InnoHub
Agile innovation hub.
Investigation of collaboration and innovation processes
Your contact person
Dr. Ing. Matthias Bues
Fraunhofer IAO / University of Stuttgart IAT
Dr. Matthias Bues is Head of Visual Interactive Technologies Group and project manager of the InnoHub project.
Agile innovation hub
New forms of cooperation and solutions
Increasing interdisciplinarity and complexity of work as well as increasing agility and flexibility require new forms of cooperation and solutions to cope with daily innovation tasks in research and development.
The ARENA2036 interface project
The joint project Agile Innovation Hub researches and shapes collaboration at the ARENA2036 research campus. To this end, it first identifies the specific needs of the projects and stakeholders that arise from the interdisciplinary, trans-institutional and collaborative nature of ARENA2036.
It is an interface project that generates new tools for innovation and knowledge management and thus supports and optimizes the way we work together in future innovation networks.
The result is a physical, virtual and methodical meeting place for innovation, in which the players can move quickly, flexibly and self-organized, both individually and cooperatively. This will be realized through three sub-projects.
Three sub-projects make up the project
In sub-project (SP) 1 - "Cooperative innovation culture", new innovation methods are being developed that are based on existing cooperation and innovation patterns at ARENA2036. Based on these, an innovation configurator is being developed that determines and presents a functional method setting for the various projects of the research campus on a case-specific basis.
SP 2 - "Agile Visualization Culture" researches the semantic linking of collaboration and visualization tools and their embedding in an innovative interaction and working environment, which is an essential building block for mapping agile processes and cooperative innovation cultures. The process-related integration of the prototypes into the innovation configurator of the Agile Innovation Hub supports and enables innovative networking of stakeholders within research projects.
SP 3 - "Learning process-oriented knowledge culture" focuses on the changing needs of employees within inter- and transdisciplinary research projects. To this end, communication structures are investigated and important bodies of knowledge are identified and made accessible. The aim of the sub-project is both to optimize and secure communication with regard to knowledge across project and disciplinary structures and to analyze the benefits of these methods in a scientifically sound manner.
The aim of the joint project Agile Innovation Hub is to implement a virtual, methodical and physical space to support and accelerate cooperation and innovation processes at the ARENA2036 research campus.
The ARENA2036 podcast
The ARENA2036 podcast is here! In the middle of each month, we provide you with the most important news about current events, upcoming and past highlights, tips, tricks and all sorts of interesting facts about our research campus in just a few minutes. Listen in!
Episode 1 - February 2022
Insights+
Stories
What do our partners say? The people who work, develop and shape the future in ARENA2036 every day?
"Away from traditional structures and organizations, the ARENA2036 research platform stands for new, forward-looking forms of (collaborative) work. ARENA2036's culture of innovation and unique network of cooperation offers us as network partners a highly flexible and agile space for collaboration.
The diverse network partner landscape provides inspiration and courage for new ideas in order to develop innovative solutions together with industry and research. Intelligent collaboration and visualization tools as well as human-centered innovation methods give us the opportunity to explore previously untrodden paths in research and development for the mobility and production of the future."
Lisa Kurz
Research assistant and expert in knowledge transfer
Fraunhofer IAO
About Fraunhofer
Project participation in the ARENA2036
Project partners in the ARENA2036 research factory are the two Fraunhofer Institutes IAO and IPA.
Fraunhofer IPA implements highly innovative and sustainable solutions in production technology and automation for customers in a wide range of future-oriented industries. The solutions are always linked to the institute's strategic cornerstones of "mass sustainability" and "mass personalization".
In ARENA2036, Fraunhofer IPA is coordinating research into innovative methods in vehicle production. To this end, a research factory is being built in which technologies are developed that enable individualized products in batch sizes of one at the cost of mass production. The core technology for this is adaptable production systems with which companies can react to fluctuating competitive factors or shortened product life cycles. Fraunhofer IPA develops solutions for planning these systems and realizes components for them, such as versatile assembly stations.
About Siemens
Project participation in the ARENA2036
Siemens offers solutions from four elementary areas for the company of the future: The Digital Enterprise Software Suite, the areas of industrial communication networks and industrial security, as well as business-specific services.
With know-how and products from the first two areas, Siemens AG is supporting the ARENA2036 research campus in the realization of a digital twin of real production and in the reliable and secure networking of flexible logistics systems.
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About the University of Stuttgart
Project participation in the ARENA2036
The University of Stuttgart and many of its institutes are involved in the ARENA2036 research platform:
Institute of Aircraft Design (IFB)
Institute of Parallel and Distributed Systems (IPVS)
Institute of Plastics Technology (IKT)
Institute of Textile Technology, Fiber-based Materials and Textile Machine Engineering (ITFT)
Institute of Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW)
Institute of Ergonomics and Technology Management (IAT)
Institute of Internal Combustion Engines and Automotive Engineering (IVK)
Institute of Electrical Energy Conversion (iew)
Institute of Educational Science, Department of Vocational, Business and Technical Education (BWT)
Institute of Energy Transmission and High Voltage Technology (IEH)
Institute of Polymer Chemistry (IPOC)
Institute of Linguistics: English Studies (IfLA)
Institute of Industrial Manufacturing and Factory Operation (IFF)
Institute of Materials Handling and Logistics (IFT)
Institute of Shotblasting Tools (IFSW)
The Institute of Aircraft Design (IFB), for example, is involved in the LeiFu project and the DigitPro project with several employees in ARENA2036. The Khoch3 project is supported by university employees from BWT.
The integration of the ARENA2036 research building into the university campus forms the perfect basis for an intensive and interdisciplinary transfer of expertise between science and industry. This is what the guiding principle "Industry on Campus" stands for.