Currently, test fields already exist at the universities as laboratories of the different departments, where state-of-the-art methods and procedures are tested, applied and further developed.

The equipment of the test fields includes highly specialized sensors and actuators, i.e. machines and devices that perform special tasks.

The functioning of these devices, the technical possibilities as well as current research topics in the respective fields are made accessible to the public within the framework of the Innovation Hub 13 test fields.

Here you can explore the already integrated test fields of the Innovation Hub 13 and learn more about their features.

For many areas, digitization is a process that has unimagined potential.

Even for the state-of-the-art testbeds, the continuous further developments in the field of digitalization offer new possibilities, which are realized within the framework of the networked testbed.

We use examples to explain the wide range of digitization, starting with the theoretical background knowledge of sensors, protocols and transmission options, through architectural challenges in networking, to the practical use of the various technologies.

The networked testbed offers a wide range of possibilities, which are visualized here using individual case studies.

The individual process steps of these examples are realized by processes of the test fields and can be exchanged at will, also by products/systems of external participants.

This enables them to learn not only the advantages and disadvantages of the individual processes themselves, but also their implications for other processes in the overall process, which has a positive impact on the quality and interoperability of the products developed.

Here you can get to know the currently developed use cases.