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Starting point for the new technology project Automated Street Sweeper

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Chemnitz, 27.02.2020 – Today the international project team started the work. Project partners are FAUN Viatec GmbH, FusionSystems GmbH, NAVENTIK GmbH, Trillium Secure Inc, New Eagle Inc and the network of automotive suppliers Saxony. The project is being carried out as part of the funding measure „Internationalization of Leading-Edge Clusters, Future Projects and Comparable Networks“, in which the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) supports research activities in the field of future technologies and internationalization. The target is the development of a smart sweeper that drives autonomously and cleans the road space automatically.
from left to right: Peter Kalinowski, Alexander Helbych, Alexander Kovalenko, Helmut Schmeh, Achim Jackisch, Axel Pätzold, Dr. Thomas Richter, Thomas Keltsch

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