Whether at work, in production or in studies, the effects of the fourth industrial revolution are making themselves felt in all areas. The Centrum Industrial IT (CIIT) presented how this is taking shape at its online theme day on the colorful bouquet of Industry 4.0.
In a live streaming, the first part of the day went through various stations in the SmartFactoryOWL. Here, Nissrin Perez from CIIT partner Fraunhofer IOSB-INA presented a sustainable production of reusable cups made from corn flour with the CUNA real production. The digital twin behind this was illustrated by her colleague Magnus Redeker. At the next station, Fraunhofer expert Sascha Heymann showed the new possibilities for sales. Similar to a smartphone, apps for Industry 4.0 will be purchased on digital marketplaces in the future. The vendor-neutral and platform-independent marketplace offers deals for hardware, software and services.
Alexander Kuhn from the Institute Industrial IT (inIT) at the OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts, pointed out in his contribution to Work 4.0 which added value is created by the use of digital assistance in the design of human-centered processes. "My machine is giving me an error message right now. I could now spend days leafing through the machine's manuals and trying out one option after another until I find the error. But my digital assistant helps me save time," said Alexander Kuhn, solving the machine's problem with his IPad in no time at all. The established experts made it clear to the audience of around 40 what potential digitalization holds and what benefits it generates for people. But where will the young professionals come from who will continue on this path in the future? The "Digitalization Engineering" degree program at the OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts aims to do exactly that. Professor Andreas Deuter presented it together with current student Daniel Schramm.
After a short break, the online theme day continued in the CIIT building. Here, it has recently become possible to have your coffee handed to you by a robot barista. In order to realize this, an interdisciplinary team of scientists worked on the implementation in the past months. Natalia Moriz and Philip Priss from InIT, Andreas Otto from Phoenix Contact and Sven Eikelmann and Nikolai Thiessen from Melitta presented the process on behalf of the entire team of about 15 people. The work paid off: the robot barista, named "CinITo", was able to successfully hand over her desired latte to CIIT Managing Director Anja Moldehn, who acted as moderator throughout the day. At the end of the day, Philip Kleen from Fraunhofer IOSB-INA presented the AutoS2 project, which is working on the automation of risk assessment for machine safety.