The Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (Fraunhofer IFF) is an autonomous institute of the non-profit Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, a provider of contract applied research. The Fraunhofer IFF specializes in research and development in the fields of robotics, sensor systems, virtual engineering, logistics and process and plant management.
The Fraunhofer IFF’s Robotic Systems Business Unit has extensive experience developing, engineering and integrating different robotic technologies and systems for use in challenging environment and under special conditions.The Robotic Systems Business Unit is a leading expert in the field of safe physical robot-human interaction in shared workspaces, including technologies such as tactile sensing, safe manipulators and safe workspace monitoring.