Making Industries Pro²Future

Empowering Humans with Cognified and Sustainable Products and Production Systems

As a COMET competence centre, we conduct research into resilient, energy-efficient and human-centered solutions that make everyday industrial life smarter, safer and more sustainable. Through strong partnerships with industry and science and a clear focus on knowledge and technology transfer, we are paving the way for a cognified and sustainable future of production.

News

News from Research and Innovation
Latest updates from Pro²Future: projects, awards, conferences and insights into our research in Linz and Graz. Discover how we are shaping today’s and tomorrow’s industry, AI and cognitive systems.

Female Tech Summit 2026: Making research visible

UAR IN:VENT: Research that connects

4th Pro²Future Scientific Symposium: Physical AI and Sustainability in Focus

Cognitive Production Systems at LIT Factory Symposium 2026

Research Stay in Zurich: Ouijdane Guiza at the University of Zurich

MUST Visbility at Intertool 2026: Machining visibility demonstrated live in Wels

Pro²Future at Lange Nacht der Forschung 2026

AERIALL: Trustworthy RAG Framework for Explainable LLM Applications in Industry

AI4Steel: Pro²Future at the ESTEP “AI4Steel” Conference in Leoben

Invitation to the 4th Pro²Future Scientific Symposium

How to partner with us

We provide an ecosystem for applied research and innovation.

Scientific Partners

From joint research projects and scientific exchange to research stays and supervision of academic work with international universities.

Industry Partners

Applied research on industrial topics; collaborative work from idea to practical implementation throughout the entire product life cycle.

Network Partners

We build long-term partnerships that strengthen regional innovation, support international success and help educate and develop future talents.

Public Funding

We offer an ultimate environment for collaborative projects (industry, SMEs, startups, universities, research institutions) and provide application-driven results for mission-oriented initiatives and innovation programs.

Research with Impact - Your Career at Pro²Future

You want your work to make a real impact and not just stay within the lab? At the intersection of science and industry, you’ll work at Pro²Future on forward-looking topics such as Artificial Intelligence, digitalization and sustainable production. Together with leading industrial partners, you’ll develop data-driven solutions, test innovative algorithms and receive direct feedback from real-world applications. Whether it’s human-machine interaction, smart products or process optimization – with us, you drive genuine innovation.

Whether you’re pursuing a PhD, internship or research position – we offer challenging projects, flexible structures and an inspiring research environment where your ideas truly matter.

Research Program

AREA Perception

AREA Orchestration

AREA Analytics

AREA Cognitive Products

AREA Cognitive Production Systems

About Pro2Future GmbH

Pro²Future is working on the goals and results of the digital transformation and conducting research for industrial implementation in the period thereafter. As a non-university COMET research centre with locations in Linz and Graz, we are working on the next generation of cognitive products and production systems.

Our mission is to cognify industries
by developing resilient, energy-efficient and human-centered solutions that directly address everyday challenges.

Further information can be found here:

Projects

EPCOS 1

Maintenance 4.0 @EPCOS OHG, Preparation & Ex-Post Analysis

The predictive maintenance systems are built upon is a clear definition of defects and the corresponding approaches to address them.…

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CoSma

Cosimulation for Smart Manufacturing

Predicting quality in production systems is an open field of research, especially for discontinuous production like assembly. In manufacturing of…

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ShuttleTrack

Technology agnostic Precise and Federated Localization of Intralogistic Shuttles

The ShuttleTrack project dived into technology-agnostic localization systems for intralogistics shuttles, addressing the critical need for precise and reliable positioning…

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ASP

Adaptive Smart Production – Part DP 1

The rising share of e-mobility in the transport sector motivates this project. Electric vehicles, whether battery or hydrogen driven, are…

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UNSUDET

Understanding and Supporting Users in Decision-Making Tasks

This project aims to facilitate a harmonious collaboration between human expertise and AI advancements, acknowledging the growing integration of AI…

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ACTION II

Adaptive Cobot Integration

The complexity and demands of assembly tasks in production have been found to increase cognitive load in assembly workers. This…

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SeeIT

Augmented Work Processes

Harsh industrial environments, where workers interact with machines, tools or other entities (such as robots or other workers) provide a…

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Enhance UWB

Benchmarking and advancing localization and communication performance UWB

The rapid digitalization across all industrial sectors has fostered an increased need for connectivity in heterogenous application environments. As a…

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Key Facts*

360+

Publications

45+

Finished & running PhD Theses

167+

Nominations in international Boards

49+ M€

Cumulated project volume

25+

Patents & Patent filings

95+

Scientific & Industry Partners

*as of March 31, 2026

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