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STW and Driveblocks are co-developing an AI assistance system for mobile machinery

The creation of innovative mobile machinery is seeing an increasing focus on driver assistance functions. The associated rise in software complexity and the requirement for artificial intelligence integration, as well as the increased development time, pose major challenges. To meet these challenges effectively, STW and driveblocks are planning to launch a pre-integrated system product that supports machine manufacturers in the implementation of intelligent assistance systems.

STW at the Agrishow in Brazil: Focus on precision farming and ISOBUS

The agricultural market in Brazil and South America is growing steadily. Increasing harvests are also forecast for the coming years. This goes hand in hand with the need for automated farming systems. At the Agrishow in Ribeirão Preto, the automation specialists from STW will therefore be showcasing high-performance control systems and ISOBUS solutions for agricultural machinery and implements that help to maximize crop yields.

STW at bauma 2025: Seamless automation and digitalization of construction machinery

At the center of STW's trade fair appearance at bauma 2025 is a transparent mobile machine that impressively demonstrates the possibilities of interconnecting all STW technologies. High-performance controllers with AI integration, functionally safe control systems, robust sensor technology, communication modules, software and comprehensive services are seamlessly integrated and enable the realization of innovative construction machines that exceed the requirements of demanding manufacturers.

Plug-and-play for highly automated processes

High-performance automation platform and cameras offer a configurable all-in-one solution

Autonomous and highly automated mobile machines and attachments require high-performance computers to bring together the multitude of sensor information in a targeted manner. For machine manufacturers, the fusion of camera-based sensors and electrical actuators in combination with cloud and satellite services is a major challenge. With the HPX.ai-vision, STW has developed a central automation platform that enables the holistic automation of machines and robots in a single device.

IoT in mobile machines: STW offers AWS cloud connection and cyber security services

BIM (Building Information Modeling) has been one of the buzzwords in the construction industry for many years. BIM describes the approach of complete digital representation of the construction process from planning to construction (and even beyond). The AWS (Amazon Web Services) cloud computing ecosystem also offers suitable services for BIM applications. STW hardware and software make these AWS services easy to use for construction machinery manufacturers and operators.

Automation and assistance systems from a modular system

The Bavarian electronics specialist STW offers its customers hardware, software and integration for the most demanding automation tasks in mobile machinery from a single source. The company bundles these products and services in the STW modular system. The modular concept accelerates the development and implementation of automation systems for construction, agricultural, forestry, municipal, and special machinery. It makes it easy for machine manufacturers to provide answers to customer requirements and forward-looking industry trends as quickly as possible.

Cyber security in mobile machines: Challenges and solutions

Cybersecurity has long since arrived in the world of mobile machines, whether on construction sites, in municipal technology or in agriculture. Protecting digital processes is becoming increasingly important. Forthcoming EU directives now mean that cybersecurity must be taken into account from the very beginning of the design process for networked machines, including mobile machinery. But what are the specific challenges facing machine builders? What solutions are available today?

STW at bauma 2025: CRA-compliant automation and digitalization for mobile machines

At bauma 2025 in Munich, STW will once again be exhibiting as a technology specialist for the automation and networking of mobile machines. In addition to its tried-and-tested robust electronics solutions and its range of software for system design and application development, the long-established company from Kaufbeuren, Germany, will be presenting its service and cybersecurity offerings from April 7 to 13, 2025.

Mobile Controllers with Linux support

Manufacturers of construction and agricultural machinery expect user-friendly software development systems with which they can realize their applications. Proprietary systems can impose unwelcome limits on development engineers. Linux support on the co-processors of STW's ESX.4cl controllers offers an unprecedented degree of flexibility in the design of customized systems, as Christian Klausner, Director of Product Management at STW, explains in this interview.

Precision farming systems for agricultural technology

In the cultivation of large agricultural fields, automated systems are an important way to maximize efficiency and yields. Precision farming is a key concept here. The level of automation can range from tractor-implement cooperation based on ISOBUS to fully autonomous agricultural processes. The automation specialists at STW have been providing expertise in the efficient use of automation systems in agricultural technology for almost 40 years.

A strong partner for sustainable agricultural technology solutions

The demands placed on agricultural machinery manufacturers are becoming increasingly complex. Their machines should work with high precision and have as little impact as possible on the environment during operation. Precision farming is the goal; as far as possible, each crop should be processed individually according to its needs. As a one-stop solution partner, STW offers the appropriate hardware, software and development support for agricultural machinery manufacturers to meet these requirements with performance and functional reliability.

Proof of Concept: Distributed computing power and 5G edge infrastructure for environment monitoring.

Edge computing with 5G, and storage and computing power in base stations, enable effective environment monitoring in mobile work processes. The combination utilizes the advantages of data pre-processing on the machine, additional data sources from stationary infrastructure and AI to build an overall picture in real time. STW developed a concept study, in collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Vodafone, demonstrating the benefits of such distributed computing architectures.

Maximum machine efficiency and optimized drive design: An intelligent control solution for flywheel energy storage systems

Saving fuel and reducing emissions is an important aspect of all commercial operations, especially for mobile machinery. One solution for making the operation of construction and municipal machines more efficient is flywheel based energy storage, which absorbs energy during periods of low load and releases it again during peak loads. STW from Kaufbeuren supplies the ESX.3cs compact control unit for the energy management of such systems.

STW: Integration expertise and services for complex machine systems at bauma 2022

Construction machinery and its processes are becoming increasingly complex. For example, automated and highly networked machines are already in use in road building. The automation experts from STW in Kaufbeuren support manufacturers with the integration of complex systems and components based on the latest technologies. At bauma 2022, STW will present their range of competencies and corresponding expertise in this field.

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Ready for the challenges of tomorrow: A powerful and customizable series of mobile control units

Experts agree that the future in farming and construction lies in semi and fully autonomous vehicles and machines. STW, from Kaufbeuren, Germany, is ready for this development with the new ESX.4 control unit series.

STW Director of Product Management, Christian Klausner, and Product Manager Control Units, Stefan Hohn, explain what advantages the new platform has to offer for developers of mobile machines.

For a stereotype free career choice

This year's Girls' Day, in which STW traditionally participates, took place on April 28. On Girls' Day, interested school students can find out about careers, training and study opportunities in research, information technology, technology and science. At the electronics manufacturer STW, the focus was primarily on electronics and production related training. For example, the participants learned about the apprenticeship paths for electronics technicians for devices & systems, micro or production technologists and information technology specialists.

Hoping for a swift and peaceful resolution

At STW, we strongly believe in a democratic and peaceful coexistence. For many years, war has been unthinkable in Europe. Unfortunately, this is no longer the case.

As we watch the dreadful events that are unfolding in Ukraine, our thoughts are with the people directly affected by this war. Nothing can justify such an attack and the misery that it brings.

For the sake of all the people suffering because of this conflict, we hope that Russia will stop its attack, and that a peaceful and diplomatic solution will be found as soon as possible.

 

Developing ROVO AI

We are always working to help shape the latest trends in the world of mobile machinery. STW therefore participates in leading innovation projects such as the ROVO AI project. STW, HAWE, Robot Makers and Mattro are building this working machine based on the Mattro ROVO 3 as an application-neutral and emission-free technology demonstrator. The advantages of this approach for machine manufacturers and operators can be read in the detailed article in the German trade magazine O+P Fluidtechnik.

NEW INCLINATION SENSOR SMX.IGS-E

The inclination sensor SMX.igs-e is the first product of a completely newly developed generation of inclination and gyro sensors by STW, which is based on the use of MEMS sensor technology. This family is part of a new, future-oriented software and hardware platform. In addition, the STW software Toolchain openSYDE is supported, which allows easy integration of the SMX.igs-e into an existing application and which is used during the initial operation of sensors.

Stefan A. Lang, STW (left) und Prof. Dr. Matthias Klingner, Fraunhofer IVI (right)

“MACHINE AUTOMATION LAB” – STW AND FRAUNHOFER IVI SET SEAL ON COOPERATION

A fundamental basis for autonomously working machines is already being created today with innovative technologies. STW has won an important research partner with the Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems IVI in Dresden for the collaborative R&D project “Machine Automation Lab“. On 11 July 2019, an event was held to celebrate the cooperation, at which the research group’s logo was presented to the public in a symbolic unveiling ceremony.

DIGITAL MAINTENANCE CONCEPTS

Mobile machines are investment goods used by many different parties: Manufacturers and owners, hire companies and operators, project managers and insurers. All of these have a common interest: to use the machines as efficiently as possible. One aspect of many for efficient use, albeit an extremely important and fundamental one, is to achieve as continuous and fault-free an operation as possible, because every standstill is associated with frequently enormous costs. However, without maintenance, faults and therefore machine breakdowns are certain to occur.

BCX - INTELLIGENT SWITCHING, MONITORING AND CONTROL OF POWER

With the BCX family, Sensor-Technik Wiedemann (STW) is presenting a new generation of on-board control units for mobile machines which combine the distribution of energy in the cabin with monitoring and control functions. The BCX family unites the advantages of the tried and tested ESX control units and flexible power distribution in one device. Through the separation of active and passive electronics, customer-specific versions can also be implemented inexpensively and rapidly.

AN EXTENSION TO THE ESX-FAMILY

An extension to the ESX family of mobile central control units: The new small control unit ESX-3CS

Sensor-Technik Wiedemann (STW) is to present a new member of its ESX family of mobile central control units at the Agritechnica 2017 in Hanover. Freely programmable, compatible with regard to input and output types to other members of the ESX family, and supported through the comprehensive STW toolchain, the ESX-3CS rounds off the third generation of successful ESX control units at entry level. With the introduction of the ESX-3CS, STW is also showing a new housing concept.

SENSOR-TECHNIK WIEDEMANN BUNDLES COMPETENCIES

"What belongs together, grows together " – not so much politically, perhaps, but all the more effectively do the three subject fields which have long characterized the electronics industry complement each other: Measurement technology, microsystem technology and sensors. Sensor-Technik Wiedemann GmbH (STW), part of the bedrock of this branch in Germany, has been processing these topics for thirty years, and is now merging them into one business field.