The aim of the proposed GOSTOP program is to accelerate the development of the Factories of the Future concept in Slovenia and to provide solutions to the current needs of Slovene industry, where some companies have already started to introduce this concept into their production facilities.

4 areas were identified in which decisive breakthroughs can be achieved in Slovenia in the near future: control technologies, tooling, robotics, and photonics. In all these fields, the most promising research topics were determined that are interesting for Slovene industry and where the necessary knowledge in Slovene research organizations exists, and synergies between them were identified. Several value chains were combined in the program within which new products can be developed in the near future. This way, the competitiveness of Slovenian industry will be improved
significantly.

Lakos research group participates with its partner L-tek, in the area of Control technologies. The research is focused in design of IT building blocks portfolio for the Factories of the Future and in design of agents for production control.

The investment is co-financed by: