Speaker: Prof. Gunther Notni, TU Ilmenau, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Head of the Group of Quality Assurance and Industrial Image Processing
Time: Friday, 15.11.2024, 15:00 h
Place: TU Ilmenau, Faradaybau, Weimarer Straße 32
Admission: 5 Euro
Climate-resilient forest conversion - behind this unwieldy technical term lies a noble goal: in order to combat the damage caused by climate change in the forests, the various tree species are to be made resilient and adapted to the respective location. This is also necessary: Largely caused by the bark beetle, ever larger quantities of damaged wood are accumulating in the forests.
Modern digitalization and automation technologies are being used to speed up the planning and implementation of forest conversion and to relieve local workers of heavy physical labour. This is made possible by the use of innovative sensor concepts to record the condition of the forest. The vision: so-called multispectral cameras record images or measurement data in several spectral ranges simultaneously, thus enabling comprehensive tree monitoring; multimodal 3D sensors record forest paths in all dimensions and robots help to plant and care for young trees.
In order to initiate this structural change, the Thuringian "WIR!-Bündnis Holz-21-regio" alliance is focusing on the forest as a pool for resources and an engine for innovation. In his lecture at the TU Ilmenau Bürgercampus, the deputy spokesperson of the action network, Professor Gunther Notni, Head of the Department of Quality Assurance and Industrial Image Processing at TU Ilmenau, will shed light on the topic of digital forests and present the initial results of the WIR! alliance.
Ursula Nirsberger
TU Ilmenau Citizens’ Campus+ 49 3677 69 4794
buergercampus@tu-ilmenau.de
