Photonics meets Robotics: AI Success Stories

Winning team: Get inspired by ‘Photonics meets Robotics: AI Success Stories’ in Hall A3.433 and learn how to use state-of-the-art AI-based methods to link photonics and automation. In this context, curated specialist presentations will be held in 15 hosted slots distributed across all trade fair days—they will give you insights into best practices from both the manufacturing sector and application-oriented research.

Range of topics and exhibits

The special show demonstrates how the vision of self-learning production machinery and fully automated first-time-right (FTR) production is taking shape as artificial intelligence combines the most powerful aspects of photonics and robotics. AI-based product design minimizes the time to market, state-of-the-art machine learning methodology increases production quality while ensuring complete control of processes, and data-based learning systems recognize and rectify deviations in the live process.

Experience our associated exhibits:

• A mobile repair robot performing damage and wear repairs using a laser metal deposition (LMD) process (Picum MT GmbH and Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT) and AI-based LMD process optimization
• A smart welding robot featuring an articulated arm for AI-supported laser welding processes that can be viewed remotely using VR goggles (Carl Cloos Schweisstechnik GmbH, Scansonic MI GmbH, oculavis GmbH, 4D Photonics GmbH, and Fraunhofer ILT)
• AI methods for camera-based recognition of human activities (Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA)
• Convolutional neural network (CNN) robustness analysis solutions for inline quality control (Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA)
• Highly flexible AI-based logistics and assembly robotics
• Solutions for automated AI-supported engineering