The study commissioned by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMU) titled "Potentials of Weak Artificial Intelligence for Corporate Resource Efficiency" examines specific application possibilities of AI to increase resource efficienc…

To support companies in implementing digital transformation, Fraunhofer IPA, together with Robert Bosch GmbH and Macils Management Centrum, offers the learning journey "Industry 4.0 live". The second edition started in mid-2018 and ends in summer 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the total…

Artificial intelligence often has a black-box character. But only transparency can build trust. To explain the respective solution process, there is specialized software. A study by the Fraunhofer IPA has now compared and evaluated different methods that make machine learning procedures explainable…

Digital, lean, and human-centered: Ten guidelines for designing future-proof production systems have been developed by scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology and Automation IPA in the study "Holistic Production Systems 4.0". Their practical requirements for designing meth…

Together with the Black Forest Campus, the IFF and the EEP of the University of Stuttgart, and the Fraunhofer IPA have applied for the Research Center for Biointelligent Water Cycle Management within the framework of RegioWIN 2030 – and won. H2BlackForest was awarded by three ministries and is one o…

Production planning, logistics, maintenance, quality control – in industrial manufacturing, there are many areas where artificial intelligence is used. In practice, however, AI models are still rarely utilized. The reason: reliability is difficult to verify. New certification criteria can make AI su…

Artificial Intelligence (AI) optimizes processes and makes entire production more reliable, flexible, and resilient. How exactly this works will be demonstrated by researchers from the Fraunhofer IPA from April 12 to 16 at the Hannover Messe, which is taking place virtually this year.

Since the COVID…

Just before Easter, on March 30, 2021, the Fraunhofer IPA's Biointelligence Blog went online. In cooperation with scientists from Fraunhofer IGB, the Universities of Stuttgart and Hohenheim, as well as the NMI (Natural Science and Medical Institute) in Reutlingen, the blog provides weekly contributi…

With a series of ten studies, the Fraunhofer AI Progress Center demonstrates the potential benefits of AI applications across various sectors of industrial production and services. As part of the Cyber-Valley research consortium, the interdisciplinary research teams from the Fraunhofer Institutes IP…

To be able to use artificial intelligence, a company does not necessarily need an expert. A Fraunhofer study shows how small and medium-sized enterprises can proceed instead.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps optimize production processes and save money. However, small and medium-sized enterprises o…