AUTOWARE will establish and push forward an open CPPS ecosystem, allowing SMEs to access all the different components in order to develop digital automation cognitive solutions for their manufacturing processes. AUTOWARE high-level objective is to build an open consolidated ecosystem and single community that will lower the barriers of SMEs for cognitive automation application development and application of autonomous manufacturing processes.

1. KoM Bilbao
The Autoware Ecosystem

2. “
AUTOWARE will establish and push forward an open CPPS ecosystem, allowing SMEs to
access all the different components in order to develop digital automation cognitive
solutions for their manufacturing processes. AUTOWARE will connect several initiatives for
strengthening the European SME offer on cognitive autonomous products and leveraging
cognitive autonomous production processes and equipment towards manufacturing SMEs.
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What is Autoware?

3. AUTOWARE high-level objective is to build an open consolidated
ecosystem and single community that will lower the barriers of
SMEs for cognitive automation application development and
application of autonomous manufacturing processes.
Objectives:
● Facilitate the growth of a digital multi-sided ecosystem through the set-up of an open
ecosystem to facilitate the access to digitalization technologies to SMEs.
● To enable SMEs to connect directly with Industry 4.0 Technology providers, evaluate
potential solutions for their business and develop these within a strategic partnership
● To expand the market for the actors by creating a sustainable network enabling easy
access to potential customers.
● To create awareness of the challenges and trends within the industry.
Objectives

4. Actors in the ecosystem

5. Actors in the ecosystem
● Technology Providers
○ … are all kind of suppliers, who sell Industry 4.0 solutions such as cloud and hosting, simulation and
computation service providers or VR-equipment companies.
● Integrators
○ … are companies which work closely together with manufacturing companies to understand their
business drives and manufacturing strategies and to provide required automation consultancy.
● SMEs
○ … are companies who are interested in innovating their business model by implementing novel
technologies and digitalizalizing their businesses.
● Strategic Partners
○ … are digital clusters or innovation hubs such that can, with their network, promote the ecosystem.

6. Actors in the ecosystem
● Developers
○ … are companies or partners developing the Autoware platform. This involves the development
of an easy-to-use interface which refers to a clear and understandable language, common
design elements with information hierarchies and aligned typographies, to provide the user a fast
and intuitive navigation on the platform.
● Research Centres & Universities
○ … have a good knowledge about the latest technologies, hence they can share valuable
knowledge about single technologies from in-depth research and provide technical feedback on
issue- requests for certain Industry 4.0 solutions.
● Experts
○ … work as matchmaking consultancies in the ecosystem, who collect and share knowledge within
the ecosystem.. They are leading industry experts in the fields of Industry 4.0 industry revolution and
support the ecosystem with deep knowledge of the relevant markets, opportunities and threats.

7. ● Match-making between stakeholders
● Facilitate the access to digitalization technologies to SMMEs
● Providing business-oriented and ROI rooted approach
● Collaboration and knowledge sharing between stakeholders
● Increased dissemination & sales for technology providers
● Improved productivity for SMEs through implementing Industry 4.0
technologies
How the Autoware ecosystem can create value for the actors

8. ● Collaboration
● Market place
● Knowledge Sharing
● Education
The ecosystem domains

9. The Autoware Consortium

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