We link logistics with IT.
The Center of Excellence Logistics and IT combines the leading research institutions in Dortmund as a scientific location to form an ecosystem for innovation with international appeal: We are making logistics the key scientific discipline of the industrial future.Topics
Transfer
Community
Our work is on the latest topics of our times.
Autonomous logistic systems
Establishment of the infrastructure and launch of the so-called PACE Lab.
Cognitive Ergonomics
Establishment and operation of a picking lab with special consideration of the aspects of safety, security and privacy.
Design of socio-technical systems
Establishment of an exoskeleton test center, development of an XR Lab for research into mixed reality applications.
Machine Learning
Preparation of different logistic use cases in combination with Machine Learning.
PACE Lab
Test environment with real-time data acquisition and analysis of autonomous logistics systems, e.g. drones or driverless transport systems.
Picking Lab
Testing of modern technologies for the design of workplaces in intralogistics.
Exoskeleton Test Center
Research into the potential and acceptance of intelligent support structures by humans.
XR Lab
Exploring the opportunities and challenges of mixed reality for virtual training.
Escape Room
Didactic center of a further education offer in blended learning format.
We do research for the benefit of people, the economy and society.
Heads
Excellent research and teaching by linking people with expertise.
Society
Applying and using research in new contexts.
Business
Innovation guide and companion for new technologies.
Licences
New ways to license software and data.
Spin-offs
Nucleus for technology and knowledge-intensive spin-offs.
Teaching
Fostering the next generation of scientists in logistics.
Cooperation and collaboration – our driving force.
Researchers BBQ
Discussions about research and results with a series of workshops.
Research infrastructure
Inter-organizational use of all service facilities.
PhD School
Summer School für Promovierende der Logistik.
Associations
Partnerships at strategic and operational level.
Series of publications
Whitepapers outline the future of logistics.
Conferences and congresses
Participation in national and international events.
News and events
Große Freude über AHEAD-Förderung: »XR-AGIL«-Team treibt Ausgründung voran
Mit Unterstützung aus dem Fraunhofer AHEAD-Programm lotet das Team »XR-AGIL« aus dem Leistungszentrum Logistik und IT derzeit das Potenzial einer Ausgründung...
Experts inform about XR for the next level at Future Congress Logistics
»Reaching the next level with gamification & XR« is the title of a sequence of the Center of Excellence Logistics and IT at the Future Congress Logistics...
»Artificial intelligence in logistics« as diverse as logistics itself
A new whitepaper produced as part of the Center of Excellence now presents the basics of AI as well as current developments and future fields of application...
Center of Excellence to focus on safety, security and privacy in 2021
The Center of Excellence in Logistics and IT is entering its third funding phase with a thematic focus: This year, the course is to be set for the...
From our work
Research clans rely even more on collaborative research and transfer
For the second funding phase, the Center of Excellence had called on researchers at the science location Dortmund to apply for admission to the research clans with creative and future-oriented projects - with great success.
»E-RIDDL« – Continuing education for digital transformation
With an Escape Room, the project »E-RIDDL« creates an innovative learning space for a cross-disciplinary and transfer-oriented continuing education program. Companies can book the offer.
Complementary links increase the quality of research
The research infrastructure, the workshops and the researcher meetings at the barbecues: it is thanks to these community formats at the Center of Excellence Logistics and IT, that the developers of the intelligent small load carrier “Emili” can push their project forward even more intensively.
Success stories
“Emili”, look over here: Study provides better interaction with autonomous container
Communication between people and technology plays a decisive role in the success of the social networked industry. How people can communicate intuitively with automated transport vehicles was the subject of a recent study by the ”Human-Technology Interaction” research clan at the Center of Excellence Logistics and IT.
Research clan implements new chatbot
With the C3DLO, the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Technology ISST has developed a chat bot that allows information to be retrieved in large volumes of data in natural language dialogues, even if the user does not know the filing structures. The Center of Excellence Logistics and IT was responsible for implementing the prototype.
First results from field study: Picking made easy
Smart technologies can be used in the picking areas at companies to help employees to pick different articles. The “Cognitive Ergonomy” research clan has carried out a field study and is still looking for companies for further investigations.
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c/o Fraunhofer-Institut für Materialfluss und Logistik IML
Joseph-von-Fraunhofer-Straße 2–4 | 44227 Dortmund
info@leistungszentrum-logistik-it.de
Dr. -Ing. Matthias Parlings
Dr. -Ing. Michael Schmidt 
Christoph Pott