FZI at European Robotics Forum 2025
The European Robotics Forum took place in Stuttgart from March 25 to 27. The FZI was present at THE networking event for robotics research.
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Our Research
Welcome to the FZI Research Center for Information Technology
Our mission
Paving the path for technology transfer. Triggering innovation impulses.
To this end, we work together with our partners in companies and public institutions on groundbreaking research projects. In doing so, we make use of the latest findings in information technology to develop practical and excellent solutions for technology transfer and provide impetus for innovation.
To enable business and society to shape the digital transformation, we train interdisciplinary specialists and managers at the FZI: ideally qualified for an academic career, a leap into business or self-employment.
Our goals
Take responsibility. Live sustainability. Meet on an equal footing.
With our research, we want to contribute to the common good. Accordingly, we address key social issues. We also aim to shape our work in such a way that it is future-proof and sustainable. In particular, we want to treat our partners from business, science and administration as equals and to work with our employees and resources responsibly.
Our current FZI brochure gives you insights into our projects, activities as well as the work at the FZI and presents our research institution in more detail.
News from our research
Position Paper “Intelligent Robotics for the Future” Published
The FZI and 28 other players in AI-based robotics support the vision of Baden-Württemberg as a leading innovation region for intelligent human-robot systems.
The FZI exhibits at Hannover Messe 2025
Experience solutions for bidirectional charging, GreenFlex, automated local transport, real laboratories, and open-source software live!
EU Action Plan for the Automotive Industry Should Allow Synergies with Other Sectors
The FZI Research Center for Information Technology recommends paying more attention to possible synergies than to sector boundaries.
FZI Open House 2025: 40 Years of Innovation and Transfer
The FZI Research Center for Information Technology presented at yesterday’s FZI Open House event how it has been setting impulses for research, business, and society…
FZI Alumni Evening 2025: An Evening of Reunion and Networking
On February 26, 2025, the FZI celebrated its 40th anniversary with around 160 alumni at the Badisch Brauhaus.
International Cooperation: One Step Closer to the Moon
The FZI and its partners in the ARISE consortium are working on a robotic moon mission.
Successful Defense against Cyberattacks – “CYBERsicher Notfallhilfe” for Medium-Sized Companies Now Online
The FZI and the Transfer Centre for Cybersecurity in SMEs have developed a tool called “CYBERsicher Notfallhilfe” that supports companies in the event of IT…
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Our vision
Each innovation for the well-being of society contains research and knowledge from the FZI.
Our mission
We are the leading independent institute for applied cutting-edge research and research transfer in the field of information and communication technology in response to the societal challenges worldwide, today and tomorrow.
Our values
- Research and knowledge for the common good
- Professional excellence, interdisciplinarity, and creativity
- Independence, initiative, and responsibility
- Transparency, openness, and trust
- Appreciation, respect, and fairness
Our Guiding Principles formulate our self-image, shape our cultural mission statement and provide orientation for our actions.
Experiences from and with the FZI
The FZI was a great support to us during our company foundation. After all, the FZI's application-oriented research projects were crucial in enabling us to develop our technology so close to the customer.
The FZI makes science practical – andrena benefits from this. Together, we have developed solutions for medium-sized industry. Knowledge carriers from the FZI are very supportive of our innovations.
I came to the FZI with my own idea. Here, I was given the opportunity to work on it from scratch, develop it further and even apply for a patent. Thanks to the FZI, I was able to exploit the full potential of my idea, implement it in the ROBINA project and do my doctorate on it.
Dr. Jennifer Zeilfelder
Alumna of the FZI