Consortium member
German node
The German node is located in Stuttgart, Germany with one member at Braunschweig and features four partner institutes.
The Node targets for example technologies for:
- Collaborative robot applications testing
- AMR system testing
In a variety of application industries, like:
- Manufacturing
- Logistics
- Automotive
- Electronics
Node members
Fraunhofer IPA
- Leading the German node
- Part of Fraunhofer organisation
- Fraunhofer is biggest applied research organisation in Germany
- Fraunhofer IPA focusses on manufacturing and automation
- Part of Fraunhofer organisation
- Fraunhofer is biggest applied research organisation in Germany
- Fraunhofer IPA focusses on manufacturing and automation
Lead contact:
Dr. Björn Kahl
bjoern.kahl@ipa.fraunhofer.de
Dr. Björn Kahl
bjoern.kahl@ipa.fraunhofer.de
Institute of Electrical Energy Conversion (IEW)
- Part of University of Stuttgart
- Research focus on electrical machines and contactless energy transfer
- Applications in the areas mobility, medical technology and industrial applications
- Research focus on electrical machines and contactless energy transfer
- Applications in the areas mobility, medical technology and industrial applications
Lead contact:
Urs Pecha
urs.pecha@iew.uni-stuttgart.de
Urs Pecha
urs.pecha@iew.uni-stuttgart.de
Research Campus ARENA2036
- Research campus with over 50 partners from industry and science on one platform
- Focused on research in production and mobility
- Establishing services with robotic infrastructure for AI applications
- Focused on research in production and mobility
- Establishing services with robotic infrastructure for AI applications
Lead contact:
Frederik Wulle
frederik.wulle@arena2036.de
Frederik Wulle
frederik.wulle@arena2036.de
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
- National metrology institute
- Founded 1887
- Today: 3 sites, staff: ≈ 2000
- Agency of Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
- Division Precision Engineering focus: manufacturing metrology
- Virtual instruments (dig. twin), Testing of algorithms for CMM
- Founded 1887
- Today: 3 sites, staff: ≈ 2000
- Agency of Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
- Division Precision Engineering focus: manufacturing metrology
- Virtual instruments (dig. twin), Testing of algorithms for CMM
Lead contact:
Dr. Harald Bosse
harald.bosse@ptb.de
Dr. Harald Bosse
harald.bosse@ptb.de
Node members
Fraunhofer IPA
- Leading the German node
- Part of Fraunhofer organisation
- Fraunhofer is biggest applied research organisation in Germany
- Fraunhofer IPA focusses on manufacturing and automation
Lead contact
Dr. Björn Kahl
bjoern.kahl@ipa.fraunhofer.de
Institute of Electrical Energy Conversion (IEW)
- Part of University of Stuttgart
- Research focus on electrical machines and contactless energy transfer
- Applications in the areas mobility, medical technology and industrial applications
Lead contact
Urs Pecha
urs.pecha@iew.uni-stuttgart.de
Research Campus ARENA2036
- Research campus with over 50 partners from industry and science on one platform
- Focused on research in production and mobility
- Establishing services with robotic infrastructure for AI applications
Lead contact
Frederik Wulle frederik.wulle@arena2036.de
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
- National metrology institute
- Founded 1887
- Today: 3 sites, staff: ≈ 2000
- Agency of Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
- Division Precision Engineering focus: manufacturing metrology
- Virtual instruments (dig. twin), Testing of algorithms for CMM
Lead contact
Dr. Harald Bosse harald.bosse@ptb.de
Node Infrastructure & Services
Robotics lab at Fraunhofer IPA, one of the testing and experimentation spaces of the German Node.
Experimentation spaces
- ARENA2036 (principal)
- Werk150 – teaching and testing facility for efficient manufacturing
- Robotics Lab and other facilities at Fraunhofer IPA
- IEW at University of Stuttgart
Infrastructure
- Industrial robot measurement equipment (Lasertrackers, Collisionpads)
- Mobile robot measurement equipment (Optical tracking system, Area monitoring system)
- Manufacturing line & manufacturing logistics environment
- Robot cell environment
- Vision testbeds
- Testbeds for electrical machines & drives
Exemplary Services offered
- Validation of AI algorithms for manufacturing with datasets or virtual environments
- Validation of AI algorithms in physical manufacturing environments (Manufacturing lines, Robot cells, Manufacturing logistics)
- Experimentation with newest technologies such as 5G, 6G, Compute clusters and other digital infrastructure
- Certification of AI algorithms for image compression and classification, e.g. of CT data or electron micrographs of nanoscaled particles
