Consortium Partners

Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems ENAS

Within the project TREND, Fraunhofer ENAS is responsible for the coordination and management, visualization and demonstration of the defined challenges using the robotics available at the institute. Additionally, we are performing basic and advanced level research to develop sensors by using the inkjet printing technology along with suitable characterizations, develop the integration of the sensor on the robotic hand and validate/characterize the entire setup in situ. Together with the project partner Trivitec and with consultation of FPT, the robot learns machine level programs and routines. We will analyze the results and make necessary decisions in accordance to various in-process complexities and design, test and validate the Digital Tool Kit (DTK) for the robotics with the support of the consortium partners.

Homepage: Fraunhofer ENAS

Contact: Dr.-Ing. Kalyan Y. Mitra

C-marx GmbH

C-marx GmbH is a German startup SME based in Chemnitz and are specialized in the development of dedicated inkjet printing setups for different industrial sectors. In TREND, C-marx will support Fraunhofer ENAS with the project's administrative management and demonstrate the inkjet printing and other process relevant setups for manufacturing sensors on 2D and 3D surfaces. The novel manufacturing process will lead to better resource or cost efficiency, sustainability and recyclability. Cmarx will work closely with Fraunhofer ENAS, together with Trivitec, to recommend, adapt and develop printing module for functional inks (electronic properties) along with the establishment of vital ink delivery/recirculation system. The print module will be integrated at Fraunhofer ENAS on the robotic arm of the standalone manufacturing system for 3D surfaces. During the project, this technological promotion of the digital manufacturing for sensors will be demonstrated at the facilities of Fraunhofer ENAS using the inkjet module developed by C-marx.

Homepage: C-marx GmbH

Contact: Dipl.-Ing. Peter Ueberfuhr

Trivitec GmbH

In the project TREND, Trivitec GmbH will mainly support Fraunhofer ENAS and C-marx project partners with the automation & programming skills to accomplish the following tasks: simulation of failures with registered compilation and complexities during automation and printing processes, programming of algorithms that can help Fraunhofer ENAS to finetune the travel automation of robotic arm necessary to execute printing process, establishment of IT communication between field/proximity sensor and robot’s automation program, establishment of IT communication during printing of the sensor components between robots, synchronization between printing speed to the displacement of robot arm, establishment of the communication between sensor feedback and robots automation program, programming at multilevel systems where the pick and place robot learns using various algorithms to stop or continue in critical, complex and advancing situations, development of the IT communication and deployment of suitable decision making programs according to the conditions, switching the execution of algorithms according to the feedback from sensors and handling variabilities by running appropriate robot automation programs and compilation of all the relevant communication, parametric and automation data for developing the final Digital Tool Kit (DTK) for the application of robotics.

Homepage: Trivitec GmbH

Contact: Dipl.-Ing. Martin Schüller

FPT Robotik GmbH & Co. KG

Within the project TREND, FPT Robotik GmbH & Co. KG will participate as an end-user for the utilization of the DTK. They will contribute within the project by performing the following tasks: Consultation regarding the set-up adaptation of the robots with respect to the application scenario, supporting the implementation, development and testing of DTK, archiving of the relevant programmable routines (printing, curing, process-steps etc.) at the required UI, and industrial-scale validation of the developed DTK for the robotics, along with its possible commercial disseminations.

Homepage: FPT Robotik GmbH & Co. KG

Contact: M.Eng. Martin Hornich

National Institute for R&D in Microtechnology - IMT Bucharest

Within TREND, IMT Bucharest, in close cooperation with UPB, is planned to deliver the following needs that are essentially required to acquire application oriented sensors and its feedback. The main tasks within the project will be: designing of sensor electronics according to the complexity of pick and place robots, consultation regarding printable materials to Fraunhofer ENAS in cooperation with C-marx for developing sensor architecture on 2D and 3D surfaces, extraction of the electrical parameters, data processing and handling of the sensor feedback and contribution towards transport of data and initiation of relevant communication between the robot’s automation program with respect to the sensor’s feedback.

Homepage: National Institute for R&D in Microtechnology - IMT Bucharest

Contact: Dr. Gabriel Moagar-Poladian

University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

In the project TREND, the University Politehnica of Bucharest (UPB), in close collaboration with IMT, is planned to deliver the needs that are essentially required to acquire application oriented sensors and its feedback. The main tasks within the project will be electrical characterization, application validation of the developed sensors and related electronic nodes, extraction of the electrical parameters, data processing and handling of the sensor feedback and finally cumulatively contributing towards the transport of data and initiation of relevant IT communication between robot’s automation program with respect to the sensor’s feedback.

Homepage: University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest

Contact: Dr. Vlad-Cristian Georgescu