Research Council Industrie 4.0 welcomes Martin Ruskowski as a new member

Munich, 17 December 2024

The Research Council 4.0 welcomes Martin Ruskowski as a new member. The current 32 representatives from science and industry identify research-based solutions for the further development and implementation of Industry 4.0. The topics of sustainability, resilience, interoperability, technological sovereignty and the central role of people are becoming increasingly important. The Research Council Industrie 4.0 coordinated by acatech advises the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Plattform Industrie 4.0 in particular.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Ruskowski is now contributing his extensive expertise to the Research Council Industrie 4.0. His fields of research are mechatronic systems, industrial robots as machine tools, innovative control and integration concepts and artificial intelligence in automation technology. In 2017, he was appointed to the Chair of ‚Machine Tools and Control Systems‘ (WSKL) at RPTU Kaiserslautern and began as Scientific Director of the ‘Innovative Factory Systems’ (IFS) research area at the German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI). He has been Chairman of the Board of SmartFactory Kaiserslautern (SFKL) since 2019. Prior to that, he held various management positions in industry, including Lenze Drive Systems and KUKA Industries Group. He completed his doctorate in 2004 at the Institute of Mechanics at Leibniz University Hannover on active magnetic guides in machine tool construction.

Peter Liggesmeyer © Fraunhofer IESE

„I am delighted that Martin Ruskowski is supporting the Research Council Industrie 4.0 with his expertise,’ says Peter Liggesmeyer (Fraunhofer IESE), spokesperson for science on the Research Council Industrie 4.0. „The ‚Smart Factory‘ is essential for researching, testing and demonstrating Industrie 4.0 technologies.“

 

 

 

 

Harald Schöning © Software AG

“With Martin Ruskowski, the Research Council Industrie 4.0 will be strengthened with another bridge builder between science and industry,“ explains Harald Schöning (Software AG), industry spokesperson on the Research Council Industrie 4.0. „We are very much looking forward to working together.“

 

 

 

 

Rainer Stark © TU Berlin FG Industrielle Informationstechnik

„Martin Ruskowski enriches the Research Council Industrie 4.0 with his expertise in the field of machine tools and robotics. His many years of experience in the industry and his research experience in the smart Industrie 4.0 factory environment,“ adds Rainer Stark (TU Berlin), deputy spokesperson for science on the Research Council Industrie 4.0. „He therefore provides indispensable expertise for the future of Industrie 4.0.“

 

 

 

Klaus Bauer @ TRUMPF Werkzeugmaschinen SE + Co. KG

“With his research, Martin Ruskowski is helping to increase the flexibility and efficiency of production pro-cesses in a smart factory with the help of digitalisation modules,” says Klaus Bauer (TRUMPF SE + Co. KG), deputy spokesperson for industry on the Research Council Industrie 4.0. “I am delighted that we have been able to gain him as an additional member of the Research Council Industrie 4.0.”

 

 

 

 

About the Research Council Industrie 4.0

As a strategic and independent body, the Research Council Industrie 4.0 makes a significant contribution to identifying research-based solutions for the further development and implementation of Industrie 4.0 and thus providing orientation – with the overarching goal of strengthening the German innovation system and value creation. To this end, the Research Council currently brings together 32 representatives from science and industry with their interdisciplinary expertise, formulates new, pre-competitive research impulses and needs, identifies medium to long-term development perspectives and derives options for action for the successful implementation of Industrie 4.0. Research in the field of Industrie 4.0 is increasingly focussing on topics such as sustainability, resilience, interoperability, technological and strategic sovereignty and the central role of people. The work of the Research Council is coordinated by acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering, supervised by the Project Management Organisation Karlsruhe (PTKA) and funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).