Engineering Automation High-Performance Center – successfully implementing AI in engineering

Automate. Accelerate. Innovate.

With the Engineering Automation High-Performance Center, we bring artificial intelligence and scalable automation solutions directly into your product development. We combine AI expertise and engineering know-how to accelerate development processes, increase productivity with AI, and open up new paths to innovation.

Our claim: Tailor-made, AI-supported engineering processes that deliver concrete solutions for your specific challenges. We rely on state-of-the-art technologies and consistent technology transfer from research to application. Strategy and implementation go hand in hand – this is how we successfully integrate AI into engineering and anchor it sustainably in your development processes.

Our understanding: This is not a short-term trend, but a profound change in engineering—the fusion of classic methods and processes with forward-looking AI technologies. Together, we can secure your competitive advantage in the age of data-driven, automated product development.

Upcoming events on engineering automation

What will happen soon?

2026-11-02

13:00 – 16:00 Uhr

Prompt your Automation – PLC Prompting Workshop

SmartFactoryOWL Campusallee 3 32657 Lemgo, Deutschland

Was kann man mit KI eigentlich in der Produktion wirklich machen? MEHR ALS MAN DENKT!

Um Ihnen das zu demonstrieren, zeigen wir Ihnen in diesem praxisnahen Prompting Workshop, wie wir am Fraunhofer IOSB-INA LLM einsetzen, um unsere Anlagen zu steuern.

Auf folgenden Ablauf können Sie sich freuen:

  • Intro zum Thema Generative KI
  • Beispiele aus der Industrie zum Thema PLC Prompting
  • Hand-On Workshop zum Prompten
  • Pause (15 Minuten)
  • PLC Prompting Workshop
  • Ausblick und Zusammenfassung
2026-11-03

09:00 – 17:00 Uhr

FMB Fachmesse für Maschinenbau

Messezentrum Bad Salzuflen, Benzstraße 23, 32108 Bad Salzuflen

Auf der FMD zeigt das Leistungszentrum Engineering Automation, wie KI und Robotik den industriellen Alltag verändern können.

Im Mittelpunkt steht der Agentic Shopfloor Robot: Ein Cobot, der sich mithilfe von KI und Spracheingabe flexibel steuern lässt, ohne klassischen Programmieraufwand. Gerade bei kleinen Losgrößen und wechselnden Anforderungen eröffnet das neue Möglichkeiten für den Einsatz von Robotik in der Produktion.

Ergänzt wird der Demonstrator durch weitere Einblicke in KI-gestütztes Engineering, nachhaltige Produktentwicklung und intelligente Assistenzsysteme, die zeigen, wie sich Automatisierung praxisnah weiterentwickeln lässt.

2026-11-10

Ganztägig

Live Podcast OUTATIME – Visionen. Technik. Zukunft.

IoT Xperience Center, Zukunftsmeile 2, 33102 Paderborn

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2027-02-11

10:00 – 11:30 Uhr

LabTour Innovation in der Entwicklung von Automatisierungsprodukten

SmartFactoryOWL Campusallee 3 32657 Lemgo, Deutschland

Diese LabTour richtet sich an Hersteller von Automatisierungsprodukten, Sensorherstellern und Komponentenherstellern. Diese Hersteller haben besonders hohe Innovationsanforderungen an Ihre Produktentwicklung und gestalten zugleich maßgeblich die Industrie 4.0 mit.

Technologien der künstlichen Intelligenz werden in ihre Produkte eingebettet, doch weitaus mehr Innovationen fließen in die Gestaltung und Programmierung von Automatisierung ein zur Verbesserung der Sicherheit, Echtzeitfähigkeit, Performanz, Interoperabilität und Genauigkeit.

In dieser LabTour zeigen wir diese Innovationen auf und diskutieren mit Herstellern über Herausforderungen, offene Fragestellungen und Forschungsbedarfen!

Key reasons for AI-supported engineering automation

Competitive advantages through AI-supported product development

Successful implementation of AI in engineering with the Engineering Automation High-Performance Center – Engineering automation opens new potential for efficiency, innovation, and forward-looking development processes. Your direct entry into the future of engineering! We combine scientific excellence with effective use cases, tried-and-tested demonstrators, and a strong network for measurable progress and direct transfer to your business practice. We use automation and AI specifically where use cases noticeably optimize development processes.

More freedom for developers

Engineering automation relieves developers of time-consuming routine tasks and reduces the administrative burden in day-to-day business. Complex tools become more accessible, leaving more capacity for creative engineering work, in-depth analysis, and innovative problem solving.

Faster development

Automated workflows and AI-supported assistance systems accelerate the entire development process and significantly reduce time to market. Intuitive systems enable new team members to become productive more quickly. This turns speed into a competitive advantage.

Higher productivity

Consistent, data-driven automation solutions reduce error-prone manual tasks and increase quality in the long term. Intelligent copilots and consistent data flows ensure greater output with the same resource input.

Innovative solutions

Engineering automation puts innovative products and efficient processes at the forefront. Whether automated code generation or creative assistance: AI-supported solutions make it possible to implement new ideas more quickly, expand technological advantages, and thus exploit market opportunities.
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Our mission: Rethinking and reshaping engineering

AI expertise meets engineering competence

The Engineering Automation High-Performance Center is your point of contact for the use of AI in engineering. We combine AI expertise, well-founded engineering know-how, and a pioneering spirit to develop solutions that specifically support your goals. Our approach: combining strategic thinking and implementation strength. As a reliable partner, we consistently translate research results into practice and turn ideas into concrete, innovative applications.

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AI-powered engineering automation solutions for businesses

AI in engineering – your “ChatGPT for engineers”

Engineering automation refers to the targeted use of automation and AI in product development—from intelligent copilots to powerful AI agent systems. Whether as “ChatGPT for engineers” with targeted prompt engineering, for automating complex workflows, or for integrating AI into existing processes, we develop solutions that make development processes more consistent and data-driven. Possible applications can be found throughout the entire development process, supported by future-proof engineering IT and close collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence.

Implementing Engineering Automation in your company – our offerings

How you can benefit from the Engineering Automation Performance Center

We offer companies flexible opportunities for collaboration: from systematic use case analysis to proof of concepts (PoC) and R&D projects to validated prototypes. Take advantage of access to specialist groups, training courses, AI infrastructure, and much more to build knowledge and develop concrete solutions.

Engineering Automation neu denken – Innovationen für die Industrie von morgen

Latest news, events, and technical articles on AI in engineering

Stay informed – insights from the Engineering Automation High-Performance Center

Discover the latest news, events, project updates, and technical articles on AI in engineering. Stay up to date with engineering automation and learn all about trends, technologies, and successful applications. Our event recaps offer exciting insights into specialist events, workshops with companies, and networking meetings. Take advantage of these opportunities to talk to AI experts and experienced engineering specialists, exchange experiences, and gain new impulses for your company.

Wie agentische KI die Automatisierung im Mittelstand vereinfacht

Roboter, die sich weitgehend selbst einrichten und per Sprache gesteuert werden können? Was nach Zukunftsmusik klingt, könnte die Automatisierung gerade für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen deutlich vereinfachen. Am Fraunhofer IEM erforschen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler, wie agentische KI den Programmier- und Integrationsaufwand von Industrierobotern reduzieren kann.

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Engineering Automation – Research and Development Projects

In these projects, we are working on AI solutions for engineering

Take a look at our industry and research projects, in which we develop engineering automation solutions together with partners: from AI-supported product development to intelligent automation.

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