The RICAIP project is a crystallisation centre in Industry 4.0 towards a European research infrastructure. It opens up opportunities for the development of research and innovation capacities of leading research organisations from the Czech Republic: The Czech Institute of Informatics, Robotics and Cybernetics of the Czech Technical University in Prague and the Central European Institute of Technology of the BUT by establishing a strong partnership with leading German research organisations: DFKI, German Institute for Artificial Intelligence and ZeMA, Centre for Mechatronics and Automation.