Projects and products

Our research and development work happens within the framework of projects - these include equally R&D contracts with industrial customers, publicly funded (collaborative) research projects, and pre-competitive research projects funded by Fraunhofer. You can browse through many of these projects below - as well as products, i.e. results of our R&D activities that have reached a high level of technological maturity.

Please note:

  • The most recently updated projects and products are displayed first.
  • You can filter the list by department or business unit assignment as well as by free-text search terms - but for the latter, the spelling must be exact.

Clear filter
  • MilitAR Sandbox: Tactical position assessment made tangible

    Vocational training at the interface between sandbox and algorithm

    Why does an algorithm evaluate a position as good or bad? Military vocational training lacks the bridge between abstract simulation and practical field experience. The “MilitAR Sandbox” makes tactical evaluation criteria tangible: users shape sand, algorithms project their analysis back in real time.

    more info
  • Images are a fundamental tool for our understanding of the world both at microscopic and macroscopic length scales. The simplest way to acquire an image is to analyze light through spatially resolved intensity measurements, e.g., on a camera, but this approach is limited by diffraction. The development of imaging techniques that beat the diffraction limit is known as super-resolution.

    more info
  • The bi0SpaCE project is developing an open software framework for creating dynamic digital product passports (DPPs) in the form of digital twins in the Industrie 4.0 standard (Asset Administration Shell, VS) for bio-based products. It promotes secure, sovereign data exchange in international data spaces and supports the creation of efficient solutions in the circular economy to increase the sustainability and competitiveness of European bio-based industries.

    more info
  • Ein Laservibrometer auf einem Schwenk-Neigekopf richtet seinen Messstrahl auf eine Windkraftanlage
    © Fraunhofer IOSB, indigo

    A laser vibrometry sensor on a pan-tilt head enables distant vibration measurement on wind turbine rotors.

    Significant costs in the operation of wind turbines (WTG) are incurred through maintenance and repair. Downtimes caused by such work must be minimized, but failures due to damage not recognized in time must also be avoided.

    more info
  • QuickChecks from MRD in the Competence Centre AI Engineering

    The Systems for Measurement, Control and Diagnosis (MRD) research department is involved in the AI Engineering competence centre.

    Das Projekt CC-King hat sich zum Ziel gesetzt, KI-Spitzenforschung mit etablierten Ingenieurdisziplinen zu verbinden. Hierdurch sollen KI-Methoden und maschinelle Lernverfahren (ML) entsprechend den typischen Anforderungen und Vorgehensweisen von Ingenieuren nutzbar gemacht werden.

    more info
  • © Pixabay

    In order to keep the total operating costs of wind turbines (WTGs) competitive, the risk of failure must be minimized, maintenance costs reduced, and system availability and energy efficiency increased. This goal is achieved by introducing the most efficient, automated multi-sensory online monitoring and diagnostic systems - so-called Condition Monitoring Systems (CMS) - whose economic importance is increasingly recognized by wind farm operators, manufacturers and insurers.

    more info
  • The W-Net 4.0 project aims to develop a modular and scalable platform that combines GIS system, simulation software and data analysis tools and meets high IT security standards. Combined with novel service concepts, value-added networks and training concepts, small and medium-sized water supply companies will be enabled to use these technologies for the first time. For large utilities, novel and easy-to-use data analysis and optimization tools as well as corresponding service concepts will be made available.

    more info