RWTH Aachen University

24.06.2020

Members of the University of Aachen published a paper titled “Development of a hybrid DLT cloud architecture for the automated use of finite element simulation as a service for fine blanking”, mentioning IOTA (28x)

19.06.2020

The Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen at the RWTH Aachen University tests 5G connectivity on its shop floors, planning to "connecting our Feintool XFT2500 via 5G to our precious IOTA Tangle".

08.06.2020

Senseering publishes an article in which it describes the launch of the “MyDataEconomy“ platform, welcoming first member companies “entering a closed-alpha phase with the first pilot customers.” The MyDataEconomy platform is based on IOTA tangle technology

29.05.2020

Senseering published an article describing "MachineDataMarketplace.NRW", for which the Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen opened a data marketplace for the process data of a fineblanking machine, which is operated by the Machine Tool Laboratory of the RWTH Aachen University while the software development company senseering GmbH offers a DLT data platform MyDataEconomy, enabling free data trading and edge computing. Data is traded and streamed without violating the data sovereignty of the owners or abusing the information. The data platform DatenAtlas enables this through the key technologies 5G, IOTA and Cloud-/Edge-AI.

20.05.2020

Members of the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering WZL of RWTH Aachen University published a paper titled "Prototype for dual digital traceability of metrology data using X.509 and IOTA", mentioning IOTA.

27.04.2020

One day before a meeting for the SPAICER project born through the research and development of the WZL of the RWTH University of Aachen, an image of associated partners is published, containing Microsoft, Bosch, Deutsche Bahn, Dell, Daimler, Ford, BMW, ZF, Siemens, Zenit, Grandcentrix, Carl Zeiss, Pepperl+Fuchs, Neocpetion and many others.

01.04.2020

A german industrial special interest magazine publishes a three-page interview with a member of the RWTH on the IOTA-empowered fineblanking solution developed by the University of Aachen.

11.02.2020

The WZL of the RWTH University of Aachen announced its participation in the "Tangle Enterprise Edition" working group.

11.02.2020

The Eclipse Foundation, Dell Inc., STMicroelectronics, Software AG, Object Management Group, Accessec GmbH, Energinet, BiiLabs, Calypso Network Association, Engie Lab Crigen, RWTH Aachen University, Akita Blockchain Solutions, Geometric Energy Corp., TMForum, Otto-von-Guerike University and Iotify launch the "Tangle EE" Working Group to accelerate the commercial adoption of IOTA.

01.01.2020

Members of the RWTH Aachen University publish a paper titled "FactDAG: Formalizing Data Interoperability in an Internet of Production", mentioning IOTA (1x).

30.11.2019

Members of the University of Aachen publish a paper titled "Manufacturing Engineering 4.0: With secure audit trails and distributed manufacturing chains for manufacturing economy" ("Fertigungstechnik 4.0: Mit sicheren Audit-Trails und verteilten Fertigungsketten zur Fertigungsökonomie"), mentioning IOTA.

24.10.2019

Members of the RWTH Aachen University explain their IOTA integration in an interview.

23.10.2019

The Managing Director of the RWTH Aachen University reports that a collaboration with Dell EMC on its Feintool IOTA-use case is progressing rapidly.

05.09.2019

The University of Aachen welcomes visitors from Daimler interested in its IOTA-based internet-of-production prototype.

03.09.2019

The University of Aachen hosts its annual meeting of the research circle around fineblanking, again introducing IOTA and SPAICER.

03.09.2019

Members of the RWTH Aachen University and Fraunhofer Society published an academic paper on “Dataflow Challenges in an Internet of Production: A Security & Privacy Perspective” providing further details of their IOTA-based fineblanking PoC, mentioning ITA (3x).

29.08.2019

The managing director of the Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen shares images from the ZeMa (mechatronics/automation industry) event where their IOTA PoC was presented.

29.08.2019

EinfachIOTA.de publishes a detailed report of the ZEMA industrial mechatronics/automation industry event, including images and detailed descriptions of the presented IOTA-based proof-of-concepts from ZEMA, Cretec GmbH, and the RWTH AACHEN University.

28.08.2019

ZeMA - Zentrum für Mechatronik und Automatisierungstechnik hosts an IOTA meetup, including two live demonstrations of the University of Aachen and another company as well as a (remote) presentation by Dominik Schiener.

08.08.2019

Representatives of Carls Zeiss AG visit the INdustrial IOTA LAb Aachen of the University of Aachen, commented by the RWTH managing director with "looking forward to an upcoming cooperation".

12.07.2019

The team of XDK2MAM and the Managing Director of the RWTH Aachen University/IILA meet and discuss their vision and options for future collaboration.

21.05.2019

The University of Aachen invites 37 fineblanking companies for discussions, including IOTA.

11.05.2019

An industry news portal reports that Ubirch GmbH developed a solution in collaboration with the University of Aachen (IILA) and Deutsche Telekom Labs to save sensor data to the IOTA ledger.

07.05.2019

The Managing Director of the IILA of the University of Aachen tweets about representatives from Ford visiting for a presentation of the IILA IOTA prototype.

17.04.2019

The Aachen University publishes an article detailing its plans for SPAICER, an AI-based resiliance management tool, including IOTA-based Digital Twins.

02.03.2019

The Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the university of Aachen publishes an article describing the "finite element method as a service", in which it way to establish a Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication between an industrial fine-blanking press and a finite element (FE) server to generate a digital twin for each physically manufactured workpiece, based on IOTA.

28.02.2019

The Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen presents its work on IOTA at the "third network meeting on AI in industrial environments".

15.02.2019

The Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen integrates a Philips Hue extension with their IOTA-based Industrial IoT proof of concept.

14.02.2019

The Managing Director of the Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen talks about their IOTA-based fineblanking proof-of-concept during the first annual general meeting of the new "Cluster of Excellence".

05.02.2019

Representatives of the BOSCH XDK team visit the Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen to talk about further use-cases of the IOTA-based XDK2MAM library within the Internet-of-Production PoC.

13.01.2019

The Industrial IOTA Lab of the University of Aachen publishes an article describing their integration of measuring tools with IOTA.

10.01.2019

The manager of the Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen and Department Head at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering of RWTH Aachen University talks about the integration of IOTA in the IOTA podcast.

02.01.2019

The Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen publishes a video interview, describing its goal to further develop the current result of the project into a big data marketplace and offer Pay-per-Use as well as subscription models to establish new data-driven business models.

31.12.2018

The Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen publishes its 5th status report on their collaboration with Grandcentrix on inclusion of IOTA micro-payments, secure audit trails and zero-marginal costs based on the IOTA tangle.

16.12.2018

The Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen stores measurement data of mechanical tools directly to the Tangle.

15.12.2018

The Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen publishes a video of their IOTA-enabled fineblanking production including payments made for MAM data streams.

11.12.2018

Feintool International Holding AG publishes an article describing the use of their machines within the IOTA-based fineblanking process of the Aachen University.

30.11.2018

The Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen publishes a press release regarding its memorandum of understanding with the DLT Lab of National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan, on collaborating in the field of Internet of Everything, Internet of Production and distributed ledger technology-driven Data Economy based on IOTA.

22.11.2018

The IOTA Munich Community hosts an event, inviting Alisa Maaas to represent the IOTA Foundation, as well as representatives of the Fraunhofer Society, the Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen and Edag Engineering to present on their IOTA-based projects.

20.11.2018

The Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen celebrates the finalised integration of a digital twin on the IOTA tangle of their fineblanking manufacturing process, developed in cooperation with Grandcentrix, and publishes an extensive video explaining their integration and processes.

09.11.2018

The Managing Director of the Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen will attend the upcoming IOTA Munich meetup to present the ongoing work on IOTA of the IILA

13.10.2018

The Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the university of Aachen publishes its "WZL x GCX x IOTA — Status Report 04", introducing a pay-per-use data marketplace and IOTA micropayments.

27.09.2018

The University of Aachen won the "cluster of excellence", a Federal German initiative with its IOTA-based internet-of-production prototype and receives federal funding for 7 years (potentially additional 7 years afterwards).

13.09.2018

The Industrial IOTA Lab of the University of Aachen presents its proof of concept and its vision of an IOTA-based manufacturing economy to representatives from 3M, ABB, BASF, BMW Group, Bosch, Evonik, LG, TUI, and several other companies.

07.09.2018

The Industrial IOTA Lab of the University of Aachen publishes its third progress report about its IOTA-based manufacturing PoC, showcasing their frontend and announcing their plan of implementing micro-payments utilising IOTA for each part produced.

05.09.2018

The IILA of the University of Aachen presented its vision of an IOTA-based manufacturing economy to their "fineblanking working group", consisting of –60 participants from 33 companies.

15.08.2018

The IILA of the University of Aachen mentions the effects of their Amazon AWS implementation for PoW on the IOTA tangle throughput in a tweet, citing their "use case is getting closer"

15.08.2018

The IILA of the University of Aachen publishes a highly detailed article describing the advantages of DLTs, IOTA in particular, its use-cases in manufacturing, an outlook on the fineblanking PoC and an outlook on its further development

08.08.2018

Daniel Trauth of the Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen presents the IOTA-based Internet-of-Production proof-of-concept to Dan Dougherty, Senior Vice President of Dell EMC

06.08.2018

The IILA of the University of Aachen publishes its second status report on "WZL x GCX x IOTA", detailing the progress on their IOTA-based PoC

25.07.2018

The IILA of the University of Aachen showcases its new web frontend for their IOTA-based production audit trail to a newspaper

24.07.2018

The Industrial IOTA Lab Aachen of the University of Aachen publishes a blog post detailing its setup, goals, current work and 30+ industrial partners

30.06.2018

The Industrial IOTA Lab of the University of Aachen posts an image showing the 36 company members of their Blockchain working group "AKF", who are all closely following the progress of the RWTH IOTA proof-of-concept

23.06.2018

The Industrial IOTA Lab of the University Aachen publishes a blog post describing their PoC industrial fineblanking process that registers produced components on the IOTA tangle

24.03.2018

The Industrial IOTA Lab of the Aachen University offers a position for a master thesis, PhD or PostD on the Tangle and IOTA.