History and development of the IDEE

The brief history of the institute is described below in just a few key bullet points:

End of 2021

• IDEE now has 20 academic staff members and almost as many, mostly publicly funded, projects.
• The Werkraum project was approved by the BMBF and with approx 1.9 m € it has received the highest individual funding within IDEE.

Mid 2020

• The researching IDEE professors are successful with a total of 6 applications in the internal HTA (High Tech Agenda of the Free State of Bavaria) competition.
• First joint project with ZAE Bavaria and IDEE starts (LeMO2n)

End of 2020

• IDEE now has 10 academic staff members and almost as many, mostly publicly funded, projects.
• Launch of the moVi project

Early 2020

• Launch of the first large-scale research projects Validad and PlanAR
• Several research associates take up work at the IDEE
• Launch of the InKoMo and Robocup@Work projects

2019

• Dr. Andreas Schiffler joins the institute in November as the fourth research professor
• IDEE is founded in March 2019

2018

• Three research professorships in the field of Digital Manufacturing are appointed for the 2018/19 winter semester: Dr. Bachmeir, Dr. Kaupp, and Dr. Schmitt