In practice, the integration of heterogeneous IoT components is often a complex and confusing process. The different ways of representing information about individual assets create the desire for a standardized representation. The asset administration shell creates a digital exchange format for this purpose with the potential to significantly increase the degree of automation in the integration of IoT components.

Im Rahmen des DFG Schwerpunktprogramms „Adaptive Modulbauweisen mit Fließfertigungsmethoden“ bearbeitet der LDE das Teilprojekt „Der digitale Zwilling für die schnelle und präzise Fertigung von Betonmodulen“.

Working with PLCs is becoming an even more important skill for shop-floor workers in the context of digitalization and Industry 4.0. In this projected an international consortium consisting of Ruhr-University Bochum, Łukasiewicz Institute for Sustainable Technologies, and LINPRA, the engineering and technology industries association of Lithuania, builds a workshop format for up-skilling of these workers on virtual PLC techno-educational stands to make them and their companies ready for the digital transformation.

Der Einsatz von Augmented Reality scheitert häufig an der Erstellung der Inhalte. An der Ruhr-Universität ist deshalb ein zentrales Content Management System im Einsatz.

In 2021, a team consisting of Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Vienna, Contact Software and the Institute for Training and Careers developed and delivered comprehensive and industry-centric workshops to bring AR to manufacturing.