An additional the scope of the mini -factory lab is to meet
the students (and in the same way the companies in which
they work later), to take their fear of automated assembly. In
the region around Bolzano are operating predominantly small
and medium-sized businesses, which often have a craft
background and are therefore often referred to be called
"industrially organized craft enterprises”. The fact that these
SMEs companies currently hardly automate and deal too little
with issues such as changeability was a motivation for the
establishment of the mini-factory laboratory. The laboratory
should qualify young and motivated professionals who apply
the learned theoretical content and carry then these
experiences into the companies. Therefore, the lab will also
enable professionals, who have themselves engaged in the
programming of robots and the design of flexible as well as
(semi-)automated production processes. In this way, the
company will receive young Industrial Engineers, which
(where possible and appropriate) are ready for automation and
are not afraid of their introduction.