AI-assisted 3D printing for building materials

M.Sc. Andreas Kimmig

Dynamic demand-response system for sustainable production through information technology networking for efficient energy utilisation, marketing and generation

Establishment of a digital platform for the cost-effective, cooperative development and production of complex vehicle concepts for SMEs in the automotive industry.

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TRinE - Telepresence Robots in Education: Use of telepresence robots in educational institutions to develop innovative didactic methods and to promote media and social skills in distance learning.

Dr. Ing. Polina Häfner

The ability to quickly adapt manufacturing systems to the frequently changing requirements (due to volatile customer demands, short product life cycles or changes in product variants) without sacrificing productivity is increasingly becoming a key success factor for manufacturing companies. Thereby, the reconfiguration processes might include mechanical, electrical, and software changes. In industrial practice, experts individually perform these reconfiguration processes without methodological support, which is time-consuming and highly error prone.

The XIRCON project, aims to provide a human-centered cognitive support system to speed up reconfiguration processes while minimizing the downtime of manufacturing systems. Combining three state of the art technologies, Digital Twins (DTs), eXtended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), XIRCON stands for eXtended Intelligence for Rapid Cognitive Reconfiguration.

DTs are promising to reduce the reconfiguration time of manufacturing systems by up to 58%. Combined with XR technology, DTs can be used more intuitively by human workers, visualizing and emulating digital information in a more accessible way. Thereby, it enables a faster analysis of the current state of the manufacturing, an on-the-fly emulation during the reconfiguration planning, a preview of the reconfiguration possibilities as well as their methodological validation. Finally, the XIRCON system is rounded off by AI to enable individualized reconfiguration possibilities and support their validation regarding the feasibility, KPIs, error prevention and manufacturing optimization.

During this project the required DT, XR and AI modules will be developed and evaluated in the context of a highly reconfigurable and innovative production system of value stream kinematics at the wbk (WSK- Wertstromkinematik).

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DigiFab - Digitale Fabrik für den Mittelstand

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For the project "DriveSim", IMI team develops a novel intelligent driving simulator that is tailored to the needs of the Chinese driving school students using technology like virtual reality and artificial intelliegence to create experience closest to reality.

3DConFu: 3D reconstruction of rooms and intelligent configuration of furniture

Decision support advisor for innovative business models and user engagement for smart energy efficient disctircs

An Internet-based Collaborative Platform for Managing Manufacturing Knowledge

EVEIL 3D – Learning Languages in 3D virtual environments

Construction of a simulation model for the qualification of the new vibration method for decontamination of pipelines

Capability Appraisal and Requirements evaluation for Configuration Management is a project aiming at developing an appraisal framework for evaluating the Configuration Management Maturity of German Industry. 

Flexible assembly processes for the Car of the Third Millennium

Integrated and interdisciplinary product and process model in the early phase of product development. Development of a data model for a collaborative knowledge-based product program, product portfolio and project management under aspects of frontloading

Knowledge Based Customized Services for Traditional Manufacturing Sectors Provided by a Network of High Tech SME

China European Network on the Net

Information logistics for the Internet-based process interaction in cross-sector cooperations