We know that the union of artificial intelligence and human intuition will permit more efficient industrial production. That is why we are investigating the way in which the two intelligences can interact, through the Teaming AI project.

Working to improve sustainability

The ultimate aim of the project is to reduce waste in the injection processes. To that end, it seeks to predict the deviations that occur in injection, so that, in advance, artificial intelligence can suggest adjustments of the machine to the operator. In that way, we will avoid the production of defective parts and shutdowns of machines.

Because our injection plant in Albal (Valencia) forms part of one of the use cases on which the consortium is working, the first face-to-face meeting of the research team was held at our facilities. During that forum, they worked intensely to define the parameters for the integration of Knowledge Graph techniques into a Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence database, to permit the detection of anomalies in our injection machine process.

Sharing knowledge

Not long after the visit to Valencia, the general assembly of the consortium was held in the Austrian city of Hagenberg, at the headquarters of scch (software competence center Hagenberg), which is the entity coordinating the project. Our colleagues Alejandro Espert, coordinator of this project and the company’s head of processes, and Amparo Vázquez, head of R&D&I, were there.

During the meeting in Austria, the leaders of each section presented their respective activities. There was also time for workshops, which were held in groups, to address the three use cases which are being developed and on which the three industrial companies of the consortium are involved: FARPLAS, GOIMEK and INDUSTRIAS ALEGRE.

Interactions with a great deal of value

Both the meeting in Valencia and the one in Hagenberg were intense and very productive, and, once again, they confirmed that face-to-face interaction is very necessary, as it permits team bonding, contributing to the achievement of objectives.

Mannheim University and the Technological University Dublin form part of that consortium, as well as the Vienna University of Economics and Business, the Ideko and Itünova technological institutes and different specialised companies, in addition to those already mentioned: Idea, Tyris, CORE, SD Partners, Timelex and Profactor.