News – University of Klagenfurt

Robots set to learn how to provide better assistance during surgery

22. September 2020/in AAU News, News FacultyTeWi, News Intelligente Systemtechnologien, Pressemitteilung, Research /by Forschungskommunikation

Minimally invasive surgery has many advantages for patients and surgical teams, such as shorter recovery times, lower post-operative complication rates, higher patient acceptance rates and increased cost efficiency. One key area here is interventional radiology, where external imaging equipment is used to guide the surgical instruments through the body. Robots can support in this task. However, those who believe that robots “operate” independently are (as yet) mistaken: The robot systems available today are pure tele-operators or mere assistants for holding and targeting tools; that’s all they can do. Now, a research project led by the University of Klagenfurt wants to explore additional advantages of “operating robots” and increase their autonomy when it comes to supporting surgeons. Read more →

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Autonomous robots to inspect and maintain ship hulls and storage tanks

11. August 2020/in AAU News, AAU News Intelligente Systemtechnologien, News FacultyTeWi, News TeWi, Research /by Forschungskommunikation

Some 56,000 ships weighing in excess of 500 tons are currently sailing the world’s oceans. For now, their maintenance is carried out by a high number of personnel: The cleaning of a ship’s hull currently takes about eight days and costs between 100,000 and 200,000 euros. The project “BugWright2 Autonomous Robotic Inspection and Maintenance on Ship Hulls and Storage Tanks” financed by EU-HORIZON2020 aims at developing autonomous technical solutions.

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Helicopter flies to Mars: Researcher based in Klagenfurt provided the navigation technology

20. July 2020/in News Control of Networked Systems, News FacultyTeWi, News Intelligente Systemtechnologien, Pressemitteilung, Research /by Kommunikation

According to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, on 30 July the new Mars Rover “Perseverance” will take off from Cape Canaveral, bound for Mars. Also on board is the first ever “Mars helicopter”, which will undertake exploratory flights. The helicopter is navigated using a technology that Stephan Weiss, Professor at the Department of Smart Systems Technologies, was instrumental in developing.

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Michal Barcis, Petra Mazdin, Christian Bettstetter, Stephan Weiss, Bernhard Rinner, Roland Jung und Agata Barcis | Foto: aau/Waschnig

Europe’s largest Dronehall is open for business

18. December 2019/in AAU News, News Control of Networked Systems, News FacultyTeWi, News Intelligente Systemtechnologien, News TeWi, Research, TeWi studieren-News /by Forschungskommunikation

Researchers investigating autonomous drones can now use a cutting-edge research infrastructure at the University of Klagenfurt, measuring up to 150 square meters and a height of ten meters. This is a tremendous boost for the “Drone-Hub Klagenfurt”, already known for hosting some of the world’s top players in the field.

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Open PostDoc Position

4. October 2019/in News Control of Networked Systems, News FacultyTeWi /by Hubert Zangl

Details: PostDoc_10_2019

Expanding the sensory skills of machines

27. August 2019/in AAU News, AAU News Intelligente Systemtechnologien, Alumni & Career, Alumni in portrait, ForscherInnen im Porträt, Pressemitteilung, Research, TeWi studieren-News /by Forschungskommunikation

Machines are already capable of many things. A certain set of sensors has already been fully developed. And yet, Harald Gietler, researcher at the Department of Smart Systems Technologies seeks to discover: “Who knows what kinds of sensors we will need in the future?” He is currently developing a new technology, which will allow machines to determine the location of other machines.

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Enabling drones to fly long-durations autonomously

6. August 2019/in AAU News, AAU News Intelligente Systemtechnologien, ForscherInnen im Porträt, News FacultyTeWi, Pressemitteilung, Research /by Forschungskommunikation

In practical settings, ten minutes of flight time are generally not enough for most applications. A team comprised of researchers from the University of Klagenfurt (AAU) and NASA-JPL/California is working on ways to enable the autonomous flight of drones in several stages with intermittent charging phases. Christian Brommer, AAU doctoral student, has recently published the results of his research.

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“IoSense – Flexible FE/BE Sensor Pilot Line for the Internet of Everything” – Spring School’19 – Free registration!

16. January 2019/in News FacultyTeWi, News Sensors and Actuators /by Hubert Zangl

The Second IoSense Spring School will be held at TU Delft on March 7′ 2019. Focus of the IoSense project is to develop innovative, competitive, next-generation sensors and sensor systems “Made in Europe” to provide solutions for the Internet of Things. Talks will be accompanied by demo presentations that will show how the technologies, developed within the IoSense project, can be used in real life application areas.

Target Audiences: PhD students, industrial designers, technology scouts and project managers with basic programming knowledge and an interest in sensor-based technologies.

Our talks and demonstrators consist of high-level overview, especially aimed at the hobbyists and technology scouts, while also going into depth for PhD students. Nevertheless, all speakers and participants will be available for your questions during the breaks.

Details and free registration:

http://www.iosense.eu/index.php/project/iosense-spring-school19/