Flexible production and value chains

In the age of Industrie 4.0 and increasing digitalization, flexibility and adaptability are crucial factors for the success of production and value chains. The Automation and Digitalization business unit of Fraunhofer IOSB offers innovative solutions to meet these challenges. Our expertise ranges from production (process) control and manufacturing-as-a-service to specific solutions on the shop floor and new approaches to the interaction between humans and machines. 

 

We enable companies to optimize their production processes through service-oriented IT systems and to react dynamically to market changes. With the Industrial Metaverse, we create virtual environments that accelerate the development and optimization of automation systems. Our advanced localization and smart safety solutions ensure not only safety but also efficiency in complex production environments.

In addition, we promote collaborative robotics and industrial human-machine interaction to optimize the collaboration between humans and technology.

Our demonstration environments, such as the SmartFactoryOWL and the Karlsruhe Research Factory, provide ideal conditions for testing innovative concepts in a practical setting. Discover how Fraunhofer IOSB can make your production and value chains more flexible and efficient by exploring the following individual aspects.

Manufacturing Execution Systems and Production Control

Agile production control / self-organizing production

Manufacturing-as-a-Service

Hybrid Industrial ­Metaverse

Localization

Smart Safety

Collaborative robotics

Industrial Human-Machine Interaction