Projects and products

In the Fraunhofer SWAP lighthouse project, ten Fraunhofer institutes are developing technological concepts for the modular and self-organised production of the future, which will no longer be controlled centrally but decentrally - all the way to hierarchical swarms whose participants work together collaboratively and (partially) autonomously.

In the lighthouse project Factory-X, an open and collaborative data ecosystem for factory outfitters and operators is being developed on the basis of Catena-X and concepts of the Industry 4.0 platform. Fraunhofer IOSB is involved in or leading a number of use cases.

Faster set-up and changeover: In the project, consistent plug-and-work capability was achieved in production-related software components - using the AutomationML and OPC UA standards. In the process, non-I4.0-communication-capable components are also retrofitted with I4.0 features.

"TRM4" (originally from: Thermal Range Model) is a software package developed over decades for the development and performance evaluation of optronic camera systems.

The TRM4 Batch Module is a customized solution that we offer our customers for performing TRM4 calculations in batch. Here, customers define which set of TRM4 input parameters they want to change and which output parameters they want to access. In return, we provide a C programming interface for TRM4 that can be integrated into third-party software with a compatible C interface (e.g. Python, Matlab) to perform TRM4 calculations in batch for the defined input and output parameters.

For performance evaluation of electro-optical systems, image simulations have advantages and disadvantages over analytical models such as TRM4 . Here, the greatest advantages arise from the use of image data, which allows realistic simulation of anisoplanatic and statistical effects such as turbulence, as well as simulation of advanced digital signal processing techniques.

The AktiMeter is an innovative product developed for the automatic recording of human movements, gestures, postures, activities, and interactions with objects in the vehicle interior.

The production of high-performance carding assemblies for the textile industry is extremely complex and requires a high degree of precision. The “Machine Learning for Textile Industry” (ML4Tex) project optimizes this process by predicting the quality of the final product during production.

The XAI toolbox developed by Fraunhofer IOSB is designed with AI explainability at its core. It enables the swift evaluation of various XAI methods for AI procedures.

With the CoBot - Collaborative Robot - Fraunhofer IOSB in cooperation with PWC strategy& demonstrates an innovative AI-based assembly assistance system in which robots and humans work together collaboratively in manual assembly.