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CIRP CATS 2020

CIRP CATS 2020

Muaaz Abdul Hadi, researcher from Area 4.2 – Cognitive Production Systems, presented his work at the 8th Conference on Assembly Technology and Systems (CATS), CIRP. The papers at CATS revolved around the scientific topics of Smart Factories – ...

Best Paper Award for Pro2Future

At the 6th World Congress on Mechanical, Chemical and Material Engineering (MCM20), Senior Researcher Dr. Markus Brillinger from Area 4.2 presented some of his research results on the energy efficiency of 3D printing processes.He showed that process ...

Failsafe Autonomous Drone Based Warehouse Check Beyond Visual Line of Sight

Failsafe Autonomous Drone Based Warehouse Check Beyond Visual Line of Sight

The accuracy of inventory records is an essential KPI in the manufacturing industry and in many logistics operations. Currently, the amount of manual workforce needed to maintain high accuracy is relatively high. To establish the location and ...

Cooperation with AT Styria

Cooperation with AT Styria

As a new member of the Platform Automation Technology Steiermark (AT Styria) we look forward to interesting and innovative projects! Styria and especially the surrounding Graz area have a high density of specialized technical industrial and small ...

ARES 2020

ARES 2020

Leo Botler our academic partner from the Institute of Technical Informatics – presented project work from the Pro2Future’s multi-firm project “Development Processes and Tools for Cognitive Products” at this years all-digital ...

Success Story – Area 4.1

Success Story – Area 4.1

CREATING AWARENESS IN AUTOMATION SYSTEMS ENHANCING AUTOMATION DEVICES WITH LOW-COST IOT EQUIPMENT ENABLES DEVICE-AWARENESS AND FOSTERS NOVEL COGNITIVE SERVICES In the context of Cyber Physical Production Systems several research challenges have been ...

New Company Partners

New Company Partners

We are delighted to be able to welcome new companies to the Pro2Future GmbH partner team again and again during the current first funding period – the most recently new companies are: ANTEMO GmbH Anlagen & Teilefertigung (Luft- & ...

Production Systems of the Future meet Mobility of the Future

Production Systems of the Future meet Mobility of the Future

The project “Adaptive Smart Production 2” was launched in July 2020. Over a period of 3 years the interdisciplinary cooperation of Area 3 (Cognitive Decision Making) and Area 4.2 (Cognitive Production Systems) together with the Institute ...

Success Story – Area 3

Success Story – Area 3

SCALABLE CONDITION MONITORING SYSTEM FOR TEST ENVIRONMENTS Industry 4.0 is considered as the “fourth industrial revolution” that fully automatizes the production in the manufacturing industry. It is a large-scale digitalization of ...

Hands-on cognitive product development

Hands-on cognitive product development

When developing cognitive products in the context of perception and aware systems, it is important to understand the business processes and applications, especially in those companies in which the products and tools are finally used. Cognitive ...

Guest Lecture @ Uni Graz (by Area 3 Researcher)

Guest Lecture @ Uni Graz (by Area 3 Researcher)

On the 3rd of June 2020, researchers from Area 3 (Cognitive Decision Support), Milot Gashi and Matej Vuković, held a guest lecture at University of Graz. Lecture was held as a part of the “Data-Driven Decision Support” course ...

Success Story – Area 2

Success Story – Area 2

PRIVACY-RESPECTING MONITORING OF MANUAL ASSEMBLY LINES SUPPORTING THE DETECTION OF DEVIATIONS, OPTIMIZATION POTENTIAL, AND JUST IN TIME REPLANNING WITHOUT EXPOSING WORKERS As manufacturing companies move towards producing highly customizable ...