AI-PROFICIENT Connected Worker Solution on the Innovation Radar

The European Commission’s Innovation Radar has named TenForce a Key Innovator for its role in the AI-PROFICIENT project. This recognition showcases TenForce’s commitment to transforming industrial landscapes through its innovative connected worker solution. 

The AI-PROFICIENT project, part of Horizon 2020, unites research institutions and technology providers in a collaborative effort to enhance EU manufacturing productivity. Targeting a 10% increase in Overall Production Efficiency (OPE) and a 50% reduction in low-quality product output, the project integrates human expertise with AI (Artificial Intelligence), IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things), and AR (Augmented Reality). 

TenForce’s key contribution to AI-PROFICIENT is the development and implementation of a connected worker solution for the additive manufacturing industry. TenForce has combined EHSQ (Environment, Health, Safety, and Quality) software, image recognition, AI algorithms, and wearable technology to optimize raw material use, addressing challenges in manually adding additives to feeders. Due to labeling issues and operator fatigue, the process was error-prone, with the potential for operators to pour the wrong additive into feeders, leading to significant product loss.   

Working with INEOS, TenForce implemented a solution where operators utilize wearable devices to scan labels. ML and AI interpret labels, cross-referencing them with feeder requirements and providing instant feedback. This application, which significantly reduces human error, highlights the potential of ML/AI to tackle operational challenges in continuous chemical production.  

The Innovation Radar, a European Commission initiative, identifies high-potential innovations emerging from EU-funded research projects. Drawing on information gathered by independent experts, it evaluates market potential and impact (details about the methodology available here). 

Jan Van den Nieuwenhof, CEO of TenForce, reflected on the achievement, saying, “TenForce’s recognition as a Key Innovator is a reward for our efforts to advance AI/ML technology and drive operational excellence in industrial workplaces.” 

About TenForce 

TenForce is a dynamic company that focuses on Operational Risk Management, EHSQ, and the management of distributed infrastructure. We apply modern technologies like machine learning, artificial intelligence, and IoT (Internet of Things) to increase customer intelligence and efficiency by a factor (or force) of ten. Based in Leuven, Belgium – close to the heart of Europe – we serve customers around the world with a team of more than seventy-five enthusiasts. TenForce is a member of the Elisa IndustrIQ family which is an international industrial software business at Elisa Corporation. Get to know us at www.tenforce.com    

About AI-PROFICIENT 

AI-PROFICIENT is a project funded by the European Commission, under Horizon 2020, aspiring to integrate advanced AI technologies with manufacturing ones, in order to improve production planning and execution and facilitate the collaboration between humans and machines. The project facilitates human-machine collaboration within the European manufacturing and process industry as an evolution from hierarchical and reactive decision-making to plant automation. 

Learn more about AI-PROFICIENT, https://ai-proficient.eu/  

About Innovation Radar 

The Innovation Radar is a European Commission initiative to identify high-potential innovations and innovators in EU-funded research and innovation projects. Our goal is to allow every citizen, public official, professional, and businessperson to discover the outputs of EU innovation funding and give them a chance to seek out innovators who could follow in the footsteps of companies such as Skype, TomTom, ARM Holdings, all of whom received EU funding in their early days.