Robots gain new function: algorithm automatically recognises sensors and their mathematical modelling

Robots need localisation algorithms to figure out where they are. These algorithms usually work with sensor data, which can be used to calculate their position. For engineers and researchers, figuring out how a sensor is built, what format the sensor data is in, and how the sensor is calibrated on a robot can be quite a challenge. Christian Brommer and his team at the Control of Networked Systems research group at the University of Klagenfurt have developed a new method that eliminates the need for all of this: the algorithm automatically recognises the sensor model and calculates important data for localisation.

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Early University Access, a semester in Dublin and ‘lightbulb moments’

Christoph Rauter is in his sixth semester of studying Information and Communications Engineering at the University of Klagenfurt, and is currently writing his Bachelor’s thesis. He took courses at the university while still in secondary school. During his studies he has also worked as a tutor at the university for several semesters and recently spent a semester abroad at Trinity College in Dublin.

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New skin for gripping arms aims to enable robots to sort used textiles

It is estimated that around 100 billion items of clothing are currently produced worldwide, most of which will end up in recycling processes. Sorting these old textiles by hand requires an enormous amount of human labour. A research team is now developing new technologies that will enable robotic grippers to sort textiles more effectively.

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Public lecture: “Exploring Saturn: Lord of the Rings and Icy Moons” by Roland Brockers

Saturn, with its distinctive ring system, is one of the most impressive planets in our solar system. Roland Brockers will take the audience attending his public lecture on Thursday, 5 June (5 p.m., Lecture Hall 1, University of Klagenfurt) on an exciting journey to the ringed planet with the largest number of known moons in the solar system. Roland Brockers is Professor of Modular Robotic Systems in the Control of Networked Systems group and a researcher at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology in California. This public lecture continues his series of Space Exploration Lectures delivered during his teaching visit to Klagenfurt.

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