Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IMLInnovation in Aviation Logistics
At the Aviation Logistics Department, we focus on finding new ways to enable innovation in our field. These innovations come in all kinds of different forms and shapes. From finding innovative approaches to improve efficiency and monitor queuing systems with modern computer vision technologies to empowering the aviation logistics community using Open Source Approaches in our developments.
AI Solutions and Predictive Technologies
We take pride in bringing AI Solutions to our customers, starting with predicting future air cargo volumes and therefore enabling our partners to enhance their future planning, enabling more secure airports by monitoring passenger flows in the buildings, creating digital baggage fingerprints to make baggage tags a relic of the past, and much more.
Human Empowerment through Technology
On the other hand, we also try to enable humans to perform their tasks in new and improved ways. Using Augmented Reality, we are improving the Build Up to enable a faster and more streamlined process. We also conduct research on the full automation of the Build Up using modern Computer Vision Systems and Quantum Enhanced Algorithms to ensure optimal placement of pieces.
BagBOT Development Project
One of our key projects, the BagBOT development project, addresses manual baggage handling challenges at airports. Led by our Aviation Logistics department, we aim to pioneer a fully automated baggage loading and unloading system. Partnering with Munich Airport, we are developing a gripping solution for handling baggage within aircraft holds. By reducing labor intensity and enhancing worker safety, this project aims to establish a more efficient and reliable baggage handling system, addressing industry challenges head-on.
Open Source Initiatives
Open Source not only stands for software but even more so for a community to develop software. With the NE:ONE Initiative as a part of DTAC, we are thought leaders in the discourse about progressing the ONE Record Server Software and our Open Source implementation with NE:ONE. Building a strong community around the project is a key task we accomplished thanks to our well-established standing in the community.