Press release – Hannover, 04/11/2020
The first drone that can fly autonomously even indoors and explore unknown spaces is being developed by scientists at the Institute for Integrated Production Hannover (IPH) gGmbH in the research project "Autodrohne in der Produktion"". The IPH engineers have a very special application in mind: The drone is supposed to explore and photograph factory halls autonomously in order to create a 3D factory layout from the pictures. While the layout capture from the air is already working, the autonomous flight is not yet possible. The scientists now want to work on this: Over the next two years, they will develop from scratch the hardware, the AI algorithms and a security concept for autonomous drone flight.
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About the IPH
The Institut für Integrierte Produktion Hannover (IPH) gemeinnützige GmbH (which literally translates into Hannover institute of integrated production) is a service provider for production technology and was established in 1988 at the Leibniz University in Hannover. The IPH offers research and development, consultation and qualification concerning the subjects of process technology, production automation, logistics and XXL products. Its customers include companies from the sectors of tool and mould construction, machine and plant construction, aerospace and the automotive industry, electro industry and forging industry.
The business has its headquarters in the science park Marienwerder in the northwest of Hannover and currently employs about 70 people, of which about 30 are scientific personnel.