Robot companion ROS-E wins main prize at innofab_ ideas competition
Third place went to the team around Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Rudolph with the "Moving Public Piano". The favor of the guests on site was shared by ROS-E and KIDD, who thus both won the audience award.
For the third time, the innofab_ ideas competition called on actively researching students, employees, professors and alumni of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg) and the Wildau University of Technology (TH Wildau) to submit their research-based ideas, marketable products or services.
During the 7th BTU Transfer Day on June 14, 2022, the five finalists presented their ideas in five-minute pitches to the audience and the seven-member jury. Prizes with a total value of 4,000 euros were awarded. The regional competition for science was moderated by Dr. Markus Schwenke, project coordinator of Innovation Hub 13 at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.
The 1st prize, endowed with 1,500 euros and donated by Actemium BEA GmbH, was won by "ROS-E - the interpersonal robot companion". The idea was submitted by students and academic staff of TH Wildau: Lara Ziemert, Oskar Lorenz, Valentin Schröter and Tobias Kannenberg.
"We are overwhelmed to have won the 1st prize," says a delighted Oskar Lorenz. "It's great that the idea and the associated work of our small team receive this confirmation."
ROS-E was created with the vision of using it in a variety of ways as a social robot to support elderly people, families and also children in their everyday lives. A key foundation for this is ROS-E's ability to interact in a natural way - with a focus on evoking a sense of understanding and autonomy in its user:s.
In addition to the 1st prize, "ROS-E" won the audience award together with "KIDD - Artificial Ossification for 3D Printing". The teams share the award presented by the Kjellberg Foundation, which comes with prize money of 1,000 euros.
The "KIDD" team, consisting of BTU employees and students André Röhrig, Rolf Starke and Jannis Werner, took second place in the innofab_ ideas competition. They thus secured the €1,000 prize donated by LEAG. "We enjoyed the competition immensely," said Jannis Werner. "We hope that the prize and the endowment will be the starting signal for our first startup."
The team is researching a new agent-based structural optimization algorithm that is directly based on the biological process of ossification (the process of forming bone tissue).
With the "Moving Public Piano (MPP) - Das fahrende Standklavier" Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Rudolph, Dr. Frank Seeliger, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Henry Graneß and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jens Berding won the 3rd prize, which comes with a prize money of 500 Euro donated by Rotec Bürotechnik GmbH. The employees of the TH Wildau want to bring music to the people with a mobile public piano. For this purpose, an electrically pushed bicycle trailer for a stand-up piano is to be developed, which may be pulled easily and in compliance with the German Road Traffic Regulations (StVO) in road traffic - safely also in curves - with a bicycle and which meets the acoustic as well as the transport requirements (tipping safety).
"The team and I are extremely pleased that our idea has found approval. The award gives us great motivation to continue. With the prize money, we can now finance materials to build a first prototype," explained Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Rudolph, adding with regard to the past competition, "The atmosphere at innofab was really great - characterized by a benevolent togetherness in which everyone was pleased with everyone's placings."
The innofab_ ideas competition is a regional competition for science and a joint initiative of TH Wildau and BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg through the projects Innovation Hub 13, Startup Revier EAST as well as through the Startup Center and the startup service of the universities.
Contact
Dr. Markus Schwenke
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Innovation Hub 13
Startup Center Startblock B2, Siemens-Halske-Ring 2, 03046 Cottbus
+49 (0)355 69 4699
markus.schwenke@b-tu.de
BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg
Startup Precinct EAST
Cheng-Wen Jaw
Startup Center Startblock B2, Siemens-Halske-Ring 2, 03046 Cottbus
+49 (0)355 69 3991
cheng-wen.jaw@b-tu.de
Press contact
Anne-Kathrin Rensch, Kathrin Schlüßler
BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg
Innovation Hub 13
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