Dr Celile Huet, Acting Head of Unit, Robotics & AI innovation and Excellent, European Commission DG CONNECT, presented two major destinations, 4 and 6, that are associated with the AI, Data & Robotics. Under Destination 4 on Digital and Emerging Technologies for Competitiveness and Fit for the Green Deal, there are two innovation actions of DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-09: AI, Data and Robotics for the Green Deal and DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-10: AI, Data and Robotics at work.

There are two research and innovation actions (RIA) aiming to enhance the efficiency, robustness, safe, adaptability, and trust of future deployable robots. The RIAs are DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-11: Pushing the limit of robotics cognition and DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-12: European Network of Excellence Centres in Robotics.

Dr Stefano Bertolo, CNECT.G.1, presented the data focus RIAs under HORIZON-CL2021-DATA01-01: Technologies and solutions for compliance, privacy preservation, green and responsible data operations. There is a pool of €52 million for projects that can deliver the technologies and solutions start at TRL 2-3 to TRL 4-5.

After the key presentations about the calls that will have the deadline for submission is Oct 2021, a series of higher education institutions, research entities, SMEs, and companies presented their two minutes pitch introducing their capabilities and seeking potential partners in areas and the calls that they are interested in.

All the presentations are now available on the AI, Data and Robotics partnership website (under the resources tab): https://ai-data-robotics-partnership.eu

For those of you who are looking for partners or offering your expertise, please register on the Idealist website: https://digital2021.ideal-ist.eu

If you missed the event or part of it, you could watch the recording here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwwpjNn9t6k