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AI, Data and Robotics Association (ADRA)

The member count is published as "over 180", not as an exact figure, and is therefore left null here rather than rounded. ADRA's own site names CAIRNE among its five founders, while sources contemporary with the 2021 founding name CLAIRE: the association was renamed, and the date of that rename is not established by the sources consulted here.

Updated 2026-09-03 · Last verified 2026-09-03

KindAssociation
FrameworkOutside any framework programme
CountryBE
Start2021-05
EndNo term
StatusRunning
Partners tracked here0
Full titleAI, Data and Robotics Association (ADRA)
CoordinatorADRA asbl
FunderCotisations des organisations membres
Focusartificial intelligence, data, robotics, European advocacy
What it left behindAn association of more than 180 member organisations, the private side of the Horizon Europe AI, Data and Robotics partnership — in which robotics is one founding member out of five, alongside big data, machine learning and two artificial-intelligence bodies.

Trajectory

The dated, sourced shifts in this project's life: licence, governance, archival, a component opening up. What the brick did, not what it announces.

  1. Founded Opening

    ADRA is founded on 21 May 2021 as a Belgian asbl by BDVA, CAIRNE, ELLIS, EurAI and euRobotics.

Sources: ADRA (AI, Data and Robotics Association) (2026-09-03)Commission européenne (Futurium, European AI Alliance) (2026-09-03)

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