Description du projet
L’IA pour de meilleures conditions de travail
La sécurité au travail est une question cruciale en Europe et dans le monde. Plus de trois millions d’accidents du travail sont enregistrés chaque année dans l’UE et, dans plusieurs milliers de cas, les blessures sont mortelles. Les données pour 2019 révèlent que les accidents du travail coûtent à l’économie de l’UE la somme considérable de 460 milliards d’euros. Elles révèlent également que les blessures associées aux machines constituent un facteur important. Le nombre de blessures associées aux machines peut être réduit en optant pour la numérisation, l’automatisation et l’industrie 5.0. Le projet EARASHI, financé par l’UE, entend aider cette dernière à atteindre cet objectif en soutenant les start-up et autres PME dans le développement de nouvelles technologies robotiques et numériques qui restent durables et font appel aux technologies d’IA. L’intégration de ces technologies est motivée par le souci d’accroître la sécurité des travailleurs et d’améliorer leurs conditions de travail.
Objectif
Despite a decrease since the 90s, 3.1M non-fatal accidents still happen at work, with at least four days of absence from work, and around 3 300 fatal accidents in the EU-27. These work-related accidents and illnesses cost the EU economy 460 b€ in 2019, i.e. 3.3% of GDP annually. Production machines are one of the accident causes. In France, 10 to 15% of accidents at work are related to their use, leading to working day lost equivalent to a company of 15000 people that do not work for a whole year.
In 2021 the EC proposed a new strategic framework for Health and Safety at Work (HSW) to protect health (incl. mental) and safety of its 170 million workers and achieve sustained decent working conditions for all workers, especially in the new world of work brought about by the digital transitions and industry 5.0.
Digital transition is driven by the introduction of robots, AI and remote work that reduce the risks of dangerous tasks and increases productivity. But cognitive overload, digital fatigue, mental exhaustion and various forms of ‘techno-stress’ are also increasing and shall be tackled to ensure HSW.
EARASHI will support Start-ups and SMEs in the uptake of advanced digital eco-responsible technologies (in particular AI, data and robotics) to help workers in their daily activities and improve their working conditions (safety, health and well-being) leading to productivity increase.
Through open calls, 10 beneficiaries will access to leading edge technologies and test facilities from RTOs and industrial partners, business support, mentoring by industrial pairs, support in Ethics, system integration and user acceptance. Selected projects will focus on improving work conditions and worker trust and acceptance of collaborative embodied AI in robotic systems for the production machine application field.
By investing early in and sustaining competitive emerging enabling technologies, EARASHI will contribute to accelerate an eco-responsible digital transition by 2030.
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France