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Popup Testbed – Our physical testing ground
Practical use cases in an industrial testing ground
Our Popup Testbed offers companies an industrial testing ground for realistic testing of new, innovative technologies under practical conditions.
✔︎ Physical ✔︎ Scalable ✔︎ Mobile
What is the Smart Systems Hub's pop-up test bed?
With our mobile pop-up test bed, we bring advanced manufacturing and industrial processes to exactly where innovation is needed – whether at trade fairs, events, or directly on site at companies. The mobile demonstration environment consists of up to seven sustainable wooden boxes and uses specific use cases to show how digital data rooms work in practice.
At the center is a physically constructed demonstration facility consisting of a fischertechnik model factory and a robot arm, which exemplify how digital data rooms work in real processes. Both systems are networked via a decentralized data room and interact autonomously. Guests experience live how status data from the virtual production facility – the digital twin – triggers process-relevant decisions.
For example, if the testbed detects imminent wear on the conveyor belt, service partners can access this information via the data room and automatically deliver replacement parts, arrange maintenance work, or send instructions to the worker. In the pop-up testbed, this is clearly symbolized by the movement of the robot arm.
This demonstrates the real added value offered by Manufacturing-X and digital data rooms – from transparent production to secure, autonomous data utilization.
Use Popup Testbed: Here are your benefits!
Experience data integration live
The testbed visualizes real production data and makes digital processes directly understandable and tangible.
Simple, robust, quick to set up
Standardized components enable intuitive operation and quick setup—ideal for spontaneous use.
Scenarios with depth
Whether horizontal or vertical, practical data integration becomes tangible and imparts valuable expertise for networked production.
Flexible & mobile use
Thanks to its modular design, the testbed is easy to transport and can be used flexibly at events, trade fairs, or customer appointments.
Ready to go
Prepared data makes it easier to get started and enables immediate productive demonstrations and tests.
Cross-industry applications
The testbed environment can be easily applied to a wide range of industries—from aerospace to chemicals. This makes innovation industry-specific and quickly implementable.
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Our Popup Testbed demonstrator brings your ideas to life at lightning speed! Whether you want to test prototypes, optimize processes, or present new solutions, this mobile test field offers maximum flexibility and speed.
Why should I use the Smart Systems Hub testbed?
As an innovation hub, we are your independent and neutral partner in providing and using our pop-up testbed environment.
Just get started! With our all-inclusive package, you can start right away in the testbed—from technical setup and secure data exchange to personal support and a strong partner network.
Accelerated innovation processes
Rapid feedback loops from the experimental field mean immediate analysis of the collected data and fast, scalable adaptation of the test environment.
Cost efficiency
Extensive support with administration (service desk) and configuration from our team of testbed experts.
Access to new technologies and expertise
Physical test beds create spaces for pre-competitive collaboration between your company and research institutions. Knowledge and resources are pooled to advance innovative solutions more quickly and effectively.
The mobile test environment, which we developed together with a whole range of partners, is a tangible model for advanced manufacturing and industrial processes. The testbed aims to explain concepts and initiatives such as Manufacturing-X using concrete use cases, thereby highlighting opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises in particular.
MichaelKaiser
CEO Smart Systems Hub
Necessity
How can the testbed be used?
With its wide range of applications, our testbed makes a key contribution to digital transformation and is a key component for the digitization and automation of industrial processes. It offers companies, educational institutions, and research facilities a wide range of applications for bringing innovations to life and making them verifiable.
Demonstration platform: Ideal for trade fairs, workshops, and roadshows for the vivid presentation of digital technologies.
Practical training: Promotes further education in Industry 4.0 and data integration through a realistic learning environment.
Technology testing: Test and evaluate new software and hardware solutions under real production conditions.
As an innovation center for Industry 4.0, our testbed offers an experimental infrastructure where companies can simulate processes, integrate data rooms, and bring new solutions to market faster.
Use cases
What can be tested in the testbed?
The Smart Systems Hub testbed provides a flexible, scalable infrastructure for a wide range of use cases along the industrial value chain:
Integration of digital twins for process visualization, condition monitoring, and optimized maintenance cycles
Sensor testing and data integration via edge and cloud platforms, e.g., for real-time monitoring of industrial plants
Piloting AI-supported quality controls, for example, through image processing or anomaly detection
Validation of interoperable data spaces with open standards such as the Eclipse Dataspace Connector
Simulation of automated workflows, for example, using the mobile model factory with a robotic arm and condition data control
Development and testing of MVPs, for example, user-friendly interfaces for machine service partners
Technology scouting and rapid prototyping with real data streams, for example, for the integration of cobots and 3D printers
Our testbed has a modular design and is compatible with partner technologies (SAP, Telekom MMS, HTW Dresden, etc.), allowing new systems to be tested seamlessly and brought into production-oriented use.
Target group
Who is our testbed particularly suitable for?
Our testbed is aimed at companies and institutions that not only want to understand new technologies such as digital manufacturing processes and Industry 4.0 scenarios, but also want to try them out in practice. Typical target groups are:
Industrial companies & SMEs: Ideal for the practical implementation and testing of digital manufacturing concepts.
Educational institutions: Universities and vocational schools can teach Industry 4.0 in a clear and experiential way.
Technology providers: Presentation and testing of new solutions under real manufacturing conditions.
Research institutions: Development and demonstration of data-based scenarios in an open test environment.
Joint projects in the context of Manufacturing-X, data rooms, Gaia-X
Whether for SMEs, research, or education, the Popup Testbed combines theory with practice and is the perfect playground for innovation.
How is our testbed set up?
Dashboard for Manufacturing-X and system information
Illustrates the production of a medium-sized company.
Demonstrator with real sensor values
Tangible model factory for visualizing networked manufacturing.
3D printers & supplier integration
Here you can find information that may be relevant to the availability of parts or raw materials, for example.
Cobot for process support
This use case serves as a spare parts service—it shows how information about the M-X data room can be retrieved and evaluated.
Digital twins and software components
The production data is transmitted to the digital twin via the data room and displayed.
Demonstrator for existing facilities
This retrofit use case demonstrates the simple integration of industrial-grade components.
The Smart Systems Hub Popup Testbed is a modular demonstration system consisting of several wooden boxes. Each of these boxes contains a specific technological component, making the testbed flexible and adaptable.
🔗 Interaction & data flow
The individual elements are networked with each other and continuously exchange data.
The Popup Testbed makes this data visible, making the functionality and communication transparent.
🚚 Flexibility & Mobility
The testbed is mobile and can be easily transported to events.
Components can be exchanged or modified depending on the application, enabling customized demonstrations.
🤝 Cooperation with companies
Companies can develop individual boxes together with the hub.
Example: The Fischertechnik model factory was implemented in collaboration with several HUB partners.
Book Popup Testbed now!
Our Popup Testbed demonstrator brings your innovation to life: whether testing prototypes, optimizing processes, or presenting new technologies, this mobile test field offers maximum flexibility and speed.
Our usage packages for your individual needs:
Demo package: Ideal for trade shows, workshops, and product presentations
Training package: Perfect for teaching purposes and educational institutions
R&D package: Support for research and development projects for demonstration and validation
Need something tailor-made? No problem—we'll be happy to put together a customized package for you.
Ready to turn your vision into reality? Book the Popup Testbed now and get started!
MichaelKaiser
CEO
MarkusReisch
Director
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