Activities 2025

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!

The Fraunhofer lead project ALBACOPTER® is setting new standards in aviation technology. As part of the project, an innovative "smart propeller" was developed that enables predictive condition monitoring of propulsion systems. The technology offers promising approaches for a wide range of industrial applications.

The intelligent propellers can be integrated into drone systems in a variety of ways. The use of drones offers enormous potential for various industries, including

• Agriculture: precise monitoring of fields and accurate application of crop protection products
• Search and rescue: Effective search for missing persons in rough terrain
• Delivery services: Safe and reliable delivery of parcels in all weather conditions

Contribution of the Fraunhofer IOSB

With its expertise from the Measurement, Control and Diagnostic Systems (MRD) and Interoperability and Assistance Systems (IAS) departments, Fraunhofer IOSB is particularly involved in the areas of flight monitoring, functional diagnostics, trajectory planning and remote control, as well as in the creation of a digital twin of the ALBACOPTER® for front loading based on a modular simulation platform.

Read the Fraunhofer IMS press release.

👉 A guest lecture by Klaus Neumann from Fraunhofer IOSB-INA / Bielefeld University.

On the topic: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are facing considerable challenges, such as a shortage of skilled workers. As a result, the need for simple, robust and cost-effective automation systems is becoming increasingly clear. Fortunately, some recent studies in the field of AI suggest that the long-standing dream of „programming by demonstration“ (PbD), or imitationlearning, could become a reality for industrial applications. In this presentation, the potentials and challenges of imitation learning for industrial automation were considered and of course discussed afterwards.

🤖 Invited by Janko Petereit Group Manager Autonomous Robotic Systems.

Read more about our research topic "Autonomous robot systems for hostile environments" on our website, see box on the right.

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.

As the organizer of this conference, the Robotics Institute Germany (RIG) brings together leading researchers, industry professionals and academics to discuss the latest developments in robotics. The conference aims to promote collaboration and innovation within Germany while engaging with the international robotics community. The RIG is an initiative of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

🤖 As a RIG partner, we are represented with 2 interactive sessions: a poster "Multi-Sensor Calibration Toolbox for Large-Scale Offroad Robotics" and a video contribution "Field Tests of an Autonomous Excavator for Decontamination and Recovery Operations". Learn more about the advances in AI-assisted robotics and visit the 1st German Robotics Conference. 

Find out more about the advances in AI-supported robotics and visit the conference. Our contact persons are Janko Petereit and Christian Frey.

The Control Engineering Colloquium in Boppard is the annual meeting place for the control engineering community in German-speaking countries. Around 80 control engineering professors, numerous automation engineering professors, around 100 research assistants and a number of industry and association representatives regularly take part.

In contrast to specialist conferences, the Control Engineering Colloquium primarily has the character and function of a forum in which universities and research institutes in German-speaking countries present and discuss the latest results and innovative ideas from research and development in the field of measurement, control and automation technology.

Another aim of the colloquium is to bring together representatives from research and teaching with invited guests from industry for a mutually beneficial discussion on current issues and tasks in industrial practice and the applicability of new, efficient solution methods and concepts.

Visit us, your contact person is: Janko Petereit, Organizational management

Girls'Day aims to make technical, scientific, trade and IT professions in particular more attractive to girls and young women.

In addition to practical experience, female role models in STEM subjects are the key to encouraging girls to learn a profession in this field. The key message of the 2017 Microsoft study was that girls can be inspired to pursue STEM disciplines through female role models and more practical experience.

We are participating with 2 workshops:

👉 Become an AI expert for autonomous driving! 🚦 

"Simulierte Datensätze für Verkehrsschild-Erkennung" 
Supervisor: Anne Sielemann, Jens Ziehn & Masoud Roschani
Link to the event page (only in German): Home | Girls'Day

👉 Become an AI explorer!

Supervisor:  Thomas Bernard, Steffen Wallner & Mathias Ziebarth
Link to the event page (only in German) Home | Girls'Day

The most important international trade event for all topics relating to measurement and testing technology as well as vision technology, image processing and sensor technology is the annual Control trade fair in Stuttgart.

Machine learning as a key technology for quality assurance with image processing

This time, Fraunhofer IOSB and its Systems for Measurement, Control and Diagnosis (MRD) are presenting the exhibit 

Inspection of (partially) reflective surfaces with deflectometry for quality assurance

However, the inspection of reflective surfaces poses special challenges in practice: On the one hand, most common surface inspection methods, such as fringe projection, rely on diffuse reflection. On the other hand, the results of such methods cannot easily be used to evaluate reflective surfaces, as the customer assesses the quality based on reflections of the surroundings in the surface. The deflectometry method closes this gap in measurement and testing technology and offers the possibility of applying objective standards in quality assurance using simple means.

Joint stand of the Fraunhofer Vision Business Unit

We would like to invite you to get an overview of the new developments of the Fraunhofer Vision Business Unit and the exhibits at the joint booth of the Fraunhofer Vision Business Unit.

Visit us: Hall 7/Stand 7301
Your contact person is: Jan Burke

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

Deflectometry for the inspection of reflective surfaces

Internship station with Jan Burke