For the fifth time, Fraunhofer IKS will host the international Safetronic conference in 2025. The event will take place on November 12 and 13, 2025. Register now!
Fraunhofer IKS is now part of the Fraunhofer Big Data AI Alliance
Fraunhofer IKS is a member of the Fraunhofer Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Alliance. It combines the broad range of industry expertise and years of experience of more than 30 Fraunhofer institutes and supports companies by implementing Big Data and AI strategies.
New Deputy Director of the Institute Dr. Reinhard Stolle
As of June 1, Dr. Reinhard Stolle, Head of Business Unit Mobility, has assumed additional responsibilities as Deputy Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS.
His profile page provides an overview of his previous work and projects at Fraunhofer IKS.
Fraunhofer IKS is getting a new institute building at the Fraunhofer campus in Garching near Munich. The groundbreaking ceremony with Bavaria's Minister President Dr. Markus Söder and Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger in October marked the official start of construction. On our new building page you will find all information about the construction progress in German.
At automatica 2025, Fraunhofer IKS will showcase two solution approaches that enable safe collaboration between humans and machines: Flexible Quality Inspection and Dependable Person Detection. Visit Fraunhofer IKS at Booth 228 in Hall A5.
At the Tech Days 2025, Fraunhofer IKS will present the QuaST Decision Tree. This tool reduces the manual effort involved in creating quantum-based solutions. We look forward to meeting you at the Tech Days!
“Safety is a key aspect for public acceptance of automated driving”
Edith Holland is one of two new members of the Safetronic program committee and Chief Engineer Functional Safety at HORIBA MIRA. She spoke to Safe Intelligence online magazine about her motivation and the importance of safety for road vehicles now and in future.
Simplicity meets efficiency: working safely with your robot colleague
Seeing and being seen - this counts also in the efficient and reliable cooperation between humans and robots in industrial production. Fraunhofer IKS will be demonstrating what this is all about at Automatica in Munich at the end of June under the motto: “Simplicity is key”.
“Safety is a key aspect for public acceptance of automated driving”
Edith Holland is one of two new members of the Safetronic program committee and Chief Engineer Functional Safety at HORIBA MIRA. She spoke to Safe Intelligence online magazine about her motivation and the importance of safety for road vehicles now and in future.
Simplicity meets efficiency: working safely with your robot colleague
Seeing and being seen - this counts also in the efficient and reliable cooperation between humans and robots in industrial production. Fraunhofer IKS will be demonstrating what this is all about at Automatica in Munich at the end of June under the motto: “Simplicity is key”.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On our Safe Intelligence Online Magazine you find articles about the technical topics of Fraunhofer IKS. In addition, you can learn more about our employees and the way we work at the institute. Read on directly.
Would you like to know who your potential colleagues at Fraunhofer IKS are? Read our employee portraits on our Safe Intelligence Blog to find out what motivates our colleagues and what they are working on!
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