The EU-project COGNIMAN aims to improve difficult-to-automate manufacturing processes, such as glass fibre production, precision machining, additive manufacturing and high-temperature metal production, which currently require significant labour-intensive efforts. These manufacturing processes are all difficult to automate as the tasks involved are complex, and cannot be fully controlled.
Our goal is to develop and demonstrate a new concept of “digital cognitive smart manufacturing” that integrates advanced technologies like simulations, digital twins, advanced sensors, machine learning and cognitive robotics.
This approach will enable flexible and efficient manufacturing towards zero waste and high-quality products, ultimately boosting the European technology and manufacturing sectors’ competitiveness in global markets. It will also help reduce the environmental footprint of manufacturing activities.
