The main objective of this Digital Innovation Hub is to offer services contributing to facilitate and accelerate the integration of robotic technologies in different sectors by integrating actors in the entire value chain including research and technology developers, system integrators and end-users.

The DIH services are provided by non-profit organizations.Both public and private actors are being integrated to contribute to the digitalization of industry and services through robotics. Application areas include Inspection and Maintenance, Production, Healthcare and Agri-food.

The robotics hub provides access to research results and best practices, experimentation infrastructures, pilots and demonstrators. Support of experiments and mentoring is also offered to increase the Technology Readiness Level of existing technologies. The dissemination activities include the organisation of specialized workshops

Services also include training, as well as assessment about standards, related regulations, and funding sources. Digital technologies.

The SKALP Robotics Association

is an interdisciplinary organization aimed at the promotion of robotics, industry support related to modern technologies and education in robotics and automation, modern production methods and the space industry. We build prototypes, develop new technologies and undertake tasks that are too difficult for others. We offer technological consulting services for companies, including technological readiness audits according to the ADMA methodology. 
Everyone interested in our activities is invited to the Open Robotics Laboratory - a space dedicated to prototyping, experimenting and looking for answers to the most difficult questions. Our laboratory is located in the Gdańsk Science and Technology Park. Members of the Association are currently involved, among others. in the projects of autonomous vehicles, inspection robots and intelligent agricultural robots.

As a non-profit organization, the association reinvests any operating income as part of its statutory activities.
 

As part of cooperation increasing the competences and digital capabilities of small and medium-sized companies with whom we cooperate, we offer a number of services, including:
 

Field meetings with companies. The lack of awareness of the need for change has been diagnosed by us as one of the biggest stoppers in digital transformation. For this purpose, we organize a series of meetings on site, as close as possible to potential customers. The main purpose of the meetings is to arouse the interest and curiosity of entrepreneurs. Therefore, the presented materials will be short, engaging and showing the latest technologies, such as walking robots, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, etc. To this will be attached Use Cases of our partners showing the real benefits of implementing modern industry 4.0 solutions.

 

Visits to the Leaders of Transformation. To show the possibilities and advantages of implementing digital technologies, we organize visits among regional leaders in implementing modern solutions. These are both companies that have previously undergone a transformation process together with the Association, and organizations that have been improving their operations with modern tools for years. The visits are recorded, edited and published on the Association's channels.

 

Digital Maturity Assessment. The next step, after building awareness and the need for change, is to conduct an audit assessing at what point in digital progress the organization is at and what are the further development priorities. SR SKALP in its resources has 3 certified ADMA auditors, it also has audit experience resulting from cooperation with many production companies.

 

Technology demonstrators. In order to understand the potential of emerging new technologies, entrepreneurs must have space to freely familiarize themselves with the latest technological developments. The Digital Innovation Hub should naturally provide the possibility of contact with technologies unavailable elsewhere. As SR SKALP, we focus primarily on solutions in the field of walking robots, autonomous vehicles, including drones, and high-speed manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing.

 

Test Before Invest. High costs and the uncertainty of the return on investment in modern solutions are the biggest brake stopping small and medium-sized companies from implementing new solutions. With this in mind, we provide companies with the possibility of low-cost testing of the technology, using both the Association's personal resources and the space of the Robotics Laboratory at GPNT. Acting quickly and agile, providing customers with prototypes in a very short time, we convince about the advantages of modern solutions, as well as show that experimenting with technology can be cheap and should be a natural element of their business.

 

Digital transformation roadmap. The final stage of the transformation path is the preparation of a complementary plan to implement changes in the organization. This is the stage at which SKALP representatives work with commercial technology suppliers and the client, gradually “handing over” the client ready for full-scale implementation. Only at this stage, the company is aware of the need for change, has mapped key areas that require improvement and has the necessary internal knowledge to ensure the success of the entire transformation process.

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Robocoast DIH

Robocoast is a center of excellence that is managed by regional non-profit development company Prizztech Ltd. The form of the organization is a network comprising around 100 SMEs in the Satakunta Region of West Finland in the field of automation, robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) and two local universities specialized in robotics and AI.

Robocoast combines the needs of enterprises in order to promote modernization of the industry and services by developing new robotics solutions together with a large network of industrial and research partners. The mission of Robocoast is to increase industrial competitiveness by providing modernization and simulation services, RDI support for SMEs, business development, education and training.

Robocoast has Satakunta University of Applied Science (SAMK) and Technology University of Tampere – Pori Unit (TUT) in the ecosystem. SAMK and TUT can offer Robotics and AI Academy services and education related projects to developing Robotics, Modernisation, Simulation, Machine Learning and Deep Learning frameworks and algorithms to provide decision support based on heterogeneous data sources. The main users of these services would be industrial partners who strive to optimize their production based on data analytics. They are also specialized in agricultural data analytics.

On the national and international level, Robocoast is a partner in several networks and programs related to robotics and artificial intelligence, such as Robot Union, Allied ICT Finland (AIF), BDVA and HiPEAC.

Robocoast is doing cooperation with several other DIH organisations in EU. Tetramax, Robo Valley, Digital Innvoation of Tartu and Elektronicas un Datorzinatnu Instituts (EDI) are examples of DIH partners of Robocoast.

Made in China 2025 (MIC2025) is a national development program in China. The goal of MIC2025 is to comprehensively upgrade Chinese industry and make it more efficient. The City of Ningbo is selected as the pilot city of MIC2025 and Robocoast is Ningbo’s strategic partner in implementing the program. The role of Robocoast is to identify and convey European robotics experts and knowledge to MIC2025.

Robocoast continually identifying new concrete regional, national or international robotization and modernization challenges e.g. by utilizing The Robocoast Challenge Bank process. The Robocoast Challenge Bank process aims to help as many industry and service companies as possible to quickly and efficiently find the best skills and existing solutions. Thererfore it helps enterprise-specific modernization projects.

The most interesting robotization and modernization challenges will be solved in Robocoast Challenges, Robocoast R&D workshops and/or Living Lab environments with the best robotics experts. At its best, the result is the prototype of the new robot or highly improved production line or service.

Robocoast DIH is a unique global gateway combining both Chinese and European excellence, networks and partners in the field of industrial modernization, AI, automation and robotics! Digital technologies.

Robotics Digital Innovation Hub in the Community of Madrid is officially committed with R&D and technology transfer to society and industry. The consortium is formed by the six leading R&D centres in Madrid: Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (coordinator), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Alcalá, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, and is distributed throughout the the region of Madrid: Madrid, Leganes, Arganda del Rey, Alcorcón, Alcalá de Henares, etc. Several types of industries are also part of the RoboCity2030 hub: spin-offs created from the DIH, technological supporting partners (mainly tech SMEs) and end-users (hospitals, big multinational companies, etc.). We are collaborating and providing services to +30 companies and hospitals in the region. Robocity2030 DIH is officially approved and co-funded by the Region of Madrid. Digital technologies.

Starting from a national initiative aiming to support the technology sector through a digitalization package designed mostly for startups, RO Tech Nation Digital Innovation Hub developed into a partnership between eleven organizations with expertise in complementary fields of specialization (Artificial Intelligence, Advanced Digital Skills and Cybersecurity, aiming to implement digital solutions in several domains of activity, such as Smart Cities, Administration digitalization, Industry 4.0, Industries digital transformation, E-health, and Culture). With a non-profit aim, RO Tech Nation DIH is looking forward to providing technological expertise and experimentation facilities at European standards, in order to digitally transform economic agents and public entities belonging to Bucharest-Ilfov region of Romania. 

Complementary, RO Tech Nation DIH intends to mobilize regional actors, aspiring to accomplish the highest and most ambitious level of economic, social and administrative competitiveness. This goal consists of boosting the technology and entrepreneurship ecosystems towards national development, presenting the transformational projects carried out by the representatives of the local technology ecosystem, and least but not last providing know-how for students and future entrepreneurs.

Acting on multiple levels, RO Tech Nation DIH is going to contribute to:

Education and digital transformation through supporting the non-formal digital education and developing young people and future entrepreneurs’ digital skills; increasing the number of business accelerators; and promoting professional reorientation opportunities for IT jobs;
Technology and entrepreneurial ecosystems development through promoting and supporting local projects and technology and entrepreneurial ecosystems; supporting local coworking spaces;
Innovation and technology funding through supporting funding instruments regarding new tech businesses establishment and mentoring programmes for entrepreneurs aiming to receive national or international funding.
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RIOHUB aims at developing a feasibility study for the creation of a hub around 4.0 Industry in La Rioja, to promote the adoption of ICT in traditional and key manufacturing sectors in the Region (Agro-food and foot-wear), by empowering the uptake of I4MS technologies, namely Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) and Internet of Things (IoT). To this end RIOHUB brings together 5 entities who represent the key actorsfor the Digitalisation and Modernisation of strategic manufacturing sectors in La Rioja Region. Additionally 26 key stakeholders (e.g. main public institutions, clusters and competence centres) have shown their strategic interest in the articulation of this Hub, for the promotion of I4MS technologies in La Rioja Manufacturing Sectors. Digital technologies.

The BioRobotics Institute is one of the core partners of ECHORD++ Consortium. It represents a research park specifically created by Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna to better house the research activities and to favour technology transfer. It is equipped with laboratories and research centres for one of ECHORD++’s RIF. It is located at the Polo Sant’Anna Valdera, which also houses an office of the Italian Institute of Technology (MicroBioRobotics Center). Most of the scenarios proposed in ECHORD++’s RIFs will be held in Facilities located in Peccioli area and in the Service Robotics and Green Robotics- Ambient Assisted Living(AAL) Laboratory. The BioRobotics Institute also provides different services such as external facilities as real testing bed enviroment, its own laboratories in the eight research areas, the connection with the joint laboratories all over Italy and the chance to collaborate with SSSA’ Spin Offs. Digital technologies.

Werk150 was founded in 2011 and is the factory of ESB Business School on the campus of Reutlingen University.

The facility is used for application-oriented research and knowledge transfer in training, continuing education, demonstration of solutions in the areas of Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence (AI) and digital twin. We train future experts in the environment of innovative technologies.

At Werk150, we demonstrate, plan and design:

demonstrators for know-how transfer - making Industry 4.0 potential visible,
the use of cloud-based tools for service-oriented collaborative engineering,
smart automation solutions in logistics,
blockchain solutions in the supply chain,
agile value creation structures and processes,
hybrid work and production systems,
methods and tools for planning and realizing future-proof factories, production systems and warehouses,
solutions for the cost-optimal design of logistics supply at the strategic (location and production strategies), tactical ( adaptability and robustness) and operational (dynamics and flexibility) levels,
solutions with 5G private networks in production and logistics (Werk150 has a full 5G standalone private network).

Werk150 is a research facility of Reutlingen University. The results of applied research are continuously integrated into teaching. As a non-profit institution, it supports small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the implementation of innovation and research tasks. The ESB Business School factory does not pursue any commercial goals or economic interest. Projects are publicly funded or privately realized on cost basis.

Our task as an applied research institution is to bring new developments and innovations from science into application and thus to sustainably support small and medium-sized enterprises in their innovation potential. Through research projects, such as the 5G4KMU project funded by the state of Baden-Württemberg, Werk150 supports companies in their digital transformation.

Werk150's activities to support local SMEs include:

Objective advice as independent scientists, as well as low-risk and low-threshold access to new technologies and infrastructures.
Development of new products and applications using Werk150's state-of-the-art infrastructure under real test conditions.
Research and realization of new business models through feasibility studies and workshops.
Prototypical implementation and testing of project ideas with the support of highly qualified personnel.
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The LIEU network brings together the Knowledge Transfer Offices (KTOs) of Belgian French-speaking Universities and Higher Education Institutions. The mission of the KTOs is to stimulate and facilitate cooperation between scientific communities and companies in terms of collaborative research, services and knowledge transfer. The LIEU network aims to create a forum where businesses and researchers can enter a dialogue to build trusting relationships. The advisors of the LIEU network act as go-betweens for businesses and researchers, analyzing the business’ needs in order to direct them to the best available solution, and facilitate their cooperation with appropriate academic researchers. The main services provided to companies are divided in three categories: • INFORM: provide to company a concise and consolidated information on the available scientific skills, services and facilities, • COOPERATE: provide to company a tailored support to find a research partner and to establish a business/research partnership, • NETWORK: organize business/research events to stimulate new contacts and give an opportunity to learn about technological and societal advances. The LIEU network forms a unique ecosystem that successfully promotes interactions between various research and innovation professionals. Therefore, LIEU maintains close relationships with all the members of the Walloon Digital Innovation Hub (DIH Digital Wallonia.be), especially the RTOs, the incubator/accelerator, the industry and cluster organizations, the economic development agencies and the regional government. Digital technologies.

Research Center for Informatics (RCI) Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) operates under the Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) and focuses on the following topics: artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision and pattern recognition, robotics and autonomous systems, parallel computing for large data analysis, theoretical computer science, bioinformatics, medical information processing, graphics, visualization and HCI, and embedded security. RCI excellence is based on the existing impact in the research and application areas.

This research output stands on top of high quantity of research results published at international conferences and workshop, where the researchers will collect feedback from the community and will spread reputation of RCI. RCI members have founded Open Informatics, a unique in the Czech Republic, research oriented computer science undergraduate and master degree at CTU that features fields of study such as: Software, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Games, Embedded Systems, Computer Grpahics, Software Engineering, Data Science, Cyber Security, Bioinformatics, Computer Vision and Human-Computer Interaction.

RCI is involved in international collaborations with leading research centers in respective areas. Just examples of our key partners are the following: ETH Zurich, Switzerland, University of Oulu, Finland, University of Surrey, UK, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK (MCR) and North Carolina University at Chapel Hill (NCU), TECHNION I.I.T., Israel, Oxford University, United Kingdom, University of Edinburgh, Center for Intelligent Systems and Applications, AIAI, Stanford University and more others, see our web pages for more details.

RCI enables valuable cross sector collaborations that better facilitates transition of research excellence across different partners from research and application areas. Currently existing core of industrial partners are for example: Valeo, Adobe, IBM, CISCO, Microsoft Research, OPTIMITIVE S.L.U. and Foxcon. RCI has also established the Industrial Advisory Board. Besides direct industrial contracts, RCI members demonstrated capability to engage in technology transfer by means of building startup companies, so common at leading computer science departments at e.g. Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley or MIT. Throughout their career there have been established numerous successful startup companies that are either co-owned by the university or the university licensed the required IP to the startups. CISCO Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) has successfully acquired one of the CTU startup companies, Cognitive Security in 2013. As common in California, the founding professor rejoined the university soon after the transaction. Other example is Company EyeDea s.r.o, where the CTU has 10% share. Digital technologies.