The agony of choice: Companies that want to benefit from low or negative electricity prices need reliable forecasts of future electricity consumption. Because the market for forecast tools is confusing, researchers from the Fraunhofer IPA have developed a benchmark that compares market-available sol…

On December 15 and 16, 2020, Fraunhofer IPA will host the eighth ROS-Industrial Conference, which will be held virtually this time. It offers current developments from science and industry around the open "Robot Operating System" (ROS). The conference also serves as the closing event for the EU proj…

The COVID-19 pandemic presents society with major challenges, as it is essential to protect the population and prosperity optimally. Experts from Fraunhofer are actively involved in the fight through the action program "Fraunhofer vs. Corona" and support the economy and society in managing both imme…

In normal times, the Stuttgart Surface Technology Award "DIE OBERFLÄCHE" is awarded at the international trade fair Surface Technology Germany. However, since this was initially postponed and then had to be canceled in 2020, the jury made up for it today with a video conference award ceremony.

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Whether for simulations, data-intensive calculations as a basis for machine learning methods, or for learning robots: Fraunhofer IPA is now collaborating with the High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS). The research institute can thus access enormous computing power and realize new proje…

In order to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the research institute in Stuttgart has developed the prototype of a mobile cleaning and disinfection robot in a short time. It navigates autonomously to potentially contaminated objects, such as door handles, and disinfects them thoroughly. The rob…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for sustainably optimized value creation, short "AI-noW" – under this heading, scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA are now translating the latest insights and results of applied research into industrial practice. To illus…

To contain the spread of the coronavirus, the Stuttgart research institute quickly developed a prototype of a mobile cleaning and disinfection robot. It autonomously travels to potentially contaminated objects such as door handles, thoroughly disinfects them, and does so in a resource-efficient and…

TRUMPF and Fraunhofer IPA conclude research cooperation until 2025. The goal is to develop solutions for networked sheet metal manufacturing with Artificial Intelligence.

The high-tech company TRUMPF and the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA in Stuttgart have agreed on…

Autonomous, green, complex, faster, and more flexible: Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA, together with management consultants from Ginkgo Management Consulting, have studied how supply chain management will change by the year 2040.

The self-drivin…