RE.WORK Technology Summit Berlin 2014
Berlin

The main objective of BioMot, the project José Luis Pons is leading on, is to improve existing wearable robotic exoskeletons exploiting dynamic sensory-motor interactions and developing cognitive capabilities that can lead to symbiotic gait behaviour in the interaction of a human with a wearable robot.

Startupbootcamp is the global startup accelerator with 8 programs in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Eindhoven, Israel, Istanbul and London and a mentor and alumni network in more than 30 countries. They have just launched a new program focusing on smart transportation and energy in Berlin and San Francisco.

If the race to find alternative power was a beauty contest, then Broessel's solar ball would be standard on rooftops. His energy concentrating design really is elegant--much more handsome than a clunky old solar panel, and is 35% more efficient than a standard panel, and does even better when combined with a tool for tracking the sun.

Shlomi Mir has invented a tumbleweed-shaped robot that can travel for years using only wind power to collect information about desertification - the spread of new deserts onto farmland and into communities. A tiny onboard computer & sensors can map out land & measure temperature, rainfall and humidity.

ZenRobotics is on a mission to make the world a greener place by attempting to solve the global waste problem. The ZenRobotics Recycler system sorts raw materials like metal, wood, and stone at a rate of 1,400 items an hour using multiple sensors inputs. Eventually, ZenRobotics will recycle mobile electronics.

Jens Bauer has used laser writing to make porous materials that are lighter than water and strong as steel. The engineered composites have a strength-to-density ratio that is higher than any known engineered material. Such strong but light materials can be used to make air and spacecraft components, armor, and energy storage devices.

Berlin designer Ronen Kadushin has created a chair made of a single sheet of metal and published the design so that it can be downloaded, manipulated and produced by anyone. Read more about his open design and Ronen's aim is to shift Industrial Design to become relevant in a globally networked information society.

Raúl Rojas of the Freie Universität Berlin and his team are working on a modular system for the operation of autonomous or semi-autonomous cars. The development of autonomous vehicles will be an evolutionary process, with driver assistance systems being introduced initially to help humans drive more comfortably and safely.