IPH research engineers are striving to decentralize control of automated transport vehicles – enabling them to “grow up”, to make situational decisions and to coordinate themselves independently.

Press release – Hannover, 01/09/2011

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Decentralized, agent-based self-control of automated guide vehicle systems (FTS-Selbststeuerung)

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The IPH – Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover gGmbH (which literally translates into Hannover institute of integrated production) is a service provider for production technology and was established in 1988 at the Leibniz University in Hannover. The IPH offers research and development, consultation and qualification concerning the subjects of process technology, production automation and logistics. Its customers include companies from the sectors of tool and mould construction, machine and plant construction, aerospace and the automotive industry, electro industry and forging industry.

The business has its headquarters in the science and technology park – Science Area 30X in the northwest of Hannover and currently employs about 80 people, of which about 30 are scientific personnel.

IPH research engineers are striving to decentralize control of automated transport vehicles – enabling them to “grow up”, to make situational decisions and to coordinate themselves independently.

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