COGNIMAN Convention 2024 – Transforming industries

Automation of labour-intensive processes is a challenge many in the manufacturing industry face. If you’re seeking innovative solutions, the COGNIMAN Convention 2024 might just be what you need as inspiration. 
 
COGNIMAN is an EU-funded project that aims at automating labour-intensive manufacturing processes through AI, machine learning and simulations. EIT Manufacturing Central, as part of COGNIMAN, is co-organising a one-day event in Norway this October alongside Eyde Cluster and NORCE Norwegian Research Centre. This event will bring together manufacturing companies to discuss industry challenges, showcase innovative solutions and explore opportunities for EU collaboration and funding. 

Why should you attend?

Background

Manufacturing processes like glass fibre production, precision machining, additive manufacturing and high-temperature metal production are difficult to automate: Tasks are complex, and cannot be fully controlled. The EU project COGNIMAN aims at solving this and making manufacturers more productive, efficient, flexible as well as sustainable. 16 partners from six countries develop a novel concept of “digital cognitive smart manufacturing”. COGNIMAN stands for “COGNitive Industries for smart MANufacturing“.

Solving four concrete use cases on the way, the outcome of the project will be human-centric modular toolboxes that can be adapted to substitute a range of manual manufacturing processes. The toolboxes will integrate key technologies such as simulations, digital twins, advanced sensors, machine learning toolbox and cognitive robotics.

The ultimate objective is to boost competitiveness of the European technology and manufacturing sectors towards industrial leadership in global markets, while reducing the environmental footprint of manufacturing activities.