Dependable Person Detection using AI in Industrial Environments
This paper outlines the activities involved in developing a dependable person detection system within an industrial context. It highlights the individual steps of the ML Safety Lifecycle’s iterative approach to safety assurance.
Ensuring Trustworthiness of AI-Enhanced Embedded Systems
In the white paper “Ensuring Trustworthiness of AI-Enhanced Embedded Systems”, Infineon Technologies and Fraunhofer IKS present how to apply a unified safety lifecycle on an AI-Based Motor Control Unit (AI-MC) illustrative use case.
The new Fraunhofer IKS building is currently under construction on the Fraunhofer campus in Garching near Munich. The move is planned for May 2026. You can find more information here.
Meet Fraunhofer IKS at all about automation in Straubing. From June 10 to 11, 2026, users and decision-makers will gather there with manufacturers of automation components and systems, suppliers of robotics solutions, integrators, software providers, service providers, and distributors.
Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Through Intelligent ECG Analysis
Cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of death worldwide. Early diagnosis is crucial for taking preventive action. However, risk factors often remain hidden until the first symptoms appear. Together with the University Heart Center Freiburg-Bad Krozingen, Fraunhofer IKS is working on the »AI Cardiology« project to develop a solution that closes the gap between patients´ daily lives and clinical care to strengthen cardiovascular prevention.
nce this year, Moritz Schneider has been a member of the program committee for Safetronic, the international conference on the holistic safety of road vehicles. In this interview, the functional safety expert at the BMW Group discusses his motivation and explains why safety is more than just a technical objective.
The Quantum Zoo: Playing Your Way Into Quantum Computing
Quantum computing often sounds like science fiction: particles in two places at once, strange correlations across space, and computers that could one day crack problems beyond any classical supercomputer. The Quantum Zoo project at Fraunhofer IKS provides insight: hands-on quantum computing
PROTECT: Reliable AI-powered person detection for safe and efficient human-robot collaboration
Flexible, efficient, and above all reliable and safe: That’s what deployable person recognition in industrial production should look like. In the PROTECT project, Fraunhofer IKS and Fraunhofer IGCV have taken a big leap toward delivering these capabilities.
Industrial production is undergoing profound change. With rapidly advancing technologies and a changing social environment, industrial automation needs to be rethought in order to respond more flexibly to new requirements and challenges—keyword: adaptive production.
Speeding Up Defense: The Software-Defined Revolution
In times rife with geopolitical tensions, it is essential for the defense industry to quickly address pressing customer needs. Read on to find out how software-defined defense can deliver innovation through shorter cycles that still keep up with safety standards.
How AI and Safety Balance Each Other in Automation
On February 5, 2026, the next Safe Intelligence Day will take place at Fraunhofer IKS. The focus of the showcases, presentations, and discussions will be generative AI in automation. Three aspects play an essential role: generative AI in the safety engineering process, as a basis for troubleshooting assistance in production, and applied to code generation in manufacturing.
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