Our Services

AI-MATTERS offers an extensive service catalogue that evolves through continuous updates as needs and expectations of the European manufacturing industry progress. Please contact us for more information. 

Teleoperation of robots
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Despite the increasing level of implantable intelligence in the robot, there are situations in which human intervention is necessary to supervise the task being carried out by the robot or even to guide it remotely.

Proof of concept with state-of-the-art equipment available at the Node.
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Proof-of-concepts for companies making the equipment available to help them verify whether their concepts are likely to be exploited in a useful way in their application or business.

Conceptual design, simulation, solution architecture, safety analysis
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Technical solutions and advice in several fields for robotic solutions oriented to handling, logistics, flexible and/or adaptable systems, manufacturing and quality control systems.

Prototyping, programming and experimental validation of the robotic system.
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Design and implementation of functional prototypes. Experimentation for validation of the designed solutions according to criteria established by the client such as efficiency, quality, cycle, etc.

Detection and localisation of parts by vision for robot guidance
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Provision of robotic systems with optical capabilities so that they are able to flexibly modify their approach and guidance trajectories, adapting to the context conditions.

Dimensional control of parts with robots and 2D vision
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Quality inspection in 2 and 3 dimensions: dimensional type (measuring dimensions and/or detecting burrs, lack of material, etc.) or of a superficial type, detecting defects such as cracks, scratches or any other type of poor

Checking the integrity and defects of parts with robots and 3D vision, ultrasonic techniques and thermography
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Robots & 3D vision:This inspection is volumetric in nature, for metallic and non-metallic materials, and is capable of locating, by means of validated inspection procedures in accordance with current regulations, defects such as pores, lack

Handling of items in large environments on the ground
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Handling of items in large spaces, indoors or outdoors, using mobile robots incorporating autonomous navigation. Manipulation refers to load transfer from different points and depends on the size of the elements and on the load

Autonomous navigation based on 2D and 3D slam
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2D Simultaneous Localisation and Mapping (SLAM) to indicate that robots explore the environment in which they are located using sensors, providing maps that will be used to locate them at all times by means of

Autonomous mobile robot / AGV customisation
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Adaptation of commercial mobile robotics solutions to the requirements of demanding applications in terms of technological sophistication. Incorporating proprietary navigation software, obstacle avoidance and real-time trajectory calculation and additional advanced sensors.

Studying the precision of robots performing manufacturing operations
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> Studying the precision achievable by a milling robot, the level of vibrations during machining and techniques to avoid vibration, simulation of the robot’s response, robot programming and optimisation of the milling process conditions. >Studying

High speed PickAndPlace handling
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Implementation, development and implementation of Delta-type robotic technology, together with optical inspection, detection and identification systems, enable pick & place, sorting, assembly, packaging or similar tasks to be carried out with high levels of precision

Accuracy improvement of robots
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Robots are repetitive, but not very precise machines. That is, robots are capable of executing the same movement thousands of times where the trajectory followed by the robot is practically identical in each loop. However,

Manufacturability tests
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Manufacturability tests of specific products: evaluation of the feasibility of using Binder jetting additive manufacturing to obtain specific products.

Prototyping and small pre-series production to validate the technology for specific components production.
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Design and production of small series of functional prototypes. Experimentation and validation of the designed solutions according to criteria established by the client such as efficiency, quality, cycle, etc.

Development of new products for Binder jetting additive manufacturing
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Design of new products with increased performance specifically designed to be manufactured using binder jetting technology: use the design freedom given by the technology to create new products with better characteristics. The design limitation will

Business case Feasibility
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Evaluation of new applications of components obtained by BJ: Study on the techno-economic feasibility for the manufacture of components using BJ.

Preparation of orders
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Robot prototypes of proofs of concept of solutions linked to logistics operations e.g. containerisation, product sorting, returns management. The operations involve product recognition, product handling and its placement in containers or order boxes.

Palletising/de-palletising
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Robot prototypes of proofs of concept of solutions linked to pallet logistics operations such as palletising or depalletising. The operations involve the recognition of products on pallets in both single-reference and multi-reference configurations, their handling

Machine feeding/Parts feeding
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Robot prototypes of proofs of concept of solutions linked to handling for operations e.g. machine feeding from baskets, positioning for inspection. The operations involve recognising the position of the part, handling it and positioning it

Force/compliance-based robot guidance
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Traditionally, robots are capable of repeatedly positioning a tool to perform tasks that do not require contact and/or a priori knowledge of the arrangement of the objects with which the robot must interact (picking up

Environment simulation and operational planning
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Simulation tools of virtual environments where operations and automation workflows with robots are reproduced. These simulations allow layouts, cycle times, execution paths, etc. to be evaluated.

Dual-arm coordinated motion
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Coordinated and online programming of the trajectory of the arms of a dual-arm robot considering the information received from external perception systems that provide real-time information on external restrictions that condition its movement and taking

Bin Picking or Kitting type pick in place handling
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Robotic handling, making use of vision and object recognition systems for Bin Picking or Kitting type tasks.

Automatic or easy programming of robotic cells
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Starting from a digitalised work environment in which CAD models are available, an operator, with no specific training in robot programming can enter information about the operations to be carried out, that are interpreted by

Human-Robot Interaction, Safe Environment Monitoring and Collaborative Robotics
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Establishing communication between people and robots to carry out tasks in collaboration, both verbal and gestural, establishing the necessary safety measures and regulations in an environment in which both people and robots move.

Automatic generation of collision-free trajectories
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This service has two strategies: the static one referring to programming the trajectory after perceiving the environment and, based on the information captured on position of the displacement, being able to identify the most optimal

Handling of items in large environments by air
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load > 1 tonne and 1Tn in large, indoor workspaces. This handling is similar to the one that can be carried out with an overhead crane, except for the degrees of freedom in the positioning

Model Training Service
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General hardware & software services for model training can be provided to reduced datasets, just to show the potential to current industrial needs. Notice that pre-trained models will be provided by default, and specifically related

Data Augmentation/Annotaion Service
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General hardware & Software services for data augmentation can be provided to reduced datasets, just to show the potential to current industrial needs. To be applied to big datasets or production environments, a specific consultancy

Time Series Forecast (TBD)
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Procedures that, integrating AI/ML algorithms, make it possible to check the predictive potential of a time series. It will speed up and reduce risk when delving into more complex AI/ML-based projects. A benchmark of different

Systematic pattern extraction
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Service that allows extracting its characteristic (systematic) patterns from a data set of individual patterns. The applications are very diverse from consumption analysis, machine behaviour analysis, etc. This will allow claimants to identify systematic behaviour

Confidence AI explainability service
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General hardware & software services for using explainability libraries in specific industrial use cases can be provided to reduced datasets, just to show the potential to current industrial needs. Notice that pre-trained models will be

AI technological services associated to industrial use cases to show potential use cases
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The goal is to facilitate the understanding of key AI technologies within clear industrial use cases (e.g. reinforcement learning applied to robotics (arm or drones), explainability applied to anomaly detection, damage detection and assessment, ROI

Proof-of-concept for technology providers
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Support to Hardware/Software technologies development and validation through integration support and testing (interoperability, connectivity, compatibility) in the execution of pre-defined manufacturing-related tasks.

Onsite experimentation services for manufacturing adopters
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Validation and benchmarking of Hardware & Software technologies as well as innovative tools at semi-industrial scale (reliability, performance, robustness) through the experimentation of the mobile robot solutions in the execution of planned manufacturing tasks.

Proof-of-concept for technology providers
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Support to Hardware/Software technologies development and validation through integration support and testing (interoperability, connectivity, compatibility) in the use of industrial robots (including exoskeletons) in the field of manufacturing.

Onsite experimentation services for manufacturing adopters
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Validation and benchmarking of Hardware & Software technologies as well as innovative tools at semi-industrial scale (reliability, performance, robustness) through the experimentation in the use of industrial robots (including exoskeletons) in the field of manufacturing.

Assets digitalisation and process simulation.
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Manufacturing assets (products, processes and resources) digitisation based on the implementation of Asset Administration Shell (AAS) reference model for the materialisation of Digital Twins. Enabling access to AIMEN´s digital infrastructure to enhance faster and agile

Proof-of-concept for technology providers
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Support to Hardware/Software technologies development and validation through integration support and testing.

Didactic and virtual environment testing.
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Provisioning of access to AIMEN´s digital infrastructure (storage and computing capabilities) for the deployment of digital tools and solutions and their testing under virtual scenarios (cybersecurity solutions, distributed approaches, validation of decentralised tools -DPP-, etc.).

Data preparation and curation, interoperability pipelines provisioning.
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Data interoperability and digital threading (closed-loop digital pipelines provisioning) services through open-standard protocols allowing asset interoperability and maintaining cross references and data integrity, among different manufacturing domains (IT/OT convergence), avoiding the dependence on proprietary solutions

Proof-of-concept for technology providers
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Support to digital solutions development and validation (cybersecurity solutions, platform modules, services, etc.) through integration support and testing (interoperability, connectivity, compatibility) in the AIMEN digital infrastructure.

Proof-of-concept for technology providers in the field of advanced joining technologies and surface technologies (laser-based)
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Support to Hardware/Software technologies development and validation through integration support and testing (interoperability, connectivity, compatibility) in the execution of pre-defined manufacturing-related tasks in the field of laser-based joining technologies.

Onsite experimentation services for manufacturing adopters in the field of advanced joining technologies and surface technologies (laser-based)
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Validation and benchmarking of Hardware & Software technologies as well as innovative tools at semi-industrial scale (reliability, performance, robustness) in the field of laser-based joining technologies.

Metal AM (LMD, WAAM) robotised process for tech. providers technologies testing and validation
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Support to Hardware/Software technologies development and validation through integration support and testing (interoperability, connectivity, compatibility) in the execution of pre-defined manufacturing-related tasks.

Metal AM (LMD, WAAM)and polymeric/composite AM (FFF, AFP) robotised processes for onsite experimentation services
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Validation and benchmarking of Hardware & Software technologies as well as innovative tools at semi-industrial scale (reliability, performance, robustness).

Proof-of-concept for technology providers in the field of micro manufacturing (micro- drilling/cutting/welding/machining)
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Support to Hardware/Software technologies development and validation through integration support and testing (interoperability, connectivity, compatibility) in the execution of pre-defined manufacturing-related tasks in the field of high precision manufacturing (micro manufacturing).

Proof-of-concept for technology providers in the field of laser-based micro manufacturing for micro Additive Manufacturing
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Support to Hardware/Software technologies development and validation through integration support and testing (interoperability, connectivity, compatibility) in the execution of pre-defined manufacturing-related tasks in the field of micro AM.

Proof-of-concept for technology providers in the field of laser surface texturing (LST)
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Support to Hardware/Software technologies development and validation through integration support and testing (interoperability, connectivity, compatibility) in the execution of pre-defined manufacturing-related tasks in the field of laser-based surface texturing processes for specific surface functionalisation or