Diversity am ZfT
Since its founding in 2007, equal opportunities have been actively pursued at ZfT. Our employees come from 26 countries across 5 continents, belong to various religious beliefs, and have diverse appearances, genders, and ages. It is precisely because of this diversity that we form a TEAM and have achieved our great results. With the new Equality Plan, we aim to further expand and improve upon this.
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Frank J. Malina Astronautics Medal for Prof. Dr. Klaus Schilling
The Frank J. Malina Astronautics Medal is presented annually to an educator who has demonstrated excellence in using his/her available resources to promote the study of astronautics and related space sciences. The Frank J. Malina Astronautical Medal for 2023 is bestowed to Klaus Schilling, President, Zentrum für Telematik (Center of Telematics)
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ZfT at the European Police Congress 2023
As part of the European Police Congress 2023, AutoDok was exhibited at the Research for Civil Security booth of the BMBF and VDI.
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ZfT auf dem europäischen Polizeikongress 2023
Innospace awards an outstanding idea since the beginning of the INNOspace Masters to the Center for Telematics / S* GmbH - Advanced Modular Small Satellite Production
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Minister Judith Gerlach MdL visits the ZfT
Member of the State Parliament and Bavarian Digital Minister Judith Gerlach visits satellite factory at the ZfT.
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Students visit ZfT facilities
Aerospace computer science students from the University of Würzburg visited the ZfT.
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Launch of the new research factory for small satellites at the ZfT.
With funds largely approved by the German Bundestag, work is starting on the ForFabSat research factory, which is to lay the foundations for series production of small satellites in Würzburg.
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Klaus Schilling receives AACII Award.
ZfT board member Klaus Schilling receives the first-ever AACII Award for his services in promoting the next generation of aerospace professionals.
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Minister of State Melanie Huml visits the ZfT
Minister of State Melanie Huml, MdL hands over funding notification for RLS project Small Satellites
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Wirtschaft in Mainfranken reports about space program at ZFT
In its current issue, the IHK magazine Wirtschaft in Mainfranken reports on the small satellite activities at the Center for Telematics.
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ZfT wins payload slot
The Center for Telematics wins one of the payload slots in the first flight of the German microlauncher Spectrum from ISAR Aerospace.
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ZfT's president Klaus Schilling selected for Eugen-Sänger-Medal
The German Aerospace Society DGLR awarded its prestigeous Eugen-Sänger-Medal to Klaus Schilling for his contributions to advance the technology of small satellites.
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ZfT starts research for LoLaSat mission on behalf of the European Space Agency ESA.
S4 GmbH and the Center for Telematics are awarded the contract to develop and build a small satellite that will fly in a particularly low earth orbit, thus enabling communication with very low delay.
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Zukunftspreis for our partner Georg Schumann GmbH & Co KG.
The Kreis-Wirtschaftsförderung Main-Tauber has awarded the Zukunftspreis Main-Tauber-Kreis 2020. This time, the best innovations with a special focus on the topics of digitalization, skilled workers and climate protection were sought and each awarded a cash prize, a glass sculpture and a certificate. Together with Georg Schumann GmbH & Co KG, ZFT is pleased to have won the 1st prize for companies with up to 50 employees.
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Top Space Research in Würzburg: ESALab@ZfT
The Center for Telematics (ZfT) and the European Space Agency (ESA) conclude a cooperation agreement for joint research in small satellites, formations of satellites, autonomy and remote operation, innovative control and information technologies, artificial intelligence, and production of large numbers of satellites.
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NetSat selected as title story
The largest German-language aerospace magazine (Luft- und Raumfahrt) reports on the Netsat project in the cover story of its current issue.
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Report about ZFT-AMS at IT&Production online
The online edition of the trade magazine IT&Production reports about the possibilities offered by the remote maintenance system ZFT-AMS developed at ZfT for teleworking on industrial processes.
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S4 GmbH as an example startup in the DLR Newsletter Countdown 40.
In the current DLR newsletter Countdown 40, the question of how the space startup scene in Germany is doing is explored. The ZfT spin-off, S4 Space GmbH, is also presented.
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First photos received from NetSat satellites.
For the first time the NetSat team succeeded in receiving photos of one of the four Cubesats.
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Zentrum für Telematik receives Telematik Award 2020
For the second time now, the Zentrum für Telematik has been awarded the coveted Telematik Award of the Telematik-Markt trade journal in the category Networked Production for one of its solutions.
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Netsat satellites send first data packets
After the successful launch and decoupling of the four Netsat satellites on September 28, 2020, several stations have reported the successful reception of packets from all four Netsat satellites.
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Netsat Satellites successfully launched into space.
On the occasion of the launch of the four Netsat satellites on September 28, 2020, the Bavarian State Minister for Digital Affairs, Judith Gerlach, Member of the Bavarian Parliament, and the Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs, State Development and Energy, Hubert Aiwanger, Member of the Bavarian Parliament, visited the launch party of the Center for Telematics.
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IHK 'Wirtschaft in Mainfranken' reports about NetSat
Small Satellites built in Würzburg have been going around the Earth for years. A new formation of 4 Small Satellites will open new possibilities.
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State Secretaries Gerhard Eck, Anna Stolz and Roland Weigert visit ZfT.
On 23.07.2020, State Secretary of the Interior Gerhard Eck, State Secretary of Culture Anna Stolz and State Secretary of Economics Roland Weigert visited the Zentrum für Telematik.
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Knowledge Exchange "Small Satellite Initiative of German Universities" on 10.3.2020 at the ZfT
On March 10, 2020, the 2nd meeting of the small satellite initiative of German universities took place at the ZfT.
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Prize for Satellite Researcher Oliver Ruf
Oliver Ruf, employee of the ZfT and PhD student of computer science, was honored for his research on cooperating microsatellites and was accepted into the renowned junior researcher network of the Werner-von-Siemens-Ring Foundation. The awards were presented on December 13, 2019 at a ceremony at BMW World in Munich.
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ZfT donates to the University of Würzburg for an award
The ZfT donated two prizes for the best graduates of the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Würzburg.
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Prof. Dr. Winfried Bausback, MdL, visits the ZfT
During his visit to the Zentrum für Telematik (ZfT), Prof. Dr. Winfried Bausback, Member of the Bavarian State Parliament, informed himself about the current research projects in all three departments - Automation, Mobile Systems and Aerospace.
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6th National Conference on Satellite Communications on 14-15 May 2019 at the German Aerospace Center in Bonn.
ZfT presents current missions and products at DLR satellite conference in Bonn.
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Minister of State for Digital Affairs, Judith Gerlach, visits the ZfT.
During her visit to the Zentrum für Telematik (ZfT), the Bavarian Minister of State for Digital Affairs, Judit Gerlach, informed herself about the current research projects in all three departments - Automation, Mobile Systems and Aerospace.
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Ceremony on the occasion of the ERC Research Award for the CloudCT project
On March 1, 2019, a ceremony was held in Munich to mark the award of the ERC Synergy Grant for the CloudCT project by the scientists Prof. Klaus Schilling (Zentrum für Telematik e.V.), Prof. Ilan Koren (Weizmann Institute, Israel) and Prof. Yoav Schechner (Technion, Israel).
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ZfT presents its I4.0 test environment for small and medium-sized enterprises
In the event on 17.01.2019, organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Würzburg-Schweinfurt, TGZ, Cluster-Mechatronik and the National Contact and Coordination Office I4.0-Test Environments for SMEs - I4KMU, the Zentrum für Telematik presented its I4.0 Test Environment.
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ZfT board member Klaus Schilling receives highly endowed research prize
Major award for the Zentrum für Telematik. The researchers around Professor Klaus Schilling receive the European Research Council’s Research Prize, endowed with 14 million euros.
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Cooperation Exchange 2018 Digitalization & Industry 4.0
On 11.04.2018 the cooperation exchange 2018 Digitalization & Industry 4.0 took place at the ZENTEC in Grosswallstadt.
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ZfT is back at U.T.Sec
ZfT will again exhibit various unmanned robot systems at the U.T.Sec trade fair in Nuremberg in 2018.
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Industry 4.0 Demonstrator Factory presented at regional conference on the Bayern Digital II master plan.
The Zentrum für Telematik took part in the regional conference on the Bayern Digital II master plan in Würzburg.
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Robotic cats purring in a nursing home
At the end of January, Diakonie employees and a robot expert from the University of Würzburg exchanged ideas.
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Information visit by Natascha Kohnen, MdL, to the Zentrum für Telematik.
The deputy chairwoman of the SPD, Natascha Kohnen, MdL, visited the ZfT together with Georg Rosenthal, MdL.
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Model presentation of the micro-satellite to Finance Minister Söder
Together with Sandro Kirchner, Member of the Bavarian Parliament, Finance Minister Söder informed himself about the current status of the TIM project.
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Autonomous navigation without restrictions
Autonomous navigation without restrictionsNew research approaches of the ZfT to driverless transport systems. Online version of the journal MM Logistik reports about our activities.
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Tele-Maintenance 4.0
The online edition of B4B Wirtschaftsleben Mainfranken reports about the remote maintenance system ZFT-AMS.
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ZfT is winner of the Airbus Space Challenge
Modular Adaptive Production Winner of the Airbus Space Challenge The Zentrum für Telematik’s proposal for the use of advanced manufacturing methods in the production of satellites for demanding space applications was the winner of the Airbus Space Challenge in the INNOspace Master Competition.
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Prof. Dušan Stipanovich received the Bessel Prize for research work at the ZfT
The internationally renowned control engineer Prof. Dr. Dusan Stipanovich has just been selected for the prestigious Bessel Prize of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
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ZfT exhibits mobile systems at the U.T.Sec
At the U.T.Sec - Unmanned Technologies and Security trade fair in Nuremberg, ZfT is exhibiting its wide range of autonomous, unmanned robot vehicles, from land vehicles and flying drones to small satellite formations.
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Pico-Satellite Formations supported by 8. Regional Leaders Summit
Pico-Satellite Formations supported by 8. Regional Leaders Summit
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Information visit by Ministerial Director Dr. Bernhard Schwab
The head of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Dr. Schwab, visited the ZfT in our new research hall in the Technology and Start-Up Centre at Hubland in Würzburg and was impressed by our small satellites and the enormous range of applications.
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State Secretary Brigitte Zypries visits the Zentrum für Telematik e.V. in Gerbrunn
Large-scale application for small satellite test centre in Würzburg. State Secretary Brigitte Zypries, MdB Bernd Rützel, MdL Volkmar Halbleib and MdL Georg Rosenthal visited the robotics hall.
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On line - Würzburg Zentrum für Telematik receives Innovation Award for Robots
IT Innovation Award of the Initiative Mittelstand. ZfT with the predicate BEST OF 2014.
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Economics Minister Zeil congratulates on 5-year success story of the ZfT
Economics Minister Martin Zeil sees great future potential in telematics methods, especially for small and medium-sized industry.
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