AUMOVIO’s first AI Living Lab, established in 2023 in Romania, represents a pioneering initiative within our global network. This innovative lab is dedicated to accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence into daily operations, enhancing productivity, collaboration, and innovation across departments. By piloting living lab methodologies in a co-creation environment, we engage over 10,000 employees in R&D, central functions, and operations. The AI Living Lab serves as a scalable model for future AI integrations within AUMOVIO, supporting the growth of a global AI Living Labs network.
Scaling AI-empowered employee solutions in Romania
AUMOVIO AI Living Lab
Who we are
What we do
The AI Living Lab is empowering local internal automotive communities through technology, reducing adoption time by piloting and preparing the roll-out of AI solutions in a collaborative user-centric manner. By channeling customer feedback to the AI developers for continuous improvement, we measure both the operational impact and employee engagement with AI solutions.
Direct engagement builds trust in the technology and ensures it is designed to be trustworthy for future users. The AI Living Lab is embedded within both AUMOVIO’s ecosystem and the local internal communities, leveraging their diverse potential.
Increase Efficiency
AI automation allows employees to focus on strategic initiatives and high-value tasks.
Augment Decision-Making
Advanced data analysis provides actionable insights, transforming decision-making processes.
Boost Collaboration
AI tools enable seamless information sharing and collaboration across teams, enhancing AUMOVIO’s agile culture.
Collaborations and partnerships
AUMOVIO recognizes the importance of collaboration in advancing AI innovation. By building partnerships with universities, research institutions, and local technology firms, the AI Living Lab fosters an ecosystem where ideas and expertise converge.
Additionally, the AI Living Lab encourages external collaborations, welcoming startups, academics, and industry leaders to join forces in designing solutions for AI-empowered automotive employees of tomorrow.
Collaboration with West University Timișoara
A strategic partnership harnessing European Living Lab expertise to build AI capacity, refine sustainable innovation frameworks, and establish enduring corporate innovation infrastructure through advanced management practices.
Collaboration with Politehnica University Timișoara
A dynamic partnership that blends rapid prototyping with Master’s students to drive real-world innovation and technology development, while advancing complex AI research with PhD students in the areas of AI-empowered employees and AI-empowered mobility.
Collaboration with Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iași
A collaborative effort dedicated to pioneering research under the IPCEI Microelectronics/Communication Technologies framework, advancing critical technologies in microelectronics and strengthening European technological sovereignty, rooted in automotive industry needs co-innovatedwith our employees.
Key results
In its first year, the AI Living Lab analyzed numerous use cases where AI could benefit the company, conducting feasibility studies and proof-of-concept projects. This led to the development of new internal solutions across business areas. The following approaches are only two great examples:
This solution enhances product quality by detecting potential unforeseen issues in large time-series data.
Utilizing large language models, this solution understands customer requests and automatically routes them to the appropriate team, reducing lead time for resolutions and increasing customer satisfaction.
Additionally, the AI Living Lab has been instrumental in several other areas, such as:
Upskilling employees by offering a range of experimentations and learning sessions to enhance their understanding and engagement with AI technologies, through internal programs.
Connecting with the external ecosystem through program-level presentations at important regional events, such as AI for Humanity.
Understanding employees’ perceptions of AI and the resulting efficiency gains through a comprehensive sociological study conducted withing the AI Living Lab’s target audience.
Publications
Archived Publications
The following publications were released at a time when AUMOVIO was still operating under its former company name, Continental Automotive. For this reason, the previous company name still appears in the publications. Please note that we have no influence over the company name used in already published materials.
- Andrei Son, Corina Apachite, Alexandra Petcu, Dimitri Schuurman: “Corporate AI Living Labs: A Structured Approach to Accelerating AI Adoption and Transforming Towards AI-Empowered Employees for Operational Excellence”, in JIM: Journal of Innovation Management.
A vision for the future
As AUMOVIO continues to expand its innovation footprint, the AI Living Lab in Romania plays a crucial role in shaping how AI empowers us within corporate settings. By scaling its successes and sharing insights across the global AUMOVIO network, the AI Living Lab is setting a new standard for AI adoption in the workplace. This vision empowers employees, boosts efficiency, and fosters a culture of continuous learning and improvement, all in collaboration with end-users who are becoming innovators on the job.
Our AI experts
At our AI Living Lab in Romania, our AI experts are dedicated to accelerating the integration of artificial intelligence into daily operations, enhancing productivity, collaboration, and innovation across departments from the entire organization. For insights into the innovative workbeing done by our experts, head to our team overview here.