• PeLoTe - Building Presence through Localization for Hybrid Telematic Systems
• LearNet - Learning and Experimenting on Real Technical Equipments in the Network
• Satellite Images - Reception and Processing

A system has been developed that supports rescuers in search and rescue tasks during emergency and disaster missions, in such a way that risk situations for rescue teams are reduced and victims can be found faster. The rescuers cooperate with mobile robots, which can be autonomous as well as be controlled remotely. The technology concepts include: telematics (remote control, remote monitoring, remote diagnosis and data fusion), localization techniques (positioning and navigation for humans and robots) and cooperative planning (cooperation and coordination of people and robots in a team).

Other application areas include: remote control of industrial robots, space robots, home service robots and remote experiments in the tele-education.

Accomplished Work

• User requirement analysis and software architecture design
• Development and implementation of the server
• Project management for the integration of software and hardware components, as well as testing and validation of the complete system

Consortium

University of Würzburg, Helsinki University of Technology (Finland), Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic), CertiCon a.s. (Czech Republic), Steinbeis Transfer Center ARS.

European Community in FP5 Grant IST-2001-38873

Seven research institutions develop each an innovative laboratory experiment in the field of control engineering, automation technology and mechatronics. The experiments are performed on the Internet and can be accessed by the partner universities.

Accomplished Work

Development and implementation of path planning experiments for mobile robots.

Consortium

University of Würzburg, University of Bochum, TU Munich, TU Dresden, Fern-Universität in Hagen, University of Siegen, TU Cottbus.

German Federal Ministry of Education and Research Grant 08NM101

Investigation and development of software to receive and process satellite images. Evaluation of water temperature data and processing of measured pluviometric records.

Accomplished Work

Development of systems for:

• the reception and the processing of satellite images
• the correlation of water temperature data and satellite images
• the processing of measured pluviometric records

Consortium

FUNCEME and Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE).

Meteorology and Water Resources Foundation of Ceará (FUNCEME) Brazil