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RoboCup World Championship 2017
Soccer skills were on display at the RoboCup robotics competition in Japan at the end of July. At the forefront: the robots from the German university teams. They also showed how advanced they are technologically in the industrial, household and rescue disciplines.
read more...Laying the foundations for the future of the industrial internet - this is the aim of the 'Find' research project. Under the leadership of the DKFI, an intelligent network management system for Industry 4.0 is to be developed.
read more...Ethernet TSN is considered a promising approach for establishing open real-time communication. However, the diversity of the TSN standards also increases the complexity of the networks. Management and automatic configuration mechanisms are currently still simple.
read more...DFKI / TU Kaiserslautern / SmartFactory
On June 1, Dr. Martin Ruskowski will take over from Dr. Detlef Zühlke as head of the "Innovative Factory Systems" research department at DFKI in Kaiserslautern and the former Chair of Production Automation (PAK) at TU Kaiserslautern.
read more...Hermes Award 2017 of the Hannover Messe
A chair without a chair - in English: Chairless Chair - where can you find such a thing? This time at the Hanover Trade Fair and even before that as a technical concept nominated for the Hermes Award. In addition to this one, four other innovations are among the candidates for the award.
read more...Sensor technology and eye tracking
Researchers at TU Kaiserslautern and DFKI are working on an intelligent textbook for tablets and computers in the 'HyperMind' project. With the help of integrated sensors, it should help to identify pupils' strengths and weaknesses at an early stage.
read more...With 'Mixed Reality Production 4.0', DFKI researchers and the BMBF will be presenting new, cross-location forms of human-robot collaboration (HRC) for cross-location production at this year's Cebit.
read more...The 'AmbiWise' project launched in 2014 is bearing fruit: the now completed assistance system is designed to simplify the exchange of knowledge in companies. The first pilot projects have already been completed.
read more...Deutsche Messe, organizer of the Hannover Messe, is calling on companies and institutions to apply for the 'Hermes Award 2017'. The condition: Their product should be on display for the first time at Hannover Messe 2017.
read more...A project consortium led by RWTH Aachen University wants to set up a unique test field for autonomous driving in Aldenhoven near Aachen - with the support of the BMBF. The aim is to create realistic conditions for testing innovative vehicle systems.
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