Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

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Hydrogen Put to the Test (www.industrial-production.de)

Research Platform for the Energy Supply of the Future

For the first time, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is bringing together key hydrogen technologies in a single research environment. The facility is intended to demonstrate how the production, storage, transport, and use of hydrogen can work together efficiently in the future.

KIT is a national leader in quantum technologies

Whether enormous computing power, ultra-precise sensors or cutting-edge encryption: quantum technologies promise ground-breaking applications. An international ranking by the think tank European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) puts Karlsruhe, with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) as the central player, at the top of the list nationwide. The city is ranked seventh worldwide and second within the EU.

KIT couples Quantum Computer with Quantum Memory

Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and European partners are networking a superconducting quantum computer with a spin-based quantum memory for the first time in the 'Superspin' project. The project aims to advance the development of a quantum internet.

New research center for sustainable 3D printing launched

The CZS Center KRAFt begins its work with 12 million euros in funding from the Carl Zeiss Foundation. The alliance between Trier University of Applied Sciences, KIT and Aalen University aims to make additive manufacturing technologies more resource-efficient and recyclable.

Resource efficiency through additive manufacturing

Making process chains in additive manufacturing more resource-efficient - that is the goal of the new CZS Center for Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency using Additive Manufacturing Technologies (Center KRAFt).

Carbon Cycle Lab: Industrial raw materials from waste

With the Carbon Cycle Lab (CCLab), the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is developing new processes for the chemical recycling of previously non-recyclable plastic waste. The aim is to return this waste to the material cycle and thus contribute to a sustainable circular economy.

Strategic collaboration for generative AI

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and IBM are expanding their long-standing collaboration in order to jointly develop and strengthen digital innovations and promote young talent for science and industry.

KIT (www.computer-automation.de)

Quantum Network for secure Communication

Tap-proof communication is of central importance for a networked society. Quantum physics provides the basis for this: it enables practical technologies such as quantum key distribution.

Waste incineration destroys PFAS chemicals

PFAS chemicals are contained in countless products. Many of them are highly toxic. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have tested what happens to them during waste incineration. The result: no significant PFAS emissions are produced.

Study at KIT (www.polyformnext.de)

Waste incineration destroys PFAS chemicals

New President at KIT

On October 1, 2024, Professor Jan S. Hesthaven will take office as President of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The 58-year-old Dane's first term of office will focus on positioning KIT more clearly in the national and international scientific landscape.

Sustainability is digital

The motto of Hannover Messe 2024 was Energizing a Sustainable Industry. With numerous research projects, the FZI Research Center for Information Technology presented the possibilities of digitalization on the way to a sustainable and more climate-friendly industry.

Recycle diapers with light

Anyone who has children can tell you from their own experience: the most frequently purchased product is the diaper. More than 100,000 tons of disposable diapers are thrown away in Germany every year. This means that huge quantities of valuable raw materials end up in the trash, including the absorbent pads.

Swarm transport system carries 40 tons

The spin-off Formic Transportsysteme from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a semi-automated transport system for exchanging production equipment that works like a swarm.

On the trail of gases

Observing trace gases, aerosols and clouds is an essential basis for understanding climate change and developing adaptation strategies. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) use an observatory on the Zugspitze, among other things, for this purpose. It has now been fitted with a new dome that allows two remote sensing methods to be used simultaneously, for example.

Glass structures - fine, finer, very fine

Nanometer-fine structures made of quartz glass that can be printed directly onto semiconductor chips are produced by a process developed at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). A hybrid organic-inorganic polymer resin serves as the starting material for the 3D printing of silicon dioxide.

Research at KIT (www.polyformnext.de)

Blind spots in the monitoring of plastic waste

Researchers at KIT and partners suspect that much more plastic is transported in flowing waters than previously assumed. The new findings should help to improve monitoring and remove plastic from bodies of water.

Christmas waste becomes reusable shipping boxes

The Christmas holidays generate waste in private households. Five students from the KIT Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Process Engineering have developed a process that allows plastics from food packaging that were previously almost impossible to recycle to be turned into shipping boxes.

Quality offensive for better batteries

In the battery competence cluster AQua, KIT is optimizing the mass production of high-quality lithium-ion batteries with automatic fault detection.

Better gripping with intelligent picking robots

Festo is conducting research in the FLAIROP project together with KIT and partners from Canada to make picking robots more intelligent using distributed AI methods. To this end, they are investigating how training data from several stations, several plants or even companies can be used without participants having to disclose sensitive company data.

Fuel cells (www.polyformnext.de)

New production technology for commercial vehicles

The EU climate target of reducing_{CO2 emissions} from new passenger cars by 37.5 percent by 2030 is to be extended to heavy commercial vehicles in five years' time. Further tightening of the targets is being discussed in the EU.

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Security for embedded systems

In the Xandar project coordinated at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), partners from science and industry are developing a complete tool chain for software development and hardware-software integration for complex applications.

Compostable displays for sustainable electronics

KIT researchers have developed a printed display whose biodegradability has been independently tested and confirmed.

AI supports skilled workers during assembly

Kimoknow, a KIT spin-off, is developing a digital assembly assistant based on automated AI-supported object recognition.

AI supports skilled workers during assembly

The start-up Kimoknow, which was founded at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), has developed a technology to automatically train AI systems to recognize objects. The first use case: a digital assembly assistant for contactless collaboration between people and machines.

Roboshield project for more safety in HRC

Production systems in which humans, machines and robots work together must meet high safety requirements. The systems need to be safe for employees as well as protected against cyberattacks from outside.

New molecules for high-tech materials

Rare earths are a component of many high-tech products. The KIT is working on new possibilities for the use of these elements. One team is producing so-called sandwich complexes with rare earths, which could serve as new molecular materials for more powerful storage media or displays.

New research focus at KIT

Scientists at KIT are investigating how companies can improve the production process using principles of resource-saving manufacturing. The new research focus "Sustainable Production" was created for this purpose.

Maintaining machine tools with artificial intelligence

Wear on the spindle in ball screws can be continuously monitored and evaluated using an intelligent system from the KIT.

Start-up aid for SMEs

For many large companies, buzzwords such as big data, smart data and smart industry have long been part of everyday life. Small and medium-sized companies, on the other hand, often still doubt the feasibility and benefits. Yet they too can benefit from the competitive advantages. Initiatives and projects offer the right support if required.

AI monitors wear on ball screws

The maintenance and timely replacement of defective components in machine tools is an important part of the production process. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a system that takes over the fully automatic monitoring of ball screws in machine tools.

Batteries available here in record time

With a new coating process, a research team at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has succeeded in producing electrodes for lithium-ion batteries at the fastest rate to date. At the same time, the new process improves the quality of the electrodes and reduces production costs.

Intelligent, connective, sensitive

Smart gripping as the future of gripping technology. The wbk Institute of Production Engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is developing approaches to increase the degree of autonomy of grippers.

Employees as a success factor

The digital networking of systems enables companies to adapt their products more precisely to customer requirements. In addition to adaptable systems, employees are a key success factor. This is shown by a study conducted by KIT, LUH and acatech.

Friction losses: the material is unforgiving

It is still largely unclear how exactly wear occurs. Scientists at KIT have now been able to prove that the effect occurs at the very first contact and always takes place at a very specific point in the material.

Automatically to the right system

The AsenBa research project has developed approaches to minimize the effort involved in planning handling systems.

Robot systems for hostile environments

If chemically contaminated areas have to be decontaminated or nuclear facilities dismantled, workers are exposed to health risks. In future, robotic systems will carry out such decontamination work. The new Robdekon competence center, which is being funded by the BMBF with twelve million euros, is working to make this a reality.

Shipping: air envelope reduces fuel consumption

An air coating that reduces the frictional resistance of ships is being developed by researchers from all over Europe in the Aircoat project. They are using the salvinia effect researched at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), which makes it possible to permanently retain a layer of air under water.

Arburg Innovation Center opened at KIT in Karlsruhe

The AIC at KIT was officially opened on April 11, 2016. Institute Director Fleischer and Arburg Managing Director Gaub emphasized the value of the facility for cooperation between research and companies.

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