PRIME-6G 1st newsletter: Starting the road to 6G-enabled manufacturing
We have launched our first newsletter! In this issue, we introduce our vision for 6G-enabled manufacturing, take you behind our closed-loop approach, and look back at our first events and milestones.
What’s inside?
From our Coordinator's perspective on the challenges shaping the future of connected factories to a look at our closed-loop approach, this issue offers a snapshot of what we are building and why it matters.
It also includes an invitation to explore our new website, highlights from our first events, including the EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026 and ARENA2036’s Ü 2026, and the wider European 6G innovation landscape, as well as a preview of our next steps.
Follow us on LinkedIn, Bluesky, and YouTube, and subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date with our progress!
PRIME-6G launches: Building the next generation of connected factories
Manufacturing is entering a new era. Factories are becoming more connected and automated, but they also face growing demands for flexibility, efficiency, and resilience. That is the challenge we aim to address.
Our 30-month journey officially began in June 2026, bringing together 13 partners from six European countries to accelerate the adoption of next-generation 6G technologies in industrial manufacturing.
At PRIME-6G, we are developing, testing, and validating an integrated platform that brings together 6G connectivity, AI, cloud-edge computing, robotics, and real-time sensing. Our goal is to demonstrate how these technologies can work together seamlessly, reliably and in real time to make manufacturing smarter, more flexible and more resilient.
We will develop and validate our technologies at partner laboratories in Madrid (at NEXTONIC) and Munich (at Siemens Advanced Group Facility), before integrating selected components into a TRL 6–7 demonstrator at ARENA2036 in Stuttgart, where we will test our platform in a real-world manufacturing environment.
Our work is structured around two complementary industrial use cases:
AURORA — Advanced Unified Robotics Operations via Resilient Automation – explores how deterministic 6G connectivity, AI-driven network management, and intelligent edge computing can support more agile and autonomous industrial operations.
SENTINEL — Sensing-Enhanced Network Twin for Intelligent Environments in Manufacturing — explores how multi-sensor fusion and Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) can create real-time digital twins of dynamic industrial environments, improving situational awareness, robot coordination, and operational safety.
Together, they will demonstrate how these technologies can work together to create smarter, more connected, and autonomous factories.
Read our launch press release
Our first press release introduces our vision, objectives, and the team working together to bring this ambition to life.
Follow us on LinkedIn, Bluesky, and YouTube, and subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date with our progress!