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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. RUST2LIFE - Remanufacturing Upscaling via Semantic and interoperable digital Twins towards circuLar, AI-driven, standardized and Industry 5.0-ready manuFacturing Ecosystems

    RUST2LIFE is a Horizon Europe initiative developing an Industry 5.0 blueprint to scale high-quality remanufacturing across European industry. Starting with the automotive sector, the project combines…

  2. DaFF - Datenmanagement für die Feldforschung

    Field experiments do not take place under the fixed conditions of a laboratory, but in the environment where a process actually happens: on farmland, in road traffic or on the coast. Weather, soil…

  3. GEIHSR - Generalist Edge Intelligence for Human-Safe Robots

    GEIHSR develops a generalist edge-intelligence framework for safe, low-cost, human-centered industrial robotics. The aim is to close the gap between perception and action by combining AI-based…

  4. SUBLIMITY - Elevating Workers through Cognitive & Physical Augmentation at the Edge

    SUBLIMITY redefines the future of advanced manufacturing by augmenting, rather than replacing, human capabilities. The project empowers workers through a neuro-adaptive, human-in-command platform that…

  5. Victor-XR - Virtual and physical Integration and Consistency through mulTimodal, Open, Real-time XR

    VICTOR-XR addresses Area A of HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-14 by establishing a European reference framework for Virtual–Physical Consistency (VPC) in Virtual Worlds (VW), advancing immersion through…

  6. IRIS-XR - Immersive Realism through Integrated Sensing and Optics for eXtended Reality

    IRIS-XR aims to design, integrate, and validate a next-generation XR hardware software platform that redefines the limits of visual quality, energy efficiency, and real-time responsiveness. The…

  7. GenAI4EU Nexus - GenAI4EU Nexus

    The GenAI4EU Nexus Coordination and Support Action officially started on 1 May and will establish a European hub for trustworthy generative AI—a single entry point linking research, industry, SMEs and…

  8. KI-Auto-Net - KI-gestützte Automatisierung von Netzen für die Industrie

    KI-Auto-Net identifies the needs and challenges of industry in order to operate campus networks much more easily, efficiently, and economically with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and…

  9. LxM - Hybride agentische LxM-Softwareplattform für die konforme und autonome Planung und Steuerung von Produktions- und Unternehmensprozessen

    Technology-oriented research and innovation targeting the next generation of “Industrial Artificial Intelligence (AI)” can make a decisive contribution to maintaining and enhancing competitiveness.…

  10. etaGPT - etaGPT – Ein interaktiver KI-Assistent zur Analyse und Optimierung von Energiesystemen

    Das Forschungsprojekt etaGPT zielt auf die Entwicklung eines intelligenten, interaktiven KI-Assistenten zur Analyse, Optimierung und Automatisierung industrieller Energiesysteme. Im Mittelpunkt steht…