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SmartIC

Are you an EDIH? Yes.

City: Tallinn, Estonia.

Description:

The DIH SmartIC (Smart Industry Centre) was established in 2017 with the purpose of bringing together the distributed infra-structures of research and development related to smart production in Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), other universities and SME-s in the fields of mechanics, mechanical engineering, automation, mechatronics, materials engineering and ICT.
Focus areas of SmartIC involve preparation, manufacturing and quality control of complex prototypes; development of digital twins and virtual and augmented reality (VR&AR) solutions in manufacturing; AI based industrial robotics; self-driving vehicles in production logistics; predictive maintenance and optimization of smart manufacturing; safe and sustainable energy solutions for smart industry.

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Sectoral coverage: SmartIC is a so-called distributed unit, designed to considerably improve research in the field of smart production and the cross-use of infrastructures in both Estonia (among universities and cooperation partners) and on an international scale (research and development cooperation projects, applied research with international companies, e.g. in aviation, automotive industry, shipping industry, etc.) via cooperation, marketing and jointly defined services, using the principles of reverse engineering and contemporary ICT tools such as virtual reality and big data processing. .
Technological focus: Focus areas of SmartIC involve preparation, manufacturing and quality control of complex prototypes; development of digital twins and virtual and augmented reality (VR&AR) solutions in manufacturing; industrial robotics; self-driving vehicles in production logistics; predictive maintenance and optimization of smart manufacturing; safe and sustainable energy solutions for smart industry. .
Customer types: Typical customers are SME-s and midcaps, willing to digitalise processes or develop digtal products/services (e.g. by developing digital twins)..
Service Offering:

The SmartIC has been recognised both in research and in society for 3D metal printing novel solutions, self-driving robot platforms development, smart grid solutions development and advancement in robot control through virtual reality environment and digital twins. By being digitally connected, the DIH doesn’t require offices or actual facilities from where the project is being managed or coordinated. Specifically for the project, the TalTech will make use of its SmartIC research infrastructure https://smartic.ee/, a recognized DIH in the JRC’s catalogue of DIH. This includes also its FMS & Robotics Demo Centre and selfdriving robot platforms laboratory, but also industrial VR/AR laboratory IVAR https://ivar.taltech.ee/ The infrastructure enables shared digital infrastructure through VR, and technology for robots and FMS digital twins development and control. SmartIC main services: testbed for self-driving robot platforms, IIot and smart grid solutions, and AI solutions for smart manufacturing. The core infrastructure of SmartIC is including also the ohter relevant laboratories of TalTech and the Estonian University of Life Sciences: Flexible Manufacturing System and Robotics Demo-Centre, the Laboratory of Mechanical Testing and Metrology, ProtoLab, CT Laboratory, Measurement Laboratory, Industrial Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Laboratory (IVAR), Self-driving Vehicles https://autolab.taltech.ee/ and Autonomous Systems Laboratory (ISEAUTO) https://iseauto.taltech.ee/en/ and Acoustic Testing Laboratory. In the course of development, the distributed infrastructure has been expanded by smart workplace technologies to virtualise the connected laboratories by VR/AR means and allow the remote operation of devices.

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In terms of cooperation with other Hubs, we look for:
GEOGRAPHICAL PROXIMITY: Not important
SIMILAR TECHNOLOGICAL FOCUS: Not important
COMPLEMENTARY SERVICE OFFERING: Not important
SIMILAR SECTORAL COVERAGE: Not important
OTHER RELEVANT ASPECTS: Expected to become EDIH or targeting cooperation in terms of EDIH programme
YOUR NEED IN ONE SENTENCE: Cooperation in terms of digital services/platforms
NAMES OF THE HUBS YOU WOULD LIKE TO MEET: Cooperation in terms of digital services/platforms

Let’s meet each other

Delegate 1:


Tauno Otto

Delegate 2: