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Autonomous driving and flying as well as autonomously acting mobile robots will be the norm in the foreseeable future. Autonomy requires reliable perception of the environment and intensive cooperation from all actors. Application examples range from automatic landing of airplanes to autonomously driving ships and swarm exploration on foreign planets. Robust communication and navigation methods are key technologies here. 

  • With our technologies, passengers of all modes of transport reach their destinations safely, efficiently, comfortably and in an environmentally friendly manner at all times. We ensure the safe landing of aircraft, the safe docking of ships even under difficult environmental conditions, and the flexible division and composition of train convoys. With our situational awareness solutions, we protect vulnerable road users and enable new collision avoidance and route optimization procedures on water.
  • We are unlocking new applications in lower airspace through new approaches to decentralized organization of autonomously flying drones. In addition, we enable robust and efficient exploration in challenging terrain on Earth as well as on alien planets through cooperating swarms of drones, rovers and crawlers.

Our Contributions

 Robust communication and reliable positioning for transport users

 Cooperative systems and assistance systems in transportation

 Swarm systems for exploration tasks

 

Laboratories and large-scale Facilities - Mission Autonomy and Cooperation

Research port Rostock


Here, new systems and procedures for safe and efficient ship navigation are tested under conditions that are as real as possible, and services and assistance systems based on them from the areas of ship navigation and traffic management are developed and validated.
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Jamming-Testbed


The first civilian maritime test area to investigate the impact of jamming and spoofing attacks in the L-band is located off the coast of Darß.
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Holodeck


The holodeck is used for pedestrian navigation and swarm exploration.
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Vehicles, aircraft and ships


The Institute regularly uses its own vehicles, the DLR aircraft fleet as well as ships and trains for measurement and demonstration campaigns in the real environment.
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Contact
Prof. Dr. Uwe-Carsten Fiebig
German Aerospace Center

Institute of Communications and Navigation
, Communications Systems
Tel.: +49 8153 28-2835

Fax: +49 8153 28 2676


Thoralf Noack
German Aerospace Center

Institute of Communications and Navigation
, Nautical Systems
Tel.: +49 3981 480-136

Fax: +49 3981 480-123


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OSIRIS - laser communication in space
QKD - with quantum technologies to the secure internet of the future
Kepler - third generation of satellite navigation systems
LDACS - new standards for aviation communication
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