Objective
APOLLO delivers a sovereign European Agentic Physical AI Operating System (OS) designed to bridge the gap between digital
intelligence and physical execution in autonomous scientific discovery. Under current research infrastructures, it takes 10 to 20 years
for a new material to advance from discovery to commercialization. While early Materials Acceleration Platforms have targeted simple
molecular systems, APOLLO positions the EU as a global leader in Physical AI by providing a unified infrastructure for complex, realworld industrial orchestration. The platform’s relevance is validated through two high-stakes use cases: (1) Ink Optimization for
sustainable energy materials, a critical bottleneck for the rapid scaling of European battery and fuel cell manufacturing, and (2)
Precision Encapsulation for high-temperature fabrication, vital for the durability of aerospace and energy components in harsh
environments.
APOLLO builds on validated architectures adopting the Vision-Language-Action (VLA) concept, agentic frameworks, and digital twin infrastructure, extending them into a proprietary multi-agentic framework with generative physical AI. This stack enables a
demonstrated 10× increase in discovery speed and 80% lower R&D costs by utilizing a proven platform where digital agents train
robots in high-fidelity virtual environments before deployment. To ensure industrial reliability, APOLLO utilizes a Guardian-Orchestrated Human-in-the-Loop System. This substantiates the accuracy of Human-AI Collaboration while ensuring compliance with principles of Responsible AI, Trustworthiness, and Security. Through Seamless Digital-Physical Integration and Advanced AI-enabled Data Transformation, APOLLO transforms isolated systems into an interconnected network of autonomous digital scientists and a physical AI workforce.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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- natural sciences computer and information sciences software software applications system software operating systems
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels renewable energy
- social sciences economics and business business and management employment
- engineering and technology environmental engineering energy and fuels fuel cells
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC)
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Funding Scheme
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Call for proposal
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(opens in new window) HORIZON-EIC-2026-AIC
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Net EU financial contribution. The sum of money that the participant receives, deducted by the EU contribution to its linked third party. It considers the distribution of the EU financial contribution between direct beneficiaries of the project and other types of participants, like third-party participants.
52428 JULICH
Germany
The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
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