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Industry 4.0

“Industry 4.0” describes the 4th Industrial Revolution through the introduction of modern information and communication technologies in production. The DFKI is regarded as the decisive founder of this movement. This far-reaching paradigm shift was first publicly named in 2011 by Wolfgang Wahlster, Henning Kagermann and Wolf-Dieter Lukas. The term became the name of the Federal Government's high-tech strategy and a synonym for the production of the future worldwide. Since 2005, the technology initiative SmartFactoryKL e.V., based at the DFKI in Kaiserslautern, has been researching and developing such technologies. The factory of the future is flexible, safe and produces both large series and customized individual products with the optimal use of resources. Humans work hand in hand with robots in hybrid teams and are supported in their activities by intelligent assistance systems.

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  1. FDO Connect - Development of a service architecture for data exchange with FAIR Digital Objects

    As part of the initiative MISSION KI - National Initiative for Artificial Intelligence and Data Economy, a modular, distributed software architecture based on FAIR Digital Objects (FDOs) is being…

  2. ActGPT - Adaptive robot ConTrol with Generative Pre-trained Transformers

    Currently, we are seeing an explosion in AI, primarily led by the advances in reinforcement learning (RL) methods

    as well as transformer-based neural networks. For example, large language models…

  3. Railway-X - KI-basiertes Wissens- und Datenmanagement zur Entscheidungsunterstützung und Handlungsempfehlung in der internationalen Bahnindustrie

    Ziel des Projekts Railway-X ist es, einen signifikanten Beitrag zur Stärkung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit, Nachhaltigkeit und Resilienz der Lieferketten in der europäischen Bahnindustrie zu leisten. Die…

  4. MELLOW - Smart collaborative workflow development in the footwear industry

    The MELLOW research project aims to improve two key aspects of the shoe manufacturing process: Firstly, the development and introduction of an AI-based assistance system will make it easier for…

  5. PIAD - Physics-informed Anomaly Detection

    Ziel dieses Projekts ist die Entwicklung einer neuen informierten Ki:

    physik-informierte tiefe Anomalieerkennung.

    Dabei wird auf modernste neuronale Anomalieerkennungsalgorithmen aufgebaut, die…

  6. CRAI - Center of research and development of trustworthy AI applications for mid-sized companies

    The AI living lab CRAI (Center of research and development of trustworthy AI applications for mid-sized companies) is a research initiative that aims to make artificial intelligence accessible and…

  7. RAASCEMAN - Resilient and Adaptive Supply Chains for Capability-based Manufacturing as a Service Networks

    The manufacturing sector faces challenges such as increasing international competition, political tensions, material shortages or unpredictable natural events. The RAASCEMAN project aims to mitigate…

  8. RoX - Verbundprojekt: Digitales Ökosystem für Kl-basierte Robotik (RoX) - Teilvorhaben: Nutzung von Kl-Methoden zur Optimierung von robotischen Fähigkeiten

    In September 2024, the joint project "RoX," funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK), officially started. The goal of the project is to establish a digital…

  9. NoIDLEChatGPT - No-IDLE meets ChatGPT

    Das Projekt "No-IDLE meets ChatGPT" zielt darauf ab, die Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion bei der Aktualisierung von Deep-Learning-Modellen (DL) zu verbessern, indem die Mensch-Computer-Interaktion (HCI)…

  10. MAC-MERLin - Multi-Level Abstractions and Causal Modeling for Enhanced Reinforcement Learning

    Das Projekt Multi-Level Abstractions and Causal Modeling for Enhanced Reinforcement Learning (MAC-MERLin) zielt darauf ab, durch die Nutzung von Multi-Level-Abstraktionen in Kombination mit kausaler…