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Extract of the EXPO-Show at the German Pavilion in Milan
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German Pavilion at the EXPO 2015 in Milan
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Extract of the special ITM-Show at the German Pavilion in Milan
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Between May and October 2015 visitors from all over the world can visit the
German Pavilion at the World Exhibition EXPO 2015 in Milan. Picking up the
theme of the EXPO "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life", the German Pavilion
shows new and innovative ideas from Germany in regard to feeding and food
of the future. Beside many exponats and projects from research and industry
the highlight is a great show at the end of the pavilion. According to
the motto of the Pavilion "Be Active" the show, consisting
of musicians and cable robots, encourages the people to join with. The show
addresses a flight over Germany with its typical life from the perspective
of two bees. This is realized by two cable-driven parallel robots each
consisting of a platform looking like the eye of a bee and eight cables
controlled by winches. In addition to following a desired trajectory, the
show is accompanied by a video from a projector mounted inside
the platform screening pictures on a perspex disc. Furthermore, a beatboxer
and a guitarist encourage the audience to join with.
The Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics (ITM) in cooperation
with the Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing
Units (ISW) developed a software tool in order to compute the trajectories of
the cable robots in advance. This preplanning is necessary to guarantee a smooth
and safe show running about 40 times a day for half a year over the heads of
the audience. On the one hand the motion planning software considers technical
limitations like maximum cable forces, on the other hand a visually appealing
and smooth show is computed in order to imitate the natural flight of a bee.
This includes mainly the planning and computation of trajectories taking several
minutes both for position and rotation of the platforms. To reduce
complexity in the design process, a show is split into several
sequences which are assembled again after planning. Another challenging task
is the fact that the cable robots are only tensed from above due to safety
and astethic reasons.
On behalf of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Messe Frankfurt
is responsible for the organization and operation of the German Pavilion and
works closely together with the German Pavilion EXPO 2015 Milan Consortium (ARGE)
consisting of the companies Milla & Partner, Schmidhuber and Nüssli.
The University of Stuttgart is official research partner represented by the
Institute of Engineering and Computational Mechanics (ITM) and the Institute
for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW) which
enable, in cooperation with Milla & Partner and more project partners, the planning
and realization of the show.
Publications
In the press (all in German)
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Landesschau Aktuell (SWR Nachrichten), January 27, 2015
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Deutsche Welle, April 29, 2015
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Die Welt, April 29, 2015
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VDI Nachrichten, March 20, 2015
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Stuttgarter Nachrichten, January 29, 2015
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Stuttgarter Zeitung, January 28, 2015
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Südwest Presse, January 28, 2015
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Stuttgarter Nachrichten, April 04, 2014
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Press release of University of Stuttgart, February 04, 2015
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Press release of University of Stuttgart, July 28, 2015
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Video clip of RaiEXPO about the special ITM-Show, August 02, 2015
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German Pavilion Expo Milano 2015 - Imagefilm
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German Pavilion Expo Milano 2015 - Special ITM-Show
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