Annual Report
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FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE OF OPTRONICS, SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES AND IMAGE EXPLOITATION FRAUNHOFER-INSTITUT FÜR OPTRONIK, SYSTEMTECHNIK UND BILDAUSWERTUNG IOSB KARLSRUHE FRAUNHOFERSTRASSE 1 76131 KARLSRUHE TELEFON +49 721 6091-0 ETTLINGEN GUTLEUTHAUSSTRASSE 1 76275 ETTLINGEN TELEFON +49 7243 992-0 ILMENAU INSTITUTSTEIL ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMTECHNIK (AST) AM VOGELHERD 50 98693 ILMENAU TELEFON +49 3677 461-0 GÖRLITZ INSTITUTSTEIL ANGEWANDTE SYSTEMTECHNIK (AST) AUSSENSTELLE GÖRLITZ ABTEILUNG ENERGIE BRÜCKENSTRASSE 1 02826 GÖRLITZ TELEFON +49 3581 7925354 LEMGO INSTITUTSTEIL FÜR INDUSTRIELLE AUTOMATION (INA) LANGENBRUCH 6 32657 LEMGO TELEFON +49 5261 94290-22 ANNUAL REPORT WWW.IOSB.FRAUNHOFER.DE Fraunhofer IOSB Annual Report 2017 / 2018 2017 / 2018 FRAUNHOFER UNITS IN GERMANY FRAUNHOFER IOSB IN A NUTSHELL Development of innovative cameras. Optimal use and networking of sensors. Processing and analyzing the resulting data streams according to the task at hand, leading to decision Funding support systems for humans or intelligent control mechanisms for autonomous systems. This comprehensive process and exploitation chain, which comprises and combines the core competences Optronics, System Technologies and Image Public sector Industrial sector 24,6% Exploitation, is our domain at Fraunhofer IOSB. 36,7% Our expertise comes to use in areas as diverse as automation, inspection or security. Like the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft as a Others 5,9% whole, we are committed to application-oriented research Basic funding for the benefi t of society and economy. We shape the future. 32,8% Scientifi c and technological excellence are just as much a part of our DNA as customer orientation and reliability towards our clients from industry and public authorities. Business expenses Staff 60 Full-time positions 500 50 400 40 300 30 200 20 100 10 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 Personnel in total Investment Scientists / engineers Research expenditure more at: www.standortkarte.fraunhofer.de Others Preface 2 Highlight Activities Autonomous underwater vehicles 4 Modular Drone Detection and Assistance System 6 Cybersecurity Training Lab / Branch Lab Görlitz 8 ML4P – Machine Learning for Production 10 Farewell to Dr. Reinhard Ebert 12 The Institute in Profile 14 Business Units and Respective Project Reports Automation 30 Energy, Water and Environment 44 Visual Inspection 54 Defense 62 Security 76 Core Competences and Department Portfolios Optronics 82 System Technologies 92 Image Exploitation 106 Appendix: Names, Dates, Events Advisory Board 121 Honors and Awards 124 Patents and Trademarks 132 Scientific Publications 142 PREFACE Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jürgen Beyerer Dear reader, growth, in itself, is not an objective for us. As an established Fraunhofer institute, we strive for excellence in research, for substantial technological advance in our fields of competence and for maximum satisfaction on behalf of our customers in economy and administration. In order to reach these goals, we need to procure the necessary resources, generate industry orders and find the right partners. If, however, following this agenda, our staff and budget numbers rise, this is not unwelcome: it is an indicator that we are successful, that we are doing things right. Therefore, I am pleased to announce that our budget and personnel have been growing continuously for years now, reaching 52 million Euros and 518 regular staff, respectively, in 2017. Still, looking at specific topics and developments remains much more exciting than overall numbers. This is why in this (bi-)annual report we want to provide an in-depth overview with regard to projects, activities, department portfolios, and, last not least, noteworthy events and news – like the success of our “Arggonauts” team, which has reached the finals of the seven million dollar Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE competition. Other examples include the retrieval of a test model of the historic Canadian fighter jet “Avro Arrow” in Lake Ontario with the help of our DEDAVE underwater vehicle and the start of the Fraunhofer Lighthouse Project ML4P headed by Fraunhofer IOSB. These stories you will find in the “Highlights” section right at the beginning, followed by our institute’s profile and comprehensive presen- tations of our business units and departments. Optronics, System Technologies and Image Exploitation remain our identity-defining core competences. This combination makes us a sought-after partner all along a comprehensive process chain – from devising, characterizing and networking sensors over processing, analyzing and making sense of the resulting data streams to creating intelligent autonomous control mechanisms and decision support systems, including innovative human-machine interaction concepts. A multitude of diverse and fascinating projects arises from this unique competence profile, as you will see in our business units section, starting on page 28 – albeit we had to limit ourselves to a small selection of the actual ongoing projects. 2 There are some important news to report concerning the extended managing circle of the institute and its ties to the local universities: • Our long-standing quest to create a chair for Optronics at the Faculty of Electrical Engineer- ing and Information Technology of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has been crowned with success: I am very pleased to announce that Dr. rer. nat. Marc Eichhorn has been appointed KIT Professor of Optronics as of April 1st, 2018. At the same date, he has taken office as head of division at our site in Ettlingen. • Prior to this, at the end of 2017 we had to say goodbye and farewell to Marc Eichhorn’s predecessor as head of division “Optronics and Photonic Systems” in Ettlingen, Dr. rer. nat. Reinhard Ebert. He worked for us with great commitment until long after the regular age of retirement. We are very grateful for his ongoing dedication, now as an external advisor to the Institute. • Dr.-Ing. Peter Bretschneider, head of department at our Ilmenau branch for Applied System Technologies IOSB-AST, has been appointed Professor of Energy Usage Optimization at the Ilmenau University of Technology in November 2016. • IOSB-AST has founded a new branch lab in the city of Görlitz, thus establishing a close connection with the local University of Applied Sciences Zittau-Görlitz (cf. page 9). • With respect to our Lemgo branch for Industrial Automation IOSB-INA, the efforts of creating a professorship for Cognitive Automation at Bielefeld University are well underway. We expect to appoint an appropriate candidate in the second half of 2018. Our special thanks goes to our partners and clients in business, in government and in the ministries, and to all of Fraunhofer IOSB’s sponsors and advisors. Without the reliable support and cooperation of the federal ministries of Education and Research (BMBF) and of Defense (BMVg) we would not be able to carry out our activities and fulfil our mission. Our gratitude also extends to the employees of IOSB and their excellent work. Their expertise, skills, diligence and academic motivation are the cornerstone of our institute’s success. Karlsruhe, Ettlingen, Ilmenau, Lemgo and Görlitz, April 2018 Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jürgen Beyerer 3 HIGHLIGHT ACTIVITIES AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES COM- PETE FOR THE OCEAN DISCOVERY XPRIZE To advance human achievement in areas where technology currently offers no clear solutions: this is the aim of several large, ambitious innovation competitions which have enjoyed a renais- sance over recent years. From DARPA Challenges to EU Innovation Prizes and the competitions run by California’s XPRIZE Foundation – these schemes seek to stimulate innovative ideas with the potential to spawn new industries and new jobs. The Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE launched in 2016 is one example. The “ARGGONAUTS” team at Fraunhofer IOSB has taken up the challenge. The primary task is to study the ocean floor. The final will take place in autumn 2018 with the following requirements: 250 km² of seafloor have to mapped within 24 hours – at a depth of 4000 meters. In addition, price-worthy photographs of both a specified object and other archaeological, biological or geological features must be taken. Importantly, the technology used must be essentially autonomous: no human operators are permitted on or below the ocean surface while the measurements are being performed. Finally, all the equipment required for the competition must fit into a standard shipping container. 2 Contact: Dr. Gunnar Brink Phone +49 721 6091-640 [email protected] 4 1 Of the original 32 teams, 20 have been admitted to the semifinals based on their technology 1 A “Great Diver”, one of a and finance concepts. In December 2017, we proved that our solutions meet the criteria swarm of underwater drones necessary to advance to the final round. As one of the nine finalists, we hope our fleet of developed for the XPRIZE extremely cost-efficient submersibles and inflatable, unmanned support boats will continue competition. to perform well and that we will be one of the top three teams in the world. 2 The “ARGGONAUTS” presenting the trophy awarded The Fraunhofer executive board generously provided a budget of over €2 million for the to the finalists. project. This was a great motivation – for a difficult challenge. In just ten months, we had 3 Found with the help of to develop a completely new concept for previously unsolved problems. We had to build a DEDAVE: A 1:8 true-to-scale team, select, order and assemble components and sensors, program software and test every- model of the CF-105 on the thing. All these processes were governed by a framework of public procurement rules. We bed of Lake Ontario. had our team trained in SCRUM techniques for agile development and adapted the method for hardware-intensive projects which encompass a wide range of different technologies. The investment will pay dividends even if we do not eventually win the prize of up to $5 million. Fraunhofer is gaining important experience in dealing with challenges of this nature, which we are likely to encounter more often in future. We will document our agile development methods and make them available for other teams conducting research under time pressure.