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Factory of the Future – Extended (FoF-X)

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The project Factory of the Future – Extended (FoF-X) is the continuation of the DLR cross-program initiative for the use of intelligent robot systems in the digitalized production of the future.

Runtime: 2022-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Project partners: • Institute of Structures and Design
• Institute of Vehicle Concepts
• Institute of Composite Structures and Adaptive Systems
• Institute of Optical Sensor Systems
• Institute of System Dynamics and Control
• Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics
• Center for Lightweight Production Technology
Website: factory-of-the-future.dlr.de
Fields of application: • Assembly automation
• Individualized mass production
• Intuitive and safe human-robot-collaboration
• Highly flexible mobile robotic systems
• Digital twins of manufacturing processes
• Additive manufacturing

Project details

The project Factory of the Future – Extended (FoF-X) is the continuation of the DLR's cross-program initiative for the use of intelligent robot systems in the digitalized production of the future, which was launched 4 years ago. The approach already developed in the first project phase (2018-2021), consisting of reconfigurable robot systems, human-robot collaboration, autonomous execution of production processes, and digital twins of systems and products that allow intelligent and flexible control, has been confirmed as trend-setting in recent years and is now also being pursued in FoF-X collaboratively by 7 DLR institutes.

The core application field of FoF-X's research and development activities continues to be in the manufacturing sector, in particular in industrial assembly and in lightweight construction applications in the aerospace environment. New groundbreaking accents will also be set by researching methods in the field of artificial intelligence. In this context, fields of application are also to be explored which require new and unconventional solutions due to their special boundary conditions.

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SARA

Torque-controlled light-weight robot SARA (Safe Autonomous Robotic Assistant) 

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Cross-section of the "Factory of the Future" project

Vision image for the cross-sectional project "Factory of the Future" which is being worked on in the domain "Production of the Future". 

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Autonomous assembly

Autonomous assembly: joining task with two robotic arms 

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Contact
Korbinian Nottensteiner
German Aerospace Center

Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics
, Cognitive Robotics
Oberpfaffenhofen-Weßling

Tel.: +49 8153 28-4122

Fax: +49 8153 28-1134

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alin Olimpiu Albu-Schäffer
Director of the Institute

German Aerospace Center

Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics
, Management
Oberpfaffenhofen-Weßling

Tel.: +49 8153 28-3689

Fax: +49 8153 28-1847

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