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Aktuelle Entscheidungen zum Institutsportfolio
from Fraunhofer Presseinformationen
(2015/10/8 16:30)
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In seiner Sitzung vom 7. Oktober 2015 traf der Fraunhofer-Senat mit Wirkung zum Jahresbeginn 2016 Entscheidungen, die fachliche Stärken ausbauen und regionale Profile schärfen. Insgesamt verfügt die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft ab 2016über bundesweit 67 Institute.
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Produktinformationsstelle Altersvorsorge in Kaiserslautern gegründet
from Fraunhofer Presseinformationen
(2015/10/8 16:30)
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Ziel der geförderten privaten Altersvorsorge ist es, für die Zeit nach dem Berufsleben eine?nanzielle Absicherung zu bieten, um den einmal erreichten Lebensstandard halten zu können. Ab Januar 2017 muss bei Abschluss eines Vertrages zu jedem geförderten Vorsorgeprodukt ein Informationsblatt vorliegen, das dem Verbraucher einen Produktvergleich ermöglicht. Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft hat Anfang Oktober 2015 die»Produktinformationsstelle Altersvorsorge gemeinnützige GmbH«(PIA) gegründet. Im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums der Finanzen soll diese neutrale Stelle die Altersvorsorge-Angebote bewerten.
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October Lab TourDSC_5773
from UBC Mechanical Engineering
(2015/10/8 4:12)
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The Mechanical Engineering Department regularly hosts guided lab tours for high school students, first year students, incoming mechanical engineering students, or anyone interested in mechanical engineering. We will be hosting our first tour of the year on October 23rd from 1:00-2:30 pm .
Come meet some of our current MECH students and get their perspective on the department and program as they show you around our facilities. See the cool gadgets our student teams are working on and learn about the many different areas in which a mechanical engineer can apply his or her knowledge. Get a look at the cutting-edge technology inside our labs and see the kinds of research mechanical engineers can do. It’s a great chance to find out what our department is all about and what you can do with a mechanical engineering degree from UBC!
For those interested, there will also be a half-hour long advising session held after the tour where participants can ask questions about admission ...
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Robots and Whales: Tracking Whales with Quadrotors
from Daniela Rus
(2015/10/8 1:57)
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Observing whales is important for marine biology tasks such as taking census, determining family lineage, and general behavior observations.
Currently, whales are observed manually using binoculars and cameras from the shore or from boats, and notes are made using pencil and paper. The process is error prone, non-quantitative and very labor intensive.
We partnered with Roger Payne to observe whales and other marine animals using robots. Between August 20-25 2009, our team deployed a remote controlled Falcon 8 robot over the sea at Peninsula Valdez, Argentina to collect data on Southern Right whales. We used small hovering unmanned aerial vehicles such as the Ascending Technologies Falcon 8 robot to assist in the data collection of whales. The robot is silent enough to fly close above the water?s surface and not disturb the whales. The robot captures their natural behavior with images of unprecedented detail.
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Robots and Whales: Tracking Whales with Quadrotors
from Daniela Rus
(2015/10/8 1:57)
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Observing whales is important for marine biology tasks such as taking census, determining family lineage, and general behavior observations.
Currently, whales are observed manually using binoculars and cameras from the shore or from boats, and notes are made using pencil and paper. The process is error prone, non-quantitative and very labor intensive.
We partnered with Roger Payne to observe whales and other marine animals using robots. Between August 20-25 2009, our team deployed a remote controlled Falcon 8 robot over the sea at Peninsula Valdez, Argentina to collect data on Southern Right whales. We used small hovering unmanned aerial vehicles such as the Ascending Technologies Falcon 8 robot to assist in the data collection of whales. The robot is silent enough to fly close above the water?s surface and not disturb the whales. The robot captures their natural behavior with images of unprecedented detail.
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Robots and Whales: Tracking Whales with Quadrotors
from Daniela Rus
(2015/10/8 1:57)
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Observing whales is important for marine biology tasks such as taking census, determining family lineage, and general behavior observations.
Currently, whales are observed manually using binoculars and cameras from the shore or from boats, and notes are made using pencil and paper. The process is error prone, non-quantitative and very labor intensive.
We partnered with Roger Payne to observe whales and other marine animals using robots. Between August 20-25 2009, our team deployed a remote controlled Falcon 8 robot over the sea at Peninsula Valdez, Argentina to collect data on Southern Right whales. We used small hovering unmanned aerial vehicles such as the Ascending Technologies Falcon 8 robot to assist in the data collection of whales. The robot is silent enough to fly close above the water?s surface and not disturb the whales. The robot captures their natural behavior with images of unprecedented detail.
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Robots and Cooking: Bakebot
from Daniela Rus
(2015/10/8 1:54)
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The creation of a robot chef represents a grand challenge for the field of robotics. Cooking is one of the most important activities that takes place in the home, and a robotic chef capable of following arbitrary recipes would have many applications in both household and industrial environments.
The kitchen environment is a semi- structured proving ground for algorithms in robotics. It provides many computational challenges, such as accurately perceiving ingredients in cluttered environments, manipulating objects, and engaging in complex activities such as mixing and chopping. We envision a robotic chef, the BakeBot, which can collect recipes online, parse them into a sequence of low-level actions, and execute them for the benefit of its human partners. We are working towards this goal, by combining techniques for object perception, manipulation, and language understanding to develop a novel end-to-end robot system able to follow simple recipes and by experimentally assessing the pe ...
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Robots and Cooking: Bakebot
from Daniela Rus
(2015/10/8 1:54)
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The creation of a robot chef represents a grand challenge for the field of robotics. Cooking is one of the most important activities that takes place in the home, and a robotic chef capable of following arbitrary recipes would have many applications in both household and industrial environments.
The kitchen environment is a semi- structured proving ground for algorithms in robotics. It provides many computational challenges, such as accurately perceiving ingredients in cluttered environments, manipulating objects, and engaging in complex activities such as mixing and chopping. We envision a robotic chef, the BakeBot, which can collect recipes online, parse them into a sequence of low-level actions, and execute them for the benefit of its human partners. We are working towards this goal, by combining techniques for object perception, manipulation, and language understanding to develop a novel end-to-end robot system able to follow simple recipes and by experimentally assessing the pe ...
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Robots and Cooking: Bakebot
from Daniela Rus
(2015/10/8 1:54)
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The creation of a robot chef represents a grand challenge for the field of robotics. Cooking is one of the most important activities that takes place in the home, and a robotic chef capable of following arbitrary recipes would have many applications in both household and industrial environments.
The kitchen environment is a semi- structured proving ground for algorithms in robotics. It provides many computational challenges, such as accurately perceiving ingredients in cluttered environments, manipulating objects, and engaging in complex activities such as mixing and chopping. We envision a robotic chef, the BakeBot, which can collect recipes online, parse them into a sequence of low-level actions, and execute them for the benefit of its human partners. We are working towards this goal, by combining techniques for object perception, manipulation, and language understanding to develop a novel end-to-end robot system able to follow simple recipes and by experimentally assessing the pe ...
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Robots and Agriculture: Virtual Fences for Animals
from Daniela Rus
(2015/10/8 1:52)
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We wish to monitor and control the position of herd animals at fine granularity to improve he management of pastures and herds.
In collaboration with Dean Anderson from the USDA we developed wearable devices for cattle. Each animal in the herd is given a smart collar consisting of a GPS, PDA, wireless networking and a sound amplifier. Using the GPS, the animal’s location can be verified relative to the fence boundary. When approaching the perimeter, the animal is presented with a sound stimulus whose effect is to move away. We have developed the virtual fence control algorithm for moving a herd and used it to collect animal data and to automatically gather animals. Our field experiments were conducted at the USDA?s Jornada Research facility in New Mexico.
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