Our mission in the Smart Production Lab at Volkswagen Group IT is to promote the digitalisation of production and logistics. As an innovation driver at the interface between production, logistics and IT, we develop innovative software solutions together with different departments, Group brands and selected start-ups in order to revolutionise the future production IT at Volkswagen AG. Our expertise is reflected in our five areas of action, i.e. Intelligent Robotics, Future Production Ecosystems, Internet of Things, Data Analytics and Industrial Computer Vision:
Intelligent Robotics (iRob)
In terms of Intelligent Robotics, we devote ourselves to the vendor-neutral programming of skills for autonomous service and industrial robots.
Future Production Ecosystems (FPE)
In relation to Future Production Ecosystems, we focus on researching, designing and developing software solutions for planning and managing future production systems using artificial intelligence.
Internet of Things (IoT)
In our IoT area of action, we address the issue of the industrial application of the Internet of Things (IoT). The close integration of production facilities and systems is especially important in this context. Furthermore we help to formulate the IoT platforms strategy for the Volkswagen Group.
Data Analytics (DA)
With Data Analytics, we develop predictive maintenance models for the above-mentioned networks. Furthermore we trial new methods of data analysis to support specialist production and logistics teams.
Industrial Computer Vision (ICV)
In the ICV area of action, we are developing a modular camera platform. It controls any industrial surveillance and thermal imaging cameras and evaluates the image material obtained using artificial intelligence and computer vision algorithms.
