Funded Projects
PhenoRob - Robotics and Phenotyping for Sustainable Crop Production (DFG Cluster of Excellence EXC-2070)
DFG Cluster of Excellence EXC-2070 (2019 – 2032)
Spokespersons: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Heiner Kuhlmann & Prof. Dr. Cyrill Stachniss
PhenoRob performs world-leading research in robotics and phenotyping for sustainable crop production. Our vision is to transform crop production by optimizing breeding and farming management through developing and deploying new technologies. PhenoRob addresses a real-world problem with a technology-oriented approach. Our scientists have backgrounds in computer science, geodesy, robotics, plant science, soil science, economics, and environmental science. This interdisciplinary team forms the only DFG-funded Cluster of Excellence focusing on agriculture.
DeepView - AR-basiertes Assistenz- und Navigationssystem zur 3D-Visualisierung der unterirdischen Infrastruktur
BMBF Mensch-Technik-Interaktion (2020 – 2022)
https://deepup.ai (Company Website)
The visualization of data poses a major challenge in the civil engineering industry: Analog and non-standardized plans of underground infrastructure need to be accurately integrated and realistically represented before the start of construction. If this is not done with sufficient precision, serious damages such as supply failures or accidents may occur. To remedy this, a 3D assistance and navigation system based on "Augmented Reality" (AR) is to be developed, named "DeepView." With this new human-technology interaction, overall workflow steps can be shortened, simplified, and made safer. Generating a georeferenced database using conventional surveying technologies and the scientific evaluation of the developed AR system in terms of different accuracy requirements are key components of this project. Furthermore, the implementation of various approaches to georeferencing and sensor fusion is supported.
DeepUp - Vermessung 4.0
EXIST Startup Funding (2019 – 2020)
https://deepup.ai (Company Website)
Invisible and indispensable. Fiber optics, electricity, gas and water networks are the lifelines of every industrial nation, without which modern life would not be possible. Despite this, they are still treated in the same way today as they were 50 years ago. This leads to massive damage that directly affects not only our national economy, but also each and every one of us. DeepUp is revolutionizing the way we see and understand underground infrastructure – to enable us all to live safely and sustainably in a booming infrastructure world. DeepUp started as an EXIST-funded tech startup at Bonn University.