AI supports skilled workers during assembly

Kimoknow, a KIT spin-off, is developing a digital assembly assistant based on automated AI-supported object recognition.
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Kimoknow, a KIT spin-off, is developing a digital assembly assistant based on automated AI-supported object recognition.

The start-up Kimoknow, which was founded at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), has developed a technology to automatically train AI systems to recognize objects. The first use case: a digital assembly assistant for contactless collaboration between people and machines.

5G Tango research project completed
Weidmüller has taken part in the 5G Tango project funded by the European Union. The knowledge gained is now to be transferred to production.

Since the start of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, people have been asked to keep their distance from one another. This has given rise to many digital (emergency) solutions that connect employees despite physical distancing. Also an opportunity for the future.

At SEW-Eurodrive, the focus is on the modular and adaptable factory. Work processes and associated workstations can be redesigned "on-the-fly" in assembly at short notice based on the customer's order.
With Cocomo, Humatects has developed a new system to support maintenance tasks. The maintenance technician is intuitively and intelligently supported by augmented reality.

Robonet 4.0 research project: How can the potential of industrial robots also be used in the skilled trades? Robonet 4.0" provides the answers. The intuitively controllable robot unit, which is suitable for the skilled trades, was developed by the Chamber of Skilled Crafts for Lower Franconia and the Fraunhofer IGCV.

n the wake of Industry 4.0, assistance systems are increasingly supporting manufacturing processes. Robert Rothenberger, Managing Director at memex, talks about modern qualification measures on the store floor and the general differences between assistance systems and digital work instructions.

The joint project "PersonA", which brings together universities, research institutes and companies, aims to promote the use of digital, personalized assistance systems without compromising workers' privacy.

The Canadian start-up company North has developed commercial data glasses. Focals offers a transparent, holographic display that only the wearer can see. The key materials come from a collaboration with Covestro.