where all the interested visitors can consult the information representing the results of the project at one place along with the broad range of additional resources and services related to trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in manufacturing.

Visit MARKET by STAR: https://www.market.star-ai.eu/  

“Trusted Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing”STARs Open Access Book reaches more than 40.000 downloads

The STAR Open Access Book “Trusted Artificial Intelligence in Manufacturing” reached more than 40.000 downloads.

This book is co-authored by the STAR consortium members and provides a review of technologies, techniques and systems for trusted, ethical, and secure AI in manufacturing.

The different chapters of the book cover systems and technologies for industrial data reliability, responsible and transparent artificial intelligence systems, human centered manufacturing systems such as human-centred digital twins, cyber-defence in AI systems, simulated reality systems, human robot collaboration systems, as well as automated mobile robots for manufacturing environments.

Check out our Open Access Book and other publications at https://star-ai.eu/publications.

STAR Results in Brief article published on CORDIS!

We are excited to announce that the STAR Results in Brief article has been published under the Results Pack on human-centric manufacturing on the CORDIS website at:

https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/445276?WT.mc_id=exp 

 The article, titled "People-first approach helps build trust in manufacturing AI" is provided in six languages (DE, EN, ES, FR, IT, PL). It explains how the STAR project uses human-centric design to build safe and reliable technologies. It explains the risks and challenges in enhancing the intelligence of manufacturing processes and the benefits of trust-building AI systems. The article focuses on the novel AI technologies evaluated and validated in three pilots for both technical and social performance – in particular, their trustworthiness.

Enjoy reading!

The full Results Pack can be found here:

https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/445250?WT.mc_id=exp

STAR at the EFFRA Manufacturing Partnership Day

STAR participated in The Manufacturing Partnership Day, which took place on the 26th of September 2023 in Brussels. The event co-organised by the European Factories of the Future Research Association (EFFRA), and Factories of the Future and Made in Europe projects brought together the Factories of the Future and Made in Europe community and showcased ongoing projects' work.  

It was a rich day full of stimulating presentations and exchanges, where participants had the possibility to learn more about Made in Europe and Factories of the Future projects and network with like-minded manufacturing innovation and research professionals.   

STAR showcased the state of play of the project with a presentation made by the project Technical manager Dr.John Soldatos (Netcompany-Intrasoft) and displayed its new 8-page brochure featuring the project's results and the STAR book at a stand in the event's exhibition. Visitors to the stand had the possibility to discuss with the STAR experts the latest project developments and the general state-of-the-art in the field of AI in manufacturing.

The STAR video shown at the event is available on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhNB5I6KYjw

More information about the event is available at https://effra.glueup.com/event/the-manufacturing-partnership-day-76855/

STAR presented at IFAC 2023, Yokohama, Japan!

During an exciting week in Yokohama, Japan at the triennial IFAC World Congress 2023, STAR partners had the opportunity to present and discuss significant contributions of the project in addressing the pertinent issues of human-centric AI in manufacturing.

- How to assess human centricity of AI-driven industrial systems?
https://lnkd.in/dJUfmRu3
- How can robots in shared human-robot spaces anticipate human movement for safer and efficient co-existence?
https://lnkd.in/d7j7pFEt
- How can we involve the human in the AI loop during visual quality control and what this means for changing job profiles, shifting workers to more cognitively demanding tasks?
https://lnkd.in/dJQaFWCE

These are based on a collaborative work between our partners: the University of Groningen, the Jozef Stefan Institute, QLector, Thales, and the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland.

The IFAC World Congress is the largest event in the field of control science and technology, held every three years. It offers the most up-to-date and complete view of control techniques, with the widest coverage of application fields, and is attended by a worldwide audience of scientists and engineers from academia and industry. This year's Congress took place on 9-14 July 2023 in Yokohama, Japan.

More info about the event is available at https://www.ifac2023.org/

MARKET by STAR is now available!

Discover trusted Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions in Manufacturing Lines at MARKET by STAR (https://www.market.star-ai.eu).

Register to access all available content (Success Stories, Assets, Training, and External AI Resources):

1) Visit the Success Stories of three Pilots sites focused on different areas of production and research:

• PHILIPS (Netherlands): Human-cobot collaboration for robust quality inspections;
• DFKI (Germany): Human behaviour prediction and safe zone detection;
• IBER OLEFF (Portugal): Human-centred AI for agile manufacturing 4.0.

The Success Stories are Experiences in real-world scenarios. Each one was characterised according to Value Propositions and ICT Problems. In addition, more information is provided, such as where and how it happened. The Value Propositions and ICT Problems were mapped with the Technologies (Assets) developed in the Project, allowing to perceive which Assets were used in the solutions and which ICT Problems they helped to solve.

2) Discover the Assets that support the implementation of trusted AI solutions in production lines. The Assets address different dimensions and elements of trust, security and safety in the operation of Cyber Physical Production Systems (CPPS).

3) Explore the Training Resources, courses, and workshops in the AI domain, as well as External AI Resources and external platforms with AI resources.

During the Project, new content will be added and other evolved.