TY  - JOUR
A1  - Oberländer, Jan
A1  - Mayer, Marlena
A1  - Greeff, Anton
A1  - Keusgen, Michael
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
T1  - Spore-based biosensor to monitor the microbicidal efficacy of gaseous hydrogen peroxide sterilization processes
JF  - Biosensors and Bioelectronics
N2  - In this work, a spore-based biosensor is evaluated to monitor the microbicidal efficacy of sterilization processes applying gaseous hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The sensor is based on interdigitated electrode structures (IDEs) that have been fabricated by means of thin-film technologies. Impedimetric measurements are applied to study the effect of sterilization process on spores of Bacillus atrophaeus. This resilient microorganism is commonly used in industry to proof the sterilization efficiency. The sensor measurements are accompanied by conventional microbiological challenge tests, as well as morphological characterizations with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The sensor measurements are correlated with the microbiological test routines. In both methods, namely the sensor-based and microbiological one, a tailing effect has been observed. The results are evaluated and discussed in a three-dimensional calibration plot demonstrating the sensor's suitability to enable a rapid process decision in terms of a successfully performed sterilization.
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bios.2017.12.045
SN  - 0956-5663
VL  - 104
SP  - 87
EP  - 94
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Rieke, Christian
A1  - Stollenwerk, Dominik
A1  - Dahmen, Markus
A1  - Pieper, Martin
T1  - Modeling and optimization of a biogas plant for a demand-driven energy supply
JF  - Energy
N2  - Due to the Renewable Energy Act, in Germany it is planned to increase the amount of renewable energy carriers up to 60%. One of the main problems is the fluctuating supply of wind and solar energy. Here biogas plants provide a solution, because a demand-driven supply is possible. Before running such a plant, it is necessary to simulate and optimize the process. This paper provides a new model of a biogas plant, which is as accurate as the standard ADM1 model. The advantage compared to ADM1 is that it is based on only four parameters compared to 28. Applying this model, an optimization was installed, which allows a demand-driven supply by biogas plants. Finally the results are confirmed by several experiments and measurements with a real test plant.
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.12.073
SN  - 0360-5442
VL  - 145
SP  - 657
EP  - 664
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Thurn, Laura
A1  - Balc, Nicolae
A1  - Gebhardt, Andreas
A1  - Kessler, Julia
T1  - Education packed in technology to promote innovations: Teaching Additive Manufacturing based on a rolling Lab
T2  - Modern Technologies in Manufacturing (MTeM 2017 - AMaTUC)
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201713702013
SN  - 2261-236X
N1  - MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 137, 2017
Matec Web of Conferences., 137(2017)02013
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
A1  - Roikaew, W.
A1  - Ulber, Roland
T1  - An automated pilot plant for the bioengineering processing of concentrated whey
T2  - European BioPerspectives : in cooperation with BIOTECHNICA 2008 : 7 - 9 October 2008 Hannover, Germany ; book of abstracts ; abstracts, poster programme
Y1  - 2008
SP  - 98
PB  - Dechema
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
A1  - Stückmann, H.
A1  - Winkelmann, G.
A1  - Noack, U.
A1  - Beutel, S.
A1  - Scheper, T.
A1  - Ulber, Roland
T1  - Optimisation of antibody-labelling of gold colloids for their application in an immunchromatographic assay for microcystin-LR
T2  - European BioPerspectives : celebrating the 25th DECHEMA annual convention of biotechnologists ; 30 May - 1 June 2007, Cologne, Germany ; book of abstracts ; abstracts, poster programme
Y1  - 2007
SP  - 126
PB  - Dechema
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
T1  - Analysis of Big Data Streams to obtain Braking Reliability  Information for Train Protection systems
T2  - Asia-Pacific Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society
Y1  - 2017
N1  - Asia-Pacific Conference of the
Prognostics and Health Management Society, Jeju, Korea 2017
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - Shahidi, Parham
A1  - Enning, Manfred
T1  - Connected freight rail rolling stock: a modular approach integrating sensors, actors and cyber physical systems for operational advantages and condition based maintenance
T2  - Asia-Pacific Conference of the Prognostics and Health Management Society
Y1  - 2017
N1  - Asia-Pacific Conference of the
Prognostics and Health Management Society, Jeju, Korea 2017
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Shahidi, Parham
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - Enning, Manfred
T1  - The connected wagon - a concept for the  integration of vehicle side sensors and actors with cyber physical  representation for condition based maintenance
T2  - First International Conference on Rail Transportation
Y1  - 2017
N1  - 2017 ICRT;
International Conference on Rail Transportation <1, 2017, Chengdu, China>
SP  - 1
EP  - 8
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - Moshiri, Amir
A1  - Reich, Alexander
A1  - Gäbel, Markus
T1  - Modelling of the effect of sanding on the wheel-rail adhesion area
T2  - First International Conference on Rail Transportation
Y1  - 2017
N1  - 2017 ICRT;
International Conference on Rail Transportation <1, 2017, Chengdu, China>
SP  - 1
EP  - 7
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - A System Layout for Cognitive Service Robots
T2  - Cognitive Robot Architectures. Proceedings of EUCognition 2016
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 1613-0073
N1  - CEUR-WS Vol-1855
SP  - 44
EP  - 45
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Pfaff, Raphael
A1  - Schmidt, B. D.
A1  - Enning, Manfred
T1  - Towards inclusion of the freight rail  system in the industrial internet of things - Wagon 4.0
T2  - Stephenson  Conference, London, March 2017
Y1  - 2017
N1  - IMechE Stephenson Conference <2017, London, United Kingdom>
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Marco, Heather G.
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - AGNES: The African-German Network of Excellence in Science
T2  - Proceedings of the 2nd Developing World Robotics Forum, Workshop at IEEE AFRICON 2017
Y1  - 2017
SP  - 1
EP  - 2
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Zug, Sebastian
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Hochgeschwender, Nico
A1  - Seidensticker, Kai
A1  - Seidel, Martin
A1  - Friedrich, Tim
A1  - Neumann, Tobias
A1  - Karras, Ulrich
A1  - Kraetzschmar, Gerhard K.
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - An Integration Challenge to Bridge the Gap Among Industry-Inspired RoboCup Leagues
T2  - RoboCup 2016: Robot World Cup XX. RoboCup 2016.
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-3-319-68792-6
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68792-6_13
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS, Vol 9776
SP  - 157
EP  - 168
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Neumann, Tobias
A1  - Henke, Christoph
A1  - Schönitz, Sebastian
A1  - Reuter, Sebastian
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Jeschke, Sabina
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
T1  - International Harting Open Source Award 2016: Fawkes for the RoboCup Logistics League
T2  - RoboCup 2016: RoboCup 2016: Robot World Cup XX. RoboCup 2016
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-3-319-68792-6
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68792-6_53
N1  - Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS, Vol 9776
SP  - 634
EP  - 642
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Walenta, Robert
A1  - Schellekens, Twan
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
T1  - A decentralised system approach for controlling AGVs with ROS
T2  - AFRICON, Proceedings
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-1-5386-2775-4
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/AFRCON.2017.8095693
SN  - 2153-0033
N1  - AFRICON <2017, 18-20 Sept., Cape Town, South Africa>
SP  - 1436
EP  - 1441
PB  - IEEE
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Al-Kaidy, H.
A1  - Ulber, Roland
A1  - Tippkötter, Nils
T1  - A platform technology for the automated reaction control in magnetizable micro-fluidic droplets
T2  - Biomaterials - made in bioreactors : book of abstracts, May 26 - 28, 2014, Radisson Blu Park Hotel and Conference Dentre, Radebeul, Germany
Y1  - 2014
SP  - 21
EP  - 22
PB  - DECHEMA
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Schiffer, Stefan
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - Decision-Theoretic Planning with Fuzzy Notions in GOLOG
JF  - International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems
N2  - In this paper we present an extension of the action language Golog that allows for using fuzzy notions in non-deterministic argument choices and the reward function in decision-theoretic planning. Often, in decision-theoretic planning, it is cumbersome to specify the set of values to pick from in the non-deterministic-choice-of-argument statement. Also, even for domain experts, it is not always easy to specify a reward function. Instead of providing a finite domain for values in the non-deterministic-choice-of-argument statement in Golog, we now allow for stating the argument domain by simply providing a formula over linguistic terms and fuzzy uents. In Golog’s forward-search DT planning algorithm, these formulas are evaluated in order to find the agent’s optimal policy. We illustrate this in the Diner Domain where the agent needs to calculate the optimal serving order.
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218488516400134
SN  - 1793-6411
VL  - 24
IS  - Issue Suppl. 2
SP  - 123
EP  - 143
PB  - World Scientific
CY  - Singapur
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Stopforth, Riaan
A1  - Davrajh, Shaniel
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - South African robotics entity for a collaboration initiative
T2  - Pattern Recognition Association of South Africa and Robotics and Mechatronics International Conference (PRASA-RobMech), 2016
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-1-5090-3335-5
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1109/RoboMech.2016.7813144
N1  - PRASA-RobMech, Nov. 30 2016-Dec. 2 2016, Stellenbosch, South Africa
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
PB  - IEEE
ER  - 
TY  - CHAP
A1  - Niemueller, Tim
A1  - Zwilling, Frederik
A1  - Lakemeyer, Gerhard
A1  - Löbach, Matthias
A1  - Reuter, Sebastian
A1  - Jeschke, Sabina
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
T1  - Cyber-Physical System Intelligence
T2  - Industrial Internet of Things
N2  - Cyber-physical systems are ever more common in manufacturing industries. Increasing their autonomy has been declared an explicit goal, for example, as part of the Industry 4.0 vision. To achieve this system intelligence, principled and software-driven methods are required to analyze sensing data, make goal-directed decisions, and eventually execute and monitor chosen tasks. In this chapter, we present a number of knowledge-based approaches to these problems and case studies with in-depth evaluation results of several different implementations for groups of autonomous mobile robots performing in-house logistics in a smart factory. We focus on knowledge-based systems because besides providing expressive languages and capable reasoning techniques, they also allow for explaining how a particular sequence of actions came about, for example, in the case of a failure.
KW  - Smart factory
KW  - Industry 4.0
KW  - Multi-robot systems
KW  - Autonomous mobile robots
KW  - RoboCup
Y1  - 2017
SN  - 978-3-319-42559-7
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42559-7_17
N1  - Springer Series in Wireless Technology
SP  - 447
EP  - 472
PB  - Springer
CY  - Cham
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Ferrein, Alexander
A1  - Steinbauer, Gerald
T1  - Looking back on 20 Years of RoboCup
JF  - KI - Künstliche Intelligenz
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-016-0443-y
SN  - 1610-1987
VL  - 30
IS  - 3-4
SP  - 321
EP  - 323
PB  - Springer
CY  - Berlin
ER  -