THE AIM OF THE PROPOSAL IS TO DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURES ON CIBER-FISICI PRODUCTION SYSTEMS IN THE ALTO ADIGE REGION. THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS AUTOMATED LABORATORY INSTRUMENT IS TO CARRY OUT APPLIED RESEARCH IN THE FIELDS OF DECENTRALISED CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR THIS ORGANISATION, PARAMETERISATION AND AUTONOMOUS OPTIMISATION OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES. A TOPOLOGY OF CONTROL SYSTEMS WILL BE DESIGNED, IMPLEMENTED AND VALIDATED ON THE BASIS OF A SMART SYSTEM OF STORAGE MEDIA AND FLEXIBLE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS IN PRODUCTION PROCESSES. IN ADDITION TO FUTURE RESEARCH PROJECTS CARRIED OUT ON THIS PLATFORM AND RELEVANT SCIENTIFIC AND APPLIED RESULTS, THE ALTO ADIGE COMPANIES WILL BENEFIT FROM AN INCREASED EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE AND EXPLOIT THE SYNERGIES GENERATED BY THE PROJECT ITSELF.