Objective
Greece ranks 25th of 27 EU Member States on the Digital Economy and Society Index, with the EU's lowest share of ICT specialists and SMEs among the lowest adopters of AI and emerging technologies. Greek manufacturers signal strong latent demand, 43% plan AI deployment within three years, yet lack the infrastructure to experience frontier Physical AI (PAI), Agentic AI (AAI) and immersive AR/XR technologies before investing in them.
Twin4Ai addresses this gap by transforming the Greek Smart Factory (GSF), established under the preceding Twin4Twin project, into an operational test-before-invest platform for PAI, AAI and AR/XR in manufacturing. Through structured twinning between CORE Innovation Centre (Greece, Widening coordinator) and three leading European institutions: Swiss Smart Factory (Switzerland), AIMEN Technology Centre (Spain) and Fraunhofer IFF (Germany). CORE will acquire the scientific, operational and managerial capacity to deploy, validate and replicate frontier PAI services for Greek manufacturers and European technology providers.
The project delivers: (i) a Physical AI demonstrator at the GSF combining robot manipulators, a robot dog, a humanoid, agentic AI control and an immersive AR/XR environment replicated from F-IFF's Elbfabrik; (ii) a lighthouse service validated at AIMEN's TEF and SSF's Smart Factory; (iii) an RM Comp-aligned research management upgrade including a Financial PM capacity and a Project Management Card Game; (iv) a GSF industrial services model and cross-border collaboration framework with European EDIHs, TEFs and Smart Factories; and (v) two editions of the CORE Innovation Days conference.
By the end of the 30-month action, Twin4Ai will position CORE as Greece's gateway for Physical and Agentic AI in manufacturing, closing the capability gap with European frontrunners and reinforcing the Widening country's role in Europe's industrial AI landscape.
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HORIZON.4.1 - Widening participation and spreading excellence
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-WIDERA-2026-02
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