A technology co-developed by LCM allows steel doors to be opened with a simple touch. A door opens automatically as you pass by – who doesn’t know that? After passing it several times, the repeated opening of the door can get on your nerves. There are...
DIH² launches its first open call to encourage robotics-related technology adoption in the field of manufacturing. The European Commission project, part of the Horizon 2020 programme, will be distributing up to €248,000 to consortia made up of technology...
Weibern and Linz, Austria, December 2016 – Is a cow in heat, suffering from a stomach ache or might she become ill? The “Eartag” developed by Smartbow and Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH (LCM) provides all this information. Changes in the positions of animals and the...
Linz (Austria), Welkenreadt (Belgium) November 2015 – ‘Raven-Eye’ is the name of an internationally successful Austrian-Belgian development that uses radar to measure liquid flows in breweries, creameries, water supply works, as well as in municipal and industrial...
Operation of wind energy plants can be encumbered under certain conditions by the formation of ice on the rotor blades. Because this heavy ice presents a danger as it can be slung over 100 meters, the plant must be shut down upon detection of ice. Often time is lost...
Recent floods have shown that exact predictions of water volume moving downstream are extremely important. Not only the water level but also the volume and the velocity are important here. LCM has developed an innovative flow measurement system based on radar. The...
