The TAPAS-network’s very first robot comes from Conpleks
The Danish Agency for Data Supply and Efficiency (ADSE) manages the TAPAS-project, which is a network of reference stations located in Aarhus that among others can be used for precise positioning of outdoor, mobile robots.
The TAPAS-network is a proposition for a new technology that can be used for autonomous vehicles such as robots. The network consists of eleven reference stations located close to each other, which send out signals the autonomous vehicles can use for navigation. To test the network ADSE has joint forces with Conpleks, who participates in the project with a semi-autonomous grass cutting robot.
– Using ADSE’s TAPAS-network of reference stations, we can position the robot ultra-precisely, and we expect to achieve an accuracy of 1 cm or better. This is important, as precision is one of the most important parameters for solving tasks with outdoor, mobile robots, not only in terms of grass cutting but also in connection with road marking, line marking at sport fields and so on, explains Tom Simonsen, CEO at Conpleks.
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The project was officially opened with a robot demonstration on Friday 26 October in Aarhus. Among the speakers were Lars Christian Lilleholt, Minister of Energy, Utilities and Climate, and Jacob Bundsgaard, Mayor of Aarhus, who both underlined the importance of the Danish leadership in technology and digitalization.
– This is of great importance to the development of the future society, not only in Denmark. With the TAPAS-network, we ensure that Denmark is at the forefront of the development of ultra-precise positioning through satellites, as future autonomous vehicles and drones depend on a network that works. Though we may not get there either today or tomorrow, it is with TAPAS, we take the first steps, stated Lars Christian Lilleholt, Minister of Energy, Utilities and Climate.
As the TAPAS-project enables great technological development, growth and jobs, the project has been covered in various media, please see a selection below.
– DR, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, covered the opening in the evening news. Please take a look 15:26 minutes into the broadcasting
– Article in Århus Stiftstidende, an Aarhus based newspaper
– Article at ing.dk, website of the Danish engineering journal, Ingeniøren
