HACKATHON JOIN NOW The Bürkert Hackathon is back! Join our second online hackathon for students and develop innovative solutions for the mechanical engineering industry. Dive into real industry challenges and tackle them with your ideas. Join the Bürkert hackathon for 48 hours from 19th (6 pm CET) to 21st (6 pm CET). The hackathon takes place online on the virtual platform Hopin. Registration extended until 17th November 2021, participation is free. You can either register as individual participant or as a group of maximum 5 people (please enter your group name in the registration form). Preconditions Language: English Equipment: computer with stable internet connection and camera, you work with your own development tools that you are familiar with Prizes The winning team of each topic receives prize money of 1000€. Special prize: the winning team with the best business case receives prize money of 500€. Topics FLOWave Datastream Task: Use and control a FLOWave (SAW flowmeter) controlled system. Idea: Get your hands on a dosing system based on Bürkerts FLOWave in real time: control the dosing of fluids, get measurements, find compensation solutions, check the results connect via a mqtt broker to make statistics on dosed values and on a dosing system the sequences Examples: start dosing with Amazons Alexa (TM) or Googles OkGoogle (TM) use the webcam to make a level recognition and refuel the tank drive some NeoPixel LEDs to show the levels use CANOpen to configure the dosings Basis: We will provide a remote access to a test bench including a FLOWave controlling an electro-valve, a scale and a pump. Commands will permit you to open and close the valve and get the measured volumes and weights. You will be able to experiment dosing on your own. Big Data Analytics Task: Extend one of our products with a data-driven approach by using an experimental dataset of the product. Idea: Based on provided data, you may for example: create a visualization apply numerical methods such as machine learning on the data to predict real or hidden parameters implement a way to inform a user about selected critical product states analyze the behavior of the product and come up with suggestions on how to optimize the performance implement a way to inform a user if the product is about to fail Basis: We will provide access to an experimental dataset for one of our products. This dataset shows the dynamic behavior of the product during various states of operation for various external parameters such as pressure. CAD Rendering Task: Make your own automated photo realistic rendering tool. Idea: The idea is to use automation to generate the widest possible range of product photos through image rendering by automatically transferring the CAD data to a render programme (e.g. Blender or Keyshot) and assigning the corresponding materials. Articles often have different materials or slight variations on the outside, which can only be reproduced by real photos with a lot of manual effort. Therefore, sentences like "The depiction of the products may differ from the actual specific design." can often be found under such product photos. Wouldn't it be nice to have a photo-realistic image of each product variant? Basis: We will provide you with an initial set of 3D files from our ISOIL project as well as a set of files (texture images, CAD files, real photos) that will help to start with this task. Real photos can help to compare the result with the rendered image. Bürkert Fluid Control Systems Information to Participants Data Policy Site Info