Youth researchYoung scientists honored
A robotic sparring partner for boxing training, the Internet of Things for the home or a camera that always shoots blur-free films thanks to motors and position sensors - the creativity of the young researchers at the 51st national finals knew no bounds. Now the winners have been announced.
This year, Mauritz Fethke (15) was awarded the "Prize for a work in the field of robotics". He constructed an elephant's trunk based on nature, the core of which consists of stacked segments. They could be tilted pneumatically in any direction. To do this, Fethke mounted three steering collars airtight on a thin aluminum plate. They function like an accordion, with the air supply being individually regulated by a compressor, vacuum pump and solenoid valves. The young researcher was inspired by the strut construction of a fish fin for his first designs of a gripper that is linked to the trunk.