The teams of upCAT#6
Brief description of the business idea:
We enable specialized flow simulations that are not feasible with current commercial methods, as there is no corresponding software on the market yet. We provide our customers with a tool to analyze existing components in detail and to optimize designs even before the prototype phase with minimal time expenditure. We work closely with our customers on projects and rent cloud-based simulation services.
Brief description about the team:
We are two mechanical engineers who graduated from KIT. Together we have over 10 years of experience in the field of flow simulation and scientific computing. Our goal is to build an established company in the field of flow simulation within the next 5 years.
By participating in upCAT#6, we hope to learn methods that will allow us to approach the challenges of starting a business in a structured way.
Mastering the complexity of robot gripping systems with functional pattern recognition.
Germany as an industrial location is a technological leader in the robot gripper market and sets global trends. Motivated by Industry 4.0, the mega trend towards human-robot collaboration and the accompanying planning of innovative robot systems, the complexity and diversity of robot gripping systems is constantly increasing.
Our solution is an innovative customer communication tool for manufacturers of robot grippers and for planners of robot systems. This does not focus on the product, but on the customer task and the user. With AI algorithms that are based on task-oriented, functional models, we capture both the user task and the gripper systems
of the manufacturers and thus enable intelligent, automatic matching with integrated consistency checks. The advantages are obvious: common customer and manufacturer view, automatic early warning systems and tests, as well as much better scalability through multiplication of expert knowledge.
In a first step, we will establish our solution in close cooperation with leading manufacturers from the robotics industry. Our goal is to provide an open industry platform in the medium term that covers the entire robot gripper market.
