In his BeLL-project at Chemnitz University of Technology, Thomas Rauer has been working on a system which allows an autonomous vehicle to independently hold its lane. The project’s aim was to automatically recognize the lane by means of a camera and algorithms of image processing. The student visiting the Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Gymnasium in Chemnitz thereby worked with a radio control vehicle, whose radio control was substituted for a control via camera, notebook and a microcontroller.

In the course of a two week practical training at the Professorship of Communications Engineering, Hannes Heinel has been working on components for an “intelligent satchel”. His basic idea was to develop a system which was able to recognize specifically marked objects with the aid of a computer, a particular software and a simple set of hardware. In order to make it implementable, the student from the Johannes-Keppler-Gymnasium in Chemnitz thererby worked on the detection of school books.

In the course of his BeLL-project, Markus Rosenblatt was engaged in the lane control system of a vehicle. The basis for his work was the detection of a scene by means of sensors – altogether a topic which is of great relevance in current research. The particular subtasks for this project had to be developed and demonstrated by means of an originally radio control vehicle. Markus’s aim was to develop a system which would enable the vehicle to autonomously enter into a parking spot.

Current technology makes for safety: In his BeLL-project, Hannel Heinel is working on an “intelligent satchel”. Next to GPS, this shall also contain the connection to a mobile telephone system (GSM) in order to improve students’ safety on their way to school. With this technology, it could be possible to locate students at all times.