The European Commission is funding a 29 partners from 12 countries consortium within the H2020 framework program with €26 million, which is promoting the development and demonstration of driverless heavy-duty vehicles under rough weather conditions. The consortium of...
Jan 25, 2021 | autonomous systems, Digitization, General@en, IIoT, Industry 4.0, localization, localization systems and tracking, National and international research projects, smart factory
It is extremely difficult for consumers to assess whether a product on the supermarket shelf was produced and sold in a sustainable way. With a specially created app, a team of researchers from LCM, ETH Zurich and two supermarket chains provided relevant information...
Jan 18, 2021 | assistance systems, General@en, National and international research projects
The effects of climate change do not stop at the borders of vineyards. Unsteady rainfall affects the yield and the quality of the grapes and the wine. Thus, the diverse needs of different types of grapes demand the utilization of irrigation systems. In order to be...
Dec 9, 2020 | Digitization, General@en, Industry 4.0, National and international research projects, News@en, smart factory
Within a company consortium, LCM and its partners are developing an electric variator for an emission-reduced continuously variable transmission (CVT). The aim of the project is the replacement of the current standard hydraulic variator unit with two electric machines...
Nov 29, 2019 | electrical drives, General@en, Industry 4.0, National and international research projects, research
Transfarm 4.0 is a Central Europe Initiative for Precision Agriculture Ten partners from 5 European countries (Austria, Hungary, Italy, Poland and Slovenia) gathered for the first time last week in Conegliano, in the heart of the Prosecco region in Veneto, to...
Jul 30, 2019 | General@en, Industry 4.0, localization, National and international research projects, research, sensing systems
Linz, 30.10.2018: For the project ASSET, the Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH was awarded for the Prize for Innovation Upper Austria under the category Research & Development. The Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH has developed a product information system in the...
Nov 6, 2018 | Awards, Digitization, National and international research projects, research