Stefan HerrmannIndustrial Intelligence

01 / Engineering meets possibility

Understand complexity.Rethink industry.

I hold a doctorate in mechanical engineering and lead FOXBYTE at csi. My work focuses on digital twins, real-time 3D and cloud-native applications that make industrial processes simpler, faster and more effective.

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02 / Areas of focus

Three perspectives. One direction.

Three fields of technology. One shared goal: turning industrial complexity into clear, effective products.

02.1

Digital Twin & Real-time 3D

Make complexity tangible.

Making complex products and processes understandable, interactive and tangible.

Experience · Simulation · Real-time

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02.2

Agentic AI

Put knowledge to work.

Unlocking knowledge, preparing decisions and accelerating industrial work.

Knowledge · Decisions · Automation

02.3

Cloud-native Apps

Turn connections into impact.

Building lightweight, scalable applications that connect people, data and processes.

Products · Platforms · Scale

03 / In practice

Technology in application.

Concrete insights into digital products and industrial processes.

Digital Twin & Real-time 3D

Automotive production. In real time.

Explore a body-in-white cell, follow its movements and understand how the body, robots and conveyor work together.

Interactive demonstration
Framing station of a body-in-white line: under a blue portal, four orange industrial robots and two laser-brazing gantries join underbody, side frames and roof into a body. The next kits hang on the line behind.Framing station of a body-in-white line: under a blue portal, four orange industrial robots and two laser-brazing gantries join underbody, side frames and roof into a body. The next kits hang on the line behind.

Cell

  • Mild steel
  • High-strength
  • Multiphase steel
  • Press-hardened
  • Aluminium
  • Spot from earlier station
  • Spot of this station
Close-up of the spot-welding guns at the door apertures: sparks fly, fresh spots still glow, and a laser optic brazes the roof seam above.Close-up of the spot-welding guns at the door apertures: sparks fly, fresh spots still glow, and a laser optic brazes the roof seam above.
Robot
X-ray view of the body: the outer skin is translucent, the pillar ring and sills are orange, front and rear structure yellow, the cabin floor light, the aluminium roof green; the weld spots glow.X-ray view of the body: the outer skin is translucent, the pillar ring and sills are orange, front and rear structure yellow, the cabin floor light, the aluminium roof green; the weld spots glow.
Materials
  • Mild steel
  • High-strength
  • Multiphase steel
  • Press-hardened
  • Aluminium
  • Spot from earlier station
  • Spot of this station
01

Body

Examine underbody, side frames and roof with seams, box sections and weld spots, in an X-ray view by material or drawn apart.

02

Robotics

Explore welding guns, laser-brazing gantries and overhead conveyor grippers working together in space.

03

Process

Follow transfer, framing, roof, welding and brazing, and release as one connected cycle.

Example framing station with a fictional, purpose-designed body made of underbody, side frames and roof. Interactive automotive production demonstration with a simplified, illustrative process sequence; material zones and spot pattern are illustrative. Day and night shift follow the page’s light or dark mode.

3D models and sources ↗

Digital Twin & Real-time 3D

Connected Urban Twin. A district in real time.

A city district as a living model: the course of the day, solar potential and connected sensors in one interactive real-time view.

Interactive demonstration
Fictional city district at blue hour with lit windows, street lights and a high-rise carrying a radio mast.

District

  • Potential below 50 %
  • 50–80 %
  • from 80 %
  • Solar power to storage/grid
  • Storage to homes
  • Sensor node
  • Data packet to gateway
The district as a white architectural model; roofs are tinted yellow to orange by solar potential, and energy flows lead to the district storage.
Energy
  • Potential below 50 %
  • 50–80 %
  • from 80 %
  • Solar power to storage/grid
  • Storage to homes
The district as a white architectural model with blue sensor nodes whose data packets travel to gateways and the platform.
Sensors
  • Sensor node
  • Data packet to gateway
01

City model & 3D

Buildings, roofs and streetscape as a parametric 3D model that runs in real time in the browser.

02

Connected platform

Sensors, gateways and a cloud platform combine readings from the whole district into one shared picture.

03

Energy in the district

Sun position, shading and storage show where solar power is generated and how the district uses it.

Fictional city district with simulated data; no real city and no live connection. Sun position and shading are calculated for Munich on 22 September.

How the district is made ↗

Planning a district of your own? Let’s talk.

04 / Perspective

A clear point of view.
Portrait of Stefan Herrmann

Technology matters when it reduces complexity and helps people make better decisions faster.

Stefan HerrmannDoctorate in Mechanical Engineering

Today
Head of FOXBYTE at csi
Region
Munich Metropolitan Region

05 / Contact

The next industrial experience starts with a conversation.

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