Care-O-bot® 3 - Mobiler Serviceroboter mit ausgeprägter Manipulationsfähigkeit (2008)
Hoch, A., Simons, F., Haag, M., Parlitz, C., Reiser, U., Hägele, M.
Mit der Produktvision Care-O-bot® 3 wird eine neue Klasse von Servicerobotern geschaffen, die durch hohe Funktionalität und ansprechendes Design den Traum vom Haushaltsroboter in greifbare Nähe...
ANORDNUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUM BELADEN EINES LADERAUMES MIT STUECKGUETERN (2007)
DE 10246285 A UPAB: 20040525 NOVELTY - The system for loading packaged goods (2) into a cargo space (1) comprises a lifting table (20) fitted with a compressing unit (14) which forms the packages...
Greifwerkzeug mit selbstadaptiver Kinematik (2007)
Simons, F., Wegener, K., Becker, R.
DE 102005010380 A1 UPAB: 20061002 NOVELTY - The device is attached to a base (1) and has a pointed overall shape. Two lateral parts (2,3) are assembled of a particular number of rigid rods (5) with...
Verhalten von passiv betriebenen Sauggreifern unter der Krafteinwirkung von Kletterrobotern (2006)
For safety reasons, to preserve a proper appearance and to ensure a long life cycle, facades have to be maintained regularly. Until now, this has been done by human workers. However, due to overhangs...
Verhalten von passiv betriebenen Sauggreifern unter der Krafteinwirkung von Kletterrobotern (2006)
For safety reasons, to preserve a proper appearance and to ensure a long life cycle, facades have to be maintained regularly. Until now, this has been done by human workers. However, due to overhangs...
Intelligent sensor system and flexible gripper for security robots (2006)
Schraft, R.D., Wegener, K., Simons, F., Pfeiffer, K.
During the last years, mobile service robots more and more entered a new filed of application: Security & surveillance. Mobile robots do not become tired or bored, are incorruptible and reliable and...
Adriaenssens, V, Simons, F, Nguyen, L, Goddeeris, B, Goethals, P, De Pauw, N
The distribution of chironomid species in small lowland rivers and brooks in the crenal zone of the Zwalm river basin (Flanders, Belgium) was studied. We examined whether a more refined...
Eigenfortbewegungsfaehige Vorrichtung (2004)
Simons, F., Schaefer, T., Keil, W.
DE 10314379 A UPAB: 20041112 NOVELTY - The device has two propellants that are in contact on a vast surface, and stays in active connection with one another. Each propellant has a surface contact...
Seit 1957 der russische Satellit Sputnik in eine Erdumlaufbahn geschickt wurde, gibt es Roboter im All. Inzwischen werden ferngesteuerte autonome Serviceroboter ins All geschickt, um zu...
Unterwasser: Nichts als Meer? (2004)
Die Erdkruste birgt 1,38 Trillionen Tonnen Wasser. Die Ozeane beanspruchen davon 97,4 Prozent; lediglich 0,02 Prozent entfallen auf Seen und Flüsse. Der Rest steckt in Inlandeis und Gletscher,...
Kleinsorgen, M. Von, Simons, F.
Die Instandhaltung, in der DIN 31051 definiert, besteht aus den Aspekten Wartung, Inspektion und Instandsetzung von technischen Mitteln eines Systems. Inspektion meint alle Maßnahmen zur...
Haushalt. Es saugt und bläst der Heinzelmann (2004)
Hans, M., Meyer, C., Simons, F., Wegener, K.
Wer hat nicht schon einmal davon geträumt, dass die Heinzelmännchen die unliebsamen, aber regelmäßig zu erledigenden Aufgaben und Tätigkeiten im Haushalt übernehmen. Staubsaugen und...
Service-Roboter-Visionen (2004)
Schraft, R.D., Hägele, M., Wegener, K., Kubacki, J., Meyer, C., Rohrmoser, B., ...
Dieses Buch differenziert das stetig wachsende Feld der Servicerobotik und stellt die Besonderheiten sowohl aus technologischer als auch aus gesellschaftlicher Sicht dar. Ein Team von Experten hat...
Concept of a miniature window cleaning robot - development potentialities for a mass product (2004)
Large windows are characteristic for modern and future architecture. Corresponding to the development of autonomous vacuum cleaners and lawnmower there will be an increasing demand for autonomous and...
Facade climbing robots for cleaning and inspection (2003)
The trend of using glass as material for facade construction requires intelligent cleaning solutions. Due to increasing automation, more and more automated or even autonomous cleaning robots are...
Concept of low-cost, window-cleaning robot (2003)
Schraft, R.D., Simons, F., Schäfer, D., Keil, W., Anderson, S.
The paper introductes a functional model of handy and low-cost robot for window cleaning. The costumer requirements for such a product have been investigated. This investigation shows that from state...
Facade and window climbing robots for cleaning and inspection (2003)
In public buildings as well as in the private sector overhead tasks, deficient amount of spece and weak facade structures make facade and window cleaning and exhausting and more and more dangerous...
Fenster- und Fassadenreinigung durch autonome Service-Roboter (2003)
Das Fraunhofer IPA treibt die Konzeptionierung von automatischen Robotersystemen für die Fenster- und Fassadenreinigung voran. Die Roboter sollen künftig nicht nur an großflächigen Fassaden und...
Kletterroboter fuer die sichere Bewegung auf einem glatten Untergrund (2003)
Braeuning, U., Simons, F., Wegener, K., Schmidt, P., Staeb, A., Grandi, G.P., ...
DE 10212965 A UPAB: 20031117 NOVELTY - The machine has a series of suction pads (12) on an endless belt (21) driven machine with cleaning units (7) and raising and lowering suction units (9) and...
Automation potentials - much remains to be done (2003)
Simons, F., Wegener, K., Naumann, M.
A dream of the future: a machine in which you insert a sheep at one end and watch a fashionable men's suit or tasty meat dish come out at the other. This dream which was told at a forum shows clearly...
Automatisierungspotenziale - es gibt noch viel zu tun (2003)
Zukunftsmusik. Eine Maschine, auf deren einen Seite man ein Schaf hineinsteckt und auf deren anderen Seite sowohl ein feiner Herrenanzug und auch ein leckeres Fleischgericht herauskommen. Diese auf...
The trend of using glass as material for facade construction requires intelligent cleaning solutions. Due to increasing automation, more and more automated or even autonomous cleaning robots are...
Roboter gestütztes Reinigen von Fassaden (2003)
Durch den zunehmenden Einsatz von Glas bei der Gestaltung von Aussenfassaden wird mehr und mehr dazu übergegengen, die Reinigung dieser Flächen autonomen Reinigungssystemene zu überlassen. Um den...
Kletterroboter fuer die Bewegung auf einem glatten Untergrund (2003)
Braeuning, U., Simons, F., Wegener, K., Schmidt, P., Staeb, A., Grandi, G.P., ...
DE 10212964 A UPAB: 20031120 NOVELTY - The robot has a chassis frame (17) with suspended crawler drive (8), and e.g. a toothed belt (21) passing over a front and a rear deflector (20,19) with suction...
Halte- und Fortbewegungsmodul fuer einen Kletterroboter (2003)
Braeuning, U., Simons, F., Vollmer, H.
DE 10140990 A UPAB: 20030729 NOVELTY - A conveyor belt (3) is interspersed with numerous exposed inner widths. A vacuum chamber (5) connected to a vacuum pump (7) and opened towards the conveyor belt...
Ecological analysis of the Chironomid communities in the Zwalm river basin (2003)
Adriaenssens, Veronique, Simons, F, Goethals, Peter, Goddeeris, B, De Pauw, Niels
Schienengebundene, eigenfortbewegungsfaehige Vorrichtung (2002)
Simons, F., Schmidt, P., Hornemann, M., Schmierer, G., Braeuning, U.
DE 10101327 A UPAB: 20020919 NOVELTY - The vehicle has a frame with two deflector units, one of which has a motor drive, and a continuous transport element, e.g. a toothed belt, passing over the...
Mechanical design of an autonomous, lightweight robot for window cleaning (2002)
Schraft, R.D., Simons, F., Grandi, G.P., Muscogiuri, D.
In the future automation by small household robot systems will increasingly enter the private environment. In this paper a demonstrator of a small and lightweight window-cleaning robot will be...
Schraft, R.D., Simons, F., Wegener, K.
Efficient and intelligent gripping systems were a major key-component in handling- and production-technologies. Due to complex tasks with regard to shorten time intervals increasing miniaturization...
Social cues and verbal framing in risky choice (2001)
Wang, XT, Simons, F, Brédart, Serge
We examined how people use social and verbal cues of differing priorities in making social decisions. In Experiment 1, formally identical life-death choice problems were presented in different...
De Hoogt, R A, Odds, F C, Simons, F, Contreras, R, ...
Almost all eukaryotic mRNAs are capped at their 5'-terminus. Capping is crucial for stability, processing, nuclear export and efficient translation of mRNA. We studied the phenotypic effects elicited...
Schraft, R.D., Simons, F., Wegener, K.
In this paper a foot for walking machines will be developed, which adapts to rough open country in an optimal way and which ensures a stable standing. The motivation during this conception will be to...
Adjusting to changes in the time of reinforcement: peak-interval transitions in rats. (1997)
Lejeune, H, Ferrara, André, Simons, F, Wearden, J H
Thirty rats received training on a peak-interval procedure, where a baseline with a 20-s time of reinforcement was interspersed among cyclic transitions to other reinforcement time values (10, 20,...
Zinc finger-like structure in U1-specific protein C is essential for specific binding to U1 snRNP.
Nelissen, R L, Heinrichs, V, Habets, W J, Simons, F, Lührmann, R, Van Venrooij, W J
The U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) contains three specific proteins denoted 70K, A and C, in addition to the common proteins. Specific functions of these proteins are not known although...