Increase the level of automation in assembly with new technologies and thus unlock economic and qualitative potentials: The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA develops innovations for this purpose and translates them into industrial applications. At the International T…

The world's strongest laser center, the "Extreme Light Infrastructure" (ELI), is currently being built with EU funds near the Czech capital Prague. It is expected to be available to scientists from around the world for fundamental research within a few years.

What CERN means for particle physicists…

The robot currently being examined by engineers at Fraunhofer IPA in their research cleanroom has traveled far: just a few days ago, it arrived by air freight from Korea. It is the first industrial robot "Made in Korea" whose cleanroom suitability is being tested in Stuttgart. In this emerging high…

On the way to personalized products, Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides a tremendous boost in productivity. To advance research and technology transfer of AI and machine learning (ML), scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA have come together to form…

Artificial Intelligence is Making Its Way into All Areas of Our Lives. Product features, services, and process workflows in production benefit from it. What the technology already accomplishes today, what opportunities and risks it poses for industry – this is the focus of the conference on Tuesda…

With »CAPE®«, the first »Cleanroom on Demand« was launched on the market in summer 2016. The aerospace company OHB System AG collaborated with Fraunhofer IPA to develop a quickly realizable, cleanliness-technical enclosure for its satellite applications. The resulting, cost-saving system resemb…

- Recording data in the “Smart Factory“ in real time
- Implementing augmented reality meaningfully for plan processes
- Using artificial intelligence to program robots
- Providing concepts for working ergonomically in the manufacturing environment

Already at the last Automatica two years ago, the director…

At the Lounges fair in Karlsruhe, the Fraunhofer IPA awarded the Fraunhofer Purity Technology Prize on February 6th. For their innovations, LPW Cleaning Systems GmbH, igus® GmbH, and Vetter Pharma International GmbH received the CLEAN! 2018.

The production of microchips, flat screens, implants, pharma…

Surface cleaning down to the last corner. Whenever we open a carbonated water bottle, the bursting bubbles greet us with effervescence. They form during the transition from the liquid to the gaseous phase and are an example of a physical process whose mechanism is used for cleaning. This so-called n…

For the area of energy management in pure productions, igus® has developed a novel corrugated tube. This »e-skin®« reliably, robustly, and flexibly supplies systems with data, media, and energy, without generating airborne particles through friction that could violate strict standards and contam…