11/06/2024 | After four years of groundbreaking research, the European HumanE AI project successfully concludes. In collaboration with leading researchers, industry experts, and policymakers, fortiss has worked on developing human-centered AI technologies that prioritize European ethical values and societal norms. Funded under the EU's Horizon 2020 program, the project has laid the foundation for a European approach to artificial intelligence that combines innovation with social responsibility.

09/04/2024 | Whether photovoltaics on the production hall, municipal wind turbines or rooftop solar on your own home - electricity generation is becoming more decentralized as a result of the energy transition. The advantages of this decentralized and direct electricity trading system are to be exploited by a digital marketplace. The aim of the project “Blockchain-based decentralized energy market design and management structures”, or BEST for short, was to make this a reality. To drive this project forward, a practical test was launched in the Euskirchen area in the spring of this year.

07/03/2024 | Cobots (collaborative robots), which can work closely with humans, are experiencing impressive growth rates and offer enormous potential for a wide range of industries. Until now, however, cobots have only been able to carry out pre-programmed actions and cannot react flexibly to unexpected events. With the CORINNE project, fortiss aims to overcome this limitation through the use of neuromorphic technology and enable robots to react to human gestures in real time and continuously learn new ones. In collaboration with Neura Robotics GmbH from Metzingen and the Technical University Chemnitz, the research results are to be applied in the field of welding work.

06/26/2024 | Bavaria has set itself ambitious targets for the energy transition: By 2030, the share of renewable energies in electricity generation is to rise to 50 percent, and by 2040 the aim is even to be climate-neutral. To achieve these ambitious targets, efficient and data-based energy planning is essential. This is precisely where the eTwin.BY research project comes in, which was recently completed in collaboration with Eniano GmbH and HEWA GmbH.

06/07/2024 | Prof. Dr. Thomas Hamacher, an expert in energy systems in the context of disruptive technologies such as nuclear fusion, renewable energies, smart cities and electromobility, will support the fortiss competence field “Architectures and Services for Critical Infrastructures” (ASCI) as a research fellow in the future. In this interview, he talks about his collaboration with fortiss, emphasizes the institute's strength in translating scientific ideas into practical solutions and explains current projects.