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Kurzfassung Ansätze der Künstlichen Intelligenz (KI) sind Innovationstreiber für die Produkte von morgen. Zur Erschließung der Potenziale von KI mangelt es Unternehmen jedoch an ausreichender Expertise. Anbietern von KI-Anwendungen wiederum fehlt der Zugang zu Problemstellungen aus der Industrie. Im Projekt KI-Marktplatz entsteht ein Ökosystem für Künstliche Intelligenz in der Produktentstehung. Dreh- und Angelpunkt des Ökosystems ist eine digitale Plattform, welche KI-Experten, Lösungsanbieter und produzierende Unternehmen zusammenbringt und gemeinsame Innovationen ermöglicht.

In the context of the ongoing industrial digitization, location-based services (LBS) can play a key role in improving internal company workflows and processes and the associated supporting activities. A lack of standardized indoor-positioning technologies and complex integration with the existing infrastructure are two of the main barriers for the implementation of LBS. In this paper, we present an approach for the design of industrial indoor LBS or (I²LBS), which supports companies during the early design and planning phase, taking into account their unique prerequisites.

The technology Molded Interconnect Device (MID) offers high potential for the development of innovative product solutions. The integration of electronic and mechanical functions on spatial circuit boards allows the realization of modules with high functional density, freedom of design and a significant degree of miniaturization. However, due to the interdisciplinary nature of the technology the potentials are faced with barriers. These include mechanical, thermal and electrical interactions as well as restrictions between the product design and the production process. Therefore as a support during product development phases functional MID prototypes are necessary for the design of innovative MID-products. Prototypes are an efficient aid to support the product development. They assist the communication between the project partners and limit possible margin of errors at an early stage. Their usage helps to reduce modification costs in later dates. This is even more import ant since in the early stages the largest share of production cost is determined. A standardized guideline for the development of MID-prototypes does not exist yet. Many developers use established practices from related technologies (e.g. printed circuit technology). Unfortunately, this only addresses partial aspects (e.g. interconnect distances). The entire complexity of the MID technology, including interactions and restrictions, is not considered sufficiently. This paper describes a classification for MID-prototypes distinguishing in model- and process complexity. General and industry specific prototype-classes have been derived considering ideal manufacturing procedures for each