Photovoltaic diesel cooling-system technology for transport vehicles involved in temperature-controlled logistics Technology demonstration – hybrid refrigerated truck systems Since 2014, researchers at the DLR Institute of Networked Energy Systems have been working intensively on a concept for mobile photovoltaic systems in the field of temperature-led logistics. A market analysis of the logistics sector was carried ...

Thermoelectric generator By directly converting unused heat into electrical power, TEGs reduce primary energy consumption and protect the environment. Thermoelectric energy conversion is possible over wide temperature ranges, with effciency levels of 10 percent and over. The key to optimised applications lies in the development of highly effcient materials and stable electrical contacts within the thermoelectric ...

Optomechanical inertial sensors SensTek GmbH is a high-tech spin-off of the German Aerospace Center and focuses on the development and commercialisation of unique optomechanical technology for acceleration and inertial measurements. One of the unique selling points of the technology is a proprietary measuring principle for self referencing inertial measurements using highly-compact, portable optomechanical sensors. The ...

Kinfinity technology Kinfinity technology has been developed for a new generation of multimodal control instruments. This textile technology makes it possible to capture and process simple and complex movements of the user’s fingers, arms and legs. The user can thus control robot arms with simple arm movements, record the motion and visualise them as often ...

Integrated Positioning System Technology Demonstration – Self-positioning in unknown environments The DLR Institute of Optical Sensor Systems has developed the technology for the ‘Integrated Positioning System’ (IPS) over the past 10 years. IPS is specifcally designed for real-time self-positioning and 3D mapping in unknown indoor and outdoor environments where there is no external positional infrastructure ...

Flexible, inductive heating to bond and repair fibre-reinforced polymers Repair applications This repair concept, developed at the DLR Institute of Structures and Design in Stuttgart, uses flexible induction coils encased in a silicone vacuum mat. This mat allows both the generation of the required temperature and the application of the necessary pressure. For the heating ...

The ‘Physics in microgravity conditions’ student experiment The experiment is a software-supported demonstration of many physical effects and phenomena in microgravity conditions. Enlighten Sciences GmbH runs the experiment and develops it in conjunction with DLR_School_Lab. Origin of the experiment The ‘Physics in zero-gravity conditions’ experiment came about in the course of research at the Zentrum für ...

Humanoid robot The robot David is continuously being expanded into a complete humanoid robot. He currently has two arms, a neck and a head. David is to be employed in an environment suitable for humans. For this the robot should resemble a human as much as possible in terms of size, strength and flexibility. David’s ...

Combined Regenerative Organic Food Production Technology demonstration The agriculture of the future varies between the much needed improvement in sustainability and the equally important increase in productivity. Future agricultural systems must therefore meet several conditions. These should find a balance between intensive cultivation with high yield per unit area for effective food production and extensive ...

Continuous Preforming of Composite Profles COPRO® (Continuous Preforming of Composite Profles) technology is a unique process for the effcient production of lightweight components via roll forming. It represents an economical alternative to the established winding, braiding and pressing process. Even complex 3D-variable fbre composite profle geometries can be continuously manufactured and fed into established processing ...