Regions and (E)DIHs alliance for AI-at-the-Edge adoption by European Industry 5.0 Manufacturing SMEs

H2020年的I4MS计划已经并正在为欧洲制造业中小企业的数字化转型取得巨大成功。该计划的第四阶段专注于DIH和高度创新的技术，如数字双胞胎和人工智能。特别是，AI区域创新行动在区域、DIHS、AI解决方案提供商和制造业中小企业之间建立了良性联盟，具体体现在DIHS服务组合和客户旅程分析的新方法、面向AI4EU的数据和AI资源工具包、教学工厂及其技术和监管沙盒网络(Teresa)以及中小企业驱动的实验及其数字化转型路径的生态系统。现在是时候将这些重要成果与制造业向行业5.0的演变、云AI技术向边缘AI的演变、H2020向Horizon和数字欧洲计划(例如EDIH)、数据空间和用于制造业的AI TEF(测试和实验设施)的演变相一致。AI Regio I4MS第四阶段的一些动机现在已经演变：是时候让AI REDGIO 5.0保持制造业中小企业采用人工智能技术的势头了。AI REDGIO 5.0旨在创新和扩展先锋欧盟地区和DHS之间的H2020 I4MS AI区域联盟，为行业5.0制造业中小企业提供具有竞争力的边缘AI数字化转型。AI Regio成果(DHS治理和跨DIH协作的方法和工具；制造工具包的数据空间和AI；教学工厂网络和Teresa设施；14个先锋地区的SME驱动的实验)将i)扩展到I5.0原则；ii)通过边缘到云连续统一体的最新可信技术实现；iii)由欧洲开源硬件/软件参考实现支持，保持欧盟的价值观和伦理原则；iv)与DEP的EDIH网络以及AI TEF节点和数据空间部署计划互连。

The I4MS program in H2020 has been and is a great success for the Digital Transformation of European Manufacturing SMEs. Phase IV of the program was focussing on DIHs and on highly innovative technologies like Digital Twins and AI. In particular, the AI REGIO Innovation Action developed a virtuous alliance between Regions, DIHs, AI solution providers and Manufacturing SMEs, which is materialised by a new methodology for DIHs service portfolio and customer journey analysis, an AI4EU -oriented toolkit of Data and AI resources, a network of Didactic Factories and their TEchnology and REgulatory SAndboxes (TERESA) and an ecosystem of SMEdriven experiments and their Digital Transformation pathways. It is time now to align such important outcomes to the evolution of Manufacturing towards Industry 5.0, the evolution of cloud AI Technologies to AI-at-the-Edge, the evolution of H2020 to Horizon and Digital Europe programmes e.g. to EDIH, Data Spaces and AI TEFs (Testing and Experimentation Facilities) for Manufacturing. Some of the AI REGIO I4MS Phase IV motivations are now evolved: it is time for AI REDGIO 5.0 for keeping momentum of AI technologies adoption in Manufacturing SMEs. AI REDGIO 5.0 aims at renovating and extending the H2020 I4MS AI REGIO alliance between Vanguard EU regions and DIHs for a competitive AI-at-the-Edge Digital Transformation of Industry 5.0 Manufacturing SMEs. AI REGIO outcomes (methods and tools for DIHs governance and cross-DIH collaboration; Data Space and AI for Manufacturing toolkit; Didactic Factories network and TERESA facilities; SME-driven experimentations in 14 Vanguard regions) will be i) extended to the I5.0 principles; ii) enabled by the newest trusted technologies along the edge-to-cloud continuum; iii) supported by European open source hw/sw reference implementations, preserving EU values and ethical principles; iv) interconnected with the EDIH network in DEP as well as with the AI TEF nodes and the Data Spaces deployment program.