How does AI-MATTERS work?
AI-Matters
AI-MATTERS is a European network of Testing and Experimentation Facilities (TEFs), dedicated to boosting the resilience and flexibility of Europe’s manufacturing sector.
Its aim: to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence, robotics and intelligent, autonomous systems for more agile, innovative production.
What does AI-MATTERS have to offer?
Our offer
AI-MATTERS provides you with :
Experimental facilities and infrastructures to validate your technologies in a real production environment.
Support services mobilizing our equipment, expertise and data to meet your specific needs through collaborative experimentation.
For whom
Our services are aimed at :
Technology companies wishing to test, adapt or evolve their AI solutions in a concrete industrial context.
Manufacturing companies wishing to assess the impact of AI before any investment or deployment.
We focus on startups, scale-ups and SMEs, while remaining open to collaboration with larger structures.
How can you benefit from our services?
Nothing could be simpler: just fill in our contact form. We’ll direct you to the partner best suited to your needs.
What's in it for you?
You are eligible if you have :
An AI-based technological solution (TRL 4 or higher)
A need for validation in a real production environment
A project tooptimize your processes
Quality and human resources challenges
A need to access concrete data or use cases
A real-life use case to test or document
You benefit from :
Access to our network oftest facilities across Europe
Industrial data and real-life use cases
Concrete feedback from industrial users
The ability to upgrade your solution based on results
Support from experts and demonstrators
Documented proof of concept at the end of experimentation
Financial support or a discount on our services, depending on your eligibility
The stages of collaboration
How does a project with AI-MATTERS work?
How do we facilitate collaborative testing and experimentation?
We offer several trial options:
Testing technological solutions at our partner production sites
Creation of customized use cases based on your needs
Generate industrial data to improve your algorithms
Setting upcollaborative experiments between technology suppliers and end-users
We focus on applied research, including :
Validation under laboratory or industrial conditions
Technology demonstration and prototyping
Qualification and TRL upgrading of tested systems
Our services
The service provides a demonstration of a XR-based training materials at large scale...
The service provides a demosntration of a XR-based training materials at large scale...
The digital twin of an operator replicates their movements and identifies risky postures or actions. It...
Use of simulation tools for the optimisation and design of production lines, virtual commissioning or training...
Use of process and equipement modeling/simulation at a functional abstraction level to optimize process planning monitoring...

Additive manufacturing enables rapid prototyping and small-scale production. The WAAM process is suited for large parts...
Assessment of cobotic system for load carrying assistance task and effort amplification...

Test AI-based intrusion detection system and assess its relevance for protecting network trafic associated to considered...
AI-MATTERS focuses on four major areas for the integration of AI in industry: industrial-scale optimization, human-robot interaction, the circular economy and sustainable development, and emerging themes and enabling technologies.
Have a question? A project?
Are you wondering about the eligibility of your technology, or would you like to co-construct a new experimental service? Contact us directly, we’re ready to listen.