The goal of this project is the development and testing of 5G applications in the form of testbeds to provide both SMEs and the public sector with practically relevant and innovative concepts and usage scenarios, so called “use case bundles”. For this, new network technologies are being used which fit the needs of the mentioned target audiences and can lead to an increase in innovation in the Brandenburg federal state.

At the chair of automation technology, the following three use cases are being implemented:

• AI-based digital assistance system with data gloves
• Roboter operation through gesture recognition
• Integration of autonomous transport roboters into an assembly line

Project duration

01.05.2023 - 31.12.2024

Funding

The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV)

Partners

• IHP GmbH – Leibniz-Institut für innovative Mikroelektronik
• Stadt Welzow
• Technische Hochschule Brandenburg
• Technische Hochschule Wildau
• DAKO GmbH
• INNOMANN GmbH

Contact:

Ronny Porsch

The new Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Spreeland  will continue the good work of the former Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Cottbus at the Chair of Automation Technology at the BTU from March 2023.

Small and medium-sized companies benefit from concrete examples of digitization and tailor-made, provider-neutral support offers in the state of Brandenburg and Lusatia. The task and thus also the overarching goal of the center is to improve the holistic understanding of digital transformation in small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) and to support the implementation of future-proof digital applications. Through concrete digital applications, demonstration and testing opportunities, experience spaces, adaptable offers for companies and a large number of practical examples, SMEs are given practical support in digital transformation. The focus is on people. Employees, social partners and managers are actively involved at an early stage, for example through learning partnerships, in order to introduce new technologies and economic systems in a way that is appropriate for employees.

In addition to the established key topics of the former Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Cottbus , which are prepared in an application-oriented manner and further deepened, the Mittelstand-Digital Center Spreeland has special know-how in the following subject areas :

The free information offered by the Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Spreeland includes the following concrete offers in 4 service areas:

Get to know:

• information materials and events
• business consultation hours and company visits

Train:

• (Online) seminars, demonstration events, training courses in the training laboratories
• Call4Trainings, online seminars, online advanced courses and video tutorials

Implement:

• Accompaniment & support of digitalization projects in companies

Networking:

• Round tables with various companies and helpful external actors
• Visits with our roadshow

The center's training courses are held online, in the model factory at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg, in the project partners' training centers, and directly on-site in companies.

Project partners:
Partners of the Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Spreeland are the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg (consortium leader), the Technical University of Wildau, the Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development and the State Association of Chambers of Industry and Commerce in Brandenburg, represented by the Cottbus Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

The Mittelstand-Digital Center Spreeland is one of currently 28 centers of the nationwide initiative "Mittelstand 4.0 - Digital Production and Work Processes" under the umbrella of "Mittelstand-Digital".

Project durations:

Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Spreeland:

01.03.2023- 28.02.2026

Mittelstand 4.0 Competence Center Cottbus (expired):

01.11.2020 - 28.02.2023
01.11.2017 - 31.10.2020

What is Mittelstand-Digital?
The Mittelstand-Digital network offers comprehensive support for digitalization with the Mittelstand-Digital Centers , the IT Security in Business Initiative and Digital Now . Small and medium-sized companies benefit from concrete practical examples and tailored, provider-neutral offers for qualification and IT security. The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection enables free use and provides financial grants. You can find more information at www.mittelstand-digital.de .

Contact person:
Randolf Schmitt
Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Spreeland

Because of an increasing demand for air transport, the need to reduce emissions and the growing possibilities of digitalization, the DIREKT project serves to create a lifecycle-spanning digital twin of (hybrid) electric drives in the aviation industry. The digital twin can be created for different components of the value creation system by means of comprehensive sensor systems, modern as well as secure network technologies and artificial intelligence algorithms.

Project duration:

01.11.2022 - 31.10.2025

Funding:

The project is funded by the aviation research program of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.

Partners:

Rolls-Royce, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Siemens, PACE.
 

Contact person:

Christian Borck

Our goals

The main objective of EDIH pro_digital is to promote the "twin digital and green transformation" of start-ups, SMEs, mid-caps and public administration in Brandenburg. By using digital technologies, they can adopt innovative techniques, achieve greater sustainability and reduce resource consumption and CO2 emissions.

With a clear link to the EU's Industry 5.0 strategy, we offer a wide range of digital technologies to increase the digital maturity of regional actors in the field of double digital and green growth along the People-Planet-Prosperity nexus. We want to support our target group to become more resilient, sustainable, circular, regenerative and green. In this way, we at pro_digital also want to contribute to Brandenburg's successful structural change and strengthen the development of a strong and integrated regional innovation ecosystem.

The project region is the federal state of Brandenburg. Companies and public administrations in the state of Brandenburg can take advantage of pro_digital's free services.

Our services

With a team of 30 transfer experts, pro_digital offers knowledge, practical expertise and access to various digital technologies and applications. Our portfolio includes services in the areas of digital skills development and information security, AI applications, financial advice and innovation strategies. We deliver these through training courses, testbeds for testing technologies in real-world environments (‘Modellhalle’), and public and private funding opportunities for digital transformation.

1. access to training and retraining services for the regional workforce
2. access to test-before-investment services, facilities and expertise
3. access to information on public and private funding for digitalization.

In addition, pro_digital works with specific associated EDIHs in the Baltic Sea region and neighboring countries, as well as with actors in Brandenburg providing knowledge and access to expertise and ecosystems in other European regions. pro_digital also focus on strengthening the central role of start-ups as facilitators and actors of digital transformation in the region.

Further information

Project duration:

01.01.2023 - 31.12.2025

Funding:

Digital Europe

Network:

European Digital Innovation Hub Network

Contact person:

Carsten Heintze