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News from the LFO

01/15/2026

Sorting multi-bay block stacking storage systems

The research paper "Sorting multi-bay block stacking storage systems" was published in the journal Computers & Operations Research. Congratulations to…
the warehouse, robots, and data overlay
12/08/2025

Digital twin for the use of autonomous mobile robotics

The FlexTools project is developing a digital twin that supports the planning, introduction and operation of AMR.
Einblick in die 3D-Simulation und das Dashboard des Digitalen Zwillings im Projekt FlexTools
12/04/2025

Award-winning research: IMI receives Best Paper Award in Spain

Big performance from small models: At AGENTICS, IMI presented how specialized prompt augmentation improves AI-assisted optimization. The results show…
Thomas Boemer auf der AGENTICS in Spanien
11/17/2025

Exchange on autonomous process chains in the FlexTools project

Last week, an extremely productive and inspiring workshop with TE Connectivity and the Fraunhofer IML colleagues took place in Dortmund as part of our…
Workshop bei TE Connectivity, die Kollegen stehen vor einem EVO-Bot
10/14/2025

DF² 2025 in Heilbronn

Heilbronn was the venue for the German Forum for Service Research (DF)² on September 29/30, 2025 - and thus a central meeting point for science,…
DF hoch 2 - Workshop
09/17/2025

Impulses for service research

As part of the Smart-DLWD research project, our colleague Jonas Eichholz took part in the VAIS congress "Industrieservice im Dialog" on September…
Jonas Eichholz auf dem Kongress Industrieservice im Dialog
09/12/2025

FlexTools whitepaper published

Autonomous mobile robots (AMR) offer great potential for automating in-house transportation processes, especially for companies with established…
Mockup des Whitepapers
07/18/2025

Hands-on logistics - a successful workshop day in midsummer temperatures

More than 30 schoolgirls took part in the MinTU workshop on July 2 and were able to experience the world of logistics and mechanical engineering in a…