A characteristic figure with a slender form and clear lines: This is how the new generation of service robot Care-O-bot® presents itself. The product design has delighted this year's jury of the Red Dot Design Awards: they awarded Care-O-bot® 4 their renowned prize. The award is also a recognition…

The Founding and Competence Center for Medical Technology CUBEX41 was officially opened on March 11, 2015, on the campus of the University Medical Center Mannheim. Covering approximately 1,800 square meters, it hosts startups and SMEs as well as the project group for Automation in Medicine and Biote…

Pure manufacturing technology is considered a key technology that drives important innovations across industries. The production of microchips, flat screens, implants, pharmaceutical active ingredients, or micro- and nanoproducts would be unthinkable without a clean, pure, or ultra-pure manufacturin…

There is no industry-specific regulation for the validation of cleanliness in medical devices that prescribes uniform and binding procedures as well as acceptance criteria. Medical technology companies therefore rely on standards from other cleanliness-critical industries, such as pharmaceuticals, o…

With a total of 1.5 million euros, the Baden-Württemberg Ministry for the Environment has been funding the project "Ultra-Efficiency Factory in an Urban Environment" of the Fraunhofer Institutes IPA, IAO, and IGB* since early 2014. The theoretical foundation has already been established; now the pr…

The Fraunhofer IPA has entered into a three-year cooperation with the Auckland Bioengineering Institute of the University of Auckland. As part of the "Bionic Joint" project, a novel body-worn support sensor technology and actuators for movement measurement and assistance on the human body are to be…

Inspired by woodwasps: A new type of drill is designed to help surgeons insert hip prostheses. It received the 2nd prize at the International Bionic Award 2014.

Every year, around 200,000 patients in Germany receive artificial hip joints. During this complex operation, the orthopedist drills a large…

In recent years, cleanroom systems in pure manufacturing areas have been optimized to such an extent that they hardly cause any contamination anymore. However, most pure production areas still have internal sources of contamination. These can include process equipment and automation systems, but are…

As part of the annual conference of the VDI Society Building and Building Services, held on September 26, 2014, in Bamberg, deserving members from the VDI specialist areas of Architecture, Construction Technology, and Technical Building Equipment were honored.

Dipl.-Phys. Ing. Rolf Joska was awarded…

Two out of three Seifriz awards from the craft magazine have been won this year by the Stuttgart Fraunhofer Institutes IPA and IBP for cooperation projects with craft companies. The Fraunhofer IPA fully certified the luminaires developed by Fischer Elektro-und Beleuchtungstechnik, which are specific…