Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB

Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB

Secure data spaces for the circular economy

With bi0SpaCe, we enable the secure exchange of information from digital product passports in secure data spaces. This supports the sustainability and competitiveness of European bio-based industries.

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New white paper on in-cabin monitoring

Fraunhofer IOSB experts on computer vision and automotive in-cabin sensing show how advanced assistance systems can improve traffic safety and provide comfort while driving.

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Support from above

Drone-based support for mass events, or DRUM, is a solution for optimizing security monitoring at large events. Based on AI-supported sensor data analysis (image and sound), it can estimate the number of people, detect unusual noises, and visualize the situation live, among other things.

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Your career with us

Attractive research projects and close ties to industry, creative freedom, and family-friendly conditions: Find all this and more at Fraunhofer IOSB.

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Welcome to Fraunhofer IOSB!

Developing innovative vision systems including the necessary laser light sources. Making best possible use of sensors and interconnecting them. Processing and evaluating the resulting data streams. Using this data to efficiently support humans in making sound decisions, improving processes and controlling autonomous systems in an intelligent way: This complete process and value chain is our domain. It combines the core competences reflected in our name – optronics, system technologies and image exploitation – to provide optimum benefits for a wide range of applications.

Our solutions for your needs

In our business units we bundle our competences and drive forward market-oriented developments.

Our business units:
Advanced Sensing business unit
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics business unit
Automation and Digitalization business unit
Defense and Security business unit
Energy, Material Cycles, and Crisis Management business unit
Beyond the business units:
Focus topic: Maritime technologies
Focus topic: Smart Farming

News from Fraunhofer IOSB

 

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Press release / 1.9.2025

»AktiMeter« — Intelligent Behavioral Analysis in Real Time

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB have developed a technology that uses AI to automatically log and analyze human movements inside vehicles. Their innovation, called the AktiMeter, is ideal for market research, user-centered product development and ergonomic studies.

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Press release / 1.8.2025

Sustainable Mobility: Faster With AI

Cars are still the number one mode of transportation in Germany, in spite of their high carbon emissions. To make eco-friendler alternatives more attractive, researchers from the Fraunhofer IOSB are developing intelligent, intermodal transportation within the DAKIMO project. An AI for multimodal route planning shall help get people to where they are going seamlessly, conveniently, and reliably — and all without privately owned cars.

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Press release / 22.7.2025

Ruhr Measurement — TAPS in Practical Use

The Düsseldorf district government, together with the Fraunhofer IOSB in Karlsruhe, has carried out a pioneering pilot project to survey the river Ruhr. For the first time, an autonomous water drone developed by Fraunhofer IOSB was used to collect high-resolution data from both deep and shallow areas of the river over a six-kilometer stretch of the Ruhr near Essen.

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visIT science journal

Industrial Cybersecurity

Industrial automation and control systems are the backbone of many important industries. Disruptions can have serious consequences, ranging from economic losses to safety risks. Find out how Fraunhofer IOSB is contributing to cybersecurity with innovative projects and practical research to protect industrial systems from modern threats, thereby strengthening security and resilience in industry.

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Blog post

The invisible risk behind the wheel

Cognitive distraction is a major but often underestimated risk to road safety. This blog post explains why smart AI solutions are essential to detect driver inattention.

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Where to find us

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Branch labs/offices

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Advanced System Technology branch IOSB-AST

Industrial Automation branch IOSB-INA

 

IOSB Progress report

Digital technologies for productivity, sustainability, and security

This is not only the motto of our progress report 2023/2024, but an umbrella for what our research and development activities are all about. Flick through the report to get an overview of Fraunhofer IOSB's business areas, departments, and current highlight topics!

Progress report