
Artificial Intelligence Forum attracts around 150 participants
The Artificial Intelligence Forum was held virtually for the first time. Around 150 participants followed the top-class program online.
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The Artificial Intelligence Forum was held virtually for the first time. Around 150 participants followed the top-class program online.
Using calculation to generate compressed air leaks in a system was an unusual requirement for the compressed air and pneumatics specialist Mader, which commissioned Fraunhofer IPA to visualize the effects of compressed air leaks live.
The term was used for the first time at the Hannover Messe 2011 and has since shaped the development of automation technology like no other before: Industry 4.0.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation will have a new head from January 2020: Prof. Alexander Sauer, IPA Division Director of Resource-Efficient Production, will support Managing Director Prof. Thomas Bauernhansl.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used in safety-critical applications. Knowledge about its decision-making is therefore essential. Accordingly, research and industry are working on making the black box algorithms comprehensible.
Developing robot solutions and, in particular, service robots more efficiently and bringing them to market - this is the goal behind the online brokerage platform robot.one, which is being developed as part of the joint project SeRoNet.
To what extent can assembly tasks be automated? A new app from Fraunhofer IPA is now set to assist companies with this. The researchers are looking for the first users and testers at Motek. Also on show: The 'pitasc' software - it helps to automate processes economically.
Five international research teams are working on a robot for tumor therapy. Although it consists of various components, joints and actuators made from different materials, it can be produced in a single process step using a 3D printer.
Project 'DC Industry' - Part 4
Part 4 of the series of articles on the 'DC industry' project deals with the question: What needs to be done to transfer the topic of DC grids from research to industrial application?

Fraunhofer IPA is developing a technology for the automated production of cell-based biosensors. Such sensors could then give machines a sense of smell, for example.