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  • Fraunhofer IWS Combines Nature-based Concepts with Sensor Technology and 3D Printing / 2024

    The Robotic Hand Learns to Feel

    Press Release (No. 08) - Fraunhofer IWS Dresden / October 29, 2024

    In future, robotic grippers with haptic capabilities will be able to grab and sort apples and other fruit more gently. The gripper developed in the BioGrip project adapts to the apple’s shape.
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    Making harvesting robots, submarine grippers, and autonomous rovers on distant planets more universally applicable and autonomous in the future – researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden work on enabling them to “feel”: In various projects, they are working with academic and industrial partners on biomimetic artificial grippers. Combining 3D and dispensing printing with other technologies shall achieve this – fish also have a major influence.

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  • Admission to Prestigious Scientific Society Underscores Contributions to Laser-based Manufacturing and Innovation / 2024

    Laser Expert Lasagni Elected to WLT

    Press Release (No. 07) - Fraunhofer IWS Dresden / August 29, 2024

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    Prof. Dr. Andrés Fabián Lasagni has been elected as a member of Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Lasertechnik e. V. (WLT). The election occurred during the society's recent general meeting, recognizing his pioneering work in laser-based manufacturing and his role in advancing sustainable technologies. Prof. Lasagni is the Chair of Laser-Based Manufacturing at the Institute for Manufacturing Science and Engineering at Dresden University of Technology and the Director of the Center for Advanced Micro-Photonics (CAMP) at Fraunhofer IWS.

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  • United Science at the Fraunhofer Campus for the Dreden Science Night / 2024

    United by Science

    Press Release (No. 06) - Fraunhofer IWS Dresden / June 07, 2024

    On the evening of June 14, 2024 Dresden will once again be a hive of activity and many young as well as old night owls will be able to experience science and research interactively at Dresden's universities, research institutions and scientific companies and laboratories. In keeping with the motto of this year's 21st Dresden Science Night – United By Science – the Fraunhofer Institutes FEP, IFAM, IKTS and IWS will once again be jointly opening the doors to the Fraunhofer Campus at Winterbergstrasse 28.

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  • CO2 Laser System Technology by Fraunhofer IWS Enables Efficient Joining of Large Volume Fiber Composite Aircraft Structures / 2024

    Laser Technology for a Lighter Future Flying

    Press Release (No. 05) - Fraunhofer IWS Dresden / May 28, 2024

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    The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS has achieved decisive progress towards new ecological aircraft construction concepts. Within the EU programm Clean Sky 2 in the project “Multifunctional Fuselage Demonstrator” (MFFD), a team of researchers in Dresden provided proof of concept for the chipless joining of carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic component structures. The automated process approach developed joined the upper and lower halves of the world's largest CFRTP aircraft fuselage segment. In addition to saving on labor, for instance when drilling and riveting, the novel construction method and the CONTIjoin process enable massive reduction in weight, material and time. As a result, the production of future commercial aircraft should become faster, more eco-friendly and competitive. The researchers will present their results and the system technology at the International Aerospace Exhibition ILA 2024 in Berlin.

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  • Fraunhofer IWS Develops Microphysiological Systems for Cultivation of Tumor Tissue Sections in Joint Effort / 2024

    New Opportunity for Cancer Therapy: Miniature Lab Provides Insights into Metastases Development

    Press Release (No. 04) - Fraunhofer IWS Dresden / April 16, 2024

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    Every year, around half a million people in Germany are diagnosed with cancer. Despite the existence of effective treatment options for many types of cancer, many questions about the development of the disease remain unanswered. Why does a tumor develop? What factors promote the growth of cancer cells? Why do metastases spread to other organs over time? The animal models mainly in use to date only represent the actual processes in the human body to a limited extent. The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden has developed special microsystems in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM in Hanover and the University of Regensburg. They are now using them to examine tissue sections of tumors under realistic conditions.

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  • Fraunhofer IWS Transfers Laser-based Sound Analysis of Surfaces into Industrial Practice with “LAwave” / 2024

    The Sound of the Perfect Coating

    Press Release (Nr. 03) - Fraunhofer IWS Dresden / March 27, 2024

    In the pictured configuration the LAwave measuring system allows the fast and non-destructive characterization of small and medium-sized components.

    Sound waves can reveal surface properties. Parameters such as surface or coating quality of components can be analyzed non-destructively using lasers and sensors. In research and some industrial laboratories, this laser-induced surface wave spectroscopy has already become an established measurement technology. With “LAwave”, the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden will present the second generation of a user-friendly measuring device at the International trade fair for quality assurance “Control” in April 2024, which will pave the way into industrial practice.

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  • European Research Project “HyperImage” Launched with Twelve Partners from Industry and Science / 2024

    “Multi-color Vision” for Drone Flight, Vertical Farming and Autonomous Driving

    Press Release (Nr. 02) - Fraunhofer IWS Dresden / January 29, 2024

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    High-resolution hyperspectral images are set to take quality assurance and increased efficiency in industry, agriculture, and autonomous driving to a new level. The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden heads a European consortium of twelve companies and research institutes tackling this objective in the project “HyperImage – A universal spectral image sensor platform for industry, agriculture, and autonomous driving”. The European Union is funding the project with a total of 5.6 million EUR over a period of 3.5 years.

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  • BMBF Funds “FB2-SiSuFest” to Evaluate Novel Storage Material / 2024

    Research Project: Silicon Nitride-based Particles as Promising Anode Material for Solid State Batteries

    Press Release (No. 01) - Fraunhofer IWS Dresden / January 11, 2024

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    Novel storage material for solid-state batteries is the focus of the project “FB2-SiSuFest – Evaluation of silicon anodes in sulfide solid-state batteries”. As a promising anode material, silicon nitride-based particles could enable a high storage capacity with stable and safe operation. The research alliance of renowned partners has received funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) amounting to 1.7 million euros as part of the “Clusters Go Industry” funding guideline as part of the FestBatt cluster. The project will run from December 2023 to November 2025.

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