Report on Standardization of Artificial Intelligence for Industrie 4.0

The Report on “Artificial Intelligence Applications in Industrie 4.0 / Intelligent Manufacturing” is looking at the mutual understanding of the standardization mechanisms of both countries in the context of artificial intelligence and, in doing so, identifying fundamental potentials and insights for joint activities. The present report summarizes exchanged information and gains insights.

The report describes the Chinese and Germany/Europe standardization landscape and thereby, it is presenting how standardization processes work, their similarities and differences. The key findings of the report are summarized, where the opportunities for leveraging AI in manufacturing through standardization are described in terms of a series of common challenges to be addressed. The report also gives an outlook on how these challenges might be addressed and facilitated by future joint co-operation between China and Germany/Europe in the field of standardization in general, and artificial intelligence standardization in particular. Thereby, future prospects within the Sino-German cooperation on standardization of artificial intelligence in Industrie 4.0 / Intelligent Manufacturing is given and collaboration on various levels – standardization, research, and enterprise – is suggested.