In the future, biogas plant operators will be able to stay in full control of their plant while they're on the move anywhere in the world - by iPhone. Visitors to HANNOVER MESSE 2009 can find out from PlanET Biogastechnik GmbH exactly how this system works.
Thanks to its touchscreen, the iPhone puts control over numerous operations such as setting start times for feed stock, pumps and agitators at the tips of your fingers. Process information such as the temperature in the fermenter, operating hours and the volume of gas and electricity generated can also be accessed worldwide via a fast and secure DSL connection. If problems occur at the plant, the operator receives an error message on his iPhone. All actions, error messages and parameters can also be recorded to provide electronic documentation.
PlanET Biogastechnik GmbH
Girardetstr. 2-38
45131 Essen
Germany
Tel.: +49 201 - 244983-0
Fax: +49 201 - 244983-10
www.planet-biogas.com
Your contact at HANNOVER MESSE 2009:
Nina Busse
Hall 13, Stand C68, partner in: EnergieAgentur. NRW
Montag, 6. April 2009
A climbing robot that mimics a rat
They call him "RatNic" - and the name fits. This small robot, which will be on show at HANNOVER MESSE 2009 courtesy of the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, climbs just like a rat.
With the aid of a camera and special sensors, "RatNic" can perform inspection tasks on vertical and inclined cables, pipes and wires. To develop the climbing movements necessary to complete these tasks, the machine's developers turned to mother nature - in the form of a rat! "RatNic" mimics the rat's climbing techniques, as a result of which it requires 70 percent less energy than conventional climbing robots. When working on its movement mechanism, the developers were also able to repeat this impressive saving in terms of the materials used. The robotic climbing rat is ideal for applications where monitoring tasks need to be automated, or where environmental conditions are hazardous for humans.
Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena
Biolog.-Pharmazeutische Fakultät
Institut für Spez. Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie
Ebertstr. 1
07743 Jena
Germany
Tel.: +49 3641 - 9491-40
Fax: +49 3641 - 9491-42
www.uni-jena.de
Contact at HANNOVER MESSE 2009:
Prof. Martin S. Fischer
Hall 2, Stand C37, partner in: Forschung für die Zukunft
With the aid of a camera and special sensors, "RatNic" can perform inspection tasks on vertical and inclined cables, pipes and wires. To develop the climbing movements necessary to complete these tasks, the machine's developers turned to mother nature - in the form of a rat! "RatNic" mimics the rat's climbing techniques, as a result of which it requires 70 percent less energy than conventional climbing robots. When working on its movement mechanism, the developers were also able to repeat this impressive saving in terms of the materials used. The robotic climbing rat is ideal for applications where monitoring tasks need to be automated, or where environmental conditions are hazardous for humans.
Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena
Biolog.-Pharmazeutische Fakultät
Institut für Spez. Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie
Ebertstr. 1
07743 Jena
Germany
Tel.: +49 3641 - 9491-40
Fax: +49 3641 - 9491-42
www.uni-jena.de
Contact at HANNOVER MESSE 2009:
Prof. Martin S. Fischer
Hall 2, Stand C37, partner in: Forschung für die Zukunft
When bees become environmental detectives
In the future, bees won't just be busy supplying us with delicious honey - they'll also be acting as environmental detectives. Or at least they will be when they're working for the Center for Telematics, which is coming to HANNOVER MESSE 2009 to show exactly what this new role entails.
It may sound bee-musing, but the principle is sound: All the bees belonging to a single hive are fitted with minute RFID chips, which means that each individual bee can be identified. Equipped with their new state-of-the-art gadgetry, the bees can then begin collecting pollen from their surrounding environment. Once they return to their beehive, the pollen they bring back is analyzed. Any pollutants detected during analysis can then be traced back to a specific location - all thanks to the bees.
Zentrum für Telematik e. V.
Allesgrundweg 12
97218 Gerbrunn
Germany
Tel.: +49 931 - 3292954-10
Fax: +49 931 - 3292954-11
www.telematik-zentrum.de
Contact at HANNOVER MESSE 2009:
Prof. Klaus Schilling
Hall 2, Stand A54, partner in: Bayern Innovativ
Stand tel.: +49 511 - 89-651500
It may sound bee-musing, but the principle is sound: All the bees belonging to a single hive are fitted with minute RFID chips, which means that each individual bee can be identified. Equipped with their new state-of-the-art gadgetry, the bees can then begin collecting pollen from their surrounding environment. Once they return to their beehive, the pollen they bring back is analyzed. Any pollutants detected during analysis can then be traced back to a specific location - all thanks to the bees.
Zentrum für Telematik e. V.
Allesgrundweg 12
97218 Gerbrunn
Germany
Tel.: +49 931 - 3292954-10
Fax: +49 931 - 3292954-11
www.telematik-zentrum.de
Contact at HANNOVER MESSE 2009:
Prof. Klaus Schilling
Hall 2, Stand A54, partner in: Bayern Innovativ
Stand tel.: +49 511 - 89-651500
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