The Helmut Schmidt University/University of the German Armed Forces Hamburg (HSU/UniBw H), with the involvement of other project partners, is researching the assumption and effects of the availability of OpenLabs in the Hamburg metropolitan region. These are publicly accessible production workshops with digital and open source manufacturing infrastructure, such as.3D printers, CNC milling machines. For this purpose, HSU/UniBw H intends to commission a contractor with the provision of a suitable vehicle and the operation of the OpenLab mobile in accordance with the service description from 01.01.2023 to 31.12.2024.

As part of the dtec.bw project "FabCity", HSU/UniBw H, together with various partners in the Hamburg city area and in the Hamburg metropolitan region, is planning to set up a mobile "OpenLab" (OpenLab mobile) in addition to several static so-called "OpenLabs", which will serve as real-world laboratories for researching the possibilities of sustainable urban production. These are publicly accessible production workshops with digital and open source production infrastructure, such as.3D printers, CNC milling. The OpenLab mobile is intended to make it possible to reach people in the Hamburg city area and the Hamburg metropolitan region as directly as possible at their places of residence and in this way to make a low-threshold offer to get to know the OpenLab idea and to gain initial practical experience. In particular, schools, companies and other larger institutions are planned as changing locations for the OpenLab mobile as well as trade fairs or congresses.