Robotics Institute Germany co-founded
Fraunhofer IPA is a co-founder of the Robotics Institute Germany, which aims to bundle Germany's cutting-edge research into AI-based robotics.
read more...read more...The palette of the future
The 'Pal2Rec' project, which was launched in February 2024, is investigating how (Euro) pallets can be independently integrated into logistics processes using sensor-based activity recognition.
read more...Dachser and Fraunhofer IML research project receives award
The German Logistics Association (BVL) has awarded the German Logistics Prize 2023 to Dachser and Fraunhofer IML. The jury honoured their digital twin '@ILO' ('Advanced Indoor Localization and Operations').
read more...Blockchain components go online
The project to establish the European Blockchain Institute "Blockchain Europe" provides a blockchain construction kit and a software system for customs and data management as open source.
read more...Open source a driver of innovation
The Industry 4.0 Platform's Research Advisory Board has now produced an expert report entitled "Open Source as an innovation driver for Industry 4.0", which concludes that there is no way around open source if you want to drive decisive developments and set de facto standards.
read more...Open source in logistics
With the release of the first open source components, the logistics operating system for the platform economy of the future is now taking shape. Companies can now use freely available software and hardware and adapt it to their needs.
read more...Vehicle swarm is industrialized
The Kion Group licenses Fraunhofer IML's LoadRunner technology for its group of companies. The autonomous vehicle swarm equipped with artificial intelligence is to be further developed and industrialized in a joint enterprise lab.
read more...The Ruhr-OWL SME Digital Center
The SME Digital Network has been offering small and medium-sized enterprises support with digitalization since 2012. The Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Ruhr-OWL is now the 26th member of the network.
read more...Smart maintenance still a dream of the future
Maintenance is given too low a priority - this is the conclusion reached by Acatech and Fraunhofer IML in their survey on smart maintenance. Where do companies stand? And what should they tackle as a matter of urgency?
read more...Probably the fastest goalkeeper in the world
Messi, Neymar and many other soccer greats have tried, but none of them have been able to beat this goalkeeper on the penalty kick. There is no human between the posts, but a robot - the 'RoboKeeper' - and probably the fastest goalkeeper in the world.
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