A new CEN Workshop is being planned which will complement the activities of the EU Research project “AI-PRISM”. This initiative focuses on creating a human-centred AI-based solutions ecosystem. Its goals are to improve human-robot collaborations, integrate humanities into the fields of AI and robotics, and afford SMEs affordable and simple solutions.
The integration of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in product and system design is now widely advocated in the EU. “Effective SSH integration is considered an important requirement for fostering better science and increased societal and economic impact of research and innovation. As such, the integration of SSH throughout Horizon Europe, including missions and partnerships, is a key cross-cutting priority” (European Commission, 2023).
The AI-PRISIM project seeks to integrate SSH with AI and robotics to develop new solutions. It is particularly focused on enhancing the performance of the tasks that have traditionally been difficult to automate because they have certain requirements such as speed and versatility. Exploitation of the advanced capabilities of AI and robotics technologies is combined with a human-centered approach that is enhancing the user / workforce safety, performance, acceptance and well-being.
In light of the aims of the AI-PRISM project, this Workshop will develop two different but closely related CWAs:
1. Methodology for human-centered design of industrial human-robot applications
This document will provide production system designers, integrators and owners with an effective methodology for ensuring the human-centred design of industrial human-robot applications. It is designed to address a current gap in the availability of practical and reliable human-centred design guidance and techniques for the design of collaborative human-robot systems in industry.
2. Methodology for the identification of human skills requirements for work in industrial human-robot collaboration
This document sets out a methodology for identifying the human skills that will be needed by operators working in industrial human-robot systems. This methodology is an output currently needed by production system designers, integrators and owners who currently lack a means of evaluating what skills and training they need to provide and design for.
The kick-off meeting for the Workshop will take place remotely via Microsoft Teams on 27th May 2025 from 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. (CEST). To attend remotely, please use this Registration Link.
All interested parties are invited to submit comments on the draft Project Plan using the commenting form below, to the Workshop Secretary Francisco Luis Arribas Martin (UNE) (farribas@une.org).
Download the documents:
- Workshop description and draft Project Plan
- Agenda of the Kick-off Meeting
- Registration form
- Commenting form
