Microsystems technology competition 'iCan'German student teams win
At the international microsystems technology competition 'iCan' in Paris, German student teams were able to beat off the competition with their prototypes. The winning projects include a cable pulling robot and a mobile dehydration warning device.
© Konstantin Hoffmann
Christoph Grandauer, Ann-Kathrin Leiting, Konstantin Hoffmann and Karl Lappe from the University of Freiburg won over the jury with their 'Cablebot' project, a cable pulling robot. The students developed the prototype of a robot that is designed to pull live wires or telephone cables into empty conduits during the electrification of buildings. The pulling-in process is currently carried out either by a hydrostatic pressure difference or mechanically by means of a pull cord.