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DEEP series, part 4
The process is directed by DEEP

Artificial intelligence

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Industry 4.0
Toolbox offers more flexibility in production

Alexandre Sawczuk da Silva

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Autonomous Driving
Myths and reality

Autonomous driving

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Portrait Katie Fitch
"The interaction between research and industry inspires me"

Nikita Weippert

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Automatica 2025
Simplicity meets efficiency: working safely with your robot colleague

Seeing and being seen - this not only counts in the social arena, but also in the efficient and reliable cooperation between humans and robots in industrial production. Fraunhofer IKS will be demonstrating what this is all about in particular at Automatica in Munich at the end of June under the motto: “Simplicity is key”.

Industry 4.0

June 12, 2025
Industrial Automation
MBO-KISS: The future of control applications in industry

Can AI revolutionize production control? This is the question the research project MBO-KISS (Methods for Evaluating and Optimizing AI-generated Control Applications Based on the Physical Simulation of Machines and Their Desired Behavior) aims to address. The project has started at the beginning of the year, with a total duration of three years. The goal is to investigate the possible usage of Large Language Models (LLMs) for generating and securely applying control applications in industrial production.

Industry 4.0

May 19, 2025
ISO 9001 certification
Seal of Approval for Research Quality

It is now "official": Fraunhofer IKS demonstrably sets the highest standards for the quality of its research work. This is confirmed by the certification according to ISO 9001, which the institute has recently passed successfully.

May 7, 2025
Artificial Intelligence
Can Generative AI Revolutionize Modern Healthcare?

Artificial intelligence and LLMs in particular are seen by many as a beacon of hope for the overburdened healthcare system. Above all, AI-based automation could quickly provide relief for knowledge management routine tasks. Until that happens, problems with security and safety must be solved and legal requirements fulfilled. Fraunhofer IKS research is addressing both of these issues.

AI in medicine

April 24, 2025
DEEP series, part 4
The process is directed by DEEP

The previous three parts of our series focused on the technologies “under the hood” of DEEP, the Fraunhofer IKS machine learning toolchain. Now, we take a look at the “big picture” in form of the process steps of the DEEP procedure – how DEEP can be used to get a grip on the problems associated with the use of machine learning (ML) for future flexible quality inspection.

Artificial intelligence

April 11, 2025
Safetronic 2025
Focus on holistic safety for road vehicles

Almost a quarter of a century! To be more precise, Safetronic, the international conference on holistic safety for road vehicles, has been around for 24 years. A lot has happened during this time - and it should stay that way.

Autonomous driving

April 2, 2025
Portrait Katie Fitch
"The interaction between research and industry inspires me"

Dr. Katie Fitch has been head of the department Trustworthy Digital Health at Fraunhofer IKS since November 2024. Katie's enthusiasm for mathematics led her to the engineering section early on. Then she discovered medical AI research for herself.

AI in medicine
Employee portraits
March 27, 2025
Industry 4.0
Toolbox offers more flexibility in production

The ability of a production system to adapt independently to new circumstances promises efficiency gains and thus cost advantages. This also applies to late change orders in the production process - a case for the new tool set from Fraunhofer IKS for flexible and resilient production.

Industry 4.0

March 18, 2025
DEEP Series, Part 3
Subtasks enable solving complex inspection problems

DEEP is a machine learning toolchain by Fraunhofer IKS for the reliable AI-assisted automation of quality inspection systems. For this purpose, DEEP automates various specific Fraunhofer IKS technologies. This part of the series of blog posts focuses on the specific technological contents of modular concept learning.

Artificial intelligence

March 11, 2025
AI in Workforce Management
Reinforcement Learning Shift Planning Agent Set to Transform Hospital Staffing

Faced with cost pressures and a shortage of healthcare professionals, organizations are challenged to increase efficiency. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into workforce management offers promising approaches. In a joint project, Fraunhofer IKS and ATOSS Software have developed an AI-controlled shift planning agent that automates staff scheduling while demonstrating remarkable scalability.

AI in medicine

March 6, 2025

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