RealIZM Tech Insights: Intelligent Underwater Robotics

RealIZM Tech Insights: Intelligent Underwater Robotics

With the participation of Fraunhofer IZM, a German research consortium has been working on two concrete applications of bionic service robotics from 2019 to 2022. Funded by the German Ministry of Education and Research and run by the VDI/VDE-IT association as part of the SensoRob initiative, the Bionic RoboSkin project envisions robotic manta rays that assist in the surveying of underwater structures, like the inspection of underwater pipelines, and similar robotic badgers that could take over geo-exploration in difficult-to-reach places, e.g. monitoring tunnel construction. For robots to work in such harsh environmental conditions, they need modular sensor skins.

The project consortium was headed by EvoLogics GmbH and included other experts in the field from TITV Greiz, Sensorik Bayern GmbH, the diving specialists of BALTIC Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock GmbH, and GEO-DV GmbH, all with one mission: To create a new generation of robots that can support their human partners with a range of semi or fully automated services and functions.

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Credits:
Our special thanks to: Stefan Gottwald, Sensorik Bayern GmbH, BALTIC Taucherei- und Bergungsbetrieb Rostock GmbH, EvoLogics GmbH and TITV Greiz
Technical Advice: Karl-Friedrich Becker, Fraunhofer IZM
Cinematography & Editing: Francis Viebeck, Fraunhofer IZM
Production & Direction: Katja Arnhold, Fraunhofer IZM
Translation: mcc Agentur für Kommunikation GmbH