Consortium member
Greek satellite
The Greek satellite is composed of the Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems and Automation (LMS), and the Teaching Factory Competence Center (TF-CC). The Greek satellite has more than 30 years of research activities, combined with industrial customized services and a team of highly qualified and experienced experts.
Greek satellite mission
Our mission is to introduce pioneering technologies in manufacturing, by providing specialized, innovative services, products, and technology transfer to businesses, from SMEs to large corporations.
Greek satellite role in the project
The Greek satellite aims to provide services that enhance the uptake of AI-based solutions in a) factory optimization, b) human robot interaction, c) circular economy, while exploiting the potential of emerging & enabling technologies such as Machine Learning and Generative AI.
Satellite members
Laboratory for Manufacturing Systems & Automation (LMS)
Satellite member: Teaching Factory Competence Center (TF-CC)
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
Strategic equipment of the Greek Satellite
Main equipment:
- High & low payload industrial robot cells equipped with perception modules
- Testbed for chatter monitoring & control in milling processes
- Testbed for quality assessment in resistance spot welding processes
- Collaborative and mobile robot cells
AR & VR testbeds - Cloud computing and AI specialized hardware
Expertise & infrastructure for testing & experimentation of
AI methodologies in real-world environments
Focus on:
- AI-enhanced digitalization & industrial automation
- Advanced manufacturing processes
- Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
- Sensing technologies for quality control and robot perception
Greek Satellite Services
- AI for Factory level optimization such as:
- Machine learning methods & VR tools for accurate layout planning and validation
- AI-Based scheduling
- Human-Robot Interaction enabled by AI including:
- AI-powered robot teaching & programming
- Task Planning
- XR-based programming of mobile robots
- Intelligent Grasping & object manipulation
- Automated line following robot applications (welding, painting, grinding etc.)
- Circular Economy AI-enhanced application such as :
- Automated disassembly
- Emerging & Enabling technologies such as:
- Development of IDS, GAIA-X connectors
- Development of Asset Administration Shell models
