Jan Frederik Hagen’s job is to make sure the IT infrastructure at Fraunhofer IKS runs smoothly. He knows from his time working in science how important that is for colleagues carrying out research. Part 12 of our series of employee portraits — not of a researcher this time, but of someone who provides the conditions researchers need in order to do their job.
For autonomous vehicles to move smoothly and safely through road traffic in the future, they must be able to communicate with other road users and with the traffic infrastructure. To support the communication, Fraunhofer IKS has developed a new approach for such hybrid perception.
When ensuring the safety of automated driving systems, it is important to take into account technological as well as societal and legal aspects.
As we move toward the “smart city”, sensors are set to also collect data on air quality, traffic, etc., and — in the long term — provide us with cleaner air and help us get where we want to be faster. The Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS offers the necessary technologies for the safe operation of artificial intelligence (AI) and provides cities and communities with a framework to help them get started.
A sticker on a give way sign. Branches hanging in front of a stop sign. Graffiti on a speed limit sign. These are all completely normal sights on our roads, aren’t they? But things that wouldn’t generally be a problem for humans can really make life difficult for artificial intelligence.
Will packages be delivered by anonymous robots in the near future? And when will we be able to take an air taxi to town? We will encounter autonomous means of transport more and more frequently in our everyday lives as well. An overview of the current status of a variety of autonomous vehicles.
When we think about autonomous vehicles, we usually think of self-driving cars where people are mere passengers. In the business domain, however, their potential lies in logistics. New technologies could fundamentally change the transportation of goods, making it safer and more efficient. An overview of the current status of a variety of autonomous vehicles in industry.
A simulation designed by Fraunhofer IKS paves the way for robots and humans to interact safely — without reducing efficiency.
In modern perception applications, such as in medical engineering, models based on artificial intelligence (AI) are increasingly being used due to their strong performance. However, this increasing performance often comes at the cost of the transparency of results. An online tool developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS can help here.
Quantum computing has the potential to train artificial intelligence in medical diagnostics more efficiently. This could make diagnoses more accurate even when there is little data available. In the future, medical professionals expect to see improvements in the screening, diagnosis and progress monitoring of brain tumors, for example.
