RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Key Facts
The KI.FABRIK Research and Development (R&D) project focuses on the establishment of the first production chains and the research of fundamental relevant technologies to address four use cases under the roof of the KI.FABRIK. The four-year KI.FABRIK R&D project is part of the first phase of the lighthouse initiative, alongside the project KI.FABRIK Infrastructure, and provides the technological framework for the first prototype for AI-supported production. The prototype will enable KI.FABRIK to manufacture various mechatronic products using fully modular, reconfigurable, highly automated, and integrated AI technologies. The KI.FABRIK R&D project is divided into four sub-projects, each sub-project envisions a scenario of the future of work.
The KI.FABRIK R&D project is funded by the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Enegy and the Hightech Agenda Bayern.
- Demonstrate the feasibility of the Production-as-a-Service (PaaS) approach.
- Develop a highly networked, adaptive and semi-autonomous factory system.
- Establish the factory of the future in Bavaria as a pioneer for the industry.
TUM Consortium Partner
- Chair of Ergonomics (TUM-LFE), Prof. Klaus Bengler (Project Coordinator)
- Chair of Telerobotic and Sensor Data Fusion (TUM-Informatik 6), Prof. Darius Burschka
- Chair of Data Processing (TUM-LDV), Prof. Klaus Diepold
- Chair of Robotics and Systems Intelligence (TUM-RSI), Prof. Sami Haddadin
- Chair of Communication Networks (TUM-LKN), Prof. Wolfgang Kellerer
- Chair of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Embedded Systems (TUM-Informatik 6), Prof. Alois Christian Knoll
- Chair of Media Technology (TUM-LMT), Prof. Eckehard Steinbach
- Chair of Automation and Information Systems (TUM-AIS), Prof. Birgit Vogel-Heuser
Companies in the Consortium
Prof. Klaus Bengler
TUM | MIRMI member | Chair of Ergonomics
Project Lead
klaus.bengler@tum.de
Dr. Christian Lehsing
TUM | MIRMI
Project Coordination
christian.lehsing@tum.de
The Future of Work in Production
The first phase of KI.FABRIK Bayern addresses the future of work in production in 4 sub-projects.
AI.Robot
The mobile and stationary AI.Robots will ultimately work directly with humans in the KI.FABRIK and represent extremely flexible, fully integrated, intelligent tools
Central.AI
The central AI of the KI.FABRIK, and is responsible for planning complex, autonomously reconfigurable manufacturing with a large number of AI.Robots and human specialists
AI.Portal
Avatar portals for machine monitoring and control will make it possible to control robots in real-time from the “home office” using virtual reality devices and methods of robotic telepresence
Production-as-a-Service
Production-as-a-Service (PaaS) enables the automated manufacture of individual products from batch size 1. With PaaS, minimum purchase quantities would be history
The Future of Work in Production
Team
Principal Investigators
Prof. Klaus Bengler
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (Central.AI, AI.Portal)
Prof. Darius Burschka
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (AI.Robot)
Prof. Klaus Diepold
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (PaaS)
Prof. Sami Haddadin
KI.FABRIK Infrastructure | KI.FABRIK Research and Development (AI.Robot, Central.AI, PaaS)
Prof. Wolfgang Kellerer
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (AI.Portal)
Prof. Alois Knoll
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (Central.AI)
Prof. Eckehard Steinbach
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (AI.Portal)
Prof. Birgit Vogel-Heuser
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (AI.Robot, Central.AI, AI.Portal, PaaS)
Project Coordinators
Research Associates and Post-doctoral Researchers
Fandi Bi
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (AI.Robot, Central.AI, AI.Portal, PaaS)
Dr. Zhenshan Bing
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (Central.AI)
Kejia Chen
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (AI.Robot, Central.AI, PaaS)
Yash Deshpande
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (AI.Robot, AI.Portal, PaaS)
Fernando Diaz Ledezma
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (AI.Robot, Central.AI, PaaS)
Marko Pavlic
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (AI.Robot, AI.Portal, PaaS)
Diego Fernández
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (AI.Portal, PaaS)
Theresa Prinz
KI.FABRIK Research and Development (Central.AI, AI.Portal)
Project Partners
Project Funders
