Activities 2024

On this page you will find a list of upcoming or ongoing events in which we as the Systems for Measurement, Control and Diagnosis department of Fraunhofer IOSB are involved.

A cordial invitation - we look forward to meeting you on one of these occasions!

🌊 Our semi-automatic sounding system for rivers and lakes, TAPS for short, is in use for the first time!
Our colleagues used the Otter water drone for the pilot project with the Düsseldorf district government🦦. The small drone boat surveyed an approximately 6 km long section of the Ruhr. In doing so, it records water beds and banks largely autonomously, i.e. unmanned. The elevation relief is measured both above and below the water surface. The data collected is particularly important for the regular monitoring of the navigation channel in order to ensure the safe navigability of the Ruhr. ️🚢

👉 Read the full IOSB press release here (German onli): Link

👉 Click here for the press release from the Düsseldorf district government (German onli): Link

The 3rd participation event of the ROBDEKON competence center will take place over two days. Experience informative presentations and practical demonstrations by experts from science and industry. This time we welcome you to Bremen. The MRD department as a project partner: »In particular, we are contributing our algorithm toolbox for autonomous mobile robot systems to ROBDEKON«, explains the responsible department head Christian Frey. 
Contact person is on site for you: Janko Petereit and Phillipp Woock.

This year's event focuses on the collaboration of multiple robots:

👉 Robots in Action: See how robots explore their environment together and assist each other in mapping.

👉 Interactive Control and Visualization: Control the robots yourself and experience innovative visualizations of their work.

👉 Expert Lectures with Workshop Character: Deepen your knowledge in talks by experts and discuss current developments in decontamination robotics.

Information on the program can be found here.

Heavy construction machinery and robots that autonomously map the environment, pick up and transport objects: The ROBDEKON competence center presented its autonomous decontamination robotics technologies to a specialist audience on October 23 and 24. Around 50 experts from the energy and contaminated sites sector were able to experience the robots in live demonstrations, control them themselves and find out about the advanced state of development. This year, the industry meeting took place at the Robotics Innovation Center of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Bremen.

🖐 We were there: Assistance for construction machinery using mobile robot systems: The autonomous walking robot Spot explores the site and the building using various LiDAR sensors.

The next ROBDEKON participation event is expected to take place in fall 2025.

👉 Read the full IOSB press release (German onli): Link

On behalf of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) the German Hydrographic Society (DHyG) will host the international hydrographic conference and exhibition HYDRO 2024.

Around 70% of the Earth's surface is made up of water, but our understanding of rivers, lakes and, above all, the oceans is still surprisingly limited. By using the latest mapping technologies, unmanned ships can efficiently survey the underwater terrain and collect valuable data.

We are involved with the following contributions:

Transfer of autonomous mapping concepts to a small uncrewed surface vehicle

Referent: Tom Schmidt on 11/06/2024 at 05:00 pm

For most applications, a machine vision system is still not an off-the-shelf product, but requires application-specific customization. The seminar therefore aims to provide participants with an insight into the state of the art in the field of surface inspection and characterization. Participants will learn about the possibilities and current limitations of automatic surface inspection in order to derive guidelines for their own investment planning.

We are involved with the following contributions:

3D measurements on surfaces

Michael Heizmann, on 11/27/2024

Deflectometry for the inspection of reflective surfaces

Internship station with Jan Burke, on 11/28/2024 from 9:00 am to 5:30 pm.

The 8th ML4CPS offers a platform for exchange between researchers and users from various fields. Cyber-physical systems have the ability to adapt to changing requirements. In conjunction with machine learning, various areas such as predictive maintenance, self-optimization and fault diagnosis are conceivable. An essential prerequisite for exploiting this potential is the accessibility of machine learning techniques for engineers.

It is hosted by the Fraunhofer Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation IOSB, Helmut Schmidt University (HSU), Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) and the Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University.

We are co-organizer and represented in the committee.