Application area indoor localization with omlox

Localization of objects (material, tools, machine parts) is essential in digital production. Fraunhofer IOSB-INA is testing localization solutions at SmartFactoryOWL and the 5G application centerestablished there. Now, a new and very special interoperable and open localization solution called omlox has been successfully installed in SmartFactoryOWL. omlox is an open real-time localization standard which enables the interoperability of different localization technologies & services. A cross-manufacturer provision of localization services thus becomes possible. 

IOSB-INA contributes to the standardization and further development of omlox in the omlox working groups Test and Use-Cases.

Further information on omlox is available at: https://omlox.com/home 

• Implementation and testing of position-dependent services in the SmartFactoryOWL (real production environment).
• Implementation and testing of new use cases as pilot applications
• Studies on coexistence with other radio-based systems (e.g. 5G).
• Investigations into the interoperability of different omlox-based localization solutions (e.g. from different manufacturers)
• Performance tests (accuracy, robustness) in a real production environment

• More transparency in production through asset tracking
• Enrichment of data with location information
• New applications based on location information

• SmartFactoryOWL with flexible support plates under the hall ceiling to accommodate infrastructure for indoor localization
• INArice traverse system for mobile recording of infrastructure for indoor localization in combination with process data acquisition
• omlox infrastructure in SmartFactoryOWL with 8 satellites and tags from Trumpf with a localization accuracy of up to 30 cm
• 3D Lift System Hermann for performing localization tests in 3D space
• 5G campus network to perform coexistence tests with omlox components

• Schulte, Bastian; Fast, Harry; Flatt, Holger: Lokalisierung von mobilen intelligenten Werkstückträgern innerhalb einer vollautomatisierten industriellen Fertigungsanlage mittels Bluetooth 5.1. In: Automation 2021, digital, Jun. 2021.
• Project positioning of production equipment based on Bluetooth beacons and single board computers
• Project to develop a localization function for a software solution for the automated, personalized recording of product purchases on a smartphone/Bluetooth basis.
• Projects for the localization of a handheld screwdriver based on optical sensors to support manual screwdriving processes in industry
• Flatt, Holger; Koch, Nils ; Guenter, Andrei; Röcker, Carsten; Jasperneite, Jürgen: A Context-Aware Assistance System for Maintenance Applications in Smart Factories based on Augmented Reality and Indoor Localization. In: IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2015), Luxembourg, Sep. 2015
• Koch, Nils; Imtiaz, Jahanzaib; Flatt, Holger; Jasperneite, Jürgen; Voit, Michael; van de Camp, Florian: Vision-based Positioning Enables Scalable User-Context Aware Services for Industrial Applications. In: Bildverarbeitung in der Automation (BVAu), Lemgo, Nov. 2014