Drivers

Alignment with key growth and long-term competitiveness drivers at EU level:

• Twin (Digital & Green) Transition, new processes (Circular Economy), advanced monitoring systems and control strategies, collaborative systems and/or data interoperability along product lifecycles and value chain actors' fields.
• Data economy and AI, high degree of digitalization, broad participation of AIMEN in EU initiatives (standardised manufacturing digital platforms and building blocks), coupling AM and AI for exploring a new manufacturing paradigms
• Industry 5.0: Sustainability (coupling AM and manufacturing digitization benefits), Resilience (decentralised, flexible and highly reconfigurable systems –Plug&Produce solutions enhanced with cognitive capabilities) and Human-centricity (explainable AI (XAI), skill-based robot programming, customised UX or adaptative DSS for users along product lifecycles).