Making stationary retail more attractive to customers again with the help of digital solutions – this was the goal of the partners working together on the Knowledge4Retail (K4R) project from January 2020 to December 2022. The group presented the results at the final meeting this spring. The core of the project is a K4R open-source platform available on internet host GitHub, a version control system, which makes the results accessible to retailers. Retail companies can use the platform to connect analog and digital worlds as well as analyze processes more easily and generate purchasing behavior forecasts, for example. In the process, the project partners developed solutions for applications in logistics, store set-up, service robotics and a fully automated kiosk.
Foto: Fraunhofer IPA/Photograph: Rainer Bez Object recognition enables a robot to recognize products on shelves and tidily pack them into boxes with the help of “bin packing” |
17 April 2019
Garibay new EXPO PACK General Director
Jorge Martínez Garibay has been named EXPO PACK General Director at PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies’ Mexico office. Garibay will direct sales, marketing, operations and public relations efforts of EXPO PACK México and EXPO PACK Guadalajara. (more…)4 May 2017
iba and iran food + bev tec to cooperate
GHM Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen, organiser of the trade fair iba, has established a marketing cooperation with the Heidelberg-based trade fair organiser fairtrade and its trade fair iran food + bev tec. GHM CEO Dieter Dohr expects this cooperation to offer iba exhibitors access to the regions around the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf. (more…)10 September 2015
Sweet treats for breakfast, crunchy salad or warm dishes for lunch, coffee, cake, and pastries in the afternoon, and hearty meals in the evening: Bakers and confectioners are the perfect place to go for a bite to eat at any time of the day, and score points thanks to their fresh products, as well as their irresistible aroma which draws in customers. (more…)10 October 2023
The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT in Aachen has expanded its machinery with a new system for the automated molding of high-precision optical glass components. As a result, the institute is now the only research institution in Europe able to offer research on efficient small-series production of small glass optics using a wafer-level approach. Large individual optics with a diameter of up to 150 millimeters can also be manufactured with the facility. (more…)14 May 2023
In February, the Estonian-based startup New Standard Oil successfully commissioned their first industrial-scale prototype for drying and torrefaction of biogenic feedstock operating with superheated steam at atmospheric pressure. The energy-efficient process was developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB in Stuttgart, Germany, and produces valuable raw materials for the chemical and energy industries: basic chemicals, biocoal and water. (more…)11 December 2022
EuroShop 2023 in Düsseldorf – Metaverse in retail
How well is the metaverse known in German-speaking retail? How is its potential benefit rated for various segments? Is it relevant enough for investing? If so, from when? The EHI Research Network asked retail decision-makers these and other questions in the run-up to the forthcoming EuroShop. (more…)
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