How can additive manufacturing and local refurbishment succeed in conserving resources and unlocking new usage cycles in urban e-mobility? Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA, together with partners from science and industry, are investigating this…

With FabOS, science and industry have together developed an operating system for the manufacturing industry that facilitates the integration of production technology with Information and Communication Technology (ICT). FabOS will also simplify the process behind capturing production data and enable…

As electromobility continues to advance, the ongoing development of sustainable energy storage technologies is essential. Many manufacturing companies also integrate energy storage systems, for example, to guarantee uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for sensitive processes. Additional application o…

The prototype of a mobile cleaning robot has been developed in the research project »BakeR«, which thanks to its modular construction can perform various tasks. The project presents the robot and its capabilities at the trade fair for cleaning and hygiene CMS in Berlin from September 24 to 27, 201…

An app to determine automation potentials and robots that can be programmed for demanding assembly tasks with just a few clicks: These topics are presented by the Fraunhofer IPA at the Motek trade fair in Stuttgart. The exhibits can be found there from October 7th to 10th in Hall 7 at Stand 7128.

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Five international research teams are developing a robot for cancer treatments of the future. Although it comprises dozens of components, joints and parts with varied material characteristics, this robot can be printed using a 3D-printer in a single-step process.

All that is required is a single clic…

More and more companies are recognizing the potentials that cognitive robots and machine learning methods offer in various business areas.
What these technologies already achieve today and what challenges still exist will be shown at the conference "Smart Machines in Use – Artificial Intelligence in…

Digitalization, flexible production, and the switch to electric drive: The automotive industry is facing the biggest change in its over 130-year history. How to manage the upcoming transformations will be demonstrated at the 1st Stuttgart Conference on the Future of Automotive Production on Septembe…

The automotive industry is facing a crisis: the electric motor is replacing the internal combustion engine, computers are increasingly taking over control, and car-sharing is becoming trendy. Additionally, Industry 4.0 introduces a completely new strategy into factories. Significant efforts are need…

What, if robots could smell? Sniffing explosives at the airport, diagnosing diseases based on a patient’s breath, locating gas leaks and much more? As part of its lighthouse topic “Biological Transformation“, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in Stuttgart is n…